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00:00All right, so anyway, let's go to these Eastern.
00:03Leafs and Senators, Lightning Panthers, Caps, Montreal,
00:09you already called it, Caps win, and then Canes-Devils.
00:14The Eastern Conference, I got a couple of parlays here.
00:17So we'll go series by series here in the Eastern Conference.
00:21The Senators and the Maple Leafs.
00:22The Senators have been a nice story.
00:24They're pretty beat up, actually, coming into the playoffs here.
00:27It's not ideal.
00:28If you're Toronto, it's sort of like you're Alabama, Scott,
00:32and you just got Auburn or something in a draw, right?
00:35So there's a geographical hate.
00:37The Senators really do not like the Leafs.
00:39The fans, if the Senators can beat the Leafs,
00:42they won't care if they get swept in the next round.
00:44So it's one of those type of deals.
00:46But from a hockey standpoint, if you're the Toronto Maple Leafs,
00:49you have to be happy that you didn't get Tampa,
00:52you didn't get Florida.
00:53And you got to win.
00:54Boston didn't make it.
00:56But stylistically, hockey-wise, Toronto's going to win this series.
01:00So I like the Leafs to win this series.
01:02Got minus 180.
01:03It was like minus 140, bro, when it opened.
01:06It's up to minus 180 right now.
01:07So I got the Leafs winning the series.
01:09I think that the Canes are going to make short work of the Devils.
01:12So I got the Canes at like five, maybe six.
01:15And the parlay that I like the most here, parlay together,
01:20the Vegas Golden Knights to beat the Minnesota Wild in the series
01:23and the Carolina Hurricanes to beat the New Jersey Devils in the series,
01:26parlay together, Scott, is minus 114.
01:30As far as Florida and Tampa, man, that's good.
01:34I mean, and this is another thing.
01:36How stupid is the NHL that we have Tampa and Florida playing each other
01:39in the first round?
01:40We have Dallas and Colorado playing each other in the first round.
01:43It's a competitive imbalance.
01:44Like the playoff format sucks.
01:46It sucks pucks.
01:48And they got to change it.
01:49But they don't because the owners are cheap.
01:51The players want to change it.
01:53The fans want to change it.
01:54The only people that don't want to change it are the owners, Scott,
01:56because they like the geographical proximity.
01:59It saves them money.
02:00Point blank.
02:02Right?
02:02You're playing division rivals in the playoffs.
02:04It's not a big travel.
02:05That's why they do it.
02:07It's not for this rivalry crap.
02:08It's because they want to save money.
02:09And it's frustrating.
02:10But give me the Tampa Bay Lightning, Scott,
02:14to knock off the defending Stanley Cup champion, Florida Panthers.
02:17Give me the Lightning to win the series.
02:19Wow.
02:19And so you're giving the Devils no chance,
02:22or you're giving them somewhat of a chance.
02:25You're saying they're losing six.
02:27So they're going to be in the series.
02:29I think they'll win one game, maybe two games.
02:31But listen, I think the Carolina Hurricanes are flying under the radar,
02:34actually.
02:35So nobody's going to get upset in the East.
02:37I don't even consider Tampa an upset of the Panthers.
02:40People would,
02:41but they're not the same team that they've been the last couple years in the
02:43finals, as far as I'm concerned.
02:45I'm not so sure there's going to be an upset, Scott.
02:48We hit on the other side.
02:49Maybe the LA Kings over the Oilers.