Now that the match-ups are official it's time to make predictions...
Round 1...
Washington Capitals vs NY Rangers
Philadeliphia Flyers vs Buffalo Sabres
Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Vancouver Canucks vs Chicago Black Hawks
San Jose Sharks vs LA Kings
Detroit Red Wings vs Phoenix Coyotes
Anaheim Ducks vs Nashville Predators
Pick a winner and in how many games... Let's see who can predict closest...
Round 1 starts Wednesday so get your predictions in before then!
Wash in 4
Philly in 7
Boston in 7
Pitts in 6
Van in 6
SJ and LA don't care
Det in 5
Ana in 5
Wash in 5
Philly in 5
Habs in 6
Tampa in 6
Van in 5
LA in 6
Det in 5
Ducks in 5
Wash in 5
Buff 6
Bos 6
Tampa 6
Van 6
SH 5
DET 7
Nash 6
Rangers 7
Philly 6
Boston 6
Tampa 5
Vancouver 5
LA 6
Phonenix 7
Nashville 6
Caps in 5
Flyers in 6
Habs in 6
Tampa in 7
Canucks in 5
Sharks in 5
Red Wings in 6
Predators in 6
Rangers in 6
Flyers in 5
Boston in 7
Pitt in 6
Chicago in 6
SJ in 4
PHX in 5
Preds in 6
Baa, anyone can make predictions about who'll win. The tough part is spicing it up with how, who and what'll happen.
East:
Caps in 5 - Easy win, Lundquist pulls groing and quits hockey to become ballerina
Sabres in 6 - Dennis' little brother Ryan stands on his head and posts a .50 GAV.
Habs in 7 - Ryan White accidentdly pushes Zedano Chara's head through the Glass at the Bell Center in game 6 momentum changing moment.
Lightning in 6 - No Crosby, no way. Crosby last seen in stands fighting with Tampa Fans
West:
Hawks in 7 - Luongo traded for letting in soft game 7 winning goal then burned in effigy by angry Canuck fans.
Sharks in 6 - Joe Thornton finally punches out Danny Heatly, Heatly recovers, becomes consumate team player.
Wings in 5 - Jimmy Howard reveals in game 6 he's really a Black Guy from Detroit who's been channeling Terry Sawchuck.
Ducks in 6 - Ducks loose first game then Corey Perry flattens Jordan Tooto in game two and the momentum changes, ducks win
So, now that I've done my best psychic impression, I'll sit back and wait to see how soon I can start working on the Quatrains of Freakinoldguy for future generations to worry over.
Meant to put mine in after I started the thread...
Washington in 5
Philadelphia in 5
Boston in 7
Pittsburgh in 6
Vancouver in 5
LA in 6
Detroit in 6
Nashville in 6
Wash in 5
Philly in 5
Boston in 7
Pens in 5
Van in 5
San J in 5
Detroit in 6
Ana and Nash...dont really give a flying fuck but I will go with Nash in 7
OK... here we go with Round 2...
Washington vs Tampa Bay
Philly vs Boston
Vancouver vs Nashville
San Jose vs Detroit
I predict...
Washington in 5
Boston in 6
Vancouver in 5
Detroit in 7
I did okay in round 1, picking 5 of the 8 series correctly.
Round 2:
Tampa in 5
Boston in 6
Nashville in 7 (gotta cheer for the hometown boy, Nick Spaling )
San Jose in 7
Washington vs Tampa Bay, Tampa in 7
Philly vs Boston, B's in 6
Vancouver vs Nashville, Van in 6
San Jose vs Detroit, Detroit in 5
Washington vs Tampa Bay - Washington in 7
Philadelphia vs Boston - Boston in 5
Vancouver vs Nashville - Vancouver in 6
San Jose vs Detroit - San Jose in 7
Washington in 6
Philadelphia in 5
Vancouver in 6
Detroit in 7