Mike McKenna has been a professional goalie for the past 14 seasons and has played for seven NHL teams and 13 minor league teams. Most recently he played in the Philadelphia Flyers organization, playing one NHL game with them this season. He also played 10 games with the Ottawa Senators in 2018-19.
He knows about the most important position in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and a lot about the men who play it and those trying to score goals against them. So NHL.com asked him to share his insights during the postseason.
In his most recent column, McKenna talks about his hometown of St. Louis as a premier hockey town and how this trip to the Final, the first for the St. Louis Blues in 49 years, has stirred the passion for hockey throughout the area, especially with the Blues hosting Game 3 of the best-of-7 series, which is tied, against the Boston Bruins on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
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