I wont root for San Jose because I like the Kings more plus Kopitar might be the only player that saves the final for me.
its 1-1 in the first in the 1st of the back to back meetings btw the Sharks and Kings.
But hey...dont count out the Yotes to finish 3rd either. They have St Louis tomorrow and Minni on Saturday.
I know a lot of people are concerned about the Kings. Im really not outside of Quick. Hawks are a better team in every other area and if Craw can get hot in the first round I am not concerned about the Kings at all. Im not concerned about the Sharks or Yotes either.
Then only two teams I dont want to see first round are Nashville and St Louis. So there is no way we can see St Louis....I don't mind trying to avoid Nashville at all costs.
The flip side is it might actually be in the Hawks best interest to meet the team which would give them a good test in the opening round. So It might be good seeing Nashville. We all know what happened the last time we saw them first round in the playoffs. Sure its a better Preds team this time around and not the same Hawks team. But there is nothing wrong with a good hard test right off the bat. I still dont want it though.
Anyways as far as the game tonight? It wasn't very entertaining. The 3rd period was garbage and was the PP). Can't expect much when you have no centers.