Special Teams Key to Victory in Edmonton vs. Florida Series
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00:00 These series have swung on special teams. You saw it with how Edmonton beat Dallas the
00:09 other night to advance to power play goals in the first period held the fort. Their penalty
00:14 kill has done 28 straight kills. You have Florida coming in, they have been extremely
00:19 stingy. Both teams are not going to allow much five on five. Ken Edmonton's power play,
00:25 which is the best in the league. Are they going to be able to score on a very good Florida
00:30 Panther penalty kill? And will Florida score on an Edmonton penalty kill that's stopped
00:35 28 straight power plays? That Joe is as simple as it gets with who's going to win this series.
00:39 Well, I mean, that's the X's and O's standpoint. And that's why they call you the hockey whisperer
00:44 because I mean, I had to do a double take and look at you in the screen. I thought I
00:50 was talking to Barry Melrose there for a second. I mean, that was so eloquent. It was unbelievable.
00:55 Here's my take on the situation. Okay. And you're absolutely right from the X's and O's
01:01 standpoint, but this game is going to be one of them lost on how dirty can Florida get?
01:06 Can they muscle and knock around McDavid and dry side? Because Dallas couldn't do it. The
01:12 other teams in the West couldn't do it. This is an Eastern conference team. They got here
01:16 on grit and work ethic and just stave it off power plays to the New York Rangers, another
01:23 blue collar team. If they can knock around McDavid and I mean, knock them around, hit
01:27 them into the boards, give them an elbow. And you know, maybe you take a four minute
01:31 major to get things started, set the tone early and put McDavid and dry side along their
01:37 ass Florida will win it. You know what? I don't want Edmonton. It's Florida right now.
01:42 I'm picking Florida.
01:43 [inaudible].
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