the stick, the stone and the puddle

well, round 3 is almost underway; almost, because it starts tomorrow in hockey town (detroit for those of you not familiar with the term). they will host the blackhawks, while flightless birds (the penguins) prepare for a hurricane alert on monday. so, round 2 was not only disappointing, but overall i went 1 for 4 in that round. if it wasn’t for detroit in game 7, my predictions would have been quite pathetic, not that they’re not at this point. anyhow, besides that one can only wonder ‘what if…’ in regards to the canucks…a team that was supposed to fight to perhaps take the 8th seed in the west, ended up on a streak in the last few months of the season to take the division away from calgary. with it, they also ensured that the bandwagon was filled over capacity in vancouver, excitement was high, the bias analysis started (yours truly being part of it), and essentially robson street was getting ready for the cup parade. at this point…the only thing left is ‘maybe, next year’. but if history thought us something…for the last few seasons, they somehow managed to miss the playoffs the year after something like this. thus, perhaps in 2 years vancouver will live again…at least when it comes as a result of the blue with green…

back to round 3, the matchups are

Eastern Conference
Pittsburgh Penguins (1) vs. Carolina Hurricans (2) – my prediction: Pittsburgh in 7
Western ConferenceDetroit Red Wings (1) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (2) – my prediction: Detroit in 6