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Hockey Showdown: US vs Canada Game Analysis Tonight
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2/20/2025
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00:00
All right, so let's talk about the game tonight.
00:02
It's the worst thing ever that Mike Lang's gone.
00:04
I think it's bad for business.
00:06
Let me just say this.
00:07
Tonight, I just want to tell you how much I hate Canadians.
00:11
OK.
00:13
You're allowed.
00:14
You're allowed.
00:15
Scotty, here's how important this game is.
00:17
I've been doing this for 25 years.
00:20
Including you, I have six requests
00:23
to talk about this game before the game starts.
00:25
I've never had that many requests.
00:27
This has morphed into something way, way bigger
00:29
than the NHL, NHLPA ever thought it would be.
00:33
Without question.
00:35
It's bigger than, it really is bigger than anything
00:39
I've seen in the NHL in a long time.
00:43
Like, this is not an exhibition.
00:46
This is not just another game.
00:48
This is the Cold War.
00:50
I mean, it really is.
00:51
Like, there is a lot of tension between Canada
00:54
and the United States, politically speaking.
00:56
And in hockey, no one can even fathom that the US beat them.
01:01
And then they beat them in Montreal,
01:03
where they spent days booing them, and hating us,
01:07
and vilifying us.
01:09
And now they're playing in the Garden in Boston.
01:11
Tonight, I have a feeling they're
01:12
going to get a taste of their own medicine.
01:14
But I still think that Canadian team can win this game.
01:16
Marenzi thinks it's 3-0 Canada.
01:20
Well, there's one big advantage Canada has, the health.
01:23
Both Chucks are banged up.
01:24
Austin Matthews is banged up.
01:26
No Charlie McAvoy.
01:28
US has an advantage in net and on the blue line.
01:31
The Fords are certainly going to beat that.
01:32
And it's kind of, people think it's a made-up tournament.
01:34
It's been overtaken by politics.
01:37
Go watch Conor McDavid's first goal on Saturday night,
01:40
and look at the celebration.
01:42
And you tell me this is a made-up tournament
01:43
that nobody cares about.
01:44
That's such BS.
01:46
Like, this is so important to these guys.
01:48
They've waited nine years, since 2016 World Cup of Hockey,
01:52
to play in this tournament.
01:53
This is a special night.
01:54
And I can't wait for Todd Angeli, the big guy who does,
01:56
he's a bartender here at TD Garden,
01:59
to sing the national anthem.
02:00
It's going to be an explosive night to start.
02:03
I don't think there's going to be three fights in nine
02:04
seconds, but this is very, very meaningful.
02:06
Because you know what, Scotty?
02:08
People that never watched sports will watch this game tonight.
02:11
It's not just a casual fan or the casual hockey fan.
02:14
People who never turn on a sporting event,
02:16
I bet you will turn on this event tonight.
02:19
Oh, I think they will too.
02:21
So because of all those injuries and banged-up players,
02:25
are you leaning Canada?
02:28
No, because I'm playing the under.
02:30
And here's why.
02:32
Here's why.
02:33
Jack Eichel, Austin Matthews, Dylan Larkin, and Vinny
02:36
Trochek down the middle.
02:37
So it's like every other hockey game, you win down the middle,
02:40
and you win with goaltending.
02:41
They have the better goaltender.
02:42
And go watch the game again from Saturday.
02:45
The US played great defense.
02:47
The zone entries, they couldn't get through.
02:49
Now, Kel McCarr is going to play tonight.
02:51
That's going to make a difference.
02:52
But I think the defensive effort by Jack Eichel and Austin
02:55
Matthews on the top two.
02:56
And we have Dylan Larkin, who's a star
02:57
playing your third-line center.
02:59
Like, you got a legit shot.
03:00
This is a 2-1 game again, Scotty.
03:02
This is not going to be a high-scoring game.
03:04
And you got to hope that if you're rooting for Canada,
03:05
that Bennington doesn't give up a softy.
03:07
And if he does, you're going to lose the game.
03:09
Look, Gabe might be right.
03:10
And they could absolutely win.
03:12
This is a toss-up game, Scotty, because they're
03:14
not much separating the team.
03:15
Because they had advantages.
03:16
Like I mentioned, you know, the forwards
03:18
and the health of Canada.
03:20
But the blue line and goaltending for the US.
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