Episode 321 (Part II): Know Your Capital Cities

Shane Willis, it's episode three, 21 part two of Kane's cast, but this time we've got a little

different feel because everybody's records are zero and zero, but only 16 teams have that mark.

That means the playoffs are here. Well, somebody's going to have a record when we find out

who stole our chip from the last episode, but all that matters is the playoffs are here, Michael.

We're scouring cameras. If you listen to the show and you took our USB disc, you're in trouble.

I'm serious. I've called some three letter agencies to get involved with this. I've been watching

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No, we're back. We are back. A lot of people have asked me, where's the podcast? And as Mike said,

we did one a little over a week ago and our device one missing. So we got more. So basically,

to peel back the curtain, we do have people who we work with who Shane and I record it.

Basically, Shane and I do everything as far as the sounds and things that you hear,

but then we pass off the recording on a little mini disc to somebody else.

You might have what the disc was bigger. It would help, but they stole everything.

Yeah, they did. They stole the application, the card reader that you plug into the computer

and the disc. I'm just going to say I know that the world is real crazy right now.

I used to be able to blame like the KGB for things like that. I'm not going to do that,

but I do know that Canada did win the silver medal. Maybe they wanted this before we released

all of our knowledge to the masses and you are Canadian. Yeah. So I'm starting here with my

investigation. Wasn't me. Okay. I'm fine. All right. We're good. It wasn't me either. I would sell

it to the highest bidder though. It's you know that it wouldn't be much of a bid. Yeah. Well,

hey, anything more than zero was more than zero in my world here. It's a long run of the playoffs

and then we'll be back exactly. So let's get to step one of the playoffs. The Carolina Hurricanes

are there. We know the opponent. It's the Ottawa Senators. We actually know the dates. It only took

about like you know seven days to release the schedule, but we know that the Canes will open up

a little Saturday afternoon and Matt and a three o'clock at Lenovo Center to start the series

against Ottawa. Then Monday night against Ottawa Games one and two at Lenovo Center. But let's just

get right down to we know what's the sends. I don't think that this is going to be a easy series

at all because Ottawa is a very good team other way that they're playing, but I've done the boxes.

And I think you're going to like how the boxes check out for the Carolina Hurricanes in this

postseason series. I love doing the boxes, but I don't have a concern about the Ottawa Senators. Do

I think they're a good hockey team? Yes. Without a doubt. But I just really think when I've told

everyone talking about this series, they're going to be close. Are they going to win a game?

Probably. Are they going to win two games? Maybe. But the Carolina Hurricanes as we've talked about

all your long and where they are right now at 100% healthy going into Saturday afternoon's game

in a seven game series. I'm taking the Canes. Well, you hit the one word for me.

Canes are healthy. This is the first time in a long time that you like the team that is the team

is going to be on the ice and ready to play. And that's what happened. We talk about this every

single year, Mike in the playoffs, who kind of wins that battle of who stays healthy the longest

in the playoffs, usually is around the Stanley Cup final because you have your best lineup in play.

And the Hurricanes starts Saturday, completely fresh, rested, ready to go with their entire lineup.

Well, Ottawa's missing two players on their back end who were good players in Tyler Cleven and Nick

Jensen. So, you know, yes, they do have a couple of very good players who can move the puck and get

things going for them. One of them being Jake Sanderson who is an Olympian in a gold medal winner.

But they're a little bit more banged up. And again, I go down the list. I don't understand why

it comes this time of year. And do me this favor. Is it because the majority of the hockey media,

they are Canadian. And if a Canadian team is in, they're not going to pick against the Canadian team.

Right. They're going to lean that way. They're going to they're going to find every number,

everything that happened in a regular season game to be well, here, here's why the Canadian team is

going to win this series against this American team. More importantly, not against an original six

market. And I don't buy into the, it's not a conspiracy theory, but it's you sell papers. How many

Keynes fans would listen to this? If Shane and I come right out and go, oh, I don't think the Keynes

are going to win this first round series. Thanks for tuning into Keynes cast, right? We'll see you

next year. But it's more of like the Canadian media will come up with, well, a Canadian team is

always better than an American team. And here's why. Yeah. And even though players are from all

around the world now and your captain is an American. And I say this all the time because

technically I'm media, I guess. And I respect everyone's opinion. I respect guys who dig into

the numbers and look at a different way. I don't. I just sit here from a player's perspective and

look at this team and everything they've done all year long and find it very difficult to think

that the Ottawa Senators are going to beat them in a seven game series. Well, here's what would I

don't get. So how much of, you know, people talk about, oh, you build up and you just, the Keynes had

the best record in Eastern Conference. For the first time in the organization's history,

there's a top seat in the East. That doesn't count for anything. Well, how they played doesn't count.

The fact that they had seven 20 goal scores could have had eight. Second best team in the league.

As you said, Colorado, everyone is, is anyone thinking that Minnesota can be like that's a series.

I would be leaning more on Minnesota, even though Dallas was third best in the league. Look out

for Minnesota. And that, you know, same reporters on Dallas is going to win that.

Oh, it's a walk. Let's, let me say this too. Like there isn't a series in the National

Oculus. It's a walk. Right. That's the not one. That don't see a sweep in the first round. No,

that's the one thing I want to brace everybody for again. We keep talking about it. The margins

are so slim. And now when you get to the top 16 teams, these teams that are in, they've all

learned it in both the East and the West, although the Pacific was a little gross, but they earn

the right to be here. So I'm with you. I maybe there's a gentleman sweep in a couple of these

series, you know, five games. Maybe, uh, maybe Colorado might walk over, but LA play so tight

defensively. Do they get them in a jug or not and win one in overtime? No, they might, they might,

they might. And that's, you can convince me of that. But we are going to break down this playoff

series for why we think that the Hurricanes have advantages. What we think it's going to be. We'll

do a whip around the rest of the league as well. We'll look back on the regular season. We've got your

questions via the old internet machine to get into as well. I just don't understand how an

Ottawa team that yes, they're playing really good. And there's some recency bias to it with how

good they played down the stretch. But how you can look at what the Canes have done and be like,

well, I think Ottawa's got an advantage here. No, no, I don't. Well, I know you don't. And I don't

either. But we can only, I mean, again, we've, we, let me just put something out there. We deal with

as every year, Mike. Yes, we do. Just think if the Florida Panthers were in the playoffs this year.

