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I redeemed my self in the conference finals, nailing both of them. Now it all comes down to this. Do or die. And…
…it pains me to say it, but I think Detroit is going to win – again! Ugh. At least this time, I wouldn’t be annoyed as I usually [...]

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Wow, I was I way off, going 1-3 in round two’s predictions. Let’s see if I can redeem myself in the Conference Finals:
East
Pittsburgh vs Carolina
West
Detroit vs Chicago
I’m really unsure about that Pens-’Canes series. Carolina aren’t called the “Cardiac ‘Canes” for nothing. They definitely have the ability to surprise everybody.

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In the first round, I went 6-2; stupid Devils and Rangers. At any rate, it’s the second round and these are my predictions.
East
Vancouver vs Chicago
Detroit vs Anaheim
West
Boston vs Carolina
Washington vs Pittsburgh (although I’d rather see the Pens win)

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I love this time of year. Here’s the first round matchups and my predictions are in bold.
East
Boston vs Montreal
New Jersey vs Carolina
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia
Washington vs New York Rangers
West
San Jose vs Anaheim
Detroit vs Columbus
Vancouver vs St. Louis
Chicago vs Calgary (still hoping for the Flames to win)

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Experience is apparently the difference-maker and is probably a prime factor in the Red Wings’ Stanley Cup victory. Whenever possible in the series, the old men from Detroit took early leads and then sat back and played safe and boring (but effective) hockey. It clearly frustrated the (normally) high-flying run ‘n’ gun youngsters [...]

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I’d like to forget that the previous round happened, since I went 0-4 in my predictions. Where did I go wrong? Well, the media will probably blame 20 year-old phenom Carey Price, but the Habs’ high-flying offence that scored with the greatest of ease during the regular season, began to falter in the [...]

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Now that the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs are in the books, let’s see how accurate my predictions were. I correctly chose Montreal, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Colorado, Detroit and San Jose to win their first round matchups. Dallas and the Rangers were surprises, resulting in me going 6-2. Allow me to [...]

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The first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs is almost complete, with only a handful of series lingering (go Flames!). At this point, the sports writers and commentators whip out what I call “the historical ass chomper” statistic – inevitably history should come back to bite a given team in the ass.
Take, for example, [...]

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It all starts tonight. The first day of the NHL playoffs signals the beginning of one of my favourite times in any given year. Here’s the first round matchups and my predictions are in bold.
East
Montreal vs Boston
Washington vs Philadelphia
Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
New Jersey vs New York Rangers
West
Minnesota vs Colorado
Detroit vs Nashville
San Jose vs Calgary [...]

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Even if you’re not a hockey fan, you’ve probably heard about Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik. Maybe you’ve even seen the footage; either the complete scene or the less-gruesome clip. Either way, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Zednik’s carotid artery was partially severed by teammate Olli Jokinen’s skate [...]

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I haven’t posted much about hockey lately. Dena gives me grief that all I talk about on this blog o’ mine is geek stuff. I try to tell her that I usually mention my daily goings-on with Facebook Status Updates feature for those that have me on their friends list. I get [...]

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Jim Balsillie won’t be the owner of an NHL team any time soon, according to the CBC. Apparently the Predators’ current owner, Craig Leipold, freaked out when he learned that Balsillie had the lease at Copps secured and everything was in place to move the team to Hamilton. So instead of accepting Balsillie’s [...]

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