This is the best of outkick the coverage with Clay Travis on Fox Sports Radio.

We got our guy John Marosi's an expert in both the NHL and also in Major League Baseball.

And I want to start on the NHL side with you, John.

First things are getting up early with us.

Second, now that all four of the series are set, I believe you'd pick the Toronto Maple

Leafs to play the Nashville Predators.

The Maple Leafs ended up giving the Bruins quite a run in game seven.

But they're now out.

What would you say as you look at the final eight teams?

What are your expectations now?

Well, I've got to stay with Nashville in the West.

Although that series against Winnipeg, I think of the remaining four series, Clay, that

Winnipeg National Series is going to be, I believe, the best of all semi-finals in terms

of the conference series.

And that may even be the best two teams left.

I am so impressed by the way Winnipeg has played in the National really after letting Colorado

hang around longer than probably a lot of us thought they were going to really put together

a good game six that I think was an emphatic way to end that series.

So I think for me, it's about the Predators added forward.

That's put the same story for Winnipeg.

They added staff in this year.

Wheeler has been an obviously for a long time.

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