Oh, yeah. Oh, there and the Canes aren't getting out of these now because the Florida's here.

Well, the Boogie Man isn't in as far as I know. There's a bunch of other Boogie Man out there that

want to win the Stanley Cup. Yeah. I just, the team has been too good all season long.

Never been a stretch of game after game where you're like, this is we're in trouble. They rebound

back. So as I mentioned, if Ottawa wins a game, I expect the Hurricanes to win the next game.

That's how they played all year. Not one, two, three at four in a row. No, no, I'm all in.

Well, no, the Canes would win four in a row. Surely we'll get points in four in a row,

lose one, maybe two back to back. And then they'd go and win three or four in a row. That's what they do.

I do just look at how this team is built. For the first time in a long time, you take a look.

This playoff run is, is one where yes, health is a big factor. But I look on how the regular

season played out, Shane, you played half the season without Jacob Slaven. Shane Goss is

bear in and out of the lineup with assorted injuries as the year moved along. You had players

banged up who were missing time here and there. And then you get to this last month of the season.

And the Canes were healthy. There's not a, there's not an injury that is known. And we know how good

the NHL is with, but there's not an injury out there where you're like, well, the Canes are going

into this series without this guy. We've already mentioned that Ottawa's without two of their

defensemen from their regular regulation top six demon. They're without them. So question marks

and goal. I love how Carolina. Oh, it's a question mark. Oh, how about Ottawa? You're going to lean on

lean us all, Mark. If you take a look at his name is, oh, well, he was really good in Boston.

Go take a look at his playoff numbers in Boston. Take a look at his playoff numbers in Ottawa.

He was playing well for them at the end. But think about it this way too, Mike.

What if there was an injury to that guy? Because James Rhymer unfortunately was not very good for them

down the stretch. He's a gamer, but you are, if you're going to go with the numbers and how they play.

And as close as a series will be, because we're going to go through the boxes, Mike, as you said.

And I've said this every time in a tight series of where the Hurricanes fell short because

everyone always wanted to point their fingers at the goal tender last year. When your scoring dries

up, where can you find that scoring? And that's in the power play. And the Hurricanes have an

advantage in both special teams categories, Mike, both. And I think that could be the real difference

in this series against the Sands because they're going to come out. They have another

could chuck brother. So the Hurricanes fans haven't lost that, you know, part of it.

There will be penalties drawn. And I really think special teams is going to be the difference in

this series. Yeah. Yeah. Because again, five on five play at some point you say the big boys

cancel each other out. But the Canes power play in penalty kill. I trust way more than the Ottawa

power play in the penalty kill. And it's Ottawa's fantastic with what they can throw over the boards.

And I trust the stall line that has Nikolai Eilers on it and the Jankowski line to produce more

than Ottawa's third and fourth. That's to me when people talk about X factors and where the series

is going to be one, that's where my eyes immediately went to that. Like, okay, who's going to be

a difference maker? What line? Carolina, if they're not getting production from the Sebastian

Aho line, if they're not getting production from the stancoven line, they're not going to panic

because they know they can get production from the the stall Martin of Cane Eilers line.

And they know that they're going to get a good matchup with putting Mark Jankowski who when he

gets hot scores and bunches will carry a who has that playoff experience. And even though the

numbers weren't there this year, he was a difference maker with physicality and getting in on the

forecheck and creating long shifts in Eric Robinson. I think that we're going to see Eric Robinson who

he missed a good chunk of the season with an upper body injury to get him back healthy and ready

to play. That's your fourth line. You've got the banger in Wilkery A. You got a guy who has shown

that he's got some offensive flair once he gets settled in in Robinson and Mark Jankowski is just a

solid two way player. Again, how many playoff series do you watch? Where's like, oh, these great

players are going back and forth. You expect them to. The series are one because your fourth line

chips in two goals or three goals in the series. Your penalty killers come up with a shorthand

goal, which will, by the way, the canes lead to NHL and shorthand goals this year. So I just want

to point out Linus all marks career playoff numbers before we go any further because I'm actually

tired of the golden question, but we will get it. Drop the hammer mic. Well, you ready for this one?

Linus all mark in the post season. He has 16 games played 15 starts. 16 games played

15 starts. How many wins does he have in those 16 games played 15 starts that wealth of playoff

experience? Eight. No. Five. Yes. He's five and 10. Stop talking to us people about our goalies.

And he did play for the Boston Bruins. It was pretty, it was pretty the best cool tenor playoffs

until the final series last year. Yeah. Oh, okay, thanks. Yeah, he had the numbers would share that

out. Last year, Ottawa played Toronto. It was all marked the whole way. Two wins, four losses,

and his save percentage was 880, but his goals against wasn't bad. It was 2.84.

His career playoff numbers mind you, the majority of them with Boston, where he was three and

six in nine games. His goals against average, 328, save percentage, 885. Where's the huge advantage

in net that everybody's worried about? Not here. Thank you. So thank you. It was your first lesson

on the couch today. Listen to people. Also, I generally put gold tending further down on the box.

List to check. Check. Let's do some boxes. Ready? Ready. Gold tending. Check. Already checked.

Already checked. Good. Are you given Keynes full check or you're just going to tie? Gold tending?

Yeah. No, full check. Okay. I fully trust Frederick Anderson. And I know there's the unknown

of Brandon Bussey, but those last two games, you can sit there and say, oh, they didn't mean anything.

No, that game meant a lot for the flyers. So let's look at it this way, the box. Gold tending

as a whole, the tandem, because you may see both guys, right? Keynes check. Yeah. That's, I mean,

and that's literally what I did. Literally. Okay. So what I did. Literally. Thank you. We can

move on with this in the, we need to forward. I give it a draw. I would until you start moving down

the list at the depth part. You say up top Tim Stutzle, Drake Batherson, Brady Kitchuck,

Dylan Cousins. That's solid. That's a solid four that you can lean on. You take a look at what

all of them have done. Those four guys, all 20 goals or more. Stutzle and Batherson, both

over 30 Cousins had 28. Shane Pinto had 23. Last time I checked, Carolina had seven, yeah, 20

goalscores. The only guy who came close to 20 after the 22 of Brady Kitchuck, Fabian Zetterland

with 17. He played in all 82 games. Okay. So Taylor Hall hit 18. Yeah. Now they do have, they have

some, that would have been eight 20 goalscores for Carolina. Yeah. Just to put this out here.

