commentary...

it looks like both the Nashville Predators and the St. Louis Blues are going down,in their second round series,against the Phoenix Coyotes,and the Los Angeles Kings,respectively... both teams have been out-played,and their goaltending has sucked,for both teams... both teams have been beaten,and out-coached,by teams,who are hungrier,to win their series... both goaltenders have had great regular seasons,but in the playoffs,they have been only human,not supermen,and in the Stanley Cup playoffs,you need focused,reliable,and solid goaltending,and in the playoffs,both goaltenders have been inconsistent,at best,and awful,at critical times... both offenses have been non-existent,at crunch time,and their defenses around their goaltenders have basically stunk,period... with both goaltenders sub-par,for this series,both teams needed great overall defense,and both teams have been awful,overall,with their defense... they seem to be just happy to be in the second round,of the Stanley Cup playoffs,and yet,their opponents just want it more... Nashville Predators' coach Barry Trotz made perhaps the biggest mistake of the playoffs:not playing Alexander Radulov,and Andrei Kostitsyn,in game four... i know that you need team discipline,but in a critical game in this series,you sit two dynamic players who could have helped,in scoring goals,or with overall defense,in a 1-0 loss,and without them,your team scored only two goals,in the last two games... what a bonehead move!!!!!!! in the three games,between the Blues,and Kings,St. Louis have given up thirteen goals,and no team will average five goals per game,in the Stanley Cup playoffs... for a team who had fifteen shutouts,in regular season,the Blues' goaltending has been horrid,even in the playoff series,against San Jose Sharks,and they look toasted in this series,because the odds of them coming back to win series,are astronomical,or in other words,slim,and none,and slim left town,a long time ago...