Neck guard sales jump after Sask. hockey player slashed by skate
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It’s Tampa Bay’s year.
Fill in all the NHL playoff brackets you want. Ponder potential winners in the best first-round series: Vegas versus San Jose in the West; Pittsburgh versus the New York Islanders in the East. If you’re in a playoff pool, don’t hesitate making your first pick: Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning will win the playoff scoring race. He walked away with the regular-season title and should win the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s MVP.
Tampa Bay was 62-16-4, tying the record for most victories in an 82-game season.
Towering Victor Hedman is one year removed from being the league’s top defenceman. Superstar Steven Stamkos can still dominate. Undersized centre Brayden Point, an offensive dynamo who plays with Kucherov and Stamkos, played junior for the Moose Jaw Warriors.
Want more local flavour? Veteran defenceman Braydon Coburn is a friend of the Green Zone, having called our show last month to talk about the Lightning’s unprecedented season. Hopefully he’ll call again after Tampa wins the Stanley Cup in June.