But then you start going down the list. Lars Eller. Well, Claude Jeroos still can play. I don't

want to, I don't want to skip over Claude Jeroon and the playoffs he can still play. But

Lars Eller, Warren Fogel, Ridley Gregg, Hayden Hodgson, Curtis McDermott, you know, you run down

the list of the guys who are here who are there forwards. I'm like, okay, they're good, but

their third and fourth lines are fine. There's nothing, nothing overwhelming there. But there's

nothing that you're going to sit there and say, hmm, they're going to have advantages here.

The blue line, they have some good players. The question is, are they healthy? And no, they're

without two key guys who I told you about when you don't have clever and you don't have a player

who in Nick Jensen, you're like, what does he do? Well, he's a fine player. So now you're leaning

on as far as your D goes because Clevver and Jensen played 61 for Jensen and 70 for Clevver.

Artem Zubz, Zubz, a good player. Really good. Jordan Spence, okay, player from

solid. Just solid. Thomas Shabbat, solid player, but he was hurt for a good portion of the year.

Then there is Jake Sanderson, who you're looking at. Yeah, and then

Nicholas Mattenpolo. He's played 50 games on your blue line.

Lassie Thompson.

Carter, you came, Chuck. I think whenever I look to Mike, I know you gave the four as a check.

The D, I'm going to give the hurricanes a check. Oh, big check. The biggest two things in

these categories where there's like a caveat box is to me experience. Right? Experience.

Definitely more weighted on the cane side than Ottawa side in all positions.

And I think that's a big factor when you go into this series, when you talk about pressure,

when you talk about how tight these games are going to be, experience and the growth that

the hurricanes have gotten over these past seven years will excel the group past what Ottawa

deals with. That's just my opinion. But I give the experience box a huge check for the hurricane.

Oh, I mean, that's not even close when you look at what these two teams are very evenly matched.

No, but words indeed. This senators team didn't get into the playoffs until last year,

when I mean like this senators team, like yes, this core group. Now explosive playmaker,

the one guy, if we're going to go up and down list, Tim Stutzl is probably you want to check

for Ottawa. I will give you the check for Ottawa. Tim Stutzl is an outstanding player and he can

create on a dime. But one guy doesn't want to play off series. When you get the match of Jacob

Slaven, does he? That's what we're going to see, aren't we? And that's why. So forwards,

one through 12. And if you want to go 13 or 14, check for Carolina. D, I've just ran down what

Ottawa has. Do you need me to chronicle what the Carolina hurricanes are bringing to the party?

Because I can. No, that would bore me. Thank you. Check. So three categories. And it's the guys

on the ice. Check. You went to an intangible experience. Check. Coaching. Travis Green's done a

really good job with this senators team because that this year could have really gone off the rails.

And it almost did in Ottawa. And somehow they stayed on it. I'm going to take the guy who

weaved in rookie defenseman and rookie players when he needed to look at Logan Stancova and

said, you're going to be my two C this year. And we're going to figure this out. And he got better

as the year moves along. Oh, by the way, in his games behind the bench, quickest to X amount of

wins. I'm talking about 600 wins now that he's put together in his career. Then any other coach

in hockey history, the only thing that's missing on Rod Brindamore's resume as a head coach is winning

it all. So if I asked you, Shane, I feel like you're going to check Rod's box. Well, hang on here.

Let's put it to you because I'm hogging up the airtime here. You could have Rod Brindamore or

Travis Green to coach your team in one game where you need to win it. Stakes are high. College

to wishes for your children, your house. Who are you going to have behind your bench?

It's a dumb question. Exactly. You sound like some reporters. It sounds like a few. If you

who answered the question for you, you just answer the question. Yeah. I lean Rod. I'm

most respected. No, there's no lean. There's not a lean. I fully jump into the box. I'm just

hanging out the window, enjoying the wind in my hair. What do you do? Come on. Commit. I'm in. I take

Rod. Check. All right. Special teams. Can'ts. Check. Both. Check. Fine. We'll give them two more if

you want. Okay. How are we want to lay this one down? No, that's all I had. I didn't even have

experience on my list. So our box is show. It's not going to be an easy series. No. No. Again,

just because the canes check every box. It's still going to play the game. It's still got to play

the game. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. But let's do the okay. What do the canes need to do to win

this series? What has to happen? One, they have to be, and we hear this a lot, obviously playing

their structure and style. This is not a, let's turn this into a track meet, go up a game. Now,

both these teams play similar. So it's going to be about who and we say this all the time. We

point out offensive zone possession time. That's a big factor because Ottawa does the same thing.

The shot category in my opinion will be closer than we see normally for the hurricanes because

Ottawa does shoot a lot. And I think two things are extremely important for the hurricanes

of win this series. One is special teams. And two is that depth that you get the depth score and

you've seen all season long. That is not just one line every night. So the canes get that.

It's a win. I think I can reduce that down even more. If the canes just do what they do.

That we saw for 82 games and we saw produce 113 points. Don't win the series.

Ottawa is going to win a game. They will. They have talent. They're going to win a game.

I think the series goes six. Yeah. I don't, there's no way it's a sweep for anybody who thinks that.

If it was, I would lean towards the Carolina Hurricanes with you head out the window,

wouldn't in the hair. Enjoy the sun. But I'm not going to, I would lean that. Five games,

definitely lean Carolina. Six games. I lean Carolina. Seven games. Canes have home ice.

So you have it for to win a game seven. You want to be at home. So again, they check all the boxes.

But just because we're sitting here. And by the way, if any Ottawa Senators fan is here in this

and thinking that we're disparaging Ottawa, we're not a really good team. I expect a great series.

Yeah. I'm with you. I think it goes six. I think that's the minimum. I think it goes six.

I agree. So I just look at how this Canes team is built. And I don't see how this Ottawa team

barring something really strange, fluky. I don't even want to bring up the i-word

changes the course of how this series plays out. I just don't see how that happens.

And you can point to a few things that Ottawa does really well. And there are a few things they do

really well. But they don't do them better than Carolina. And that is proven. And you can go

with like inside numbers like, oh, well, when it comes to five on five battles or it comes to

transition hockey or, you know, you know, going on the forecheck and scoring goals off of that.

