John Matisz

So, you know, I start to, you know, edge towards giving Minnesota that first-round win.

They still have to play the games.

But, like, I thought they were pretty evenly matched.

But if you take Ince and Haskin and down a level as far as their contributions, next thing you know, the Wild have an advantage there.

So, yeah, I mean –

Top tier, it's Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, and the West, and then I just got two teams in the East with Tampa and Carolina.

Yeah, I said Buffalo, but there are a couple.

I mean, there's a lot of kind of possibilities here where,

Utah, if we're going to take away the Arizona history, it's the franchise's first time in the playoffs.

I would assume that that market's going to be bumping and it's very easy from another market to hit your wagon to that team.

Not only because, hey, it's new, it's fresh, but also whether it's Cooley or Gunther or Paterka or another handful of other guys on their team.

They're a very likable team.

They play a very

exciting brand of hockey and I don't I wouldn't really call the Ducks like a vibe team just because I feel like most people look at them and go what they've done is pretty unsustainable like obviously they have a super bright future and I love you know the seasons from Gauthier and Seneca and a couple of their other players but they just seem like a team that's destined to lose in the first round if I'm being honest so I mean the obvious answer is the Sabres

you know, a huge drought and then start off this even, you know, sort of middling, if you will, and then just go on an absolute tear since early December.

And, you know, there comes a point where it's not just sort of a heater.

It's not just a, Oh, a cute winning streak.

Like it is what you are, or you are what you are.

I don't know what the saying is, but the sample is big enough that the Buffalo Sabres are for real.

Now, you know, I, I,