[Alberta's Child]

Yeah, but this is an unbelievable L.A. team. I watched them dismantle my New Jersey Devils in the Finals two years ago, and this team looks even better than the 2012 team did. Those 2012 Kings won 15 consecutive games in the playoffs -- sweeping rounds 1-3 and then going up 3-0 on New Jersey in the Finals before eventually winning 4-2.

The conventional wisdom here in 2014 is that the Rangers might win a tight series in seven games. I think it's the other way around. The Kings are so big and relentless that they wear opponents down in a long series, so I said coming into this series that the Rangers chances of winning the Stanley Cup decline with every game that's played unless they go into Game 3 up 2-0 (ain't going to happen) or Game 5 up 3-1 (very unlikely).

[dfwgator]

I picked them to win the Cup right after they came back from 3-0 down to the Sharks.