Now that we’ve gotten the West out of the way, let’s turn back to the Eastern Conference and preview and try to predict the first round of the NHL playoffs.
Washington Capitals (Metro 1) vs. Montreal Canadiens (Wild Card 2)
It’s shades of 2010 — the Capitals are the first seed in the East, Alex Ovechkin is scoring unlimited goals and a plucky Montreal team that barely scraped into the playoffs is looking to complete the parallels with another first round upset like they did 15 years ago.
But hold your horses, Jaroslav Halak ain’t walkin’ through that door.