The Panthers' Playoff Comeback Hopes Against Edmonton

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00:00And look, I've already seen Florida in these playoffs go down 2-0 on the road and come back.

00:06So I'm not going to be overly concerned if I'm a Florida backer or a Florida fan if they did lose this game too tonight.

00:13But I'll tell you this, Dave, I thought it was essential that Edmonton won the first game at home,

00:19especially after being down 3-0 last year.

00:21I thought it was a huge win for them in game one on Wednesday night.

00:24Yeah, without a doubt. Just for their confidence, let alone the odds.

00:31Like, I mean, you know, from an odds maker perspective, it was minus 120, 125 for the series price.

00:38And now them winning, odds makers kind of tell you the story a little bit.

00:44You know, the odds don't always give you the winner, but they tell you, you know, where it's going.

00:48So now it's over 2-1. So we have a series.

00:51Now the game 2 odds tonight, still the same, right?

00:55It's minus 125. It's coming down a little bit here in Vegas.

00:59Minus 115. I think the zigzags theory that you always hear about the NBA, which is a whole other story, might come into play.

01:07There might be some people looking to back Florida tonight.

01:11I still think Florida can win the series despite losing game one at home.

01:15That's what you're supposed to do, unlike the Oklahoma City Thunder.

01:19When you're a big favorite at home, you're supposed to win.

01:22If you're a pick-em favorite at home and you win, okay, that's what you're supposed to do.

01:27The total's interesting to me, Mikey. The total.

01:31Six and a half. Again, odds makers not fearing the total.

01:35What do you think about the total?

01:37Well, and before I even get there, I will tell you, over here on the East Coast, Dave,

01:41I thought it was interesting that at this moment that we're talking,

01:44and we're obviously still several hours before puck drop, I got the Oilers down to minus 114 here on the East Coast right now.

01:52So that's starting to come down.

01:54A lot of Florida pouring in, as they say.

01:57Here's my thoughts on the total.

01:59I liked the under the other night.

02:01Obviously, it didn't hit.

02:02Thankfully, we like to keep ourselves engaged in-game,

02:05and I was able to also do under 7.5, under 8.5 because of how much scoring there was early in the game.

02:12So my pre-game 6.5, despite it getting torpedoed, I had those in-game unders as well backed up

02:18because I really felt, Dave, and you saw it as the game switched,

02:22and you said Edmonton tilted the ice.

02:25I thought that there would be a little bit more, it would be a little more stabilization in the game.

02:29I didn't think it was going to be like it was the first period all night,

02:32this up and down, back and forth.

02:33If someone's going to lock some things down at some point,

02:36and you did get that through the last 25, 30 minutes of the game.

02:41And I do believe, Dave, that that carries over into tonight.

02:45I think that now that these teams, they had that little start back and forth,

02:49little, you know, kind of fast and loose pace,

02:52I think the way they played third period overtime is how you might see tonight.

02:57I like the under again tonight, believe it or not.

02:59I'm going under the 6.5.

03:00I think that's the play.

03:06I leaned under, and I did what you did with the end game because I like when it jumps up

03:10and you have, you're thinking under 6.5, and you get a bigger number.

03:15So that worked out.

03:17I don't know, Mike.

03:17The way the goals happened so fast for Florida, like they got that lead.

03:26I don't want to say they sat on it, but they can score quickly.

03:31So we could get another over tonight.

03:33I'm with you, though.

03:34So I'm leaning under right now.

03:36I really don't know who's going to win the series.

03:38I've been going back and forth.

03:40I'm just watching and going, yeah, I think it's Florida.

03:45I still do, but I'm not, like, all in with it, you know?

03:50I really think it's going six or seven.

03:53This has got to go six or seven games, does it not?

03:56I really don't know who's going to win the series.

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