After we published our experts picks for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last week, an executive with the Nashville Predators emailed me to ask if we had perhaps "lost" his team's logo. It was a not-so-subtle jab at the fact not one of the ESPN prognosticators picked the Predators to defeat the Central Division champion Chicago Blackhawks.
Rest assured, no one is overlooking the Predators now, in the wake of their stunning, first-round sweep of top-seeded Chicago -- a series that saw the wild-card Predators limit the powerful Blackhawks to three goals over four games.