Kyle Bukauskas

It was just one of those nights for the Hurricanes.

No, and Craig did a good job showing on the broadcast just some of the over-aggressiveness, I think certainly from the defense where two guys go to one guy and that leaves somebody else open for Montreal.

Anyway, just one of those.

And y'all were wondering going in, okay, how was the layoff going to affect Carolina?

I don't think it was a lack of effort, but maybe just...

effort spent in the in the wrong places so game one to to montreal on the road and uh worst case they'll take a split back home uh when the series shifts there after game two on saturday night anything else uh from this one here elliot before we move on to the west not really i think uh i think we've broken it down enough what else can be said we've said it all

That's right.

Moving on then.

So game one, Vegas, Colorado.

I mean, look, first of all, you could understandably so.

The Avalanche are a different team without Kale McCarr in the lineup.

And I wonder, it was the day before that Bednar was asked about him and he said, you know, I'm not worried about it yet.

And I believe he skated the morning of, of game one, two, did he not?

Yes.

So I, I don't know if, if that's, if that has caused for, for more concern, uh, for, for Colorado or, or not, uh, that it was almost a little more last minute that they thought, okay, he can't go, but nevertheless, um, just like Montreal, it was an impressive showing from Vegas to come on the road into a hostile environment.

And, uh,

not lucked their way into a victory.

They took game one from the president's trophy winners.

And the situation is kind of perfect for him, too.

I mean, he's talked about... Obviously, it's a veteran group.