The national media has arrived en masse, so now is the time for bad takes. If you want enlightenment, you can head to USA Today, AP, or Yahoo Sports. You might even try to see what the experts at ESPN think. At The Athletic, Dom Luszczyszyn has his traditional analytic breakdown of the Stanley Cup Final that once again can’t figure how to account for what the Dallas Stars do on defense. The one point of agreement is that this series is there for the taking by the clearly superior team: the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Rested Stars Ready to Face Favored Lightning
