 it is time for the savers to make their first playoff appearance under gm leafer boys and like we saw in last episode we were taking on the florida panthers and round one of the 2024-25 stan lee cup playoffs so quickly looking at the whole um playoff tree uh this is what everyone's first round matchup is looking looking in the west we got the winnipeg jets going up against the dallas stars the aves going up against the canucks the vegas golden knights going up against uh connor mc david and the edmonds and oilers the kings are playing the san louis blues now looking over at the east we got columbus playing at the washington capitals carolina playing ottawa florida playing the baffle savers and toronto playing the islanders so if we get through the first round we're either playing the new york islanders or the tronway beliefs let's not get ahead of ourselves all right so quickly looking here all the lines are set the way i wanted man there's really nothing much that we can do we're keeping painting crabs up with tage thompson and patrick kain we got kubalik cousins and nita rider pierre angvall kasey middle stat and alex tuck pretty very i'm not pretty good it is a pretty good uh top nine and then or top six and then a good third line and a decent fourth line with asplan savoy he and craig smith defensively is a little weak right now we do have some injuries we got the allene playing with piss check our trade deadline acquisition uh ilia labushkin with o1 power uh mathy robertson with kale clague okay and then in net we got upl and brian elliott all right so that's what the team is looking like right now and now looking at our injury report we do have victor olufson out he's not returning until may 5th so he is out for the uh whole of uh round one and henry yokiharu is not returning until april 26 which is game what i believe uh he will be back for round one he won't be back until ooh man he will be back until what game two three four five till game five so um two key players out uh olufson being won uh out for the whole first round so with that being said let's see what the florida panthers uh have this year uh we haven't really seen what teams are looking like because we haven't made the playoffs in the first couple years all right so the florida panthers here and holy hell they have a very good team all right matthew kichuk barkoff and londel they take our first line easily man like just easily it's a better first line looking at the second line danisanko rinehardt and colin white we could possibly take this second line on paper third line uh looster reynon uh verhege and heponium heponemi um i think we take their third line and then their fourth line a lomburg sourdief and noel i think we take their fourth line as well so i think in all honesty uh offensively their first line kills our first line but then after that i think we take their second third and fourth line defensively all right air neckblad and maharah uh okay i think they do take our first pairing we got four bird and shanikirk we take their second pairing and then martinez and blankenberg uh we probably take their third pair as well and then in net spencer knight and surgaiba broski all right so the florida panthers are looking dangerous they had a good year uh let's look at their injury reports see if they have any injuries and they have sourdief returning april 19th which will be probably game yeah game two all right so they got a good team boys they got a very very good team harry oki haru is available to play in game one i'm gonna send him out just to be safe let's look at the injury report i don't want to play him game one and then he gets hurt and then he is out you know what i mean playable injury well okay we're gonna send him out for game one i i don't want to risk it this is going to be a call from gm leifer all right so looking at the panthers man they went 50 28 and four um we went 45 32 and five our last 10 games we went six four no and their last 10 they went five four and one so this is a very good matchup uh round one already went through the leafs are up one nothing the hurricanes up one nothing the kings are up one nothing and the canucks are up one nothing against the azzarite so game one of the playoffs we were on the road in florida what can the sabers do first period and it is a one-to-nothing hockey game blank and bird on the upl it's a power play goal 1548 all right and the shots are 15 to 6 not great let's uh we're going to slow sim the second and third period all right so let's see what we could do we need buffalo to turn it up here first playoff appearance for gm leifer and the buffalo sabers ever since gm leifer is taking over what can this team do in the playoffs power play for the flora panthers and it's a long one oh my god we kill it off that is a huge kill maybe something to help us get a goal and we're going to end two periods without a goal shots are 27 to 16 so they are doubling our shots plus one um so let's see what the sabers can do we're still in this game we're going to need someone to step up patrick kane trade deadline acquisition we're looking at you paid in crebs um come on boys let's let's get something going dylan cousins let's go boys we need a goal here get us into this hockey game 12 minutes ago and londale is going to score a power play goal on upl another power play for the flora panthers it's another long one we were taking bad penalties man and are we going to go our first playoff game without a goal and it sure does look like that the buffalo sabers lose game one