Goalie Jonas Hiller helped the Flames oust the Canucks in six games in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, but he’ll have his hands full with the Ducks in the second round.
We wave goodbye to the white-out in Winnipeg, the nostalgia on Long Island, to Sid and his Pens, and to St. Louis again singing the Blues.
It’s time to move on in the Stanley Cup playoffs and anyone who reaches Round 2 starts to think that maybe, just maybe, this is their year.
Though oddsmakers favor the Rangers and Blackhawks to reach the Stanley Cup Finals, I’m sticking with my pre-playoff prediction of Chicago meeting Washington.