Before last night's Game 7 at the United Center, the five teams still remaining in the Stanley Cup Playoffs were also the last five winners of the coveted trophy. With the elimination of the Detroit Red Wings, the final four teams are, coincidentally, the last four Stanley Cup winners. If this manner holds in which the team with the longest period of time since its last championship is the next to be eliminated, then Pittsburgh would be the first club to fall in the upcoming round and Chicago would follow immediately after with Los Angles repeating as Cup winners by beating Boston. That, of course, would involve, both top seeds falling in this round, which is a scenario that I'm guessing not many people are ready to believe (or in my case, prefer).
Rest assured, if nothing else, both of these last two series before the 2013 Stanley Cup Final should be nothing less than more thrilling, must-see hockey, as has been more or less the standard established throughout this year's playoffs.
Set of notches in a dictionary / THU 10-23-25 / "Done!," in geometry class
/ Clay being of Jewish folklore / ___ Nicolas, remotest of California's
Channel Islands / Genre for Blackpink and Stray Kids / 1887 drama on which
a Puccini opera was based / Composers' rights org. / Units roughly equal to
a quarter of a calorie
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Constructor: Aimee Lucido
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