to the flora panthers two to nothing all right let's look at these stats here who did what all right so no one went plus or minus so they scored two power play goals which means our penalty kill might need to be taken a look at upl man 38 safe performance and not a 950 safe percentage our offense just fell asleep that game man a good defensive hockey game from the flora panthers man so simulate the game two uh like i said we're going to throw henry yoki haru into the lineup all right and we are probably going to be sitting out piz check mark piz checks probably going to be sitting out henry yoki haru is going to make his way into the lineup clague man maybe throw in piz check see if we can get okay so that's better on that pairing penalty kill wise we got a zero and we got a zero so is that an issue i'm not too sure man i'm not too sure uh okay man i'm not sure what to do here uh let let me kind of take her with the lines i don't kind of want to waste your guys's time here i think asplan would be a good guide half year what's his defensive awareness 84 overall like is there someone better maybe with a better defensive awareness here uh 87 like cage thompson uh dylan cousins 89 so let's put dylan cousins onto that first unit what's pure angles defensive awareness 83 like it's not bad don't get me wrong um patrick kane probably doesn't have good 91 defensive awareness okay so our penalty kill line one got better with the additions of dylan cousins and patrick kane penalty line two we're going to put tage thompson into there paid in crebs what is his defensive awareness 87 it's not like 87 is bad um kuba leak 83 alex tuck 88 one better need a rider 85 craig smith 84 so it looks like alex tuck will be the guy there that gives us a okay wait no i want to tuck here put alex tuck here what is that alex tuck here and then we need a defenseman here preferably a right defenseman with good defensive awareness 87 labouchin's gut 87 as well as put henry yoki haru in it's a mind okay what is wrong with this game there we go okay so that looks better what's what's dolly is a 90 powers and 88 who are the defensemen up on the first unit here it is power and dolly alright so you know what we'll keep it like that and hopefully the penalty kill gets a little bit better right so we're heading to game two here and it's not looking good i like two nothing we were in that game upl played great our offense just couldn't do anything for us all right so game two in florida we're looking for a better hockey game and looking to score our first goal of the playoffs here right penalty we kill it off good stuff there we gotta stop taking penalties oh henry yoki haru did not play in game one because we were scared for his injury comes into game two scores the first goal for the baffle sabers but erin eklad gets one back makes it a one-one hockey game with three left in the first period and we are going to end the first period tied at one we are out shooting them by two but henry yoki haru man coming in after sitting out game one just for precautionary reasons we bring them in and he scores the first goal the playoffs for the baffle sabers so that's very interesting all right second period let's see if any of our forwards could step up here man our forward core has kind of gone a little quiet are we missing victor goal of sin no tige tomsen says shut up gem leafer it's a two to one hockey game good stuff from tige tomsen and pitch check two goals from our defensive core and uh it's a three one hockey game kevin shannikirk makes it a three to two hockey game just two minutes after and there's two to go power play for the panthers it's a long one we kill it off and we are heading into the third period with a one goal lead this is where we see what this team is made of we need one more goal get that insurance marker for upl we are shooting them 24 to 21 so we are playing better this game clearly make or break time for this team let's see what they can do with a one goal lead in a third period lots of hockey left to be played 20 minutes to go what will this team do power play and patrick kane enters a series it's our first power play goal we got a huge power play there nothing we got the insurance marker but math you could chuck scores makes it a four to three hockey game with eight to go here craig smith makes it five to three and we have we have regained our two goal lead and the buffalo sabers are looking to hold on here to tie this series up at one and they do so with a five to three win taking a win on the road that is what we wanted to see awesome stuff they're looking at the three stars tige tomsen with a goal and two assists kane with a goal and an assist and londel with two assists good stuff there looking at these stats here like i said tige tomsen with a three point eight dalene with a two point knight kane with a two point nine asplan smith krabbs kubalik gets his first uh nhl playoff point piss check with a goal henry yoki haru with a goal anyone that went minus no minus players awesome all right that is what we want to see and oops quickly what did upl end up with a 908 percentage not too shabbier right okay so good stuff there boys good stuff there and henry yoki haru man oh man i knew it he scored us our goal but he is now out for the remainder of the playoffs he is out until july 20th and that is a huge blow to the buffalo sabers defensive corps absolutely huge oh boy herdham's herdham zoob minus three maybe is that just a glitch maybe no it's still minus one all right so not ideal boys this is what