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00:00All right, so let's talk about the game tonight.
00:02It's the worst thing ever that Mike Lang's gone.
00:04I think it's bad for business.
00:06Let me just say this.
00:07Tonight, I just want to tell you how much I hate Canadians.
00:11OK.
00:13You're allowed.
00:14You're allowed.
00:15Scotty, here's how important this game is.
00:17I've been doing this for 25 years.
00:20Including you, I have six requests
00:23to talk about this game before the game starts.
00:25I've never had that many requests.
00:27This has morphed into something way, way bigger
00:29than the NHL, NHLPA ever thought it would be.
00:33Without question.
00:35It's bigger than, it really is bigger than anything
00:39I've seen in the NHL in a long time.
00:43Like, this is not an exhibition.
00:46This is not just another game.
00:48This is the Cold War.
00:50I mean, it really is.
00:51Like, there is a lot of tension between Canada
00:54and the United States, politically speaking.
00:56And in hockey, no one can even fathom that the US beat them.
01:01And then they beat them in Montreal,
01:03where they spent days booing them, and hating us,
01:07and vilifying us.
01:09And now they're playing in the Garden in Boston.
01:11Tonight, I have a feeling they're
01:12going to get a taste of their own medicine.
01:14But I still think that Canadian team can win this game.
01:16Marenzi thinks it's 3-0 Canada.
01:20Well, there's one big advantage Canada has, the health.
01:23Both Chucks are banged up.
01:24Austin Matthews is banged up.
01:26No Charlie McAvoy.
01:28US has an advantage in net and on the blue line.
01:31The Fords are certainly going to beat that.
01:32And it's kind of, people think it's a made-up tournament.
01:34It's been overtaken by politics.
01:37Go watch Conor McDavid's first goal on Saturday night,
01:40and look at the celebration.
01:42And you tell me this is a made-up tournament
01:43that nobody cares about.
01:44That's such BS.
01:46Like, this is so important to these guys.
01:48They've waited nine years, since 2016 World Cup of Hockey,
01:52to play in this tournament.
01:53This is a special night.
01:54And I can't wait for Todd Angeli, the big guy who does,
01:56he's a bartender here at TD Garden,
01:59to sing the national anthem.
02:00It's going to be an explosive night to start.
02:03I don't think there's going to be three fights in nine
02:04seconds, but this is very, very meaningful.
02:06Because you know what, Scotty?
02:08People that never watched sports will watch this game tonight.
02:11It's not just a casual fan or the casual hockey fan.
02:14People who never turn on a sporting event,
02:16I bet you will turn on this event tonight.
02:19Oh, I think they will too.
02:21So because of all those injuries and banged-up players,
02:25are you leaning Canada?
02:28No, because I'm playing the under.
02:30And here's why.
02:32Here's why.
02:33Jack Eichel, Austin Matthews, Dylan Larkin, and Vinny
02:36Trochek down the middle.
02:37So it's like every other hockey game, you win down the middle,
02:40and you win with goaltending.
02:41They have the better goaltender.
02:42And go watch the game again from Saturday.
02:45The US played great defense.
02:47The zone entries, they couldn't get through.
02:49Now, Kel McCarr is going to play tonight.
02:51That's going to make a difference.
02:52But I think the defensive effort by Jack Eichel and Austin
02:55Matthews on the top two.
02:56And we have Dylan Larkin, who's a star
02:57playing your third-line center.
02:59Like, you got a legit shot.
03:00This is a 2-1 game again, Scotty.
03:02This is not going to be a high-scoring game.
03:04And you got to hope that if you're rooting for Canada,
03:05that Bennington doesn't give up a softy.
03:07And if he does, you're going to lose the game.
03:09Look, Gabe might be right.
03:10And they could absolutely win.
03:12This is a toss-up game, Scotty, because they're
03:14not much separating the team.
03:15Because they had advantages.
03:16Like I mentioned, you know, the forwards
03:18and the health of Canada.
03:20But the blue line and goaltending for the US.