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Only the Pittsburgh Penguins know for sure whether they threw their last game of the regular season in order to draw the Ottawa Senators as a playoff opponent. But the fact is it doesn’t matter. They created the perception they tanked their last game and at this time of year, that’s enough to motivate your opponent, particularly when it’s lead by someone as manipulative as Senators coach Bryan Murray. Karma is just one of the reasons why I’m picking the Senators to shock the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs, even without Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher. It’s certainly not the most prominent reason. Heck, stuff like that happens all the time. The Nashville Predators looked an awful lot like they wanted to avoid the San Jose Sharks in the first round, and was it just me or did it look like the Vancouver Canucks... [read full story]
