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00:00We've got Elvis on coast-to-coast.
00:03Thank God.
00:04I have no idea what happened, but we always end up finding him.
00:08Thank goodness for that.
00:09It's Denny Bernstein in the fourth period at NHL Radio on Sirius XM.
00:13You hear us talking about Alex Ovechkin.
00:16We're talking about trying to get 21 and 37, which I think it'll be like it's a game to
00:22him.
00:23You want to play with me?
00:24You don't think I can score 21 goals?
00:25Watch this.
00:26And I said that he's played with Crosby, the two most significant players, bar none,
00:33in the NHL, bar none over the last 20 years with all their cups and all their glory and
00:39the gold medals and watching these two guys tied at the hip.
00:43It's those two players that have run the National Hockey League for the last 20 years and seeing
00:47him do this as a Penguin fan, I'm actually like turned on by it because I respect him
00:53that much.
00:54Yeah.
00:55These are the two generational talents of that generation, like Conor McDavid, Leon
01:00Drysdale, whoever's coming next.
01:01That's next.
01:02In the moment, these are two generational players because they've won.
01:06Conor might win this year.
01:07The team looks really, really good.
01:08But you're right.
01:09Sid wants his cup.
01:10And I think the fact that both teams have won.
01:13So if you're a Caps fan, you're probably not hating on the Penguins because they've won
01:16three and you got yours.
01:17Same thing with the Penguins.
01:18I think everybody's rooting for Ovechkin at this point in time.
01:22And I think he'll do it as well.
01:23So it's a feat that no one ever thought Scotty would be broken.
01:27It's going to be broken.
01:28And it's probably going to be broken because, Scotty, you know, he's not going to stop shooting.
01:32He's not going to be looking to distribute the puck.
01:34He's not going to be a facilitator.
01:36Every time he gets a puck on the stick, he's looking to shoot and score.
01:39And so because of that, because the team is playing so good and they're an excellent team.
01:43This is not an excellent start.
01:44It's an excellent team.
01:45But because of that, he gets the freedom to shoot the puck whenever he wants, because
01:48the team, whatever he does, is going to keep winning.
01:51We talked about yesterday, their odds are dramatic to me that they're not favored to
01:58win anything.
01:59It's still Florida.
02:01And I like the Capitals odds for at least a couple of shekels because, I mean, they're
02:07laying in the weeds and they're this dangerous and everybody thinks it's going to be somebody
02:11else.
02:12What do you think of their chances, the way they play?
02:16And Carver Heights said it best.
02:17They're not just up in their division.
02:19They're up in Eastern Conference running away.
02:21Yeah, they're the President's Trophy winner right now.
02:24So if you get them at a price, is it not worth a bet?
02:27Of course it is at this point.
02:28The way they're playing, you don't have to bet on this team to win the next four to five
02:31championships.
02:32You're bidding on this team to win the Stanley Cup this year.
02:34Do they have a legitimate chance?
02:36Absolutely.
02:37Because, yeah, Florida might rise up and when the playoffs start in game 83, they might
02:41start playing the way they played last season.
02:43But Scotty, they played a lot of hockey, like they were in the cup final two years ago.
02:46They won it all last year.
02:47How much can you play before you get exhausted and can't do it?
02:50So Washington's a legitimate team, without question, because you only have to do is play
02:55well in the next 40 games and then find a way to win 16 games in the postseason.
02:59It can be done.
03:01It has been done.
03:02Are they the prohibitive favorites?
03:03No, of course not, because you have bigger names, bigger brand names other than Ovechkin
03:07on a team.
03:08You couldn't name three other caps, probably.
03:10So that's probably why the price is higher than it should be.
03:14This is a legitimate dangerous team, Scotty, from the team I've seen so far.
03:18So I said yesterday on the show that I believe that the Edmonton Oilers can win the Stanley Cup.
03:24I know they lost the Stanley Cup.
03:26I know they were down three zip.
03:27They came back.
03:28They lost in seven.
03:29It is what it is.
03:30And that they were down three nothing in that game in Colorado, came back and they won that
03:34game for three.
03:35I think for my money, they're still the most dangerous team in the West.
03:40I respect L.A.
03:42I respect Vegas.
03:43I respect a lot of teams, Dallas and Colorado and, you know, even Minnesota.
03:49But Minnesota's not winning the Stanley Cup.
03:52The Edmonton Oilers, to me, stand out as the most talented team.
03:55And they say, oh, well, they played all this hockey.
03:57Like you just said, Florida played all this hockey.
03:59I don't care how much hockey they play.
04:00These guys are badasses.
04:01They'll play that much hockey again and go to the final.
04:05They played a lot of hockey.
04:07They lost game seven.
04:08They're still motivated.
04:09Conor's still motivated.
04:11And you know, I saw the other night against L.A.
04:12It was nothing, nothing in the third period.
04:14They put out Conor and Leon on four and four.
04:17Goal, game over.
04:18Conor scored the goal.
04:19So, yeah, it's still a very dangerous team.
04:21They just saw John Klingberg, who's probably going to pair with Darnell Nurse on the second
04:26pair.
04:27So, yeah, this is a very dangerous team that could certainly emerge because I can't tell
04:30you this team that, oh, without question could beat the Oilers in the seven-game series.
04:34Like most games would either be a toss-up or they'd be favored.
04:37So yeah, they can still absolutely win.
04:39They're still that good because of 97 and 29.
04:42The question I have about the Oilers is their play on the wing.
04:45Are the wingers going to be good enough?
04:46They don't have, you know, they don't have Evander Kane.
04:48He's going to be out for a little while.
04:50They don't have a true sniper on the wing.
04:53Zach Kahneman's going to score 35 goals, but he's not a dangerous scorer coming off the
04:57wing.
04:58The only flaw I see on that team is maybe they don't get enough production from the
05:01wing.
05:02And you mentioned Colorado last time.
05:03You know why Colorado lost?
05:05Because they had Conor and Leon at one, two in the center.
05:08Ohio has McKinnon, and they have Casey Middlestad who's now a three-seater the way he's playing.
05:12They can't match up in the middle.
05:13And that's why, admittedly, the Oilers got to the Stanley Cup, because these teams can't
05:16match up with Conor and Leon in the middle.
05:19And they're getting pretty good goaltending from Skinner.
05:21And they do decide to play defense sometimes as well.
05:24Do you think Winnipeg, because I still think Dallas and Colorado and even L.A. to me can
05:31be as dangerous or more so than Winnipeg.
05:33Winnipeg to me is on top.
05:34Everybody thinks they're going to go because they're on top.
05:36They always fold up shop.
05:39That's the problem.
05:40They have a great goaltender who played great last year in a regular season.
05:43It got to the playoffs, and he couldn't stop a beach ball.
05:45And he couldn't defend.
05:46And that's the issue.
05:47Scotty, it depends on a matchup.
05:49Like that was a terrible matchup against Colorado.
05:52If they get Minnesota in the first round, let's say it's a 2-3, and Colorado wins the
05:57division.
05:58Could they win?
05:59Yeah, at that point, they could win.
06:00But it depends upon matchups.
06:01I don't know about this team, because they are so great in a regular season, Scotty.
06:05But they have won one playoff game in the last couple of seasons.
06:09That's not good enough.
06:10So I'm going to defer on them.
06:12They have all the tools, but I'm not sure they can do it in the postseason.
06:15I hope you're safe from all these fires, you and Patty.
06:18I hope you're not in that danger zone.
06:21God bless everyone.
06:22I love you, Elvis, Dennis Bernstein.