ESPN's John B:uccigross drops in for a chat | Cannon Balls

So my schedule really slows down about midway through the second round.

Before that, it's a lot.

You know, I had, I had the first two games, Ottawa and Carolina, had a game in Tampa between Tampa Bay and Montreal, overtime game, J.J. Moser.

So I, I had three overtime games.

I did four games, I had three overtime games.

That was fun.

Uh, you know, Martinuk, Moser, and Dorofeev, so that was pretty cool that we had three Vuji overtime challenge games amongst my four.

So, and then I've done, you know, obviously a lot of studio.

So it's been a, it's been a long two and a half months for me, but when I start doing college now with the regionals and the Frozen Four, back and forth with the NHL, it's a lot.

So I have, you know, I've been in a lot of hotels and a lot of different beds and, uh, it's been a lot, so now it really slows down.

But yeah, the Western Conference, again, I, I've been saying all year, if I had to bet a paycheck, I'd pick, I'd pick Colorado to win the Cup.

That has been my line kind of all year.

It remains to be my line.

I think Carolina has certainly proven, um, that they're probably gonna get there, and they would be a formidable team, obviously.

You go 8 and 0, you're really good.

Doesn't matter who you play.

And I know Ottawa and Philly aren't the cream of the crop in Colorado-

And suddenly, suddenly Freddie Andersen's stopping pucks.

Unbelievable.

Where, where did that come from?

I don't know, 'cause he had the worst year of his career in the regular season.

The worst year, and now he's having his best post-season 950 Conn Smythe area stuff.

You know, you have a .950, .955 save percentage, your team wins the Cup.

Simple as that.

And, and they will win the Cup if he stays around up that .940 to 950 area, because they normally outshoot their opponents, and, you know, .950 means basically you give up, you know, one goal every 10 shots.