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Chapter 1: What are the latest updates on the Stanley Cup Final?
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Chapter 2: How can the Carolina Hurricanes improve their performance in the series?
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Shana, thanks for doing this today. How are you? I'm good. Thanks for having me. Yeah, it's our pleasure. And, you know, first, what, 50 minutes of that game? Not the most exciting last night. And then it turned into a really, really exciting game. What stood out to you? What's your main takeaway from Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final?
Yeah, I was really bummed through those first 50 minutes.
Chapter 3: What insights did Shayna Goldman share about Game 2?
Like, was Game 1 a tease? Because, you know, you look at this postseason as a whole, and it's like, Round 1, bangers all around. Round 2, you're like, you have one good series. Round 3... It's like, can we please go out on a high? So total, total reversal in those last 10 minutes, it was such an exciting game in the end.
You had drama on both sides of it, but I think the main takeaway for me is just how closely these two teams are matched, right? Because Game one, we see how strong Carolina can be. We see how Vegas can flip the switch. This is something they've done all postseason long. They're resilient. They swarm on defense. The forecheck is fantastic.
They have the high-end talent, the elite skill, and they have the veterans that have been here before.
Chapter 4: What challenges did the Carolina Hurricanes face against the Golden Knights?
All comes together for a great run. And At that point, you think maybe Carolina's cooked. Maybe they've met a good team. But I think with game two to see the way that they came back, not just that they did it, but the way that they did it, well down to nothing, late in the third period, actually scoring on the power play, which they have been able to do consistently.
And you go, okay, we finally have a battle here. And we have... two really strong teams on both ends of the ice going head-to-head.
Yeah, and I think part of it is, you know, both of these teams were so proficient defensively up to this point, and I'm not saying that they're not playing good defense, but, you know, the goalies had incredible save percentages as well, and now all of a sudden it's, you know what, it was nine goals in the first game, seven goals, so 16 goals through the first two games, and part of me is just like, yeah, these teams playing with substandard goaltending feels like a great recipe for entertainment.
Yeah. Because it's kind of like, we're going to see goals, we're going to see these comebacks, but the teams are still playing with a lot of intensity and physicality like they do.
Yeah, exactly. Like, I didn't expect these types of games. If you said, we're getting three twos, two ones, I'd be like, yes, that clicks. Like, that totally checks out.
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Chapter 5: What were the highlights from the combine interviews with Caleb Malhotra?
And that's what we've seen from the Canes through a lot of the playoffs too, right? Like, before those last two games against Montreal, they were not blowing out their opponents. We're seeing one-goal games, we're seeing... overtime games, and it was a good question of, like, can they win games that way?
And they proved that with those last two wins over Montreal, and you're like, okay, they have what it takes to be this high-scoring team if need be, but you didn't expect it to go the other way. We already knew Vegas could be the high-scoring team. We already knew Vegas could allow a lot of goals against from, like, you know, that round one against Utah at times, but...
Definitely wouldn't, is not what I would have expected here, but it makes sense too, because there are two teams that play like a similar game that can play that like counter punch and neither team has an ace goaltender, right? Like that's part of it as well. Like Anderson and Hart have been what their teams have needed, especially as the playoffs have gone on.
But it's not like we're talking about a matchup of Jeremy Swayman and Vasilevsky, right? So it does make a little bit more sense. If the defense opens up, we're going to see some goals that you go, maybe you should have had that.
Yeah, and I always thought Carolina's biggest potential weakness coming into this series was Freddie Anderson regressing, right? And going from the Freddie Anderson of the first three rounds to...
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Chapter 6: How do the combine interviews impact player drafts?
you know, the version we've seen in the playoffs at past points in his career. And if look at like, if he does that, but Carter Hart is regressing as well, then they still have a chance. But I always kind of looked at that as a potential fatal flaw for Carolina.
Yeah. And it makes perfect sense because Frederick Anderson doesn't have some incredible playoff record, right? Like normally we see this happen a little bit sooner. We know his Eastern conference final record. We've all heard it at times. Um, it definitely doesn't hurt that he used to play for the Leafs because those numbers around double as much just from that Toronto fest.
