James Duthie

And I'm like, did you guys know there was too many men on the ice?

And none of them did.

I was showing them the video, and they're like, what?

They had no idea, except Vladar, who was the goalie on the bench.

He's like, I knew.

He was the only guy in the building that knew the Czechs had too many men on the ice to score that goal.

Well, don't you think if this series started and you were to say, now Carolina's up 0-2, without knowing any of the details, you'd go, Allmark was early season Allmark again, right?

The fact that he's played terrific outside the first goal in the first game, which was kind of that off-speed pitch.

The fact that they're 0-2 the way he's played is lunacy.

He's been so good.

I think that he was neutered a little bit the other night.

He punched some guy, a little soft punch in the back of the head in a scrum and got a penalty for it.

Right away, as soon as that happens, if that's going to be the standard, then you can't get away with the sort of Brady Kachuk way that he likes to play the game.

And they were calling everything in that game.

The other thing, I think I was one who had Ottawa going to the conference final.

I think Ottawa became a trendy underdog pick.

I think a lot of people overlook Carolina because they've sucked so bad in the conference finals every year when they get there.

But they get there, and to watch them again, they're really good.

They give you no space whatsoever.

They're as fast as can be.