Mark Messier makes bold prediction for Rangers vs. Lightning series

Mark Messier makes bold prediction for Rangers vs. Lightning series.

Before the season, Messier chose the Tampa Bay Lightning to win the Eastern Conference final. One day before the series, he changed his mind and chose his former team, the New York Rangers. Messer won six Stanley Cups during his 26-year playing career. He won five of them with the Edmonton Oilers and one with New Yorkers in 1994. This is his first year as an ESPN hockey analyst. The Rangers are 8-6 in the 2022 postseason after back-to-back 7-game series’ with Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes. The Lightning are8-3 after a 7 game series with Toronto Maple Leafs in first round and a second round sweep of Florida Panthers. Game 1 of the Conference Finals is Wednesday, June 1, 2022 (6/1/22) at Madison Square Garden in NewYork, New. York.