Michael Hage and the Michigan Wolverines won the Big 10 Championship with a 7-3 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes and now await the selection show to know who they’ll face in the first round of the national championship later this week.
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A lot to watch going on with these Canadian teams in the playoff race.
A lot to watch going on with these Canadian teams in the playoff race.
Mike, in your opinion right now, which Canadian team has the best shot of making a deep playoff run?
Mike, in your opinion right now, which Canadian team has the best shot of making a deep playoff run?
Not just making the playoffs, but actually getting there and doing some damage.
Not just making the playoffs, but actually getting there and doing some damage.
I’m not gonna make myself popular with my friends north of the border.
I’m not gonna make myself popular with my friends north of the border.
I mean, I don’t think– Right now at max, I think it’s gonna be two teams, M-Montreal in the East and Edmonton in the West.
I mean, I don’t think– Right now at max, I think it’s gonna be two teams, M-Montreal in the East and Edmonton in the West.
I think Montreal’s a first round exit because they’re either gonna play– If they stay in their current position, they’re gonna play either Tampa Bay or Buffalo.
I think Montreal’s a first round exit because they’re either gonna play– If they stay in their current position, they’re gonna play either Tampa Bay or Buffalo.
they might have a better chance against Buffalo ’cause, you know, they haven’t made the playoffs in 14 years, and Montreal made the playoffs last year, so, you know, the, the new playoff nerves will be, maybe off of them a little bit.
they might have a better chance against Buffalo ’cause, you know, they haven’t made the playoffs in 14 years, and Montreal made the playoffs last year, so, you know, the, the new playoff nerves will be, maybe off of them a little bit.
But I don’t like their goaltending, and unless Jacob Fowler is the 21st century of K- a version of Ken Dryden, I think they’re underdogs in the first round.
But I don’t like their goaltending, and unless Jacob Fowler is the 21st century of K- a version of Ken Dryden, I think they’re underdogs in the first round.
Edmonton could finish anywhere from first place in the Pacific to the wild card, and if they finish in the wild card, they could end up playing Anaheim or Vegas in the first round of the, of the playoffs.
Edmonton could finish anywhere from first place in the Pacific to the wild card, and if they finish in the wild card, they could end up playing Anaheim or Vegas in the first round of the, of the playoffs.
I have no confidence in their goaltending, and neither th-do they.
I have no confidence in their goaltending, and neither th-do they.
Their defense is in a shambles, but they do have McDavid, and they’ll have Draisaitl on one leg, and we’ve seen him play lots of games in the playoffs on one leg and be better than most players on two legs.
Their defense is in a shambles, but they do have McDavid, and they’ll have Draisaitl on one leg, and we’ve seen him play lots of games in the playoffs on one leg and be better than most players on two legs.
So if I had to cho-choose between two of them, Edmonton has the better chance, but I think Edmonton’s a first round loss as well.
So if I had to cho-choose between two of them, Edmonton has the better chance, but I think Edmonton’s a first round loss as well.