2009 NHL Playoff Predictions, Round 1

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Since I won't have time before tonight's games start to do write-ups of each series like I did last year, I am just going to throw my predictions out there. Eastern Conference: 1. Boston Bruins vs. 8. Montreal Canadiens: Boston in 6 2. Washington Capitals vs. 7. New York Rangers: Washington in 5 3. ...

2008 NHL Playoff Predictions – Stanley Cup Finals

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins Who I Want to Win: Detroit Who Will Win: Detroit Number of Games: 6 Prediction: This is the matchup everyone was hoping for. Well, everyone except those whose teams were in contention up until this point. Pittsburgh's strengths coming into the series are as follows: The explosive offense of Sidney ...

2008 NHL Playoff Predictions – Round 3

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Eastern Conference 2. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. 6. Philadelphia Flyers Who I Want to Win: Pittsburgh Who Will Win: Pittsburgh Number of Games: 6 Prediction: After predicting that the Flyers would lose in the first round to Washington, and then again in the second round to Montreal, I almost feel like I’m jinxing Pittsburgh by picking ...

2008 NHL Playoff Predictions – Round 2

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

The second round of the NHL Playoffs is about to start, so here are my predictions. In the first round I was correct in who I thought would win for 5 of the 8 series, but the teams I wanted to win took 6 of the 8. Not very impressive, ...

2008 NHL Playoff Predictions – Round 1

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Now that the 2007-2008 regular season is over with, it's time for me to make my playoff predictions. Here are the first round matchups, with my predictions for each. Eastern Conference 1. Montreal Canadiens vs. 8. Boston Bruins Prediction: Montreal's been hot down the home stretch, going 8-1-1 in the final ten games ...

Round 1: Complete

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

In my last post, I mentioned that I went to game 5 of the Red Wings/Flames series in Detroit on Saturday. The Red Wings won 5-1, with goals coming from players who had been pretty quiet in terms of offensive production up until that point in the series. However, the ...

For What It's Worth

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

-Ticket to Game 5 of the first round of the NHL playoffs, Detroit Red Wings vs. Calgary Flames: $75.00 -Three large Molson drafts: $25.50 -Cost of gas consumed from Chicago to Detroit and back: $55.10 -Spending a Saturday with your two best friends, whom you rarely see, and watching your team beat the ...

Here We Are Now

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

They did it. The Detroit Tigers won tonight, sweeping the Oakland A's to secure their spot in the World Series. Although they've won an MLB championship during my lifetime (1984), at the time I was 3 years old and have no recollection of it. Not only is this a great ...