Far-L

Penguins gone.

Blues gone.

Kings just went from being my third favorite team to being the only team I can in good conscience still root for to go all the way.

Flyers are coming apart in pieces because they can't bedevil the Devils like they did the Pens. Caps lost a game they should have taken for the stupidest penalty I have seen a player pull in any of the games so far but my fingers are crossed that they can still pull off a miracle... or at the very least leave the Rangers with no gas in the tank.

Smith is insane, sure, but the guy is so freaking big that most of the pucks are just swallowed up because he covers the majority of the space... and when he comes out I think his whole team stops breathing and thinks "not again!" (while I bet Smith is probably thinking "how can I make this more challenging?")

Coyote and Kings will be a clash of the titanic goalies but I think the Kings offense has finally figured out how to put a goal or two in the net...

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