Will Florida Bounce Back Against Boston in Tonight's Game?
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00:03 - And do you think that Florida bounces back
00:05 against Boston tonight, game number two?
00:08 - They're gonna have to.
00:09 This Boston team is starting to get scary right now.
00:12 And I gotta be honest with you, I never really,
00:15 I'm not that high on the Florida Panthers.
00:18 I think there's a ceiling to what they can do.
00:20 They crash, they bang,
00:21 they try to will themselves to victory.
00:23 It's hard to win four playoff series like that.
00:25 They made it to the cup last year.
00:26 I thought it was gonna catch up to them.
00:28 So I was never on the bandwagon of the Panthers.
00:32 I think I let my disdain of the Boston Bruins
00:35 get the best of me in game one.
00:36 Florida will beat either Boston or Toronto after.
00:42 I do think Florida, listen,
00:44 I don't wanna really lay 70 cents.
00:45 I think Florida find a way tonight,
00:46 but Swainman is starting to get
00:48 on that elite level, Carver, right now.
00:51 We can talk about these other goalies and stuff,
00:52 but no one's playing better than Jeremy Swainman is.
00:56 He's a vacuum.
00:57 There's no rebounds even.
00:59 There's a difference, guys, of stopping a puck.
01:01 Sometimes you see a goalie, like Casey Smith did that,
01:04 where it's like, "What a save!"
01:06 And then boom, the rebound goes in.
01:08 It's like, "Well, it's not his fault."
01:10 It was like, "Yeah, well, you know what?
01:11 Elite goalies would make sure
01:12 that it didn't bounce where it did."
01:14 You know what I'm saying?
01:15 And you look at Swainman, the puck dies.
01:18 It's a black hole, Carver.
01:20 Like the puck goes in the crease.
01:23 It never bounces out for a second chance.
01:25 It never, he freezes it.
01:27 It's like he's got Velcro.
01:29 The puck sticks to him, and it's just a feel
01:32 when you're hot, like as a goalie.
01:34 Sort of like, you know, baby, the puck in,
01:37 and, "Oh, it's not gonna bounce off of me."
01:39 And like, he's just in a zone.
01:41 The Panthers gonna have to find a way to break through that.
01:43 And I'm starting to think, Carver,
01:44 we're gonna have a double New York-Boston double dose
01:47 in the conference finals.
01:49 - Very possible. - New York-Boston.
01:50 - And then tell an NBA.
01:51 - We got a couple wins away from that happening.
01:54 - I'm done serious.
01:54 - I know, but that's the Stanley Cup playoffs now,
01:58 like you're talking about.
01:59 The days of the elite, you know, superstar goaltender
02:04 carrying you through the playoffs,
02:05 that's not how it is anymore.
02:07 It's a guy getting hot.
02:09 I mean, Swayman, they were talking about
02:11 who's gonna start, him or Omar.
02:12 - You know, they were alternating all year.
02:13 - You know, at the beginning of the Toronto series.
02:14 - He's just hot now.
02:15 - Now he's hot. - Look at Seahawks.
02:16 - Now he's hot, and he's already playing.
02:16 - Look at Seahawks.
02:17 Even if Demko was back, he'd be like,
02:19 "Well, listen, we can't take this kid out.
02:21 "He's pitching shutouts."
02:23 - Play it well. - You know what I mean?
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