Okay. Yeah. The last 20 games. Sure. How many games that Ottawa play against teams that

were done or, you know, teams that don't physically match up against them. That's just what I look

at. And you cannot, I'm sorry, you cannot overlook going into a playoff series against the Carolina

Hurricanes. And the opponent is missing a third of their defense who they count on. And that's

what's going into this series. That's just, that's not analytics. That's fact.

It's hard to start the playoffs, let alone injured, let alone get all the way to the Stanley Cup

finals being injured. So the Hurricanes have an advantage. It's not a huge advantage. We're not

going straight home or swing one way. We just think the numbers add up to where the true numbers

Michael, let me just say this wind column goals, all those type of things. Those numbers, not

oh, they're better than them on the forecheck or they score more off the cycle type numbers.

Because in my opinion, the games are just as good as anybody in those areas. Yeah. Again,

I don't want to, if anybody is listening, we are not dismissing the Ottawa Senators.

It is, however, us to point this one thing out that the Carolina Hurricanes were the better team

in the regular season. And they should continue to be the better team in the regular season.

Now, as far as special teams go, Hurricanes had the 11th best penalty kill. Okay, Shane, 80.5.

Scrolling down for Ottawa. Trying to find them out of a headline. Yeah. 75.7. Not great. No, not

great, Bob. It's, it's one of those things that you kind of look for that needs to be, oh, I

don't know a little bit better. Power play. You got the numbers there too.

Canes are fourth. That seems pretty good. That means it is Ottawa. One of the three teams in

front of them. No. Okay. Ottawa is only 0.9% behind them. So I say the power play is kind of

canceling. Yeah. Well, you know what? 0.9 is though. Goal per game ish. But with the Carolina

disparity and the penalty kill, that gives them the advantage. Why they got the checks. Indeed,

it does. Indeed. So you have all of those things. Anything else that you want to get into in this

playoff matchup? Besides it being at three o'clock tomorrow. Yes. No. You got an issue with it being

at three? No, I want it to be here as well. Oh, yeah. I wish it was two 15 right now. Same. No,

I wish it was two 55. I wish they'd play at three. I think it's a stupid time, but it doesn't matter

me. I'll mine it. I'll show up. Get a little, little brunch outside. I don't like the fact of,

hey, how many 3 p.m. tilts that canes play this year, Mike? Couple. Not many. Maybe two. One was in Utah.

Yeah. If the league is going to stay pretty standard with times that we throw a three in the

middle in the first game of the playoffs, come on. 15, seven, 30, eight, three.

The sand. All right. That was my player perspective. Well, I mean, they don't want to do a one o'clock

game to kick off the playoffs because they think people out west are going to tune in. I would love

breakfast. Playoff hockey. I lived out. There's nobody in west to going to tune in to Canes. That is not

true. How many people in Sylvan Lake tune in just a wide show? They tune into listen to me and you

on right. They do and Seth Jarvis darn right. They do. All right. Is there? Okay. So that's the

thing that bothers you. I was going to say if there's anything you wanted to get off. Yeah, three o'clock

start time. Okay. I'm on the couch for that, but I'm bounce right back up. That's you're fine. Yeah.

I think you'll be fine. I'll be okay. If anything, I think the visitors have the harder time.

Uh, true. Well, it's fine. It's just a weird time for players. Yeah. We'll get to it. Langley

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for the season that just was. What was the most impressive thing to you for the Canes 113 point

season this year? Consistency. I think just in we get the benefit of being around these guys

every day, but you talked about the injuries early in the season, the Olympics, the condensed schedule,

as kisses and constable as consistent. Say that. Yeah. Yeah. As consistent as they were to never go

on an absolute slide one way. And let me just go back to 2006 because I talked to Glenn Wessley

about that a few years ago. And one, he talked about how close they were as a family. And I feel

that's the kind of feeling in this room with this group. And two, he said their goal to start

the year was to never lose two in a row. Now, did that happen during that season? Yes, but it

wasn't a two that went to three to four to five game losing streak. The hurricanes were consistent

enough that if you lost a couple you did bounce back. Now you might only bounce back for one

that lose and then lose one, but it's important not to get on one of those skids, Mike. Teams

you go on those skids. It's very tough. Now we talk about chasing the game and getting behind

by a goal, chasing the division is even tougher. And the hurricanes were able to sit atop it

basically the entire year in a position where you're comfortable. That obviously helps mentally,

but I just love their consistency all year. The one thing that stood out to me and you hit

on it with the consistency. But for me, it was the depth of this organization this year.

That you call up your only stream in Charles Alexis Lagole and you don't miss a beat. It looks

the way it's supposed to look. Then at the end of the year, when you know guys are, and I love

the hand ring. Oh, it defeats the spirit of the game when you're resting players. Well, you know what,

I'm going to ask a guy sitting across from me who played in this league back when you really

took big hits, but played in this league for quite a bit. By the time you get to game 70,

how many completely healthy players are on your roster? We go zero. Thanks Shane. That's the

hi. That's absolutely right. We talk about this team being fresh and ready to go saying healthy

for tomorrow's Saturday game. That does not mean they feel like day one of training camp.

That means they're in a good position to compete and play dealing with things 100%

at this stage game, which every team is. But there are zero guys that are

injury free, if you will, after game 70. So when the injury report comes out with undisclosed

injury and you're four games away from the playoffs, these guys all have something where they could

have sat out for a little bit. And you know what? For the teams that complain, oh, they're,

it's the spirit of the game and they need to, you know, why don't you win more games?

Handle your business. One of my favorite, one of my favorite college football lines ever.

When, you know, a team, oh, they're running up the score. Don't want them to score? Stop them.

How about that? That's how that works. Back to Shane's consistency, though. You know how many times

the Cain's had a, their longest losing streak this year was how many games? Three, that is right.

That happened a grand total.

See this sounds live sounds. I don't want you, you know, it's in the mid sneeze.

They lost three games in a row twice. You know how many times they had a four game losing streak

this year? Zero. That is correct. And you know how many times they had a two game losing streak?

Four, three, five times they had a losing streak of two games or more, never more than four.

Down the stretch, when you could have long losing streaks, they didn't.

And the other thing that impressed me is I know it's the last four games of the year.

But you call up four to five players. You're going to have seven different players in your lineup.

We call the games. It didn't look different at all. That's to me when I talk about the depth.

That is as impressive to me. Now you were playing a couple of teams. Chicago.

Gross. Yeah. But they went out and did what an NHL team would do. Stomp them.

