Ottawa would be the safer match-up for Nashville, especially
with their depleted ranks, but a Pittsburgh match-up would
be more entertaining, especially for casual fans.
At this point, I'll take either one.
I can't believe that the NHL is going to push the start of
the Final back to next Monday. Nothing like a big gap between
the series to let the above-noted casual fan go find something
else to do/watch instead of keeping up the momentum.
I heard Carlyle complaining after the game about how the
Ducks had to jump right into the next series after the
seven games with the Oilers. He thinks the NHL needs to look
into the scheduling to allow an extra day or two between
series. Funny how you didn't hear that kind of moaning from
the Sharks or the Preds last season when they had the same
problem. But I agree with Carlyle that it's a LOT of intense
hockey to play back to back to back. Hard on the players
and the fans for that matter.
Nyssa, who was feeling the strain of all the late games too