wow, those were some bad picks in the east. Shows how much i pay attention to that conference. Tampa Bay? Carolina? TORONTO ? Ouch. I had Montreal missing the playoffs and they get the #1 seed. FAIL.

The west was better. I figured four northwest teams couldn’t possibly make it, especially with the division-heavy schedule, so I picked Calgary to miss (not being a Mike Keenan fan). Perhaps Vancouver was not the best pick for division winner, but with Luongo in net and the twins up front, I figure they were as good a pick as any. St. Louis was my dark-horse pick. They started strong, but it didn’t pan out. Still, things are looking better under the arch.

Let’s see if I can make up for that with a playoff pick’em:

Round1:
Habs-Bruins: Habs in 5
Pens-Sens: Pens in 7
Caps-Flyers: Caps in 6
Rangers-Devils: Rangers in 6

Wings-Preds: Wings in 4
Sharks-Flames: Sharks in 6
Wild-Avalanche: Sigh, Wild in 6. Different story w/Clark & Svatos.
Ducks-Stars: Ducks in 7

Round 2:
Habs-Rangers: what the hell: Rangers in 6. Jagr gets hot & Lunqvist does the rest
Pens-Caps: AO vs. The Kid. Malkin is the difference. Pens in 5.

I see I picked all top seeds in the west. How boring. That will NEVER happen. Avs or stars have a decent shot at upsets, but…

Wings-Ducks: Ducks in 6.
Sharks-Wild: Sharks in 5.

Round 3:
Pens-Rangers: Pens in 6
Your All-Cally Conference Finals, Ducks-Sharks: Sharks in 7

Final:
Pens-Sharks: Sharks in 7. Stickin’ to it.