Don Taylor

So it's one of those things where they will tilt the ice more nights than not.

in their favor.

And through the regular season, that will get you where you want to be.

It will win you way more than you'll lose.

In the playoff, in tight games, overtime, stuff like that, that's where this can become a little bit more iffy, where, hey, we need a game-breaker, somebody who can do this.

And Carolina in the past...

have not had a lot of this, if any, where now they have a couple of players that can do things on their own.

And I know it might be colored glasses here, but Nick Ehlers, he's one of those players that can make something happen out of nothing.

He doesn't need zone time, procession.

in deep, cycle, take it to the net, tip in front.

No, he can go end-to-end, flashy kind of thing, and get you a goal.

Does he do it every night?

No, he doesn't.

Then he would have been a $12 million player.

But he does have it in his toolkit.

So they have a couple extra strings to play on.

And there's no question, Carolina was arguably the best team in the East this year.

So they are where they're supposed to be.

But now, coming down the stretch here, where if you pick...

If you've picked the top players in that series, a couple of them might be in Montreal before they start tilting over to Carolina.