from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
The New York Rangers can win the Stanley Cup. They have King Henrik in goal.
A Lundqvist-Price conference final matchup would be Hall-of-Fame like.
The best goaltender in the West is Pekke Rinne of Nashville. This may be the deepest Predators team he has played for, but he still has a career 13-15 won-loss record in the post-season.
Rinne may get the first round nod as a goalie over Crawford, but that doesn’t mean Nashville beats Chicago. The best goalie in the West could be out first round.
Which leaves Elliott vs. Dubnyk; Lack vs. Hiller; Pavelec vs. Andersen in the opening round.
Tell me you can pick winners from those series. With conviction. Every one of those goalies has been replaced, shoved aside really, at a point in his career.
Can one of them win the Stanley Cup? Like I said — the Year of the Unknown. You can’t handicap this.
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