This is the most exciting playoff race of any sport that I can remember. Baseball, you're out with half the season left. Football's alright, but a game a week doesn't build the excitment that having teams play and jockey for points every night. And poker, well, that just takes forever.
The baseball wildcard race was pretty exciting last year but that was just two teams battling. This year in hockey there are multiple games every single night that have great playoff implications. There are teams going from 5th to 10th in the western conference in one single night. Then of course you have the lightning, devils and habs all tied for 6th and slowly creeping up on the flyers for 5th......can't get much better then this.