Elliotte Friedman

And now it's like, okay, who blinks first?

Two teams that are confident of like, however they want to play across the ice, we're fine with it.

And at some point, you know, it in a lot of ways feels like Tampa-Montreal.

It's just like two...

I don't want to say unstoppable forces, but very confident forces now butting heads for potentially seven games.

And we wouldn't be surprised at all if it went to the distance.

If nothing else, this will be the loudest of the second round series, given the two buildings we were going into.

Can't wait.

Good.

Yes.

And we keep hearing that he's, you know, each day is getting better for him and that's wonderful.

So we miss him here in Buffalo.

Yes, we do.

But we know it's for all the right reasons as he's taking care of himself and making sure he's getting better.

So look forward to seeing you at the rink when we do see you, Renaud.

Two games tonight, Elliot.

It begins with Hockey Central at 6.30 Eastern, 3.30 Pacific Time.

Setting up game number one, as we just talked about, Canadians and Sabres from the Keybanks Center.

A little after...

7 ET on Sportsnet and CBC.