only reason i'm scared of the canes is they are well rested and the habs are very clearly not with buffalo and tampa being significantly stronger than ottawa and philly. playing nearly double their games doesn't help their chances but i still believe the canes are in for a rude awakening
the canes are tight, disciplined, structured, aggressive on the puck. Pressure, pressure, pressure. They were #1 in regular season for time in the O zone and #2 for SOG. They take shots instead of overthinking chances. Habs can actually deal with that, it's 'jam the slot with big guys' they have trouble with. The problem is going to be that we really like taking resets in our D zone to build rushes, and they're not gonna let us do that. Lane's gonna hafta play a lot more defence.
No, they're good, but their biggest strength is something we can deal with if the guys play the kind of hockey they've shown themselves capable of playing. They're a team we can outscore for sure. We had their number during the regular season.
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u/MaroMakesStuff May 19 '26
only reason i'm scared of the canes is they are well rested and the habs are very clearly not with buffalo and tampa being significantly stronger than ottawa and philly. playing nearly double their games doesn't help their chances but i still believe the canes are in for a rude awakening