Craig MacTavish
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And there's going to be, you know, a tendency for them to be.
I would guess slightly more conservative than they otherwise would be.
I mean, maybe they're confident enough right now and good enough where they're just looking like the Edmonton Oilers when they first had to run through Montreal many years ago.
Well, yeah.
That game might be the easiest game for them to win tomorrow, and that sounds strange because we're at home, but
you know, we're a little bit beaten down emotionally.
And if we get a little bit of a lift from the wind tomorrow night, then all of a sudden the pendulum swings pretty heavily towards Anaheim in terms of a pressure-filled wind because you don't want to come back here for game seven.
Right.
I mean...
And game five, I always felt when I was in the situation to close a team out was maybe your best opportunity to do it.
And, you know, they don't want to let a Edmonton Oilers team off the mat tomorrow if they can help it because we'll be dangerous.
Oh, for sure.
The players are going to be just โ I mean, it's an energy level that โ an adrenaline boost that the players โ
get from our fans.
There's no question about that.
And that's a huge advantage.
It's just all of a sudden you get to finish your check hard and get in and drive the net and all those things that lead to really productive, good hockey.
And, you know, we're going to be a tough out tomorrow.
I'll guarantee you that.
And we get that game tomorrow.