They did. Yeah. And they were doing it with four players, 20% of the roster who just got called

up from Chicago that day. They go to Utah. Utah had clinched the playoffs and they were really

not going to go anywhere. But you know what? Utah wants to win at home, right? They're at home.

No, they going to Philly. Philly has everything to play for game 81.

Canes basically have they need a point to lock up the Eastern Conference top seed.

And that game won heck of a hockey game. But Brandon Bussey was amazing. Then the next night,

you played the Islanders. Literally nothing left to play for. And they beat the Islanders due to one.

And they did it with a bunch of guys who have not been here all year. That to me,

you go to the consistency. The depth speaks to that. These are two things that you need if you want

to go far in the postseason. Just saying. Just saying. Not saying just saying.

No, we're not relaxed. We're feeling. No, no. There's a difference between confident and relaxed.

Difference between confidence and hockey. Oh, no, no team. Colorado shouldn't feel

cocky against LA. They shouldn't. No. So we'll do that whip around in a minute. What player

impressed you the most this year if there was one or if you got a if you've got a couple that you

can put in that list, that's fine. Oh, you knew these questions were coming. I don't read your emails.

That's true. I don't even know what I type in my juice. Jordan stall. Yeah, 20 goals.

First time since the 15, 16 season. And people are going to, you know, scoff at this next one.

Nikolai Ears. Oh, no. Don't scoff at that one. He said a career high end points. And it says,

I think everyone says, well, we expect that. That's why he was the number one free agent signing.

That's people's response. Come on. You know what it is. But I think

the way he started, obviously, wasn't shot out of a can, you know, getting points here and there.

But to play on every single line and to be that complete of a player and to make

to my mind, that's when you sign a player or you make a trade for a player, it's the difference

you have to see. And we've seen that with Nikolai Ears here. Andre is fetching the cough.

And it's 31 goals for a career high. That, that to me. Yeah. If he's that guy,

the canes are that elite team. If he's that guy. And I, I believe he is now.

One guy I'm going to say now goes to, you know, maybe your dark horse, Sean Walker. Oh,

I could not talk to about enough at the start of the year with the injuries with Slaven,

Gosses Bear, the minutes he put in all of that. Sean Walker. I could make the gaze.

He was the MVP of the team because of the consistency played on the back, on the back end.

Canandry Miller, by the way, stepping in. Normally, you hear this huge learning curve to come

in and play for the Carolina Hurricanes. Not saying that there wasn't one for Canandry Miller.

But I mean, his first game with the canes, he scores two goals and had some things here and there

that took him out of the lineup. But you have Canandry Miller and Jacob Slaven on your left side

and your top two pairs have fun. Have fun playing against that. I guess we also have to say

Brandon Bussey. Yeah. Well, nobody, nobody saw that coming. Small story. 31 wins. But

when you look at the goal tending, what happened? That is the, I think when you say surprise or whatever,

nobody saw that story coming. And you know the best thing about it. Don't see it ending anytime soon.

But for him to step in, you know, Piotr Kochek-Koff gets hurt. He's got the hip injury for Brandon

Bussey to do what he did. He didn't just do it for a little bit. He did it from October

all the way to the end of the year when he wasn't supposed to be the guy. He was just

supposed to be a depth player for Carolina. That story, I'm excited to see what happens in the

playoffs because you've already talked about it, Shane. It's not over yet. He's going to get

another start somewhere for Carolina. So we'll see what happens with it. But the Brandon Bussey

story, that is the feel good. Oh, my God. Where did this come from? Story of the year, the pro hockey

writers association of or the professional hockey writers association of North Carolina,

they voted him the team MVP. I don't have a problem with that because you can say it pretty

plain English. You don't get 31 wins from Brandon Bussey. I don't think you have 113 points.

You're welcome for that. Thank you. The most common thing I could possibly say. Yeah.

Few other things that we need to take care of, though, for the regular season. Eight straight years,

this team is now in the postseason, Shane. They've had 100 point seasons in four of them.

This year, it's the first time in the organization's history. They're the top seed in the conference.

I just want, and this is for the people on the couch. I just want people to appreciate

how good this run has been for the Carolina Hurricanes. It just, you don't get these kind of runs

where a team is this good wins playoff or postseason series every year. I know that they've been

short of the ultimate prize and nobody is more disappointed about that than the guys who put on

the sweater and the guys who coach them. Nobody. But please appreciate where this organization is versus

where it was nine seasons ago to where they are today. That's all I'm asking. You know, I get the

microwave society. We want the gourmet meal in, you know, five minutes. Yeah. Everybody wants it.

Everybody wants to hoist it, especially the guys in that room, the coaches, everybody.

And sometimes it gets overlooked, Mike, of the luxury our fans have had what they've been treated to

for the last seven years. The runs, the excitement, heartbreak and disappointment is part of sports

everywhere. That's what we love about it, right? The highs and lows. That is what gets your juices going.

The four over times, but in of losing to Florida. I mean, what a game to sit here and watch that.

There are a lot of cities and organizations that do not, though, their fans have no idea what it

means. I think our fans truly do know how special it is because of what they do every night in this

building. Mike, the noise that they bring, what they know and how they factor into playoffs,

which will be huge tomorrow afternoon. And it's just hard sometimes. I think when you go on such a

long, consistent run, people just get used to that. Of course we're in. Where else would we be?

But you do have to celebrate it. I think you have to celebrate it with the noise you bring this

year. And we're not saying, Hey, here we go. This is it. After year eight, you get to win the Stanley

Cup. Still going to be highs and lows. But to me, that's what that is why you love sports.

Whatever sport it might be. The adrenaline rush of an overtime one and go on the playoffs.

Or the devastating heartbreak when it goes in your net. That's why we come to building. That's why

you turn on the television. Yep. And if you don't, that's why you're not a fan. You're not a sports

fan. You're like, guys, it doesn't do it for me. So I think we do have to enjoy it. We do have to

show it from the rooftops and celebrate it, which you don't do enough. And Rod talked about it. He

goes, I don't think the guys celebrate it enough. They're just, you know, it's kind of their standard

now. I'm like, well, of course, what are you talking about? That's our standard of being a playoffs

every year. And now we want to try and win it. So I think everyone should enjoy it.

