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Playoff Predictions
Today is the day. Opening day of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The time of year when every second of every is 100 times more important that it was just two days ago. Let the games begin!
These are my predictions:
Round 1:
-Boston over Montreal in 5, just because of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cr89xbl26g
-Rangers over Caps in 7, because “Jose the open door” will be Alex the Great’s downfall as King Henrick dethrones him.
-Devils over Canes in 6 becuase Parise is underrated and the Staal-Cole line is overrated.
-Pens over Flyers in 6, obviously, so that I can work for them longer because my internship ends when their season does. But also because Dan the Man is an awesome coach (seriosuly, 18-3-4?!).
-Ducks over Sharks in 7, because they set up the Pens with Kunitz, so I hope they fare well, oh and Ryan and Getzlaf are sweet.
-Detroit over Columbus in 7, only because Mason is a rookie prodigy, or else I would say Wings in 4.
-Vancouver over St. Louis in 6, because the Sundin twins supposedly read each other’s minds.
-Chicago over Calgary in 7, did you see how the hawks dismantled the Wings on Easter Sunday? Jokinen or not, the Flames are toast.
Round 2:
-Boston over Rangers in 5 because New York’s offense is no match for that Giant called Chara.
-Pens over Devils in 7, Marty may very well be the best goalie in the league, but he’s no match for the potent Penguins offense.
-Detroit over Ducks in 5, because that’s how mo-town rolls.
-Vancouver over Chicago in 6, just because.
Round 3:
-Pens over Boston in 5. Seriously. I’m calling it. Fleury will be on fire at this point, and so will Sid, Malkin, Guerin, Sykora, etc.etc.
-Detroit over Vancouver in 6.
Final:
-Pens best Wings in 6, and Hossa considers hanging himself in the visitors locker room at the Mellon Arena.
Add comment April 15, 2009
VS. Loves Stanley
The AP reports that the Monday game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final brought in the highest NHL ratings on VS. ever, and only Lance Armstrong’s ‘05 Tour De France final brought in more viewers.
This popularity is no surprise considering the epic match up between the Wings and the Penguins. The NHL couldn’t have paid for a better match up if they had wanted to. It’s the league’s bandwagon team pitted against their poster child (emphasis on child) and his gang.
In fact, Adrian Dater writes on his blog All Things Avs that the NHL in general is doing better than ever hitting a record revenue of $2.56 billion. This is good news for hockey fans.
Who knows, maybe we will even be lucky enough to reconcile with ESPN and get some real coverage of the sport. As great as vs. has been this year covering the NHL (OK so perhaps ‘great’ doesn’t really describe it) it would be nice to have hockey games on a channel that people actually get on their TVs.
It would be even better if the Penguins could pull out of their funk and make this series interesting — for Hockey’s sake.
Add comment May 28, 2008
The Cup Changes Everything – Round One
Playoff hockey is so intense! I love the NHL’s new adds with the slogan, “The Cup changes everything!” This is what the cup has changed so far this post season:
- Jose Theodore looks like Patrick Roy — stopping 188 of 200 Wild shots to help the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Wild in a 4-2 series.
- Rookie defenseman Marc Staal has increased his offense significantly scoring two goals helping the Rangers reach victory over the Devils in games four and five of the series.
- Debs Francisco, the NHL Girl, has turned in almost no homework, missed three paper deadlines, and skipped class five times since the playoffs started (and I used to be such a good student).
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5 comments April 22, 2008
