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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Opening Round Review; Montreal Pregame, Blues Repeat, Round of Comebacks

We're already done with the first round of the 2014 NHL playoffs. There were multiple crazy games and finishes and we had our fare share of great overtime contests. The bar was placed pretty high but there's reason to believe these playoffs are just going to continue to improve as it gets deeper and deeper.
This year there have been 10 multi-goal deficits erased en route to a victory. That's an incredible amount. To put things in perspective there were 8 of those in all in the 2013 playoffs. We already have 10 and it's been just one round. Teams are not giving up in games and are willing to fight till the end and that has generated many interesting series.

I predicted each series at the end of last month's post (read up on my pre-playoffs thoughts here) and let's see how I did.

Monday, April 14, 2014

NHL Month In Review: April; PLAYOFF PREVIEW, NY's Finest, and Devils Shootout Woes

Alright, I know this month consists of just 12 days of regular season hockey but there was enough to write this thing up so just bear with me. This year the playoff picture is settled before the last day of the season and we have some great matchups for the first round and with the new playoff format, this could be a very exciting Spring.
But before we get to the playoffs, we still have those 12 days of action to dissect. So here we go.