Joey Kocur

Louis has introduced is that small area game in the offensive zone and how they're able to beat a lot of the pressure and still generate offense.

I know that maybe they are a little bit undersized compared to Tampa Bay, but I think that just the skating and the sheer speed of Montreal and the fact that there's going to be a turning of the guard, I'm going to pick Montreal in seven games.

Good.

I know.

Okay, so I'll say if Tampa... I feel like if Tampa loses this year, it's kind of like the window closing.

Is that great?

They lose first round.

Yeah, like...

If they go on another run, then obviously, yeah, the next year.

And obviously, even if they lose in the first round, they'll be good again next year.

But three in a row, that would be like, ugh, for a team that is getting a little older, right?

I mean, every guy's been through the ringer.

They've been to all these cup finals.

They've played so many games.

If they lose in the first round this year, man, that is a big-time disappointment.

like that could be to me like i i don't really consider them cup contenders going into next year right they're gonna they're gonna have to get a lot of the montreal out of their mutants like they got anderson has to be a piece of shit hitting everything putting everyone through the end wall uh slavkovsky has to be a guy physically who's bringing it uh jack guy he's gonna have to draw and i'm sure at some point he's gonna he's gonna

Dobson had 48, 47 points this year.

He was awesome.

The PP reps that he was getting in the island.

But I think even with Dobson, Tampa's D's better.