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Real Kyper & Bourne

Vally's View: Conference Finals by the Numbers

26 May 2026

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Chapter 1: What happened in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final?

10.426 - 20.47 Nick Kypreos

Once again, it's the fastest hour in hockey. It's the Real Kipper and Bourne Show. Season five. Really, five. We're closing in five. Really, Sam?

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20.49 - 24.802 Justin Bourne

I guess. I guess it's where we're at. Yeah. Here we are.

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24.822 - 28.968 Nick Kypreos

Here we are, bud. He's not the best producer for nothing, folks, with that type of chime.

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Chapter 2: How did the Hurricanes' depth impact their playoff success?

30.01 - 57.06 Nick Kypreos

Nick Kiprios, Justin Bourne, Sammy McKee, Jake the Snake Schultz, Derek Brandeo. We are live on Sportsnet 590, The Fan, Sportsnet 960 in Calgary, 650 in Vancouver, 360, Sportsnet Plus, and YouTube, where we always appreciate a thumbs up. And wherever you get your pods, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Wherever. Sure. This hour of Real Kipper and Bourne brought to you by Bet365.

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58.402 - 64.934 Nick Kypreos

Sammy's got the Vegas glitter jersey up today for this hour. It was already up.

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Chapter 3: What were the controversial calls during the game?

64.954 - 67.119 Nick Kypreos

Was it? Yeah. You didn't touch it? Didn't touch it.

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67.239 - 74.352 Sam McKee

Actually, I put a real hanger on it because whoever does the hockey show just leaves it on a white hanger and it drives me nuts, but I put a nice hanger on it.

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74.618 - 82.711 Nick Kypreos

If I grab that jersey, will I end up with, like, yellow sparkles on my hands like I did when my daughter was, like, eight years old?

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82.751 - 103.888 Justin Bourne

Yes, like leaving a strip club. I got to tell you, the difference between this jersey in person and on TV is jarring. Because I knew it had... It's a horrid tarp. It was just as bad as you can do. Yeah, it doesn't get much worse. Like, if you see it on TV, it looks like a Nashville Predator, sort of a mustardy yellow. And in person, it's this glitter bomb... Which I get, it's Vegas.

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103.949 - 107.786 Justin Bourne

That's kind of the thing, but... The Glitter Bomb Nights.

108.69 - 109.533 Nick Kypreos

Try to close out.

109.553 - 112.185 Sam McKee

The Glitter Bomb Nights. The Vegas Glitter Bombs.

112.688 - 122.603 Nick Kypreos

The Vegas Clear Bomb Knights will try to close out their conference final against Colorado tonight. A game that could be seen right here on Sportsnet.

Chapter 4: What statistics highlight the Canadiens' struggles?

122.623 - 123.424 Nick Kypreos

8 p.m.

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123.444 - 136.463 Sam McKee

I put the wrong time. It's at 9 for some reason. 9 p.m. I looked. When I was about to start the show, it's at 9 p.m. It's not 8? No, it's 9. Why 9? Because I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. 9. So it's 9.

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136.804 - 141.531 Nick Kypreos

That's what you get. Maybe Wayne Newton's playing from like 6 to 8.30.

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141.511 - 146.217 Sam McKee

Wayne Newton. They got Gwen Stefani at the Spheres, the new one. Yeah. Yeah.

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Chapter 5: What insights does Steve Valiquette provide about the ECF?

146.818 - 149.802 Sam McKee

Okay. How was that? She said it was fantastic. Oh, I'm sure.

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149.862 - 176.414 Nick Kypreos

Well, welcome Steve Aliquette, analyst with the New York Rangers, MSG, CEO, Clearsight Analytics. We'll get into Vegas, Colorado. We'll get into Montreal. What happened to the Canadians last night as Sveshnikov scores in overtime to lift the Hurricanes in game three of the East final? Yeah. You were a betting man, which often you two are. It was only a matter of time, right?

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176.494 - 193.44 Nick Kypreos

With the feeling like... The OT winner, you mean? Well, just the overall game. It was just... It didn't feel like Montreal was a shot away last night. For whatever reason, they could have been. And they have been in the past.

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193.46 - 195.784 Justin Bourne

They have been. That's why it's never like...

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196.642 - 202.816 Nick Kypreos

That catches up to you. Does it not? And did it not catch up to them last night? Like, it's not a problem until it's a problem.

202.956 - 224.016 Justin Bourne

I would argue that it all caught up to them last night, just in terms of getting hemmed in their own end and getting pounded and long shifts and, you know... Carolina's whole schtick is four checks, good sticks, finish check, wear you down, they flip it out, we're going right back at you. And you saw really talented players making uncharacteristic mistakes.

