Monday, May 5, 2008

Round 3 (Conference Finals) Predictions

Well my round 2 predictions were pretty good, only my home team let me down (Montreal.) Again my number of games was off in every case except the SJ / DAL series but I seem to only rearely guess the number of games so no real surprise there!


Round 3 predictions

East

Flyers Vs Penguins
I will just get this out of the way, I hate the Flyers now. Ok hate is too strong, but after seeing the attitude of a number of their players in the last round I really can't root for them. I respect Biron and the performance he put in but thats about all I can say nice about them.
I suspect the flyers will continue with their physical play and make the next round a real battle for Pitts. They will try and throw all of the pitts talent into a tizzy and take advantage of the chaos.
I suspect that Pitts will not react to the Flyers and will bury the puck behind Biron which Montreal failed to do on many occasions. As long as they can beat Biron Pitts should have the series.

Pits in 5

West
Det vs Dal
I probably should give my good friends credit first for the performance they have given. First knocking out Ana, then killing SJ. Thanks guys you have given my playoff pools a huge boost!
Both Ana and SJ were favorites to go deep in the playoffs and since I have no players from either team I am a happy camper. Dal has played really well and deserves to be where they are now. Congrats.
Detroit has the hottest player in the NHL right now in Johan Franzen (who!?) he has 2 more goals then the closest in the playoffs and is above a goal a game pace (insane!) Luckily I have him in a couple pools as I had read that he should be a good sleeper pick. With Osgood going back to his all star form Detroit will give the Stars a real run for their money. Not to mention their stifling defense, and explosive firepower I don't think the stars can make it any further.

I predict Det in 6 but I would still love to see Dal go to the end to face Pitts, it would make a great story.

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