West:
#1 Vancouver vs. #8 Los Angeles
#2 St. Louis vs. #7 San Jose
#3 Phoenix vs. #6 Chicago
#4 Nashville vs. #5 Detroit
East
#1 NY Rangers vs. #8 Ottawa
#2 Boston vs. #7 Washington
#3 Florida vs. #6 New Jersey
#4 Pittsburgh vs. #5 Philadelphia
Predictions:
Vancouver in 4 - Quick is over rated and the Canucks are loaded again
San Jose in 7 - St Louis was exposed and ran out of gas at the end of the year - Thorton comes up big for the Sharks
Phoenix in 5 - Toews will not play the entire series and Crawford is no Smith, plus Phoenix has Chicago's number this year going 3-1.
Nashville in 6 - Detroit had an awesome home record, but Nashville was not far behind.. home field is huge in this one.
NY Rangers in 5 - The Rangers have a great D and Ottawa is very porous
Washington in 6 - Surprise, surprise.. defending champs outted in 1st round.. Washington gave Boston all it could handle during the regular season.
New Jersey in 4 - The Devils are playing some very good hockey right now.. Florida, not so much.
Pittsburgh in 7 - This one is tough.. both playing good, but Sid and Malkin put a little something extra in to playoffs.
2nd round:
Van > San Jose in 6
Phx > Nashville in 7
NYR > Wash in 6
NJ > Pitt in 5
Conf Finals
Head says:
Van > Phx in 5
NYR > NJ in 6
Heart says:
Phx > Van 7
NJ > NYR in 6
Finals
Van > NYR in 7
Thoughts?





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