Daisy


Tampa Bay has had a fantastic season. I play for LA. That said, I think it's hard to argue that the President's Trophy winners who faced down the #2 and #3 teams in the league in those 7-game series are going to struggle the same way against the #4 team who beat out #6 and #9 in the same rounds. The feeling in our locker room has been that no matter who came out of the East, our biggest challenges have been San Francisco and Texas, and that getting through them was going to be difficult. We've taken it one series at a time and not thought too far ahead aside from how many more wins we need. I think this leaves space for our team management to now focus wholly on beating Tampa Bay. Of course, FHM will still have its say, but historically it likes teams who've performed well in the regular season and who can build momentum. (160 Words, +3 TPE)


Having played most of my first career with Toronto, there's still a fond hope in my heart that the North Stars will get their day in the Sun sooner rather than later. That said, I think Baltimore is the best-built team on that list right now and has gotten fairly close in recent seasons. I don't know what their plans are for the next few seasons, but if they've still got some gas and gear, I could see them making another deep run. Minnesota feels like the biggest wild card on that list. Eddie's a good dude and has made a lot of big moves since becoming the GM, both to boon and detriment, and has a good knowledge base in the game. But then he still has to get past Texas in-division, and then will have to contend with LA and San Fran to get out of the West right now. In 10 seasons, it'll be getting past Chicago and Winnipeg. It'll be interesting to see if they can rise to that challenge in Minnesota. (176 Words, +3 TPE)