Ottawa Senators v. Carolina Hurricanes Series Preview | The Steve Dangle Podcast

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1. Kleven has balso been back practicing with the Sens.

2. I don't think Matthew will be at the sens games, he has a newborn child.

3. Keep the Sens name outta your mouth you dirty Laffs fans

4. Ottawa has the 3 best players in this series 1, 2, 3

5. Ulmark can lose the series for ottawa

6. Question for me is which team can elevate their play in the playoffs? I think the Sens have another gear that will show up.

7. 💋

8. I really want to pick the Sens, but there are two factors that tilt this for the Hurricanes.

   Goaltending: Playoffs are decided by goaltending.

   Canadian teams cannot win the cup: this has been a safe bet for 30+ years. Betting against a Canadian team is always safer.

9. Dangle is such a Leafs sycophant

10. You forgot one very important factor. Nicolas Deslauriers. He's the ultimate deterant because he will knock someones head off. If Ottawa wanna be Florida levels of dirty, Carolina can open that door and let him lose. But also, I don't think you properly understand this Canes team. Staal, Martinook, Carrier, Deslauriers, and every single defender will put a dude through the glass, but the guy that epitomises that is Nikishin. Watch him specifically, because he will run people over.

    Also, Adam's point about bigger teams… no. Washington were bigger, the Canes beat them in 5. The Islanders are bigger, Carolina might actually own that franchise. They struggle against hot goalies. Bobrovsky, Shesterkin, Vasilevskiy, Rask. It's whether Ullmark can play at that level. If he can, Ottawa will win this series. If he can't, Carolina will move on in 5.

11. Leafs hack is sooo mad! Lmfao. This is gold. Sens have arrived.

12. Everybody says Dallas Minnesota is the best first round, but I think it’s Carolina Ottawa.

13. The next time the leafs are in the playoffs steve will have a full set of gray hair

14. 45-27-10 being a w2 is crazy

15. Not all of these series are going seven

16. This series will be great regardless of who wins it. I don't see a world in which this series is a sweep or even a gentleman's sweep.

17. I know you have to give your Canadian market team hope but make some real arguments. Canes have so much more playoff pedigree, better coaching, d-core (Slavin is best player in series, not 4th) and waaaay more depth. Ehlers got 70 points on the 3rd line and the fourth line can score too. I feel bad for the Senators who deserve a better fate than playing EC champs (would have won the pillow fight in the Pacific). However unlucky, the Canes are just a far superior team who never lose in the first round. Why start now that they are an improved version of themselves. Would be hilarious if the Canes put all three Canadian teams out to pasture – Ottawa in the first, Montreal in the ECF and Oilers in the SCF!

18. This must be hard for you all, choosing between the team you hate and the team you hate you have to talk about.

19. Canes in 6. Do these guys even watch hockey?

20. Ride the Buss

21. Big Nic will erase turtle Chucker

22. feels great to hear the canes get the respect they deserve, these sens aren't going far.

23. Last year the Canes didn't lose because of size, they lost because Florida had a better team all around. Nobody was going to beat the Panthers third line offensively. Remember, the Canes dominated the Caps last year who was one of the biggest teams in the East (and the top seed). Also Ottawa has been worse against other playoff teams since coming back from the break than Carolina has and the one time Ottawa beat Carolina this year was when Martinook and Staal were out of the lineup. Canes in 5.

24. Do you know what team has never won a Cup? The team who doesn’t know what the best goalkeeper is. Sens have one choice.

25. Carolina win will if they get average goaltending. The question is if they will be able to get that.

    Canes will use both goalies.

26. As a canes fan I just feel like a lot of the things they said just aren’t very accurate. Canes have never been “run over” in any playoff series. As if they’re too small and just get dominated or pushed around. Just a totally inaccurate and lazy take.

27. Metro Division is weak. Sens in 6

28. Canes in 5

29. Picking against the Hurricanes in the 1st round is whack — Canes in 6 if Ullmark plays well, 5 if he plays like he has this season.

30. Weird that steve is vaguely the voice of reason here. We get it: small market, boring consistency, and not canadian. None of that erases that Carolina has addressed many of the concerns brought up. Most of the roster is actually over 6ft and genuinely somewhat physical, puck possession means less hits. Carrier, Martinook, Svechnikov, and inevitably Deslariers will still easily grab 5+ hits a game. If we're being intellectually honest here its not a dogwalk but they're heavy favorites for a reason (yes, sens hypers +145 is not good). No reason not to be excited about the sens and potential success, but it's the Cane's series to lose not the other way around.

31. I feel like everyone is glossing over the fact that Kotchetkov is our best goalie theorretically and he's now available to play. Am I losing my mind? Why is he not an option?

32. Ottawa is going to take this series. Ottawa has always been a Cinderella story through time. Don't sleep in Ottawa. Best winger and D and forward arguably in the league. Also the Brady factor. This guy is a guy that every one wants on there team but hates him on another. He is explosive and single handedly can change the pace of a game. I'm just saying

33. I think you guys haven't seen Andersen's last handful of games, where he's seemingly played well enough for "put the vet in the net," and Brind'Amour has shown that tendency before. But we've been playing them as 1A and 1B and it would not surprise me at all if we just keep alternating them.

34. Y'all gotta be kidding me. I get that it's not a good matchup, but the Canes are #1 in the east for a reason. At least you're granting that we should win 3 games. Canes in 6.

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