First Round: Looking Back

What a great first round it was. Some great series and some great game 7s. How did I do on my picks? Pretty darn good I would say.


My pick: Wings over Preds in 6
Actual: Wings over Preds in 6
Comment: Good for me. This was a tough series for the Wings, but it shouldn't have been. They did do a nice job of shutting down Nashville's offense in the last two games, and hopefully that carries over to the Colorado series, because they have a lot more offense than Nashville.

My pick: Sharks over Flames in 5
Actual: Sharks over Flames in 7
Comment: I am going to give myself credit for saying that the Flames are capable of taking the Sharks deep in the series. San Jose looked mighty powerful tonight. Good job by the Sharks for keeping my Stanley Cup pick alive

My pick: Avalanche over Wild in 6
Actual: Avalanche over Wild in 6
Comment: I'm telling you, Colorado is a big time sleeper. The Wings are not going to have it easy in the second round. More on the Wings/Avs series when I post my second round picks.

My pick: Stars over Ducks in 5
Actual: Stars over Ducks in 6
Comment: I just had a feeling about this one. There's always some team in the west that everyone thinks is going to win and just doesn't come to play. It was looking like it was going to be San Jose for a while, but they woke up at the right time. Dallas has a lot of no-name talent on their team.

4 for 4 in the West. Go me! Then there's the east

My pick: Habs over Bruins in 6
Actual: Habs over Bruins in 7
Comment: That was a fun series to watch, especially the last few minutes of Game 6. Montreal, like San Jose, almost ruined my Stanley Cup final pick but game through for me in Game 7.

My pick: Pens over Sens in 5
Actual: Pens over Sens in 4
Comment: Ottawa was awful. Pittsburgh is deep. Enough said.

My pick: Caps over Flyers in 7
Actual: Flyers over Caps in 7
Comment: Oh, Ovechkin.....you should have taken that shot late in the third instead of trying to hit Fedorov with the pass. I know you would have beat him! Great season for the Caps. They'll be back next year, and probably better if they keep their core players

My pick: Devils over Rangers in 6
Actual: Rangers over Devils in 5
Comment: My worst pick of the first round. I underestimated the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist, and equally overestimated Brodeur. He wasn't the reason they lost, but he wasn't the brilliant goaltender he's always been.