This is a 6* BLOWOUT on the Golden Knights.

I had a play on Vancouver in its Game 6 victory over St. Louis. It was never in doubt and the Canucks look good now moving into the second round.

But St. Louis looked "off" the entire time during the re-start and while it did regroup a little in its series vs. Vancouver, the Blues were a shell of their Stanley Cup Champion squad.

The Canucks are now in unchartered territory and I think they're going to struggle with this rested Golden Knights team which took out Chicago in five games.

These teams split a pair of games in the regular season, but this is a matchup which has given Vancouver difficulty for a long-time, as Vegas is 8-2 the last ten vs. the Nucks overall.

I think the fact that Vegas has had a couple extra nights off to recover is the difference in Game 1.

Lay the price and expect a blowout.

Good luck, NP