our defensive corps looking like what do we got in the ahl like not much in the ahl man and who's scratched right now like we do have clague the problem with clague here is um let me show you real quick i think we get a minus two on that third pairing if we were to put him in just because he's playing on his offhand dude that is tough scenes i i knew it i knew it like i was happy that he scored that goal for us man but jesus he's out for the rest of the playoffs that is a huge blow to this buffalo sabers team man and like i said like a minus two so we're gonna keep artem zoob onto that third pairing dude that is tough scenes for these sabers man tough blow but it happens that's how the hl playoffs go boys it's just how it goes all right so we're heading to game three tie that two or tied at one my mistake and game three home ice first playoff game in buffalo under gm leifer well will this team do first period here come on buffalo a good defense man out and oh my god old rich kubu league scoring his first national hockey league playoff goal it's a power play goal on spencer night the buffalo sabers have a one nothing lead that is what you love to see we're we need to win this game for henry yoki haru and win the series for henry yoki haru after playing like a unit and getting injured after coming in to his first playoff game here all right so first period we're up one and nothing else shooting them 11 to nine all right second period here let's get one more goal here let's make it a two to nothing hockey game in this period power play for the sabers nothing going on the power plan another power play need to bury one and we can't deal with my goodness gracious i might bite us in the but we needed a goal on at least one of those power plays there man less than three to go here and it is a one to nothing hockey game heading into the third period we were out shooting them 28 to 15 upl playing great we were playing some great defensive hockey let's get an insurance marker in this third period tage thompson who hasn't checked into this series yet kasey middle stat someone on that second or third line let's get some depth scoring here third period now underway the sabers looking to get an insurance marker to have a little breathing room in this third game of this series here 11 47 left and sam ryanhardt scores ties it up at one it was just a matter of time that the sabers or that the panthers were going to score and oh my goodness boys less than a minute to go and game three in buffalo is heading to overtime all right overtime period who is going to be the hero in game three and we take a penalty to start off the period and we lose the game card over hagi scores and uh yep we lose game three who took that penalty who took that penalty i'm just curious here tage thompson dude not good not good all right who played not well middle stat piss check dalin angvol tuck okay so not ideal upl 929 camp layman on the gold tender obviously dumb penalty into overtime and we lose game three two to one so the panthers take one on the road they have a two one series lead now oh my goodness all right game four we're not changing anything it's not like we played bad we took a dumb penalty to begin that overtime period all right game four we need to win this game we cannot go back to buffalo down to all right power play for the sabers nothing going all right not ideal we are not scoring on the power play another power play in this period don't get one okay maybe we should have changed up our power play line i don't know power play for the panthers killed off by the sabers and tage thompson scores a goal after taking a dumb penalty um in the overtime period all right so one to nothing hockey game heading into the second we are shooting them 16 to five so we are playing a very very good hockey game against the florida panthers team all right second period here okay boys let's get one here in this period make it a two to nothing hockey game let's not go into the third period with a one nothing lead again that did not go well for us we're shooting them 21 to 9 right now which is very very good but we only have one goal to show for it right now we need one more here boys come on we need that insurance marker and eric erinek blad gets a power play goal because this team loves to take penalties it's a one one hockey game heading into the third we're out shooting them 25 to 16 but it's one one again taking penalties i i do want to see who's taking these penalties man because uh it it is costing us a little bit here right so third period and uh great start to the period carter for hagi makes it a two to one hockey game and my god mathew kitchock makes a three to one and these sabers have their backs against the wall right now the potential of this series going back to florida with the panthers up three to one is not a good luck for the sabers and that's what it's looking it's it's looking like that's what it's going to be boys eckblad with another goal four one make a five to one rub salt into the wound wound and it's a five to one loss for the sabers all right so not great who are taking who's taking these penalties eliella bushkin all right not great he was a minus two uh so was kubaleek so was nita writer so was all right so boys we got our backs up against the wall here in game six of the playoffs oh boy oh boy i uh i did not see this one comment i'll be real honest with you boys i did not see this one comment it's time to change something up here boys i don't know what it is but something needs to change here right