Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview: Key Matchups Detailed

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00:00And we are two weeks away.

00:02Stanley Cup playoffs start two weeks from tomorrow.

00:05That's Saturday, two weeks away.

00:07And this is what you would get if it was today.

00:10Tampa against Florida in the first round,

00:12Carolina and New Jersey.

00:14Toronto would play Ottawa.

00:16Washington would play Montreal.

00:18You would get Dallas, Colorado in the West,

00:20LA Edmonton for the 900th year in a row in the West.

00:24You would get St. Louis playing Vegas

00:26and Winnipeg against Minnesota.

00:30Yeah, I mean, so give me the West again.

00:33The Jets are playing who?

00:35Dallas is playing Colorado.

00:37Vegas is playing who?

00:39Vegas would play St. Louis right now.

00:42Wow, they'd have their hands full.

00:43That's what Denny said, right?

00:45And then LA and Edmonton, which will be what?

00:47Four years in a row of that.

00:49Yeah, they've seen each other a lot.

00:52But the thing is, can LA finally beat them?

00:55Seems like Edmonton beats them every year.

00:56Can LA finally beat Edmonton in the playoffs?

01:00They've had a lot of problems with them.

01:02Didn't Drysado just get injured?

01:06Both of those guys have been banged up here or there.

01:09But I think that this LA team is better

01:11than the last few years.

01:12I think it's a better LA team.

01:14They got a shot.

01:15That's what they do out on the ice.

01:16So I think they do have a shot to maybe crack that egg.

01:19They're only three points back of Vegas for first now.

01:22So I wanna ask you, do you think that the Devils

01:27without Hughes, cause they're still going to the playoffs,

01:29have a shot at all against Carolina?

01:32I think they have no shot.

01:35That's a no-shot.

01:37Now, Carolina always pike.

01:42They always pike in the playoffs, Carolina,

01:45but they beat the teams they're supposed to beat generally.

01:47So without Hughes, I don't see how the Devils have a shot.

01:51And what about Panthers and Lightning?

01:54Who do you like there?

01:57Man, it's tight.

01:59It's brutal.

02:00You know, I really am gonna,

02:04I've got to keep subscribing to that.

02:06I wanna go after Florida because-

02:07Love Florida's better.

02:09They're better.

02:10I think Florida's better,

02:11but I think I would take Tampa in the series.

02:14Like, I'm gonna keep going through them.

02:16I just don't believe they're doing it three years in a row.

02:19They've been to the end two years in a row.

02:22This could be an early exit.

02:24If they were playing someone else,

02:26maybe they'd win, but against Tampa, hated rival.

02:30Two other teams have been playing each other every year.

02:33I think Tampa could get them this year in that first round.

02:36And lastly, Dallas and Colorado, who do you like there?

02:39They're both so good.

02:44Man, I wish they weren't playing in the first round.

02:46That's like a West final type of matchup.

02:48It is.

02:49You're gonna get in the first round.

02:52I think as much as I think, I have Colorado tickets,

02:55but I think Dallas is better than Colorado now.

02:58I do think Dallas is better than them.

03:01I don't know, man.

03:02And the goaltending's better.

03:03I think Colorado's lethal.

03:05And I'll give you the goaltending, I'll give you that,

03:10but I think it's gonna be,

03:11the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs

03:13is gonna be better than the NCAA tournament.

03:15The NCAA tournament was not good until the regionals.

03:20That's all there is to it.

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