Chapter 1: What were the highlights of Game 1 between the Canadiens and Hurricanes?
Get yourselves ready. It's the fastest hour in hockey. It's the Real Kipper and Bourne Show. We are live on Sportsnet 590, The Fan, Sportsnet 960 in Calgary, 650 in Vancouver, Sportsnet 360, Sportsnet Plus, Gord, Stellick, YouTube. And if you miss our show, Gord, you can download it as well on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. We are presently on YouTube. Mm-hmm.
where there's an amazing chat going on right now going, Gord again.
I think it's so funny, Kipper, when you pick up that lineup to read all the places we're on, and I could just hear the dread in your voice of you having to go through all those places.
No dread at all as we welcome in Gord Stelik for Justin Bourne on this Off the Rails Friday.
Chapter 2: What concerns does Doug MacLean have about the Carolina Hurricanes' performance?
Love it. Doug McClain, yeah.
Nick Kiprios. Sammy McKee, Jake the Snake Schultz, and Derek Brandeo. This hour of Real Kipper and Born brought to you by Bet365. Gord, do not blink. It'll go by that fast, I'm telling you.
Well, when you do a two-hour show and it's cut back to one, you're right. A three-hour show is cut back to two. So, yeah, I've been listening, watching, and it sails by and always fun.
Chapter 3: How does Cale Makar's injury affect the Western Conference Final?
And in my case, download on Spotify, or you can ask your son or daughter to download on Spotify, just whatever it may be. Yeah, I'm glad to be on board.
Let's go. In about 10 minutes, we'll welcome in Doug McClain. That's where either the show will slow down, come to a screeching halt, or be driven into the ditch. Yeah. But we can catch our breath there.
Well, I saw a feature on Paul Anka, and it talked about he wrote the song. Paul Anka.
No, he wrote the song.
Chapter 4: Why is Bruce Cassidy a likely candidate for the Kings' coaching position?
It was a good feature. Paul Anka. Doug McClain, Paul Anka.
He wrote the song, My Way, for Frank Sinatra. And I'm just saying, Doug McClain is like the my way of sports broadcasting, hockey, because the conversation will go his way, whatever it is. And that's why it could be off the rails, on the rails, but it's always Doug McClain fun, right? I didn't have a Paul Anka reference. Yeah, don't worry. I love it. I didn't expect it, but anyway.
Chapter 5: What impact does Lindy Ruff's extension have on the Sabres?
Jam-packed tonight on Sportsnet. We got the Western Conference final, Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, 8 p.m., Sportsnet. But before we get into that with our good buddy, Mac, your thoughts last night, Montreal Canadiens? Yeah. Carolina Hurricanes, what looked like a terrific start, albeit 33 seconds gored, turned into a rather disappointing, at times ugly for the fans. They left early.
Not what Carolina fans were hoping for.
Well, it's what Montreal fans have come to expect in the playoffs. The games don't leave early. The games are crazy.
Chapter 6: How do the Avalanche and Golden Knights compare heading into Game 2?
We see it in that series against Buffalo and Tampa Bay. And not going to go over all the goals, but it does show again, that's why you play the games. Everyone's trying to predict what's going on. And I thought, honestly, Kippy and Sammy, 33 seconds in, I thought, don't tell me this is exactly what Philadelphia had against Carolina.
They spent their emotional gas beating Pittsburgh, and they never got going, and they got steamrolled by Carolina. And then when Caulfield gets that one, what, 27 seconds later, at even strength, okay, you're back in the game. And then after that, that relentless forecheck of Carolina, because there's no space. Carolina gives you no space. But Montreal figured it out, and Carolina made some ā
uncharacteristic gaffes.
Chapter 7: What questions do listeners have about the ongoing playoffs?
And, you know, we chatted about this morning on my Sirius XM show, Kippy, about when are you ever going to get a game like that from Jacob Slavin? You know, just all those things like what went on last night for Carolina. So good on Montreal for capitalizing it. And the only caveat I'll throw now is Now we're talking about Carolina's record. They're 1-17 in their last 18 championship series.
Like, that's staggering. They got swept 4-0, 4-0, and 4-1 their last three series. So now, and that's not like the Leafs haven't won the Cups in 67. This team, these guys were most of those guys that have been on those teams.
Chapter 8: What insights does Doug MacLean offer about roster construction in the NHL?
So this thing creeps into discussion a little bit now.
Yeah, I mean, since 2000, teams with a nine-plus days off of rest are now two and five in the first games back from the layoff. We know the stats about the seven and one coming off a sweep versus the game seven stuff. There's no way to sit here and say... that that wasn't a rust situation. You've watched the Carolina Hurricanes all year. We've all watched the Carolina Hurricanes.
They're a dialed-in group, and they're just gaffes, breakaways. It was so uncharacteristic. I can't believe how bad they looked. I thought there might be some rust, but man.
Let's sneak in Kipper's Clipper from the head coach of Carolina to, I don't know, try to explain it. Clip one.
Our top guys had tough nights, and that's not going to work this time of the year. So chalk it up, you know, I think... I think we just tossed this game, to be honest. I hate that this time of year. That's what we got to do. But there wasn't much to really grab onto there. And I think you get behind early like that. It's tough. But we clearly were not ready for that pace.
And that's, you know, I'm not going to give the layoff as an excuse, but we weren't ready to play playoff hockey.
Yeah. He said he doesn't want to use it as an excuse, but it's how can you not?
About halfway through the game, I'm wondering now that if just Montreal's style of play, which I see as being very opportunistic too.
Counterpunch.
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