Why a sweep would be optimal for Tampa Bay

 Greetings again, in my last post I made a list of potential future topics to write about for this blog. Well, I'm not going to work on that just yet; instead, I thought I would give my thoughts about this year's Stanley Cup Final, which at the time of this writing, was being led by the Tampa Bay Lightning two games to none, with games three and four being held on Friday and next Monday respectively.

If Montreal wins either one of their home games, the series shifts back to Tampa for Game Five. So what's the issue you ask? Elsa.

As you can see from the map above, Elsa is our latest tropical system and from its current predicted path, could wreak havoc with a possible Game 5 come next Wednesday. So, what can be done? Well, and this is totally speculative, the NHL could play game 5 in Montreal and have games 6 and 7 in Tampa. There is a precedent (sort of) for an unforeseen set of circumstances moving a series after all. Or, the NHL could potentially delay game 5 until later. But the best possible outcome?

Tampa takes care of business Friday and Monday and clinches their second consecutive Stanley Cup and third overall.

CT

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