Best playoffs ever?
You just keep figuring the NHL playoffs can't get any better. Then they do.
I was out and about Monday night watching Pittsburgh-Washington and Chicago-Vancouver, and the packed place was entranced. Lead changes and momentum swings with the Penguins and Capitals, capped by overtime drama. And the best thing about the Capitals' victory in Game Six? It means there will be a Game Seven.
The third period of the Blackhawks' elimination of Vancouver brought audible yells of delight from the patrons. A hat trick by local star Patrick Kane, including an out-of-nowhere move on his backhand. An Original Six city jacked up.
It's almost too much. Thankfully, it's not even half over.
---John Vogl