224.076 - 235.935 Justin Bourne

Obviously, Lane Hudson on the OT winner. Slavkovsky, I thought, was just as much to blame on that one. He drifted out of the middle, but Suzuki turned it over in his own end. Dobson turned it over in his own end. They just looked mentally worn down.

Chapter 6: How are the Avalanche performing against the Golden Knights?

236.176 - 260.145 Sam McKee

And having said all that, Nick Suzuki walks in on a breakaway in overtime and misses the post by, what, a half an inch low blocker? And it could have... It's... I don't know. I thought last night, and even in game two, because the scores have been close, boys, but the Habs, I mean, they're getting outclassed here. Like, this is not... There's no comparison, whether it be they're the...

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260.125 - 273.826 Sam McKee

how much their playing has caught up to them versus how little the Carolina Hurricanes have played. It just, it doesn't feel like it's very close, in my opinion. Am I way off on that? Like, it just, one team feels way more undeniable than the other. Yeah.

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274.347 - 275.489 Justin Bourne

I mean, you've seen the same thing?

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275.589 - 290.438 Nick Kypreos

Yeah. Yeah, no question. And I picked the Canadians. I still think that overall that they have... I don't know what the term is. More gifted players?

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290.458 - 296.809 Justin Bourne

I think if you were drafting from all the players in this series, you'd probably take three Canadians before you got to a hurricane. You think?

296.849 - 298.993 Sam McKee

Yeah. Slavin might be the first overall pick?

299.394 - 302.84 Justin Bourne

Oh, yeah. I was thinking Hudson, Suzuki.

303.021 - 319.759 Nick Kypreos

Oh, yeah. I like Slavin, but you get capped out with... You get capped out. He cannot... Can't do what Hudson can do. He can't do what Quinn can do. He can't do what Makar can do. Yet, all three of them are, like, almost out of the playoffs.

Chapter 7: What coaching changes are being discussed for the Leafs?

319.779 - 332.949 Nick Kypreos

Hudson will be on Norris Palace this year. Right? I just... You make a good point. They're really doing it by committee. For sure. And they don't have... Bonafide superstar game breakers, Carolina. Not one.

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333.41 - 346.667 Sam McKee

Not one. I think that's why these games are close. Because they're controlling play. They're peppering the goal. The amount of shots and shot attempts, it's not even close. But they just don't have the super-duper star to break the ties.

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346.927 - 359.284 Nick Kypreos

Even their fourth line, that Jankowski line. Yeah, Carrier, Jankowski, Robinson. The difference between what they looked like and Sebastian Ojo's line last night looked like, It's a small gap.

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360.026 - 367.723 Justin Bourne

Yeah. They actually have a better expected goals for percentage than the whole line. They're like near 60%. They're all above 54.

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367.843 - 394.903 Nick Kypreos

And then to me, like, yeah, Caulfield bonafide 50 goal score, but isn't looking like one right now as a threat, a consistent threat. And Suzuki, I'm sorry, but you got to hit the net. You got to find a way to make magic at that moment. Chances are too few to... Where do you want to start in terms of some clips before we get to Steve Aliquette?

395.243 - 412.286 Sam McKee

I think... We should probably talk about the overtime question marks and what a lot of fans are pissed off about in terms of the too many men not being called and the trip on Hudson that has LaBelle Provence in my mentions. They are not thrilled about that not being called.

Chapter 8: What can we learn from Ivar Stenberg's performance at the World Championship?

412.546 - 415.629 Sam McKee

I don't know where you guys stood on it.

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415.649 - 421.015 Nick Kypreos

I'll let you pipe in here quickly here, but I'm sorry, but

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422.918 - 448.538 Nick Kypreos

officials shouldn't look scared to make a call and they looked scared last night to make a call it's the old we don't want to influence the game and it's like you're influencing it by not calling that jb that that's that was 10 years ago 15 years ago that was my era don't influence it let the boys decide we've evolved or we're long past that over time have been one on

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449.665 - 465.619 Nick Kypreos

power plays, late power plays to end a third period in playoffs we've had. It's okay. It's okay to end a game on a power play in overtime. They just decided they weren't going to do it.

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465.739 - 473.991 Justin Bourne

I think the clearest thing I've ever seen is that they didn't call the trip on Hudson, and then they decided, oh, man, we missed one bad.

474.131 - 475.112 Nick Kypreos

So let's even it out.

475.132 - 480.6 Justin Bourne

So then they went this to the too many. It's like the most I've seen them be like, our bad on that one.

480.817 - 495.234 Nick Kypreos

Yeah, just no good. Give one back. And then Hudson takes the high elbow too, right? From carrier, yeah. Oh, come on. No, I know that, but it's, you know what? If you can't be scared to make a call, you can't.

495.915 - 504.105 Sam McKee

I thought the Superman impression after he felt the stick in his skates was part of the reason they didn't call it too. Like this team's been diving for three straight rounds.

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