Hurricanes in the 2023 Season: A Slow Start but Rising Momentum
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00:02 7pm puck drop tonight, Sabres and the Hurricanes live from PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.
00:08 We had Pete Jensen come on a few weeks back as we entered into the NHL season.
00:12 Talking about how much he really thought of the Sabres this season.
00:15 Currently sitting at 6-6.
00:16 The Hurricanes were the favorites entering into the season, sitting at 7-5.
00:20 It's a heavy number tonight, -200 and roughly an over/under listed at 6.5.
00:25 What are we looking at tonight between the Sabres and the Hurricanes?
00:29 You know, I wouldn't be surprised to see this game go over.
00:32 The Hurricanes were one of the top teams when it comes to their defense, but weirdly enough,
00:36 they didn't start the game so defensively sound.
00:39 Penalty killer struggling a little bit, but now they got Svetlana Kovac,
00:43 a guy who really adds to the assist tally, knows how to distribute the puck very well.
00:47 You got Ajo performing well.
00:48 You've got Yasvari Fast performing well.
00:51 Hakani, he's probably my favorite two-way guys out there.
00:54 They're starting to make the right steps in the right direction.
00:57 The Sabres, I didn't hop on that train before the beginning of the season.
01:00 I know Tage Thompson is a complete terror.
01:02 He kind of leads the league in takeaways, or underneath Mark Stone, that is.
01:06 And they are struggling to put things together.
01:08 Now they're facing a number of injuries, so they're going to have to shuffle up their lines a bit
01:12 and kind of refine that synergy.
01:14 So I can see this kind of being a bit of an ugly over, you know, 3-4 game, 4-3 game.
01:19 Could even go into overtime.
01:21 We got the news about Frederick Anderson yesterday.
01:24 God willing, they caught that fast enough, but Antti Ranta is actually quite himself in between the pipes,
01:30 but it might take a minute to get adjusted.
01:32 He had that big overtime win for the guys versus the Islanders the other night.
01:36 So I don't know why I see this being a big goal game.
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