so uh we're gonna look at some line combinations um nita writer rethompson and kane kubaleek cousins and crebs maybe put nah yeah middle stat tuck asplan like crebs hasn't done nothing this playoffs cousins has done jack shit dude like let's i don't even want to throw him there you know what i mean oh boy let's give middle stat that second line roll cousins man like four games played eight penalty minutes a minus one like not good uh tuck hasn't done jack shit as well um yep you know what let's just leave it like that defensively man like get a plus three on this line but we get a minus two let's see how that goes maybe and other than that man i don't really know what else we could do clague like we could bring in clague like who's not playing well defensively like robertsons of minus one minus two plus one down in the miners is no one that we're gonna bring up like we're not gonna bring up halton in he's they have their own playoff run going right now this is what we have right now this is a team that we're going with into this game down three to one looking to push it back home to buffalo all right boys so backs against the walls let's see what happens here we uh we got to play some desperate hockey plain and simple let's see how this game uh six goes and heppo nyemi makes it a once enough hockey game in the first period for the florida panthers not a good look for the savers but the good news is is there's plenty of hockey left to be played in this hockey game and we're still in it man it's we're out shooting them by two it's not like we're playing well it's not like we're not playing well let's see what happens in the second here boys we need someone to pull one in we start off with a penalty we kill it off though and rasmus dawling scores right after that but then home bird just scores a minute after boys like not even a minute after less than a minute after and the panthers regain their one goal lead power play for the savers nothing going oh my goodness what is happening here in buffalo this is not too good and that is the end of the second period with the savers down one once again backs against the wall boys this could be our last period of hockey for the season make it count tage thompson dylan cousins who got the motor to the third line show me why you should be brought up to that second line again let's go boys play with your hearts power play need a goal tage thompson we called him out he delivers two to hockey game and we kill a penalty good stuff all right boys who gets the next one next goal wins it man i'm calling it right now next goal wins this hockey game and this might just might sliver into an overtime and we're going to intervene on this one because this could be the last period of hockey for this buffalo savers team okay boys let's see what this team is made of here in this overtime period we're trying to force a game six head back to or no trying to force a game six yeah trying to force no a game five hello what is wrong with me trying to force what game is this boys oh my god anyways we're trying to force it back to buffalo they're trying to knot up the series at three okay so it's a three to one lead which would make this game five so we're trying to force a game six i said it right my god man i had the biggest brave for it anyways let's see what the savers team could do man we need something good here piss check please pass it off thank you need a rider who got promoted to the first line patrick kane need a rider oh my goodness kane it's right there oh my goodness boys we try let's get that second line out there and same with that second defensive pairing we got to get something going here oh my goodness goal leaders tage thompson number eight tied for tied for i don't know number five or six it was there all right we got a good uh rested line against a kind of depleted first line here who was on for a little bit their own power gives it to crebs come on crebs oh my god right to bark off horrible pass from Peyton crebs there man not what you love to see god the panthers are kind of dominating big say from upl change up the lines boys change up the lines all right we got the third line out here against their forward line two probably not the match up we want but it's fine dylan cousins who got demoted see if he could be the hero for this game nice try just good defensive play from forward there white brings it in toe drag and a penalty coming to the savers elia lobushkin is a goof and the sabers are off to the penalty kill oh my god dumb penalty from elia lobushkin the toe drag got him and we're really missing henry oki haru are only ha all right boys let's see what this penalty kill unit can do tage tomson on the draw we need a huge kill from this team bark off winds up lankenberg great save from upl dolly clears it out good stuff from the kill there good poke from tomson shot good save from spencer night there good kill let's switch you know what let's keep it on let's keep it on get the the defense to change but we'll keep the forward line out there tomson doing a good job forechecking there all right ryan her off to the races with matthew kichuk to ryan hart they're losing the puck but they get a back zoob gotta just clear that right away my man ryan hart good save from upl and a good clear from robertson there good stuff boys get in there tuck let's switch it up boys switch it up what we can get in there boys get in there what a what a fort what a forecheck from savoy he oh boy don't lose it there oh we drew a penalty there we drew a penalty there