Hey, it's Pablo. I am just taking a day off. Don't be scared. But with a sport that I'm admittedly not the most educated on being all over the news and the playoffs coming right up, we decided to pull up the Zamboni and turn things over to our good friends and resident hockey experts, Greg Wischitzki and Emily Kaplan. Enjoy.

Big David. Drysidal shoots. Stores. Drysato scores. But the torch is being passed on from

one-three to the net. The century mark in just 53 games for colored. My David. It's a victory mark in just 53 games for colored.

Come, David!

It's been a hockey season like no other, a 56-game schedule,

realignment, divisional play changing the shape of the NHL,

COVID messing with team schedules,

and the league grappling with its identity.

Now, the playoffs are right in front of us.

The battle for Lord Stanley's Cup is about to start,

and we could get a cup matchup that we've never seen before.

I'm Greg Wyshnski.

I'm Emily Catlin, and today we're taking center ice,

while Poplatori, he's a healthy scratch.

It's Monday, May 10th.

And it's a National Hockey League edition of ESPN Daily.

Presented by UKG. Our purpose is people.

Hey, Emily. Hey, Greg. So we've decided to take over the Daily today to talk hockey. We actually

threw Pablo in the penalty box. He's

serving a misconduct, but I believe he'll be back tomorrow. He is in the box. He does feel

shame, but he is day to day. Emily, it's been an NHL season where most of the drama has

surrounded COVID-related absences in postpone games. So there was a weird sense of normalcy when there was a soap opera surrounding the New York Rangers

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