Show it from the rooftops and then get ready to show it out tomorrow at three o'clock during

game one. All right. I agree with you wholeheartedly. You're ready for a little whip around. Yeah,

a whip around. Let's keep it in the Eastern Conference. We'll go with the winners of the Atlantic,

the Buffalo Sabers, who you're talking about. Fan bases that would take this one that they

were on right now. Yes. How about 14 years without the playoffs? How about the Columbus Blue

Jackets who don't make the playoffs and Rick. 11 years. Oh, man. Well, they're in now. Buffalo at

Boston. How do you see it going? I'm taking Buffalo. But Boston's going to win a couple. I just

think the momentum and scoring power of Buffalo gets them past the Boston words in a hard series.

Oh, yeah. That's going to be a six, a six or maybe a seven or a battle of Pennsylvania,

bring it back to the Metro Pittsburgh over Philly. Yes. I'm with you. I don't go against. I don't see.

Philly, Delphi has been on a tremendous run. But even watching them there and I just don't see

how their talent beats Pittsburgh one. You mentioned Crosby, Malcolm and Carlson. But really the

resurgent of Raquel, Manta. You talking about some depth scoring that Pittsburgh is rust, rust,

who just constantly scores. Like you said, the other name too. Eric Carlson's playing like he's

a Norse brother again. Yeah. I just think Pittsburgh has more weapons and thanks for getting in Philly,

but keep rebuilding. I'm taking Pittsburgh. Philly won a game. Oh, yeah. And then this one,

this one could be real good. Tampa and Montreal. Tampa and seven. Yeah. This is when I talk about

experience, that's where it comes up. This this Montreal team, this could be this could be the we've

arrived series for them or it could be the not yet. That's what you're saying. Well, number one,

we know how close they are. Oh, yeah. No, if they win the series, I'm like, no, we're we're here.

But if they lose here and we're going to add some pieces of summer, right? But if they lose it,

it's to your point. It's Tampa's like, Hey, remember us yet, we still have a lot of really good

players. So Western Conference Colorado LA, this could be the only sweep Colorado. It could be the

only sweep. Not enough firepower in LA. I'll give I'm with you. I'll give LA one, but they weren't

that last year they couldn't lose at home. And this year or home, man, I'll save the best series

for last. Vegas versus Utah. Vegas. They figured their game out here the last 10 days. John

Torturella. Johnny T. That worked for them. Edmonton and the ducks. I don't know. It's Edmonton.

Just because of big David. Yes. And their ducks have been getting and their experience. The ducks

get it into the playoffs. But Edmonton's experiences. This is the one where Edmonton and I'm getting

home ice. Yes. I think that's a big advantage. This is this is the one where Edmonton's like

Anaheim, hey, welcome to the playoffs. This is what happens when you get here. It's a good point.

So they'll get through that. Then Dallas and Minnesota. Take a Minnesota.

You know, for you, I don't know if I can get off the Dallas wagon yet. For like four years,

I picked Dallas to go to the club. I'm off. I'm taking my dark horse in Minnesota. You have

some injuries though. I'll rope a hints. I don't know where narrow hay skin in his right now. No,

no, no, no, Sagan. It's going to be a fun series to watch. That's going seven. What's that schedule?

What do they play? I will tell you. They play Saturday, five thirty after. Well, they're after

after the Carolina. Yeah, Pittsburgh, Gov versus Philly. Those are only three games Saturday. Yeah.

Sydney Crosby on Hockey Night in Canada. How they engineered it. So strange. Yeah. And then

Edmonton doesn't play until Monday. And so you have that in the seven thirty star time

mind you on Monday for Carolina. Oh, not seven seven thirty. That's how the series goes. And then

they don't play until Thursday in Ottawa. Little Thursday Saturday action. Another three o'clock

game for you in Ottawa on Saturday. Yeah. Saturday the 25th. You know, that means we'll be home early.

Yes, it does. But if they were smart and just made it normal, like one o'clock, we'd be home earlier.

They could do that. All right. You ready? We got questions. Lots and lots of questions. Okay, go.

JWBS really enjoyed all the guests who made it to the booth these last few games. In your opinion,

what player would do the best working full time in the booth?

Lacta players. Yeah, that's what I think they're going with.

Taylor Hall. I just think his hockey knowledge is so deep. Very intellectual gives great answers

all the time as interviews. Thoughtful. I think Jordan Martinok would be good at it because he gets

the entertainment side of it as well. We'd have to be on the mute button a little bit. That's fine.

That's fine. Hey, maybe we're just going to full streaming. There's a second part of question

for you Shane as a former player. Is there a trait that a guy might have that would make him a good

broadcaster? Well, go back to what Martinok just talked about with energy kind of excitement,

enthusiasm, personality, right? You see guys when they interview with Hannah, you can kind of get

a feeling of different players of their energy. I think that's kind of what it takes.

Tina iso with both teams pretty evenly matched. What is the one thing and or player that could tilt the

series for either team? It's going to be a tough round, but I believe this team can get it done.

Tina is asking for the X factor. I said special teams. I am going to go with depth scoring.

If you let me handle this, we got people outside of our room. Well, they're actually working.

They are. Yeah. Does it sound like working? Well, I just mad because I didn't get invited to the party.

Well, we can invite them to the party. Just leave the live studio audience. Just leave them be.

All right. You sure? Yeah. All right.

Zach Martin wanted to know who our X factors were. The under the radar guys for this series.

We'll carry it. Oh, Jordan Martinok. That's a good one.

Let's see here. Corey is not about wanting to know what we would be eating and watching once it

gets to the second round, but I have the broadcast. So that's on you.

What's the snack? What are you sipping on? Nothing? Water at the game popcorn, maybe?

Well, he's I think he's assuming that you're home watching the game like that. We don't go to the games.

I'm coming to the ring. Yeah. Any candy, gummy candies, twizzlers?

Oh, gummy candy. No. Gross. Gross. Nerd clusters in Philadelphia. Gross.

Way to go to Philadelphia. Gross. There's one good thing about Philadelphia.

There's snack. There's snacks. There's a nerd cluster. It's a media row.

There's snacks are our top shelf in Philadelphia. You got how trash that city was.

I apologize to anybody who's from Philadelphia. Wow. Wow. It's pretty bad. Wow. Okay.

Rick want to do. No. Am I to understand? Fandall is not doing the first round? No, you are

to understand that Fandall is. Why? Where does this come from? Well, the media stuff because

they're shutting down. We're still doing the first round. We said it. We said it on the broadcast.

