After getting surprised by the Sharks in an anticlimactic game 7 of an otherwise stellar series, my daughter is doubling down and expects them to lose to the Blues this round.
In the East, although she's a fan of both the Penguins and Lightning and was reluctant to pick one over the other, when pressed she went with the Penguins - because really, who doesn't like Penguins?
So it looks like once again our contest is going to come down to whether Joe Thornton & Co. are able to finally shrug off the choker label and go where they have never gone before: the Stanley Cup Final.
It should be a good final 4!