How to beat the Predators…

Here we all are a mere one day prior to the opening game of the playoff match-up between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Nashville Predators and after hours and hours of analyzing and statistical comparisons I have come up with the ultimate way to beat the pesky Predators and here it is… Score more goals then them in at least 4 games before they do. Quite a genius analysis don’t you think? If one can dig deep into that sarcastic opening statement you will understand that basically I am saying discard all the regular season statistics out the window more or less. NHL prognosticators and”professional” analysts who base the playoffs from every team/individual statistic from the regular season or previous playoff history honestly has got to be kidding if they think that is the sure fire way of predicting an outcome. On various hockey message boards you will see post after post comparing one stat to another back and forth bickering amongst each other on why their...