After the first round unsubscribe. I love how if I say one thing wrong gets run with 97 times.

We say and don't forget the first round is going to be on Fandall Sports Network.

Ba Fandall. Every game. Fandall Sports Network. 75 million social media requests. So you guys aren't

on. That's why I'm on social media. Trust me. You're going to live more stress-free. Mike,

you should delete. You know what? The reason why I have to take high blood pressure medicine. I'm

quite sure is social media and a couple other things, but I can't get into those. My question is

two part. How do the canes not Buffalo builds this playoffs when their arch nemesis isn't there

Florida or two? What are you looking for to differentiate from the last playoff runs to see this

team has what it takes to get over the Eastern conference final hump. I think what he's

meaning is you're really good, but not good enough with the Buffalo Bills take. Yeah, like you're

going to come close and lose again. Yeah, I was going to go with one thing people have to remember

two. The other teams get paid. They've got good players. They sure do, but the big piece of it

with a lot of people overlook is along the way teams that win the Stanley Cup get these things

called bounces, right? Being Florida, the Florida Panthers win a two and row is all tick-tax,

so in the back of that. No, they get bounce or ricochets off the foot at the end of the back of

that. You need some of those. You need a bounce that goes off a foot, but then ricochets off your

cross bar and doesn't go in and all of a sudden you go down the ice and score. Those are some of the

things you look for and be like, we got the break tonight. You need breaks and bounces to be a

champion. It's not because you're not good enough. Every team in these playoffs is good enough to

win a Stanley Cup. So who stays healthy? Who gets a little bit of a hotter goal tenner at the time?

And who gets a few of those? We'll call them mystery bounces. Good fortune bounces to win games.

So that answered the part two. You go with the bounces. I'm going to go with health.

Kings are healthy. Yeah. So there you go, Shaft. Just talking about Shaft. Shut your mouth.

Did you not see any of the Shafts? Yes. Yes. Almost. Yeah. We're moving on. Okay. Thank you. Leave it. Leave it there.

Yeah. That could have gone in a different way. Nick Bailey wants to know when does the playoff

beard officially start for a player right after the last regular season game. First day of the playoffs

right before taking the ice for your team's first game. Does it start when you clinch? You've been

there. Players for the playoffs, I believe, will shave today or tomorrow morning before coming to

the ring. But it will be in that timeframe. Okay. When did you start? Where did you not grow

playoff beard? I mean, I tried, but it wasn't very good at the time. I usually shave the day before.

I don't like shaving in the morning and then going to practice like the sweat. I usually give it a

day before. Will like sports wants to know what is the coolest moment you've gotten to call for

the canes in the playoffs. Is there a specific call that you've had looking back that you're proud of?

The Sebastian Ajo goal against the Rangers in the bubble. Where he addressed when he

addressed Tony D'Angelo, former Kane and friend of the Kane's cast. That one and Jordan

scoring the overtime winner against the Nashville Predators in the playoffs when we had the 56

game schedule, the central division title for Carolina, but he had an overtime winner. It was like

really the first time there were a bunch of people in the building. That's a special one, a bunch of

saves down the line. And the game seven went over the Boston Bruins. Not a specific call, but Shane

and I actually called that game. Got a trophy for that. A little let me for that one. But for

the canes to knock out the Bruins, you know, the slay, the dragon kind of game. That was a big one.

So Michael Mays, when Carolina wins the cup, will Shane finally be allowed to touch it?

Also, Mike, please make sure you record it when it happens.

I probably won't touch it. Yeah. I probably won't touch it. I know. I just don't. It's not my thing.

Am I a part of this organization? Sure. Do I support this team? Sure. I just look at it differently

that they're the ones winning it. Yeah. Like people ask me that. I'm like, I don't work. Let me put

this way. My job right now, one in the youth hockey world in community, I'll reach and

trying to make a difference in people's lives or on the broadcast. My job is not to win the Stanley

Cup. My job is to help promote and energize the brand and make, you know, to get everyone involved

in it. But I don't win the Stanley Cup. Yeah. The people who hoist the Stanley Cup are the people

who won the Stanley Cup. We support, but Andy Lawson's fetch quietly put up his highest point

total this season. What does he need to do to step it up to another level in the post season?

What he did? I mean, I don't think I need another level. I just wanted to be the same. Yeah. Stay

healthy. I keep going back to health for everybody on this. Andre Svetchenkoff has had a couple of

post seasons where he wasn't healthy. Dan Groeschel, how are days off between games different

in the post season compared to the regular season? For example, are there still practices, but

of a different level of intensity? Is more time spent watching video of previous meetings and

they would do in the regular season? Honestly, Dan, nothing different. No, still full communication

between rod and the training staff and the captains of, and that's the other part people don't see

is the amount of communication rod with the captain saying, how's the room feeling?

Do we need to rest? Would you guys rather practice today, not morning skate tomorrow? Or would you

rather stretch workout today and morning skate tomorrow, but not skate today? Those are the

conversations that they're having. Obviously, even a bigger conversation in the playoffs because

rest and health is the most important thing. It's not about trying to teach your system or

figure it out. You're already there. You just want to be refined and moving in the right direction

as fast as you can go. So what does it take? So when puck drops at three o'clock or say Monday at 730,

Sunday and Monday, the conversation is, do we skate Sunday and not Monday morning? Or do we take

Sunday off? We'll sweat Monday morning to ramp it up to be jacked Monday night. That's the

questions they're having. Which by the way, they've been having those conversations and the

constant preparation of video never quits. Yeah. They've been having those conversations literally

all year. Yeah. Brittany Morris with the power place they hot. Yes. Sure. Hope so. Sure.

Will Britt. There you go, Brittany. Nothing to worry about. Ron Davidson, do you think the Keynes learned

from past seasons and decided to save regular season energy and physicality for the playoffs?

They had 113 points. 53 wins seem laying off. Yeah. They saved it all. There's an energy refrigerator

that they have in the locker room and they experienced peace. Yes. The experience. Yes. But like,

let me ask you as a former player, what does that even mean? Did they learn from past seasons and

save regular season energy and physicality for the playoffs? I'm just skipping over that question.

But I'm asking you, whatever once in a while, it's a dumb question. No player saves anything. We

go all out every day. Thank you. That's the best sport. There's no load management, right? Yeah,

they. Yeah. There were some players who they kept out the final few games of the regular season.

