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Morning Skate: Drawing NHL playoffs conclusions will get you nowhere
Tampa Bay and St. Louis are very much alive, thank you.
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Lace ‘em up. Time for the Morning Skate.
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SAVE YOUR PREDICTIONS
St. Louis played their best game of the playoffs in Game 4 on Saturday and tied the Western Conference Final at 2-2. And the Lightning, without Steven Stamkos or Ben Bishop, rallied in Game 5 on Sunday to take a 3-2 series lead. For the first time in the playoffs, the Penguins look beatable. It probably doesn't help that Trevor Daley is out for the rest of the season. Three days ago, Pittsburgh and San Jose seemed destined for a Stanley Cup Final matchup. Now? Not so much.
TONIGHT’S PLAYOFF FUN:
FOUR YEARS?
The Bruins just signed defenseman Kevan Miller to a four-year, $10 million extension
THAT’S NOT THE OILERS I KNOW
Edmonton GM Peter Chiarelli recently spoke about owing it to the fans to get better in a “relatively short period of time”. That might mean trading their first round pick, which is music to Oilers’ fans ears.
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HEY, HERE’S A GOOD POINT
Our Sabres blog brings up a decent question: does the current playoff pairing system make regular season success pointless? (Capitals fans all nod their heads.)
NEWS AND NOTES:
- The Stars need to find an elite playmaking forward at the draft.
- Is it time for the Predators to trade Shea Weber?
- The Islanders and Mikhail Grabovski are at a crossroads.
- Logan Brown is the perfect solution to the Devils’ lack of a playmaking center.
- Eric Tulsky makes a return to Broad Street Hockey to explain what it takes to trade up in the first round of the draft.
- Check out this awesome headline.
- Matchsticks and Gasoline takes a look at some of the moves their general manager has made.
- Remember interim Wild head coach John Torchetti? He might be headed to Detroit.
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