JP and BMitch react to the Capitals taking down the Canadians in five games.
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00:00So whatever, Montreal's toast.
00:01It's what we expected.
00:02They weren't as good as Washington.
00:04Washington moves forward.
00:05I think now this is going to be a much different series.
00:11Yes.
00:12I got some numbers this morning.
00:15Capitals and Canes played four times this year.
00:19The Canes went 2-1-1 against Washington.
00:22They outscored them 14-10 in those four games.
00:26This is only the second time Carolina and Washington have met in the playoffs.
00:32They did catch them at a time when it was like the Ovi Chase.
00:36And I think they were playing different hockey.
00:39So I want to see them when they're playing the way they played last night.
00:42And then everybody's getting involved and see how things end up there.
00:46So of the four games they played, go way back to November, which is, what is that now?
00:52Eight months ago or something?
00:53Five months in, minus two, seven months ago?
00:55So Dimitri Orlov scored twice in a 4-2 win for the Canes.
01:03All right.
01:03Keep that in mind that Orlov's down there.
01:05It's a familiar name.
01:07Used to be here?
01:07Yep.
01:08December 20th, Caps win 3-1 at home.
01:13April 2nd, Canes win 5-1.
01:16And that was...
01:17That was really in the chase.
01:19Yeah.
01:19And then April 10th was when...
01:22That was when all the fights were.
01:24Yeah.
01:25And it got kind of out of control.
01:27And then April 10th, the Caps won the 5-4 shootout win.
01:30And that was when...
01:32Both those games were when Washington's scuffles kind of started.
01:36April 2nd was the game in Carolina.
01:38Protus' last game was April 4th.
01:41And then LT started missing time.
01:43April 10th was when they were in full Ovi Chase mode.
01:47Yeah.
01:48And they were just like out of their rhythm a little bit.
01:50But I don't want to take too much away from four regular season meetings.
01:54This is going to be entirely different.
01:56The last time they faced off in the playoffs, though, was Caps are defending cup champs.
02:03And Carolina knocked them out in that first round.
02:05I remember that in 2019.
02:06We could give it back to them.
02:07But this, to me, feels like Washington owes Carolina an ass-kicking.
02:15Like, it just feels like it's time for Big Brother to remember he can beat them up.
02:18No, no, no.
02:19Washington owes themselves the opportunity to go out there and play their best hockey and let it fall where it may.
02:26Because I think when you do it that way, if you bring your absolute best, if they bring what they were doing year-round, I don't think Carolina could keep up with it.