That's large exhale you heard from the Pacific Northwest? That was Vancouver Canucks fans breathing a bit easier. After almost blowing a 3-0 lead, and letting a 1-0 lead slip away in the final 2 minutes of game 7 the Canucks managed to put the hawks away in OT to slay at least one playoff demon. Now the Predators are next, a team that scares me as it has all of the keys a good playoff teams needs to beat a higher seed. Good goaltending and an excellent defense corps. It should be another nail biting series which will drive me up the wall but I wouldn't have it any other way.
Some other quick thoughts on the first round:
4 game sevens means for some great hockey. The First round always ends up being the best round because of this and this year is no different. At the same time we had no real upsets in the first round either, as both conferences had the top 3 seeds advance. In fact both had the 1,2,3 and 5 seeds go on (I rarely consider the 5 seed beating the 4th an upset).
This probably means the next round will be upset city as the Stanley Cup playoffs rarely go 100% according to script.
Anyway, my quick predictions for Round 2:
Vancouver over Nashville in 6
Detroit over San Jose in 7
Washington over Tampa in 5
Boston over Philly in 6
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