CJ Turtoro

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[Bill Spaulding @BillSpaulding]

Really excited to be part of NHL Network��s coverage of the Stanley Cup Final over the next couple of weeks. Especially excited to be back with my friend @KenDaneykoMSG on Friday for our first travel day NHL Tonight of the series.

[J-L Cauvin @JLCauvin]

Hopefully Victor Wembanyama knows that if he loses in the Finals at 22 years old, he will no longer be eligible to ever be considered better than Michael Jordan.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@ShiftTeamJordy Yeah I'm just gonna hedge it a bit.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

5 seasons in a row my preseason pick to win the championship has made it to the finals. I think this is actually a basketball account now

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@gobucksgoblue @RiskyPlaes I always bet one in each conference. I had Cavs and Spurs this year. Past 3 years I got the Finals winner, but didn't get the other Conference winner.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@hmd2121 Hedging

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@fksambennett Hedging a bit.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@iMaxxxxxing I got the last 3 in a row. I had Boston the year before to both make and win the finals. Got the first one, Steph blocked me on the follow-up.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@AlHattab08742 I think they make some moves but also that they're already better on paper than their record this past season.

Sunny will let Keefe play these guys the right way (see: post-Olympic run) and I like the Devil's forward core the most of those teams by far.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

If I had to place a bet on which of these teams finished highest in the standings next year. I'd place it on NJ.

[Al Hattab @AlHattab08742]

@HockeyGuruOfX @MrWhite1079 @CJTDevil Every team in our “class” is better- much better- than NJ. Anaheim, Montreal, Utah, Buffalo, Detroit. NJ has been passed by all of them

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@MrWhite1079 They lost in 5 to the Canes. Tell me where you've heard that before.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

Montreal sucked and it's insane they made it this far. They were not close this year. They're young and set up okay so they may still get there, but they need more talent than the roster currently has.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@ntrider825 I would say they sucked at 5v5. A 42 xG% is pretty irredeemable.

Their offense was PP-dependent and their defense was goalie-dependent.

Those elements are good. So as a team they did not suck. They were an above NHL-average game. But that's a 1R exit by rights.

[dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn]

i’m not sure we’ve ever seen this level of fraudulence exposed to this degree in the conference final

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

Alex Caruso has been OKC's best player this postseason.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@AlexC_NJD They're young tho so they might be back later. They've got a lot of guys locked up long term already.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

The Hurricanes JUST took the scoring lead in the series.

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

@NJDcommenter "defensive depth forwards" can be had for a 4th at the TDL. Mercer is better than those guys, but we'd be fine on that category and even if we weren't it would still be okay lol

[CJ Turtoro @CJTDevil]

If the trigger was pulled on Quinn Hughes, they'd have their franchise D, the offensive impact would've filtered through you Timo Meier enough for him to get into one of those spots, and they'd have been competitive enough to fill the remaining forward slot with a TDL addition.

[dom 📈 @domluszczyszyn]

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