Martin Biron

I do wear that with pride.

My first captain was O-Dog's brother.

I'd be doing push-ups like that with your flippers on.

And that was a beautiful dive you just took.

I don't think anything Montreal has done has been predictable the way that they've been all over the map.

But I do think now getting into the conference finals, the element and the energy in the Bell Centre.

I'm not sure that the Caniacs have felt anything like that yet.

So that'll be the X factor, I think, in this game on both sides.

You know, does that energy amp up the Canadians and does it affect their play in a good way or a bad way?

And I think keeping your emotions in check.

Obviously, as we've seen all playoffs long and all season long with Marty St.

Louis, he's done an excellent job of making sure his guys are prepared.

I do think they're going to need to get more shot attempts and more shots on net than they've gotten, especially the last game.

If you look at games where...

teams struggle against the Carolina Hurricanes, you see them constantly flipping the puck out, flipping the puck out to just buy time and take away the pressure.

But it actually feeds into the hurricane system, and they just start attacking wave after wave until they ultimately get to you.

They have to be able to handle the pressure in a way that they can make plays.

They have to be able to transition and exit the defensive zone through the neutral zone with puck possession so that they're then...

dumping with a purpose, able to forecheck properly, apply their own pressure, which frankly Carolina doesn't handle very well because they're not used to it, because they're used to always being on the attack and always being the aggressor.

And so if you're able to, in the games where I saw Carolina struggle the most is when they weren't able to just consistently apply pressure and force the opposition into uncomfortable situations.