Stanley Cup Playoffs

[BaconSoda]

East

New York/Ottawa - New York sweeps. Nice to see Ottawa make it to the playoffs again but they are gonna get steamrolled.

Boston/Washington - Boston in five. This could be a nice series, but that would involve Ovi getting back in old form and Semin actually giving a damn. Wont happen.

Florida/New Jersey - Not sure about this one; havent watched much of either team.

Pittsburgh/Philly - This is gonna be a long one. Im guessing six, maybe even the full seven. If Philly's goaltender can hold his own, Philly might grind it out. Pittsburgh's Malkin/Cindy combo is gonna be hard to beat though.

West

Vancouver/Los Angeles - Vancouver in six. LA has good defense and Quick is a cyborg, but they cant score enough. Their offense HAS improved, but I dont think its enough. Gotta say I'd like to see LA pull an upset on this one though.

St. Louis/San Jose - St. Louis in five. The Halak/Elliot combo is probably the best goalie tandem in the NHL. Glad St. Louis is a quality team again; hope they go far. San Jose's trades this year seemed to have weakened them. I know they couldnt quite pull off a Stanley Cup with what they had so they had to change something, but Im not sure they improved.

Phoenix/Chicago - Chicago in six. This one ought to be entertaining. Both are quick, physical teams. I think Phoenix has the better goalie in Smith, but whoever wins this one is gonna limp for a while. I personally believe having to grind past Phoenix has been hurting Detroit the last few years. Glad to see someone else get to feel the love.

Nashville/Detroit - Been a Red Wing fan since Stevie Y, but I think Nashville's gonna win in six. They made out like thieves in trades this year and the addition of Radulov is just icing on the cake. But its Rinne thats gonna be the breaker here. Still, I'd love to see Lidstrom skate with the Cup one more time... If Detroit can pull this off, I think their only challenge in the West would be St. Louis. Vancouver is good (obviously), but I think they would break Luongo into little girly-bits. He's always struck me as fragile.

LA is leading 2 games to 0 right now. Or at least they're like 5 minutes from 2 games to 0 in a 3-1 game. I would love this upset as well. :D

And that said, Weber did us such a favor, thinking about it. The biggest question for the Wings was whether or not they'd show up to play. I think Weber answered that question for us. We outplayed them last game and were robbed by Rinne. This game we beat them while being outshot. Perhaps they were robbed by Howard. Either way, we've shown up to play and I don't think we're going to drop anything else to them.

PS: Rangers/Wings would be my favorite matchup for the final.

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