Daily Faceoff LIVE<\/a>, host Tyler Yaremchuk and co-host and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton discussed which team is facing the biggest uphill battle if they fail to level their first-round series and fall behind two games to none. <\/p>\nTyler Yaremchuk: Which team do you think is the most screwed if they go down to 2-rip?<\/p>\n
Carter Hutton: Well, right now I would say LA, and then my other option would be the Ducks. I think LA and the Ducks are the two teams that if they go down 0-2 it seems like insurmountable. The other series, I still like, if the Sens lose tonight, I don\u2019t think the Sens are out. I just think with Carolina\u2019s lack of offense they can generate you\u2019re never really out of that series, but LA for sure is the one for me. I just think they\u2019re totally outclassed in the series.<\/p>\n
Tyler Yaremchuk: Yep, I\u2019m with you 100% there. I was stunned that game was as close as it was, and in hindsight, that one feels a little bit like LA missed their shot there to kind of steal one early in the series, not that anyone had high hopes for them heading into this one. Someone in the chat said Pittsburgh\u2019s cooked if they don\u2019t win tonight. I disagree with that. I think, again, it\u2019s not ideal if you go down two-nothing, but that Philly team is not such a beast that I\u2019m sitting there going, \u201cAh, Pittsburgh will never win a game on the road.\u201d I think, again, as much as you want to take care of business on home ice, I wouldn\u2019t be totally writing off Pittsburgh. I\u2019m with you, I think Ottawa could head back home down 0-2 and find a way to make this thing a series. Dallas is interesting because as much as the Stars would be the best team to go down 2-0, man, you\u2019re talking about having to win four or five games against the Minnesota Wild. That would be a tall order if Dallas loses tonight.<\/p>\n
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