- Washington Capitals: The Caps don’t have the presidents locked up quite yet but maybe they don’t need to worry about that. After so many early exits in the playoffs maybe its time to rest your stars and start thinking about mid may.
- Columbus Blue Jackets: The Jackets however should go all out for the presidents trophy home ice advantage would be fantastic for the boys in blue. If the Jackets can finish hot then it bodes well for their playoff hopes the last person you want to see in round one is Sidney Crosby.
- Chicago Blackhawks: I mean seriously, these guys are the new Detroit Red Wings. I think that they’ll make the playoffs for at least 10 more consecutive years and every year they are a contender to win it all. That all said it would do the Hawks a lot of good to win home ice advantage in the division just in case Minnesota decided to make the playoffs interesting this year.
- Pittsburgh Penguins: A team that continues to win with speed and should be an exciting watch this spring.
- Montreal Canadian’s: If you keep up with this blog you know I am very critical of the habs. Finally though they seem to be relying less on Carey Price so they catapult into the final spot on the list of Stanley cup contenders. If your team didn’t make it don’t get mad remember strange things happen in lord stanleys playoffs and things can still change over the next two weeks. Well look at the second tier contenders later.
