Dave Dameshek

They also have a perfect storm going against them.

One, there is their own history that has worked against them and is surely in their heads.

And then on top of it, they're still the team that's supposed to do it in the Wales Conference this year.

Certainly in the first couple of rounds, they're not supposed to be tested.

And so there's the added weight of being the team that's expected to do it.

That puts pressure on you.

And so I do think that's the rest of the conference's chance against the Canes.

I do think the Canes survive this one.

I hope it's not the Lightning again.

It's enough with the Lightning.

Go away already.

Kucharoff and all the rest of you.

Well, right.

I think, fellas, that it does go, you know, the Canes have an immense amount of pressure on them to get it done this year.

But the Stars do, too, and so do the Oilers, obviously.

And the Avs, to some extent, given the run that they've been on for multiple years here, it's getting to be, if they don't get it done this year, being the best team all season long, it's going to start to take on a whiff of 90s Atlanta Braves kind of thing.

Right.

like being always in the mix, but rarely getting it done.

Look at this.

I told, I told DJ when I, when I reached out this week, let's just, we'll do 20 minutes.