After reading several series previews from ESPN, The Hockey News, PHT, and The Athletic (subscription required for that one), a theme has been emerging. Nearly every write up has mentioned that the Jets were the team to beat at the start, while the Blues have turned their season around enough that they’re dangerous. The Jets have let injuries catch up to them and played sub-par hockey to close out the season, so according to most hockey pundits, who knows who is winning this series?
Most of them have cautiously picked the Jets in either six or seven based upon injuries healing up, but they haven’t picked them with a lot of conviction.