April 30: Tuesday morning preview links

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: A look at the Kings-Blues first-round playoff series

Helene Elliott: It’s Kings and Blues again, but from a different angle

Helene Elliott: NHL Stanley Cup Playoff Preview

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jeremy Rutherford: It’s crunch time for hungry Blues

Jeremy Rutherford: Blues glad to face LA in playoffs

Dan O’Neill: Elliott hopes to rewrite the script

Bernie Miklasz: Bonus Bytes: Blues are clear underdogs

Belleville News-Democrat

Norm Sanders: Stacking up the Blues and Kings for Round 1 of the playoffs

Norm Sanders: Blues and Kings in a rematch: Only the strong will survive

Norm Sanders: Blues GM breaks down reasons for the team’s late-season hot stretch

NHL.com

Curtis Zupke: Jonathan Quick has work cut out to replicate 2012 postseason

Louie Korac: Bouwmeester focused on an extended playoff run

John Kreiser: Why the Kings will win the Stanley Cup

Tal Pinchevsky: Why the Blues will win the Stanley Cup

ESPN.com

Pierre LeBrun: First round preview: Blues-Kings

ESPN.com Staff: Experts’ 2013 first-round picks

ESPN.com Staff: EA Sports NHL 13 Finals sim: Rangers top Blackhawks

TSN.ca

TSN.ca Staff: Series Preview: No. 4 St. Louis Blues vs No. 5 Los Angeles Kings

Canadian Press: Blues ready for another shot at Stanley Cup champion Kings

Jewels from the Crown

Robert P.: Kings vs Blues: Round One Series Preview

Associated Press

R.B. Fallstrom: Kings-Blues Preview

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