Beyond Center Ice

 With the draft, I will be doing updates after every couple of picks as they come in, as well as periodically throughout Day 2! I'm busy tomorrow so things will be spread out. Pre-Draft Notes: Check out my mock!  Bedard a lock at 1, obviously Ducks rumored not to take Fantilli at 2? CBJ heavily considering Will Smith over Leo Carlsson? CBJ now favored to take Smith over Carlsson or Fantilli. Trades: Reilly Smith traded to Pittsburgh for a 3rd Round Pick. Really solid acquisition for the Penguins, and the VGK get this cap space to sign Barbashev to an extension, which he just did.  Josh Bailey headed to Chicago in a cap dump Kailer Yamamoto and Klim Kostin headed to Detroit from Edmonton Draft: 1. Chicago Blackhawks  - Connor Bedard (C) The obvious #1 Pick, who will turn this franchise around. No surprise.  2. Anaheim Ducks - Leo Carlsson (C) The Ducks take Carlsson instead of Fantilli. This imo is a good pick, as I personally love Carlsson. This is very intriguing for future picks

 This is the most southern Cup Final in NHL History!  Vegas and Florida... who would've thought when the playoffs started? In this post, I am not going to make everything about advanced stats. You guys know what each team does, you guys know who's good and who's not. Let's just take a look at how we got here. Florida started these playoffs out as a massive underdog. They went down 3-1 to Boston, as I'm sure you know, and they came back. Boston had 3 chances to bury them, and should've knocked the Cats out in every single game. But they didn't. Then, this spiraled Florida as a superpower. The Leafs couldn't stop them, and the Canes, despite outplaying Florida in each game, couldn't beat Bob. Sergei Bobrovsky has been unstoppable since he came in to these playoffs, and Vegas needs to learn how to stop him. Or, Florida is lifting the cup.  Vegas started this playoffs out with a dominating series win in 5 games against an underdog that many thought could