Expecting a Thrilling Seven-Game Series in Stanley Cup Final

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00:00I think that both teams are better than last year's versions.

00:04And we had a seven-game series last year.

00:07I think we get a seven-game series again,

00:09but we get to it, Tom, in a much different way than last year.

00:11I don't see the 3-0 and the 3-0.

00:13I think this year you get more of the punch, punch, back, punch, punch, back

00:17to get us into a deep series.

00:19Yeah, that's exactly where I am.

00:21The one point I would make about the players being better,

00:24I think that's absolutely true on both sides.

00:25The question I want to see from Edmonton is who's going to step up

00:29and be better, now it's Zach Hyman done for the Oilers.

00:32Like, you have this experience, okay, it's like, okay,

00:34but someone else needs to fill that void.

00:36Obviously, Zach Hyman is unbelievable at scoring goals on the power play,

00:39whatever it might be, but you need someone else who was okay last year

00:43now to be great to fill that role.

00:45So I'm on with this series going six or seven games,

00:48but I really do think it comes down to the depth from both sides.

00:50That's where this series is going to be won or lost.

00:53Yeah, and you make a great point because, you know,

00:56look at what Edmonton got just looking at that fifth game

00:59against Dallas on Thursday night.

01:01Wow, Jeff Skinner scored a goal.

01:03You know, they got a goal from Jeff Skinner.

01:06And I think the guy for me that you're going to see more of,

01:10and look, Sid, he's been around anyway,

01:12and this is what is like, he's been in the Stanley Cup final.

01:16Is this five out of six years or six out of seven years?

01:18I think that you will see Corey Perry kind of take a little bit more

01:23in this series, especially with Hyman out.

01:25I think that you could see him, that drive is there.

01:29He knows, man, I might not get another crack,

01:31even though it seems like he has one every year, Tom.

01:33I think that you're going to see Corey Perry want to put that finishing touch

01:38and get that next cup for him before he closes it down.

01:41Absolutely.

01:42I mean, he lost with the Habs.

01:43He lost with Tampa.

01:46He lost with the –

01:48Dallas.

01:48He lost with Dallas.

01:49Like, year after year.

01:50It's like, that was a joke.

01:52Like, listen, if you want your team to lose,

01:53you just simply sign Corey Perry.

01:55It means you'll make the Stanley Cup,

01:56and it means you would lose at a certain point.

01:57And I think if he wins, I think he hangs it up

01:59just because it has been a long few seasons for him

02:03getting to the Stanley Cup, trying to get it,

02:05and then just not eventually getting there.

02:06But I do like his role in the power play.

02:08That net front presence, along with McDavid,

02:11obviously dry set on that near dot.

02:13If he can cause some havoc in there inside Boborowski,

02:16he's in the spot to score two, three goals this series.

02:19And I think that's what's the most impressive thing to me

02:21about Edmonton this year.

02:22They are not just McDavid and Dreisaitl.

02:27I think years past in the playoffs, Tom,

02:29they were so built on.

02:31McDavid and Dreisaitl have to carry them to the end.

02:33They have to be the guys.

02:34I even think last year, getting to that seventh game,

02:37it was – and McDavid won the Conn Smythe in a losing effort.

02:39He was so good.

02:41I don't think they've had to do that this year.

02:43I think it's been a much different journey for them

02:45through the first three rounds to get to this point.

02:48And I think that that's going to serve them even more

02:50because maybe now you get the blow-up McDavid going nuts

02:54or Dreisaitl going nuts series,

02:56and what a time it would be if you actually got it

02:59in the Stanley Cup final.

03:00Well, let's take a break.

03:00Let's take a break.

03:01Let's take a break.

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