Picking Splinters: ‘There’s No Time Like the Present’



I know we’re already a game into the Stanley Cup Playoffs (due to deadlines, the results of Wednesday’s opener against the Rangers were not available), but the lessons from the regular season and last year’s heartbreaking opening series against the Flyers still have plenty of time to be applied.

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Picking Splinters: 'There's No Time Like the Present'

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