While everyone is going nuts over the NFL draft, NBA playoffs, the Kentucky Derby or Floyd Mayweather's latest fight, the NHL playoffs have quietly been epic. Absolutely, positively epic.
And not epic in the ironic way that hipsters describe the picture they just took of a cupcake at some boutique bakery-coffee shop-bottle shop-co-op conglomeration. No, we're talking actually epic, summer blockbuster epic, Niagra Falls or the Grand Canyon epic.
With the second round underway, it's time to reset each series and make predictions about which four teams will advance. Here's the first prediction—the duration of these series will likely be epic.
But you probably guessed that by now.
Chicago Blackhawks
It's not so much that the Blackhawks have won the first two games, it's how they won them, blowing the Minnesota Wild out to the tune of a combined score of 9-3. The Blackhawks have now won six straight postseason games, and they've only failed to score three or more goals once this postseason.
They are red hot, folks. And what is so scary is that ...
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