Western Conference has hottest teams

These past weeks in the NHL have brought nothing new to hockey world, though things are turning out a little differently than expected. There were talks of Philadelphia Flyer Eric Lindros being dealt to the Carolina Hurricanes for roughneck Keith Primeau. That rumor died when everyone realized that the Flyers' current team chemistry has been the cause for their recent dominating play. The Colorado Avalanche have dropped three of their past four and do not look like a team that lost in the Western Conference Finals a year ago, while one of the worst teams in years past, the Tampa Bay Lightning, is playing extremely well.