Put away the razors and shaving cream and get ready—playoff hockey has arrived.
The 16-team field for the 2013 NHL playoffs are set, and now all that's left to do is to watch the two-month-long journey unfold.
Two recent Stanley Cup champions, Chicago and Pittsburgh, look like the early favorites to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup again at season's end, but the defending champion Los Angeles Kings still have a say in whether they will or not.
But if the Kings taught us anything last year, going 12-4-3 to close out the regular season in 2011-12, it's that the hotter a team is coming into the playoffs, the deeper the run.
Below we'll highlight a trio of scorching-hot teams set to make deep runs this postseason.
Detroit Red Wings, No. 7 Seed, West
Only the Philadelphia Flyers closed the regular season as well as the Detroit Red Wings, who have won four straight games coming into the playoffs.
Detroit rallied down the stretch, outscoring its opponents 15-3 over its final four games to clinch the No. 7 seed out West, setting up a first-round clash with ...
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NHL Playoff Bracket 2013: Scorching-Hot Teams That Will Make Deep Runs
April 30th, 2013 by Patrick Clarke Leave a reply »
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