But like it, we all knew it was a possibility. And I think it could have gotten pretty shaky last night, right? Like had, had they not rebounded, does the conversation all of a sudden change to maybe they should change goaltenders and have another goalie they used for half the year, even though his game completely cratered at the end of the year. I think he's showing like he is the right choice.
for now, but I think we're getting glimpses of the, maybe the fatigue setting in, or maybe they, this is just so much more high octane offensively versus who they played against because, you know, Montreal in theory should have been that they weren't, they weren't shooting the puck much. So it's not like he's been tested a ton.
Chapter 7: What is the current state of NHL news and updates?
You mentioned that the power play gets going for Carolina. Of course, they score the third goal and then they overtime winner as well. And it's Seth Jarvis who scores the winner. Now, it wasn't a five on five goal, but that line has struggled so much to be productive in these playoffs. And first two or first three rounds, it didn't matter.
You feel like they're going to have to get going against Vegas. What has held that top trio back so far in the playoffs for Carolina?
Yeah, I think they definitely need to get going because against other teams, you could get by with the middle six doing the heavy lifting, and right now they're getting full, you know, second, third, fourth line production. That's great. They just have three elite scoring lines, so you better have the chops to match that. It's a little bit of everything, honestly.
It feels like Spechnikov is getting some looks last night, but they're not on target at all. I think in game one, the big issue was all these one-and-done rushes looking for the perfect shot, overpassing. They were, like, numerous times I think Jarvis could have shot the puck, then he finally gets that great scoring chance, doesn't score, and Hurdle has the game winner on the very next shift.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of Dylan Larkin's trade request for the Red Wings?
So you could see that being an issue. I think at times, like, Ajo is a ā I hate going into, like, the usual, like, critiques we hear of guys who aren't those battle-tested playoff guys that we all hear, but, like, he's looked a little bit, like, smaller in this series, and he's not. But I just feel like you're seeing him get out-muscled and out-worked at times.
So it does feel like, if anything, that line needs to shake it up a little bit and get a little more sandpaper, a little more puck retrieving to help sustain those rushes a little bit better.
it's tough because you talk about okay a little more sandpaper a little more puck retrieving and I immediately think of you know Logan Stankoven or Jackson Blake though they can certainly provide those things on the same time that line has been so incredibly effective and it's Stankoven getting the comeback started last night yeah if you're Rod Brendamore I don't know if you can risk breaking up that trio just to try to get your top line going
I think we lost Shana. All right. Or she's just given that question a really deep thought. We'll try to reconnect and get a few more minutes here with Shana Goldman on Canucks Talk Sportsnet 650. And yeah, it is incredible how successful Carolina was through the first three rounds, only dropping one game despite their top line, really not making much of an impact.
And yeah, it was on the power play. But if that Seth Jarvis goal awakes something, not just for the power play, but for that unit as a whole, I think Caroline has got a very good chance of figuring out how to take down Vegas in this series after that big comeback victory. we will keep chatting Stanley Cup final.
I want to talk a little bit on the Vegas side as well when we get Shana back on the line. And in fact, now joining us again, Shana, thanks for sticking with us. And, you know, I was just saying, you mentioned the need for sandpaper and puck retrievals. And I think of two guys on Carolina that bring that really well. And it's Jackson Blake and Logan Stankoven.
But that line is playing so well, I don't know that Rod Brindamore can even think about splitting them up to try to get one up to the top line.
Yeah, sorry about that. No, no, don't worry. But no, I agree with you. That line to me is untouchable. That is the only one that is untouchable because they're still going. They're still cooking. It's not like we're holding on to what they did in rounds one or two being like, yeah, but they did this. I don't care about that. Right. They're still going right now.
So that line has to stay together unless they really had a desperate situation. To me, it's. the third line maybe you can work with. There's a case to saying a Jankowski or a Carrier can move up and I wouldn't disagree with that, but I also feel like they're rolling a bit. Well, instead it's the first and third lines. I would tweak a little. I think Stahl and Ehlers have to stay together, right?
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