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#3 - 100+ words

Tampa got a cakewalk through a weak East this year, so you'd definitely expect that their defenseman would have better metrics without controlling for strength of opponent. Los Angeles' road to the cup included going through the #2, 3 and 4 ranked teams in league - it's hard to hold up through that for three straight series and to expect them to come out of it with sterling stats... and yet they did. Sure, it doesn't quite match up to their opponent, but it's might impressive considering who they've had to play thus far. This isn't anything against Tampa, it's just a reality of the differing paths that they had to take to get here to their finals matchup.

#5 - 100+ words
I'd typically be more concerned if there was a team with longer names than LA, especially because LA has the longest named goalie to ever play the game of hockey. However, I'm not even sure that the players on Tampa Bay can read - I think that LA can take advantage of this fact because the more letters, the more it looks like gibberish to them and the less chance they have of knowing who the opponents they're supposed to be defending are. This'll cause chaos in the offensive zone and open up some lanes for the Panthers players. I don't anticipate this adding any level of difficulty for LA in the series.

#6 - 100+ words

The season was pretty good for Bergling and there's a lot to be pleased about. You hear from a lot of people that you're regressing and on the wrong side of your career, so to come out there and have a season that was actually a significant improvement over your past seasons is really heartening and makes you feel good about your chances going forward over the next few years. Some people can age better than others, so the goal is to keep working out over the offseason, putting in the work during the season and doing all the rights things - aging in a way that makes Bergling an effective player for years to come.