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Stanley Cup Finals Previews [Backhand Shelf][PHT][RWTD][Talking Red]

Kings GM Dean Lombardi gets to watch his team face his "mentor's team" in the finals [Fire and Ice]

How did the New Jersey Devils get to the Stanley Cup Finals? [Down Goes Avery]

Should the Devils forfeit their first round pick this year? Yes [PHT]

Ilya Kovalchuk is changing how people think about Russian hockey players [PHT]

On Peter DeBoer, Martin Brodeur and Kovy [Holik on Hockey]

A few players who could win the Conn Smythe. [PHT]

On the flip side, the players who should win the "Non-Smythe" (I personally prefer the Kaberle, but whatever). And somehow, Anton Volchenkov isn't the winner [Puck Daddy]

The Construction of the Devils 4th line [Backhand Shelf]

More links after the jump

Hockey Links

Rangers fans are happy that their team is on the rise, but not so happy that that they lost to a hated rival [Blue Seat Blogs]

The Devils and Kings are evidence that the Capitals shouldn't trade Alex Ovechkin (side note: lol @ trading Ovechkin)

The Shawinigan Cataractes- your 2012 Memorial Cup Champions [PHT]

#schultzwatch has begun [Canucks Army]