that is what great penalty killing looks like boys that was amazing forechecking i'm not sure who that was i think it was savoy he beautiful like those are things you love to see from your team we get a little bit of 404 hockey and then we get ourselves a power play man that is great and this forward line for the panthers look tired so maybe take a little bit of an advantage here boys big hit ryan hurt with the puck what a saucer pass to londel big hit there oh boy londel need a poke there shanikirk the verhege good block oh and power let's go we're gonna have ourselves a power play into five seconds kuba leak has some open ice here what a move from kuba leak oh my god if he could have held on to that puck that would have been an amazing move all right let's get this first power play unit on here boys get it on and let's go come on boys kuba leak look for something buddy there you go owen power to tage thompson regroup dolleen to kuba leak what a poke there from shanikirk and that puck is out switch it up boys switch it up all right this unit's gonna set up asplu with a shot verhege oh no boys all right switch it up get that first unit out there get that first defensive line out there too let's go oh my god what a okay kuba leak two one one shoot it oh my god what a save from spencer night kuba leak having some good looks on this power play tage thompson kasey medal stat scores oh my god the savers forced a game six in buffalo it's a three to two series what a play oh my god that first unit kuba leak had himself a great power play there and oh my goodness the buffalo sabers are forcing a game six and we head back to buffalo in the series boys things you'll love to see all right let's head to game six in buffalo jacob brison all right that's a hl right now we're not focused on that boys so we're keeping the lines the way they were man not that we played great but you know what man dylan cousins on that third uh on that third line man i it's fine the way it is that first power play unit man did work kuba leak over to i don't even remember who scored man i'm just so happy that happened so that's good power play two could be a little bit better which hold on i might try to fix this up it could be our power play line too that's kind of screwing us up like who has good offensive awareness like alex tuck but is he on that first unit like i can't remember no he isn't so why is alex tuck oh he is there hello uh who can we put who can we put instead of asplan who can we put you know need a rider maybe to see a better offensive awareness by one i mean sure that could be better put a need a rider in there and see what that does all right so game six in buffalo we're trying to force the game seven backs up against the wall once again what will these buffalo sabers do and the time of need once again first period underway here in a buffalo we kill off a power play to start off the game that is huge that that might be a momentum build therefore the buffalo sabers even though we're getting out shot five to four right now an old rich kuba leak coming in clutch and then tuck gets another one it's a two to nothing hockey game these sabers are playing some good hockey that overtime game to force this game might have powered these sabers we were up to nothing after one let's continue and have a very good second period let's keep it going boys more goals the better obviously and dylan cousins on that third line adds to it three to nothing we're getting out shot 20 to 10 it doesn't matter we have a three goal lead this is what we needed boys this is what we needed the sabers needed a game like this dylan cousins finally check it into the series with a goal and a point he did not have a point up until this point beautiful third period we're up by three just close it up boys we take a penalty kill it off good let's let's just keep it going we're playing well keep playing the way you guys have been playing another penalty stop it we kill it off power play will we score will we score it's a long one we don't score on it but it is fine the buffalo sabers get another goal painting crabs makes it four to nothing and we have shut out the florida panthers to force a game seven up l 29 say performance gets a shutout probably his first career playoff shutout cousins got two points this game oh my god we needed that all right so we are heading back to florida for game seven of the playoffs boys this is what this is this is amazing boys this is amazing we were down three to one we nodded it up at three to force a game seven in florida all the momentum onto buffalo side especially after a four to nothing win in game six all right we were on the road we have won on the road before we've won twice on the road i believe right let me see once we've won twice on the road boys all right so let's let's make it a third time here boys all right game seven to head to the second round what will these sabers do backs up still against the wall we start off the game with a penalty and they score on the power play so once another hockey game not a way you want to start off a hockey game i don't know why we're taking penalties so early into periods it's a problem with this team it really is it's been a problem this series with this team i don't know who's been taking it i swear if it's the alabushkin i'm buying out his contract if we signed him for two years and tage thompson scores with 51 seconds left in the period makes it a one-to-one hockey game we are shooting them 11 to eight all right after a rough start to the period tage