Man, you guys love a sure bet eh? In the playoffs anything can happen.
2 years ago Chicago got knocked off by Nashville in the first round (1 vs 8 )
and Montreal lost to New York (2 vs 7)
The year before that same with Nashville knocking off Anaheim and the Islanders knocking off Florida.
Every year there is a team that everyone says 'can't be beat. Greatest team ever'. People thought washington was going to score 10 goals a game and steamroll everyone for years. Pittsburgh is too good and will be a dynasty for years. Chicago has all the players, the team didn't change.
And then some team that worked its ass off to get into the playoffs and made in on the last day outworks the team for 7 games and surprises everyone because the top team expected an automatic 'bye' into the Stanley Cup finals. It happens every year.
I could be wrong on this and they may not even end up facing each other, Montreal may not make the playoffs and Tampa may be the juggernaut everyone says they are............. but I don't think so. We'll have much to talk about come April on this topic.