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Take time to think.

Let's end in the West with what I'm seeing as kind of a trendy pick here.

Oilers, Kings. Fourth year in a row, these two teams will meet in the opening

round of the playoffs. So it's, again, deja vu, vo, vo. Kings are plus 110. And I've seen a

couple of these little preview articles suggest the Kings are the side. So what's the reasoning

behind this? Because I think this is, to me,

my initial read on this series is Oilers in 5, 6 max, absolute. So you don't see it at all. So here's

the case. Los Angeles has thrived since the deadline. So they're hot. 17 and 4. Kings are

doing it with the league's second best defense, 2.4 goals against.

Fewest high danger shots and a top 10 penalty kill. So you can stifle Edmonton, and they do

that with their centers, Bifield and Copatar, two really tough, hard-nosed centers. You get the

goalie edge in this. Darcy Kemper resurrected from the dead this season.

Yes, very odd.

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