The Carolina Hurricanes are without some key components as they open the Eastern Conference Final.

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Wrought some uncertainty this morning about Jalen Chatfield. Any clarity now. Yeah, I don’t think he’s going to be able to go unfortunately. You know, we’d love to have him. That’s a huge, huge hole for us to fill, but it is what it is. We got to move on and hopefully he won’t be out the whole series. What makes you think that Scott Morrow is ready for the moment? Well, we’ll see. I mean, he’s earned it. He played well when he was called up and we’ve used them. Um, you know, I think, uh, he’s got that offensive ability, that touch that to create and move pucks, which you need against this team, and, and, uh, you know, we’ll, we’ll, we’ll, we’ll find out. I, I saw you at skate yesterday. You look like you were ready to get out there and play, almost took a hit from Andre. How amped are you to be back in the Eastern Conference final? Well, first of all, yeah, no, you don’t want to get hit by that guy, but, um, you know, I’m excited for the group. I’m excited for our fans, and we put a lot of work in this year to get here, but that’s not where we want to be. Like we need to keep pushing forward. So that’s the goal obviously is to find a way to beat these guys. To be the champs, you got to beat the champs as the siren goes off there. Do you feel hunger could be the difference this time around. They just won the Stanley Cup. You guys are searching for your first. I don’t know. I mean, I can’t ask for more. We’ve been hungry for a long time and giving it everything we have, so I think it’s going to be a. Here there that we got to find. You look back a couple of years ago, that’s the difference. It’s one little play here or there that maybe our guys are a little more experienced can make a play here or there that we were missing. So we know it’s going to be tight, but we’d love to have this opportunity. They’re coming off of Game 7. You guys have finished both rounds in 5 games. How much do you think is going to play a factor tonight? Well, you would hope so, but, you know, they’ve got their whole group and we’re actually missing guys. So that’s the key unfortunately, but it is what it is. I think maybe that fact that we’ve had a few days’ rest for the other guys can give us a little bit of boost because again we’re talking about finding that little margin. So hopefully that’s what happens. Thanks so much. Good luck tonight. I appreciate you. Thank you.