It’s too bad college hockey adopted the term Frozen Four before the NHL. Granted, that keeps in tradition better with college basketball’s Final Four designation of the last two rounds of the playoffs. But let’s face it, the Frozen Four is a cool motto that would probably sell better in the NHL.
Whatever you want to call the remaining four-team tournament, we have an excellent field left: Chicago vs. Anaheim in the Western Conference, New York Rangers vs. Tampa Bay in the East.
We know one thing already: It’s going to be warm in one of the Stanley Cup finalist cities. That’s about as sure a thing as we can predict right now, as these figure to be two very close series. If anyone were to say any of the remaining clubs will be your Cup winner when it’s all over, would you be shocked?
No, these are four teams capable of winning it all if their top players show up.
Which squad has the best odds of capturing the Cup, though? My criteria for picking, aside from my natural abilities as a seer, includes an evaluation of:
Talent
Hunger
Health
A witch's brew of intangibles
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