The Colorado Avalanche are not favored to win their series against the Presidents’ Trophy winning Nashville Predators. They barely squeaked into the playoffs as the second wild card. Well, as the old adage goes, once you make it in, anything can happen.
Why, just last year the selfsame Predators were a wild card team, and they ended up challenging for the Stanley Cup. A few years ago the LA Kings were a wild card team, and they won the Stanley Cup. Anything can happen.
The Mile High Sticking contributors and I have addressed some playoff topics as part of our latest roundtable series.