If that's what you're looking for, Ron, your answer was already there. Wait, didn't we do that last

year? Yeah. They did. They did. Josh McCackern. Are you ready? That's it. That's the question. Sure,

am Josh. You know what, Josh? As always, best friends for life. Let's go. Can't

this name is too good to be true. And it's for you. So I have to read it. Levi Throckmorton.

Let's go. Levi. That's got to be like, it should be a hockey put. I need to write a book. Levi Throckmorton

has Throckmorton thrust into a situation. Yeah. See, I has dropped him in the middle of the jungle.

Maybe one for Shane here. What is happening when officials don't drop the puck on a face off? Do

players ever get frustrated? Like I do. Like just drop the shirt word here thing already. Sure

do. And it's again, it's a feel thing for the lineman. We've talked about this a few other times.

There shouldn't. There is not supposed to be any movement on a face off until that puck

hits the ice. So wingers are jumping. Everyone's trying to move. Sticks aren't down long enough.

It's his judgment call. And again, some guys are a little bit over at top. Some guys are a

little bit loose. Let's just get her going. Can you draw at them a little bit? Can you say drop

the damn thing? Well, if that happens, the exact words he was trying to say happen all the time.

But again, it goes back to you want to have a respect factor because you don't want this guy

just non on you all night long, right? You want to try and get an advantage. How do you do that?

It's probably not by calling him, you know, what Bull Durham called people. Why you get tossed

out of games? Oh, let's just say that. Mike and Shane, who are the people who man the penalty

boxes? And who picks them? What do they do besides opening closed the door? I drive downtown.

David game. Check out the scenery and say, hey, man, have you ever worked a penalty box door?

They say, no, I say, can you push a button that says stop and start? Find some guys.

There's a they have, they're called an off ice officiating the forms that you can enter your name.

Yeah, but there's a thank you for that to appreciate that. Now people are going to ask where it is

now. If you want to be on the crew, just send a tweet to Mike. I hate you so much right now.

Not even funny. Rebecca, no, there's a NHL off ice officiating crew that they handle all of that

to scoreboard. They track all of these things. The guys who sit in the penalty box, they they're

all trained to do it. So a couple of times you'll see different guys in there or different ladies

in there and their job when they're sitting in there. Do they have the pucks? I think one side has

the pucks. The freezer, a little freezer in there. So they have the pucks that they flip in and they,

you know, keep time to make sure that they get it in out of the box. Why this is a question,

it seems like almost every week. I don't know, but Cody wants to know what's your favorite version

iteration of the hurricane's jersey. But he is five stars best friends for life. 25th anniversary.

I like the black jerseys with the two flags up front. We did. On the one that didn't happen. Yeah.

Well, that's why we asked it. Thanks for asking. We've answered. There you go, Cody. Thank you. Thank you.

Just Chris. I'll be honest. I don't like this first round matchup. It's going to be a tough one.

So I'm just going to get on the couch and listen. There. Okay, Chris. Hey, I appreciate him.

I appreciate the honesty. Thanks for the confidence. He just charged an interest on the coach.

And we should Bailey, what other first round matchups are you tuning into keeping an eye on?

If I have to only pick one one from one from each side. Okay. No one from each side. Thank you.

The selfish part would be Pittsburgh versus Philly. So ready for the second round.

But I'm going to watch Montreal Tampa on the east. I'm going to watch.

I'm going to watch Pittsburgh Philly and Minnesota Dallas.

Yeah, Minnesota Dallas on the west. That's not even a question mark. That's the

heaven to Nanaheim could be high energy when it comes to goals.

Oh, it should be. But I think that if just for pure entertainment value,

Montreal Tampa could be special. Same thing with same thing with Minnesota Dallas. That is the

only first round series I care about in the west. I mean, you're also going to be tuning

to Buffalo. My wife will be. Yeah. I'm there. I'm not saying you're cheering for Buffalo, but

you're excited. They're back in the woods. My hometown. Yeah. But no, I'm like, I get this a lot.

I it's really weird. Like people who you didn't know, I grew up in Buffalo. I hate the bills.

You know this. You don't hate the sabers. Well, I work for that. I'm excited for my city. Yeah.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're a you're a sabers. But that would be like me going,

well, you're excited for Edmonton. I am. I really want to stand like up. Come on now. I would

love to see you want to stand like they have a bunch. Now, not this year, because I want to win it,

but yeah, well, I'm not winning it. So, oh, I know. Um, but like people ask me that all the time.

Calgary gets in. Okay. Well, that's because you don't want to. Yeah. Do you want to know what the

real motivation? Because anytime Boston loses, it's just good for the world. Boston or Toronto.

Also, well, Toronto, I mean, so many people, everyone thinks Toronto's like the Canadian market.

There's 95% of the Canadian market is loves this loves it. There is Toronto is too hockey.

What the Yankees are to baseball. Yes. They have a lot of fans. But the rest of the league is

against them. Yes. That's how it goes. But no, I'm not alone. I'm excited. You know what, you know

what I am excited for that first playoff game when they play. I think they go Sunday at 730. They've

got that game against Boston. Yeah. For that fan base. And I know that there's a history here.

But for that fan base to experience what this fan base experience when they got on the ice that

game against the caps. After going nine years without the playoffs, that's good stuff. It was.

It was pretty electric. Yeah. That's good. Are we signing off soon?

We, it's up to you. I'm on you, man. Yeah. We got to go because we had to put up the towels for all our fans.

But that's my challenge, Mike, as we as we end the podcast, as we start the run, the energy, the

exposure of the playoffs that are about to happen. I'm going to challenge our fans. Did that energy

that we saw eight years ago? I need that. Oh, it'll be there. It'll be there. Oh, it'll be there.

I have no doubt about it. So, but no, to answer your question, I am all in on the canes. Do you know?

I knew that. But no, do you know, do you know, like, to get a chance to call that? That's the dream.

And Keynes Buffalo Eastern Congress final. It's, I still want the canes to win. No, I know that,

but you're exciting level. Oh, my God. Yeah. That'll be you kidding me. Although, I'm going to

shut off my phone. Yes. And I will delete all social media. You won't. Yeah, I will. I'll just put it

on hold, or I'll get suspended. I'll say something about Elon. Do that work for me.

Shane is always you're the last word. And this is a big one because right before the first round of

the playoffs, Keynes won game one. Thank you.