Eric Francis

And as that game was going on the other night, you saw Taylor Hall got absolutely rocked.

Carrier was knocked out of the game.

And there was a third guy who was on.

We didn't think he was going to come back either.

So they're beating them up is one thing.

The second thing is like they just do not let shots get through.

They own that space between the dots in their own zone with shot blocking and just plugging up holes.

And so they're forcing Carolina, which is a perimeter shooting team anyway, to just keep shooting from the outside.

And, you know, and that's not very harmful.

And then when they are getting through, Carter Hart's been absolutely incredible.

So it's a whole bunch of things.

The depth is just so hard to rival and they can do a little bit of everything.

Oh, God, it's good.

It's so good.

And look, I was like everybody else, and I bet you guys were the same.

Mitch Marner just can't get it done in the playoffs.

When the game's bad or most, he's on the outside.

He's a perimeter player.

He's small.

He just can't be a difference maker.