1. With only a few more hours left until the champion of the Eastern Conference is crowned, we will find out soon enough who will be representing the East in the Stanley Cup Finals. Whether the Ottawa Senators or Pittsburgh Penguins win Game 7 and take home the Prince of Wales Trophy, they’ll have to begin scheming and strategizing what it will take to knock off the Western Conference Champion Nashville Predators. Nashville, who went 12-4 en route to becoming the third 8th seed in their conference, as well as the first 16th overall “seed”, to advance to the Cup Finals, are far from your typical wild card team.
Thoughts on Thursday: “Getting Hot”, Team Building, and Jeff Gorton