thompson scores with 51 left to go we're heading into the second with a tied game let's go boys let's go you know uh our boy dylan cousins scored okay another power play goal but oh my god oh and power oh my god two two power play we don't get anything going we gotta stop taking penalties boys like stop stop both of their goals have been on the power play stop it just stop it boys no more penalties please and we are going to go into the third period tied up at two we are shooting them 21 to 13 all right boys we're playing well stop taking early period penalties here we go third period come on boys power play nothing oh my god penalties stop power play oh my special teams it's a long one score someone no one no one on a four-minute major and another power play goal from athuka chuck and heppon heppon yemi i call in white what just happened what just happened boys what just happened what just happened in those three minutes four minutes whatever it was my god boys oh and we lose in game seven you know what we got to say it i'm proud of this team for forcing a game seven i need to see who's been taking all these penalty minutes who's been doing it kubaleek took four minutes a penalty minutes and then zoob and tuck and tuck was the only okay roberton was a minus two tuck lobushkin savoy he angle tough tough way to go out boys tough way to go out you know what i say that we were down three to one and we ended up forcing a game seven can't really be too mad at this team but at the end of the day we did get balanced in the first round and it's not what you wanted to see boy so what we'll do is we will sim the rest of the playoffs and see kind of what happens who wins the cup and then once we uh and that's when the video and uh next video will be the offseason man kind of tough to see it kind of sucks boys but this is what it is so here the final four or the final yeah the final the final eight uh winnipeg's playing the canucks the oilers are playing the blues the hurricanes are playing the capitals and then the Leafs and Panthers all right so let's see what happens oh allison's ready to go lovely welcome back victor allison could have needed you a little bit earlier you know what i mean just a little bit earlier right all right so looking at these series here two to one for the jets three nothing for the oilers three nothing for the Leafs and two one for the caps so are the Panthers going to get swept they are in contention for that the blues get swept by the oilers the jets are up three to one the Panthers are won their game and then the caps and canes are at three to one as well all right our hls going through some injuries right now okay uh okay and the jets have won their playoff series the canes have won the playoff series and the Leafs are in the middle of choking are they going to do it as a as a Leaf fan this kind of concerns me oh my god they're going to a game seven are they going to choke a three nothing lead so playoff matchups are set jets against oilers and Leafs against the canes all right so what the Leafs didn't choke but they almost did they almost did all right so conference finals Edmonton up one nothing Carolina up one nothing game two two nothing oilers two nothing canes game three two one two one all right two two three one canes three two oilers three two canes so the Leafs won their game there all right these Stanley Cup finals are set between the Edmonton oilers and the Carolina Hurricanes will make David get himself a cup here one nothing Hurricanes one one series two one Hurricanes two two well interesting Stanley Cup final oh three two oilers so they have a chance to win the cup here and this Stanley Cup final is going to a game seven who is going to win it I believe our HL team never mind I thought they were still in the playoffs all right so who's going to win the Stanley Cup and the cup is going to the Edmonton Oilers oh baby Edmonton soak it in McDavid has won himself a cup so are the awards available to see they are so the Edmonton Oilers have won a cup under Connor McDavid the President's trophy went to the abs Clarence went to the Oilers Prince of Wales went to the Hurricanes all right individual awards our Ross went to Johnny Goudreau Heart Memorial going to Nate Mack the James Norris going to Victor Hedman the lady being going to Johnny Hockey who won it last year as well the Calder Memorial went to Lambert huh oh my god did Kubelik get snubbed I feel like he did I feel like he did we're gonna have to look into that Lambert remember Winnipeg because Mike's going to McDavid Shocker there is not going to Binnington Jennings going to Kemper though Masterson going to Oleksiak the Adams going to Robie Doss the Selkie going to Ryan O'Reilly who was on the Carolina Hurricanes the Ted Lindsay going to Nate Mack the Maurice Richard going Austin Matthews the the Air Ross going to Johnny Hockey again and that's it okay so quickly looking man dude did did Kubelik get snubbed did Kubelik get snubbed just quickly looking here Kubelik right has 53 points 37 goals right okay let's look at Winnipeg right now Lambert 60 points 60 points how much did Kubelik had I already forgot how is that possible fair enough all right fair enough Winnipeg I really thought Kubelik was going to win it but it is what it is so boys that is it for the 2024-25 playoffs first-round exit but that team showed some heart after being down 3-1 of course in a game 7 now the question is what is he playing for the Buffalo Sabres in the offseason and we will soon see I will see you boys in the next one