After my sparkling 3 for 8 performance in round one (rounded off nicely by Team Hudson's combined prowess in game 7), I will give the crystal ball another shake (a very long, violent shake) and call my shots for round 2. What will be different? I don't have the time to actually explain my picks this time around, so if anyone really wants to know, they can ask. What I will offer instead are random interjections, such as fun facts, on the fly analysis, and most importantly, ARMCHAIR GENERAL MANAGING!!! Stay tuned...
East:
1) New York Rangers vs. 7) Washington Capitals:
Rangers in 7.
5) Philadelphia Flyers vs. 6) New Jersey Devils:
Flyers in 5.
West:
2) St. Louis Blues vs. 8) Los Angeles Kings:
Blues in 6.
3) Phoenix Coyotes vs. 4) Nashville Predators:
Predators in 6.
And for fun fact #1: Exactly one of each seed (1-8) made it through to the second round. Just for laughs, if we were to treat the second round as its own conference and cross-seed accordingly, the match-ups would look like this:
1) Rangers vs. 8) Kings
2) Blues vs. 7) Capitals
3) Coyotes vs. 6) Devils
4) Predators vs. 5) Flyers
You know, I almost like that better. The only reason I even bring this up is because it happened before, but in a much more bizarre numerological manner. In the first round of the 2006 playoffs, seeds 1-4 won in the East, while seeds 5-8 won in the West (The all-too-rare all-upset special). At the time, there was a serious movement that thought the conferences should cross seed. It was an interesting enough idea that the ill-fated realignment that almost happened this year had explored some of this idea (it had yet to decide on a final playoff format). I apologize if this made your eyes bleed, but this is the kind of hockey stuff that I tend to "nerd" out on. I promise to have some more relevant tidbits next time (mostly because the puck won't be dropping for round 2 in ~40 minutes...).
Until then,
Cheers, Beers, Sake and Hockey!
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