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2024 Stanley Cup Final Matchups - Gustav Forsling vs. Connor McDavid & Leon Draisaitl
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Jun 8, 2024
In the final 2024 NHL Playoff Preview show, host Matthew Zator welcomes in Jacob Billington and Joey Ganzi to set up the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers. In this clip, they take a look at the matchup between Gustav Forsling and the dynamic duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
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Another one I want to touch on is, uh, it's Usopp Thorsling, uh, against McDavid slash
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Dreisaitl because he's probably gonna be up against both of them at times
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Uh, he's been really good and I, I'm still angry because the Canucks drafted him and
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there's a whole big thing about it. It's not, I mean, he wasn't ever, I don't know, he was
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it took him a while for him to become what he is right now. So I don't know if the Canucks
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would have waited long enough for him to become who he is, but he's been really good
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I, Jacob, what do you think about this one? I mean, this matchup is going to be a pretty big
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one. Uh, Thorsling has been up against the top players throughout the playoffs too
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Uh, do you, how will he manage to, uh, to play against these guys
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I think Thorsling has, like, I love this story and especially like getting waved by the Canes
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getting claimed by the Panthers. Now look at him, he's got a huge eight year deal. Um, I think that
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it's a fantastic story and he's, he's earned it, especially even just these playoffs. He's
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been the best defenseman. Um, he's, he's definitely been better than Aaron Eckblad
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Um, and he's, he, like you said, he's going up against the top guys. He's playing a really strong
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two way game. It's not just a shutdown kind of role. Like you might see, uh, from Kulikov or
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something. Uh, but he's, he's jumping up in the offense. He's getting his looks too. Uh, and he's
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not wanting to shy away from a hit. He's not wanting to shy away from, uh, making the smart
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defensive play. Like he has become an incredibly sound two way defenseman and the Florida Panthers
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I don't know what it is, but they either got really lucky or they have some of the best
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development, uh, in the organization. So, uh, going up against McDavid and
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Dreisaitl is going to be quite the task. Uh, I don't think that they, uh, McDavid and Dreisaitl
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that is have gone against a defenseman like Forsling yet like that high end guy, like
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they've went up against, um, Drew Dowdy who you can kind of make that comparison, but Drew Dowdy
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getting older and slowing down. Um, still great by all means, but, uh, and then you got Quinn Hughes
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and Phillip Roney who are more offensive minded. They both played good on the defensive side
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but they're definitely more offensive minded. Um, and then with the stars, you got Miro Hyskinen
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who's more offensive minded, still great two way option. Um, but Forsling is more of the number
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one defensive kind of guy. And I think that it's going to be a bit of a bit of an adjustment for
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them to go against. Yeah. I mean, I guess the stars went against Tanev a lot too
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and I mean, Tanev is an older guy as well. So, I mean, kind of, I don't know how much Tanev played
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against, uh, McDavid and Dreisaitl, but. And Tanev can't skate, um, and he's not up in the
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play as much as Forsling is. Um, like he's, yeah, Forsling is just much more mobile. Um, and so to
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have such a mobile defensively strong player is special
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