Three game 7's in one night. Hasn't happened in over 10 years. Why not take this special occasion to make some picks.
Coming into the first round I took New York, Colorado and San Jose to move on. Now they all face potential elimination but all on home ice.
As an overall team the Rangers are better. They use the shot blocking effectiveness of a strong defense combined with a stellar goalie to shut teams down. On the power play they have the personnel to move the puck quickly. The series has lacked the intensity some expected as well as the dramatics with no overtime games. The Flyers wanted it more last night. New York has never lost a game 7 at Madison Square Garden. Flyers win 3-2 in overtime. Game winning goal for Mark Streit.
Clearly my Colorado sweep didn't come to fruition. Let's give credit to Minnesota for playing a strong brand of hockey. The move to Kuemper has helped tremendously. We can't but do tend to forget about Parise and Suter since they both went to Minnesota. Plus they show a lot of promise with up and coming players. Hard to pick against Colorado with the next rookie of the year leading in scoring and a Vezina finalist between the pipes. This is a team that finished ahead of a division with Chicago and St. Louis in it. Give me Minnesota. Coyle with the game winner. Parise scores two.
San Jose has long been the pick of many over the last few seasons to win the Stanley Cup. These thoughts continued especially when they took a 3-0 lead in their series against Los Angeles. Now they are on the verge of being knocked out. A mid series goaltending switch seemed odd but a lot of the change in momentum can be attributed to Jonathan Quick. Not since the Flyers of 2010 has a team came back to win a series after losing the first three. I'll take LA in the reverse sweep 2-1. Why not let a King for the Kings score the winning goal.
If any of these things actually come true I might move to Vegas as none of what I said would be a standard answer. I have a good track record though.
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