Exploring McDavid’s Impact and NHL Playoff Predictions

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00:00I want to know what you think of the remaining games that are left.

00:04And at the end of the day,

00:06I just don't see how they can deny this guy McDavid a cop.

00:10At some point, he reminds me of Lemieux and, you know,

00:13Gretzky and Crosby and Patrick Kane and all the greats.

00:18Iserman, the great players always get it done.

00:21Messier, they always end up getting the cop.

00:23There's no way this guy's going to keep losing, is he?

00:27All right.

00:28I agree with three of the four things you said.

00:30And I don't necessarily disagree with the fourth, by the way,

00:32which is the main topic here.

00:34Oilers deserve a lot of respect because it's not so much McDavid and Dreissel.

00:38Listen, they're great.

00:39You and I have been around forever, right?

00:40These are top five, top ten players all the time.

00:43They're fantastic.

00:43They're great.

00:44Awesome.

00:45I just had a hard time getting through my head that they're going to win a cup

00:49with Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard.

00:53And I still can't get that through my head, although they have played fantastic.

00:57They keep having shutouts.

00:58And they're playing fantastic here.

01:00But coming into the playoffs, all right, I had whoever won Dallas, Colorado,

01:05and whoever won Tampa, Florida, they were going to meet in the cup.

01:09All right.

01:10And I thought Colorado would beat Dallas, by the way.

01:11I did because Dallas did not have Robertson, did not have Heskinen.

01:14They're both back now.

01:15I'm going to stick with Dallas here, although Everton, I guess if I was a fan of Dallas,

01:20I would say Everton scares the life out of me, you know, that sort of thing.

01:23You won't see me have heavy bets on Dallas.

01:25I'm going to assume Dallas beats Winnipeg, by the way, even tomorrow or a day after.

01:29Yeah.

01:29Or Game 7.

01:30So I'll assume that.

01:31And I think Everton's going to give them a hell of a series.

01:33I think it will go six, seven games.

01:35I just think two things.

01:36One, Dallas is the better overall team, one to 20.

01:40All right.

01:40They have the better goals, and Everton's have played well.

01:42Offense may not be as top heavy as Everton, but it's good.

01:45They can roll three, four lines at you.

01:47Defense is definitely better.

01:48The fact that Robertson and Heskinen get more time to get NHL ready,

01:53because there's no way you're missing all the time Heskinen missed,

01:56and all the time Robertson missed a couple of weeks, and you're ready for NHL play.

01:59If you're just not, I think they'll be better the longer we go on here.

02:03The East, I read it the exact same as you.

02:04I think Florida's the better team.

02:06I think Toronto lost this game in Game 3.

02:09As soon as Florida made it 2-1, that series was over.

02:11All right.

02:12They collapsed.

02:12They fall like a deck of cards.

02:14They didn't show up in game.

02:14That was an embarrassment in Game 5.

02:16You can't do that.

02:17During the offseason, they got a lot of decisions to make.

02:20You're going to sign Marner.

02:21You're going to sign Tavares.

02:23What are you going to do with Matthew Neese here?

02:24Who's going where?

02:25No, they got to let these guys go.

02:27But Gabe, by the way, talking to Gabe last night,

02:29he thinks Marner's going your way.

02:30He thinks Marner's going to go with Pittsburgh.

02:32Yeah.

02:32And I got to admit, that makes a lot of sense for the Penguins

02:36who have to go for it.

02:37I heard you're going to be the Penguins coach.

02:40I heard that they're talking to you under the table

02:42for George to be the new Penguin coach

02:45because nobody else, all the other ones,

02:47Tockett, and they've all, you know,

02:49Quenville, all these guys have taken jobs.

02:52And Pittsburgh, like, you know,

02:55they're talking to DJ Smith or whatever his name is

02:58that used to be in Ottawa.

03:01I'll jump off the building if they hire that guy.

03:04I'd rather they hire the Wiltsbury guy.

03:06I just want to say this about the Jets to you.

03:09Have you ever seen a team win a Stanley Cup

03:11that can't win a road playoff game?

03:14Not that I can remember.

03:16All right?

03:16And we know it's not going to happen.

03:17It's a joke.

03:19They've lost eight straight on the road here.

03:21And we're not talking to losing 0-3-2-2

03:23and they're close.

03:23They're getting blown out.

03:25These games aren't even competitive.

03:26That's why I assume, once again,

03:28and listen, you can make a pretty good argument

03:30that Jets have been the better team

03:32for the last five periods.

03:33So maybe they can transfer that over to game six.

03:35But if they don't score the first goal,

03:38I don't think they have a chance.

03:39If a goal, let's say that,

03:41oh, that's a shaky goal.

03:42I think Hellebuck's confidence is gone again.

03:43Hard to see them winning three straight games

03:45against Dallas.

03:46By hard, I mean next to impossible.

03:48I think Dallas takes care of business in game six.

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