Ron MacLean

But I think the better team is Anaheim.

He is really playing well.

And he's stabilized them in all situations.

I can't say enough about... So there you have Kulak and Hart, two of the stars of the last 24 hours.

Well, and also you had to play Dallas.

You know, their path, Minnesota's to the Cup, was going to have to go through Dallas and then Colorado, likely Vegas, and then maybe Carolina, let's say.

Whoever, the final isn't the fact.

To get to the final was going to be a crazy, difficult road, and I agree with you, those two injuries.

And the other thing, we brought it up at the top of the telecast last night, you're playing a mile high.

Altitude is a real thing, you know, and it did look, I know they were just trying to protect the lead, and that's human nature.

But honestly, Bob, at 5,280 feet above sea level and you fly in the day before the game, that's not ideal.

18 hours is where it hits you the hardest.

It affects your recovery for every 1,000 feet above 3,000.

You lose 3% of your VO2 max.

They looked like a team that died on the vine.

And part of it was psychological, but part of it, you know, half those missed plays,

It just looked like they had no recovery.

They had dehydration.

They had all the symptoms of a team playing at altitude.

And obviously Colorado lives in that altitude.