The Hockey Writers Ice Time - 2025 NHL Playoffs First Round Overreactions So Far

The 2025 NHL Playoffs are underway and only five games are in the rearview mirror. It's usually a perfect Monday to have some overreactions but here, cooler heads (for the most part) prevailed. Justin Giampietro and Matthew Buhrmann join Mike Fink to discuss what some Game 1 overreactions are and what might not be an overreaction. Plus, we take a look at the week ahead and which teams have the most to gain as the first round gets underway.Follow Mike Fink's writing - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/mfink/And our panel this week:Justin Giampietro - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/jgiampietro/Matthew Buhrmann - https://thehockeywriters.com/author/mbuhrmann/Follow The Hockey Writers:Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheHockeyWriterInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehockeywriters_Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheHockeyWriters/Substack - https://thehockeywriters.substack.com/Graphics by Vince Richard - https://www.behance.net/vincergraphics