What the Puck: What a great playoff run it's been for the Predators

Before we get to the Montreal Canadiens, can we just take a minute to say how much fun this ride with the Nashville Predators has been? I know, I know, it wasn’t the greatest of nights for the Preds Thursday with the Penguins shredding them into teenie weenie pieces in Pittsburgh.
But man oh man this has just been a blast of a playoffs for anyone who likes believability-stretching hockey drama. Here’s a team that struggled big time for the first half of the season and only slipped in