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Las Vegas - ICE, ICE BABY. NO, not that GUY, Vanilla Ice, but the NHL. The STANLEY CUP BAABBBEEE! NO teeth, plenty of beards and of course, my favorite, the freakin' ZAMBONI!

C'mon and skate on to the ice with me in Toronto, one of two bubble sites, this one for the Eastern Conference. Gonna go real slow because NO ONE is quite sure how teams will react after missing so much time. One thing we do know is, Islanders coach Barry Trotz is an Under guy. The total on the Isles/Panthers game tomorrow is 5.5, and we're gonna rock the Under. Florida and New York have skated against each other three times this season, and ALL THREE have gone UNDER. Before everyone was sent home, the Islanders went Under 36 times and Over 27. Lace 'em up and go LOW with me!!!

Also gonna roll out to the other bubble site for the Western Conference, Edmonton, and grab the Jets over the Flames. Why? Two words. Connor Hellebuyck. Looked at some of the goalie stats for this season, before the shutdown, and Bucky, or, Helly if you prefer, was near the top in every category. He faced the most shots, made the most saves, and posted the most shutouts. He picked up 31 wins and only Tampa's Andrei Vasilevskiy had more with 35. And his save percentage, 0.922, was just behind Boston's Tuukka Rask's 0.929. Like Winnipeg's logo, and if they bring home the W, might be a hat in the future for one of my readers!

Back on the Cubs with Tyler Chatwood in today's game against Mitch Keller.

Just got word that the Cards/Brewers game has been PPD.

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