Playoff Flurries: Quick hits and a Vegas sweep

The best - and worst - part of playoff hockey, as a member of the media, is that there’s always something new going on.

The offseason can be hell for an analyst or writer, when there’s nothing new to draw from for months on end. Having so many games - with such rich game play, to boot - to draw from during the playoffs is, simply put, a godsend.

It also means, though, that deadlines sometimes throw you into a tailspin.

My weekly column for another site was nearly finished when it became apparent that the Vegas Golden Knights were set to sweep the Los Angeles Kings, and all of a sudden by lede was a b-list topic. Out went my intro, and in went another ten paragraphs at the top to adapt to the…