Toujours Pret
Half the man my daddy is
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I can't figure out Minnesota either. For the last several years, they've looked like a team that almost was on the verge of being really good but you couldn't exactly put your finger on why they weren't. A couple of those years they ran into a Blackhawks team in the midst of their dynasty.5 years 30 million for Zuccarello in Minnesota. Hate it for him, overpaid and for a franchise that really doesn't know what they want to be.
Will never begrudge anyone taking the highest check though.
I'm curious to see how much heat Cooper gets if TB doesn't make a deep run, like at least 2 playoff series wins. They are demonstrably the best team in the league for the second, arguably third, year in a row. That sweep last year is still one of the most inexplicable results in recent sports history. It became even more baffling when Boston was able to dispatch CBJ without an excessive amount of drama in the very next series. I see how you are unable to match your opponent's intensity for the first game of the playoffs perhaps, but four?Finally time.
Tampa's got to be the favorite again, I'd put their division mates Boston and Toronto in the top 5, with Vegas. I'll take Dallas to round out the top 5, but there's really a top 4 and then a second group of about 8 teams following.
Probably the longest-suffering fanbase in the league, right?There is a few of us around