This has to be the worst series in the first round, right?
Without question. It was close, but not anymore.
The first 5 periods of Vancouver/Calgary was pretty terrible (but I might have had my opinion swayed by a pretty lackluster crowd in Vancouver), NYI/Washington wasn't great but is improving and Detroit/Tampa still is overwhelmingly meh but at least it's because Tampa's run the play or Mrazek's putting on a show.
This NYR/Pittsburgh is a lot of turnovers and a lot of NYR powerplays.
Just for fun, if I had to rank:
1. Chicago/Nashville
2. Anaheim/Winnipeg
3. Montreal/Ottawa
4. Vancouver/Calgary
5. St. Louis/Minnesota
6. Washington/NYI
7. Tampa/Detroit
8. NYR/Pittsburgh