[They’ve gone from 24 teams down to 2, and when the smoke cleared (well, it’s gonna clear eventually, right?) the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning were the last teams standing, and they’ll begin their battle for the Stanley Cup tonight at the Bubble in Edmonton.
Some interesting choices for who to pick here this year: Tampa, looking to make good on what should have been a march to the Cup last year before that embarrassing 1st round loss to Columbus, or Dallas and their surprising march to the Finals.
We asked our writers to let us know who they like in this series.