Analyzing Connor McDavid's Legacy in this Year's Cup Final

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00:00But I want to ask you, like, he has to win a cup, at least one.

00:04Now, you talk about multiples.

00:05I don't know about that.

00:07I think it's a harder business now to win multiples.

00:10But if there was anyone that could win multiples of anything, it would be him, right?

00:14It would be him, right?

00:15He is fantastic, all right?

00:16Have you and I ever seen a skater like him?

00:19Because if he's even, he's leaving, all right?

00:21And no one can stick with him in the NHL here.

00:23And he's just playing great.

00:24He's got dry, so he can hand the puck to.

00:26And we know he's a super sniper.

00:27And you and I do go back to the 80s Islanders, right?

00:30And you're right.

00:30The Islanders all won the 84 Cup.

00:32They lost 95 to Edmonton.

00:33You bring up the other comparisons with Pittsburgh and Detroit there.

00:36Washington getting it done here.

00:38I think he knows he can't keep slipping on these chances here, not winning the cup here.

00:43Is it unfair?

00:45Sure.

00:46I mean, he could have a mediocre team, and he's getting them to the cup, but they don't have enough to get over here.

00:52That being said, I think they do have enough.

00:53Am I worried about Skinner and Nett?

00:55Yeah.

00:56Probably not as much as I used to be.

00:58I'd be very worried about Skinner.

00:59He's been great.

01:00He just hasn't convinced me yet.

01:03He's been fantastic.

01:04He was maybe the main reason they beat the Dallas Stars here.

01:07But I'm a little slow to come around here.

01:09I feel better about him, but I'm still a little – I want to see him do it again, Scotty.

01:12I need to see you do it again before I truly believe here.

01:15Because I know Bobrowski probably won't slip up, right?

01:17He'll be – he may not play out of this world, but he probably won't slip up either here.

01:21So, I need to see Skinner be that guy here.

01:23He doesn't need to outplay Bobrowski.

01:25That's asking too much.

01:26He just can't be – can't be anywhere near the goalie he was in the LA Kings series.

01:29They're not getting down three zip this year like they did last year against this guy.

01:35They have to – in my opinion, they have to come out and these two games at home unequivocally, as far as I'm concerned,

01:43they have to win game one no matter what.

01:44Like, if they have – if they lose game one and then have to go into the stress of game two having lost,

01:51it's going to smell like the same thing again as last year when they lost three,

01:54but they lost the first two in Sunrise.

01:56Then they lost on home ice in game three.

01:59Not too much the pressure will be on them, right?

02:01Because everyone's going to keep talking.

02:02Here we go again, right?

02:03The pressure will be on Skinner, it will be on McDavid, it will be on Dreisaitl.

02:06That being said, they've handled pressure very well in these playoffs, right?

02:09They've lost – listen, he lost the first two to the Kings.

02:12It didn't seem to bother them.

02:13So, I wouldn't completely panic, but I wouldn't be happy if they lost game one.

02:17Not to mention, I want Edmonton in six.

02:18I'm not even – I don't think it's going to go seven.

02:21I want Edmonton in six.

02:22I want them to win – I certainly want them to win game one.

02:24You certainly can't get swept.

02:25If you get swept, I think it would be too tall a task.

02:28You're going to win three at Sunrise now because everyone's going to win every game from there on out.

02:31So, I don't see that happening either.

02:33I think they'll at least split here.

02:35And remember, the Edmonton ice is made for skill teams, the best ice in the NHL.

02:40Been that way forever here.

02:41So, I don't think Florida – I think Florida's going to have a tough time keeping up with them tempo-wise.

02:45They're going to want to slow this game down.

02:47Two things I worry about.

02:49One, neither one of these teams has played in, what, a week?

02:52It's been a while.

02:53Do they come out skating in cement?

02:54You know, you don't have your legs under you yet.

02:56How long does it take one team or the other to get that back here?

02:58Maybe it doesn't take long at all.

02:59Maybe it doesn't take any time here.

03:00But maybe one team takes half a period, something like that.

03:03That worries me.

03:04And, of course, the Zebras.

03:06How are they calling?

03:07If they're calling every little thing, that's major advantage of the Edmonton Oilers in that power play.

03:11If they're letting them play, then that's the advantage of the Florida Panthers.

03:14So, I'm curious to see how that works out as well.

03:16So, I'm curious to see how that works out as well.

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