And what have been your early season thoughts on what you've seen from the Sens?

Well, okay, I think their road games, with the maybe exception of Detroit, were really solid.

I think given the fact that they played Toronto and Toronto had already had two games under their belt, that was the one I was most concerned about, just to see, okay, how long is it gonna take the Senators to get the rust off and settle into the game? But they pressed.

They were great.

Their systems looked like really they had picked up from where they left off, I'd say, um, in, in April.

And then the Boston game, wow.

Every turnover, like, they capitalized on these Boston turnovers.

Yep.

Uh, what have been your early season thoughts on what you've seen from the Sens?

Well, okay, I think their road games, with the maybe exception of Detroit, were really solid.

I think given the fact that they played Toronto, and Toronto had already had two games under their belt, that was the one I was most concerned about, just to see, okay, how long is it gonna take the Senators to get the rust off and settle into the game? But they pressed.

They were great.

Their systems looked like really they had picked up from where they left off, I'd say, um, in, in April.

And then the Boston game, wow, every turnover, like, they capitalized on these Boston turnovers.

I don't think Boston looked sloppy.

Yeah.

How did he look to your eye up close, Claire?

Yeah, you nailed it.

When it came to the returns, because I was pretty close to him on the sidelines on some of the punts and stuff, and I thought, he's really misjudging this because it would be a little bit over his head or he'd drop it.

And I'm not sure if we blame nerves on that.

The rain, the wind was a factor.

These are things that don't come across on television.

And I thought, oh, I think the ball might be getting kind of caught up in some wind gusts up there.

Claire, what's going on with the Ottawa Senators? Time of change with the Sens.

Vegas has some serious depth and are not to be underestimated here.

Well, what really impressed me too was that Carolina comes out, scores, what, 20 seconds into the game.

There's so much energy.

Somebody hit a post a couple of minutes later too, and I thought, oh my gosh, here we go.

This is going to be, you know, a tough uphill battle.

for the Vegas Golden Knights, but then Vegas never went away, and they kept pushing.

I think they got some good shots on Freddie Anderson, and that's a big question mark in this series because he hasn't been able to close it out in the past.

What does this do for people who are trying to watch doubleheaders or try and take in Western games?