They may be tired and bruised, but the winner of this series gets San Jose or Anaheim in the next round and I think either team in this series plays too much of a heavy, straight line game through all 4 lines to loose to Ana or SJ. I have the winner of this series pegged to meet Chicago in the west final, and at that point tired legs could spell trouble, but these are the two prototypical western conference playoff teams this year and if they play right, they could shut down a highflying hawks team and put the pressure on the goalies, at which point StL is on equal playing ground and LA has the advantage, in my opinion.
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