To be honest, I don’t know the answer to the question asked in the deck above. I’ve been thinking about it for the last three days and the best I can come up with a decided shoulder shrug. The punters are leaning towards the Colorado Avalanche as the favorites to win the series, but can anyone ever count out this version of the Tampa Bay Lightning? God knows we’ve tried to at points in their series against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers, but they pulled through.
My initial gut reaction when the match-up was cemented with the Lightning’s Game Six victory over the Rangers was that Tampa Bay would have trouble keeping up with the Avalanche, who romped their way to the Stanley Cup finals with just two losses in three series.