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NHL playoffs arrive with the West stacked with contenders like Colorado, Dallas and Vegas
Colorado leads a deep Western Conference field as Dallas, Vegas and Edmonton bring star power, playoff experience and coaching changes into the first round.
- The Presidents' Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche enter the West playoffs as favorites, featuring elite stars Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and Nazem Kadri reacquired at the trade deadline.
- Challenging first-round matchups await in the Central Division, where The Stars and The Wild meet with the winner likely facing Colorado Avalanche in the second round on the path to the Western Conference Final.
- Vegas Golden Knights coach John Tortorella led his team to seven wins in their final eight games, while Connor McDavid and the Oilers seek their first Stanley Cup after consecutive runner-up finishes.
- "You just have to be dialed in the whole time," forward Logan O'Connor said, emphasizing the intense pressure as teams must avoid passengers during the chase for the Stanley Cup.
- Joe Quenneville's Anaheim squad, the Ducks, leverage goaltender Lukas Dostal to potentially pull off an upset, while the Utah Mammoth make their playoff debut in Salt Lake City with nothing to lose.
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The West playoff bracket is stacked and one early series could change everything
The Western Conference half of the NHL playoffs has the league-leading Colorado Avalanche and fellow Stanley Cup-contending Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild all on the same side of the bracket. On the other is the Vegas Golden Knights, who have won seven of eight games since making a coaching change. Connor McDavid and the back-to-back finalist Edmonton Oilers are capable of another run if they get Leon Draisaitl back and some saves in net. The A…
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NHL playoffs arrive with the West stacked with contenders like Colorado, Dallas and Vegas
The Western Conference half of the NHL playoffs has the league-leading Colorado Avalanche and fellow Stanley Cup-contending Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild all on the same side of the bracket.
·United States
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Total News Sources22
Leaning Left15Leaning Right1Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution68% Left
Bias Distribution
- 68% of the sources lean Left
68% Left
L 68%
C 27%
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