Stanley Cup Bracket Challenge with Steve Dangle

Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock confirms that defenceman Nikita Zaitsev is out for game 1 vs. the Capitals with an "upper body injury."

On the night the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway, allow me to take you through my playoff bracket and how I think the playoffs will play out.

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