Host Matthew Zator welcomes Kerry Collins and Jim Bay to set up the 2022 Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning. They go through key matchups, the battle of the potent offences led by Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Ondrej Palat and Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen, the match-up between Cale Makar and Victor Hedman, some potential X-factors, whether Darcy Kuemper can match Andrei Vasilevskiy's veteran savvy and of course, predictions for who will ultimately win the Stanley Cup.
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1:18 Key Matchup: MacKinnon, Rantanan, Landeskog vs. Stamkos, Kucherov, Palat
4:26 Brayden Point's Potential Impact on this Series
6:09 Nazem Kadri's Impact on this Series if He Returns
9:07 Lightning's Depth vs. Avalanche's Depth
14:18 Cale Makar vs. Victor Hedman
18:55 Lightning Defense vs. Avalanche Defense
22:40 Andrei Vasilevskiy vs. Darcy Kuemper
28:54 X-Factors for Lightning & Avalanche
32:12 Lightning will win this series if.../Avalanche will win this series if...
37:20 Final Predictions
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The Hockey Writers 2022 Stanley Cup Final Preview: Colorado Avalanche vs. Tampa Bay Lightning