NHL Playoff Picks

Round 1 predictions please

Boston vs Habs  Boston in 5 Habs are no match

Rangers vs Caps  Caps in 6                 Lundqvist will steal a few

Canes vs Devils Canes in 6               Carolina way to hot, Devs to cold

Flyers vs. Pens Pens in 6                 Local enemies mean a tough series, No confidence in Philly's goal

Ducks vs Sharks Sharks in 6              Sharks are poised to take the next step to greatness

Jackets vs Wings Wings in 5               Jackets are a great story, but not this year

Blues vs Nucks         Nucks in 6              Blues have taken the next step, but Nucks will push past       

Flames vs Hawks Flames in 7              Hawks will take the Flames to limit

Boston in 6

Caps in 7 (Avery will steal one too)

Devils in 7 (I'll go a step further and say the Devils will come back from a 3-1 or 3-0 hole to take it)

Pens in 5 (Ugh)

Sharks in 5

Wings in 4 (Welcome to the postseason Columbus, did we mention that the volume goes to 11?)

Blues in 7 (Whatever crawls out of this series will die swiftly in the next round)

Flames in 5

Devils over Carolina in 6 (they got things righted the past 2 weeks and Mark Stahl still out for Carolina)

Caps over Rangers in 5 (no answer anywhere in Ranger D for Ovechkin or Greene)

Pens over Flyers in 6 (Malkin will show why he is the MVP this year)

Boston over Montreal in 4 (no team fell apart as dramatically as the Habs)

Sharks over Ducks in 6 (Anahiem knows how to win, but San Jose is so ready)

Detroit over Columbus in 4 (not much of a matchup really)

Canucks over the Blues in 5 (Luongo too much for St Louis)

Flames over Chicago in 7 (the kids Kane and Toewes will shine, but Iginla is awesome and Phanouf is a beast)

Rd 1 Results

Boston over Mon in 4

Caps over Rags in 7

Canes over Devs in 7

Pens over Flyers in 6

Ducks over Sharks in 6

Wings over jackets in 6

Nucks over Blues in 4

Hawks over Flames in 6


Joe 5-2 with 1 exact

Matt 4-3 with 1 exact

Chris 5-2 with 2 exact

Rd 2

Bruins over Canes in 6

Caps over Penguins in 7

Wings over Ducks in 7

Hawks over Nucks in 6

Bruins in 6

Caps in 5

Wings in 6

Hawks in 7

bruins in 7
they have been a great 2 way team all year, and will just be too much for the hurricanes.

pens in 6
since the few deals before the trade deadline picking up guerin and kunitz its added some great wingers for both malkin and crosby to play with. also the fact that the best line for them so far in these playoffs is the emergence of jordan staal and the 3rd line, there is just too much depth for the caps to be able to stop, not to mention who knows how good this young goalie is fro the caps.

wings in 5
while the ducks shocked the world beating the sharks, lightning wont strike twice against the stanley cup champs.

cannucks in 6
roberto luongo is the best goalie this year and he will continue to show why. although i really like the hawks and all the young talent they have on that team now, luongo will just be too much.

haha while i may have done absolutely awful on my picks for the second round it doesnt even matter because the pnguins won!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Round 2 results

Carolina in 7
Pit in 7
Detroit in 7
Chicago in 6

Joe 2-4 with 2 exact

Matt  2-4 with 0 exact

Tommy 1-4 with 0 exact

Rd 3

Wings over Chicago in 6

Canes over Pens in 6

penguins in 6 over the canes

red wings in 7 over the blackhawks

Penguins in 6

Hawks in 7

Penguins in 6

Red Wings in 6

Then....

Red Wings in 5

It might be cheating to watch a game before making a prediction, but after seeing the two play yesterday, it's hard to picture Chicago going more than 5 games against Detroit.

Pens in 6 (I don't know that I really think the Pens will win in 6, but I jate Carolina, so I really HOPE the Pens will win)