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No NHL playoff series has absolutely everything.

But the Winnipeg-Nashville clash in Round 2 promises to come close.

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As the Central Division foes took turns having at each other during the regular season – five games with an average of eight goals in each — fans and pundits alike took to social media to say, “More of this in the playoffs, please.”

Your wish, hockey world, is their command.

What about this matchup makes it must-see TV?

Let me count the ways.

— The regular season says these are the top two teams in the NHL. OK, so the regular season has been known to tell the occasional bald-faced lie. For now, we believe it.

“The teams are pretty evenly matched,” Jets defenceman Tyler Myers said. “It’s going to come down to who handles it the best and who wants to win more.”

— Both teams are among the NHL’s top-10 in scoring, the Jets ranked second, the Predators at No. 8.

But it’s not like hockey purists will throw up their hands in disgust at the lack of defence. They’ve got that covered, too: Nashville ranked second in goals against, Winnipeg fifth.