The NHL postseason has been in full swing for a little under a week now and has been so far, completely unpredictable.
With Colarado's win last night against the San Jose Sharks, the seventh and eighth place teams are a combined 8-4 and half of those wins have come in overtime.
This years playoff has not been for the faint of heart. With seven games having already gone into overtime in the first five days, there are hordes of sleepy eyed and bearded NHL fans under performing at their respective jobs as we speak.
In 12 of the first 15 playoff games, the winning team trailed at some point during the game before coming back to win. No longer can teams sit on leads late in the game.
Simply, there are too many high-octane offenses in the League today. Eight of the 16 playoff teams have already scored at least five goals in a game.
Not surprisingly, fans are packing arenas and viewers are watching in record numbers. The White-Out crowd that packed Jobing.com Arena in Phoenix on Opening Night—which was Wednesday, only five nights ago—was nothing short of Loud.
In the 1990's there were an incredible 168 ...
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