Eric Engels

The Canadians have the skill to take advantage of the odd man rushes and they're going to get some, whether the Hurricanes back off a little bit more or not, they still had six of them to Carolina's two through 60 minutes of play.

You know, like it's,

In the first game, it was more than double that because Carolina was just way too aggressive in the neutral zone after being as aggressive as they always are in the offensive zone.

So I know this is real inside baseball or hockey, but you're asking me what the keys are.

That's what it is.

You got to execute real fast coming up and you have to be real precise coming through the

Look, I'll tell you a couple things about them.

One, you've probably seen the stats that they've given up the most breakaways in the NHL this year.

It's not because they're chorus or anything.

It's because they don't care.

They believe they'll generate five scoring chances for every one they give up going that way and that type of chance.

The thing is, in the playoffs, and the reason they've made it so far through the playoffs...

over the last number of years, only to be halted at the same stage each year.

And Florida is a big part of it, obviously.

But it is that, that these games generally get settled by one goal and that if you don't have as much premium talent as the other side, it can go against you, even if you're out shooting and out gunning and all that stuff.

The other thing you're talking about in terms of the style itself and how tough it might be for some fans to watch is

I think they play super fast.

I think they're different than they were in previous years in terms of their willingness to create things off the rush.

But if you're an offensively creative player, I don't, there's a lot of them that, and even that are still in that room that don't enjoy playing the way they play.

I mean, it's just, and, you know, sometimes things that you don't enjoy are the most worthwhile things you do in life.