The NHL Playoffs. The wheat has been separated from the chaff. Now we separate the men from the boys.
Everyone is back to a 0-0 record. The regular season no longer matters. Anything can happen in the playoffs, and it normally does. The next several weeks will be all joy and despair and triumph and and heartbreak as games are won and lost on grit and skill and a little bit of luck. Sixteen teams now battle for what is arguably the hardest earned privilege in team sports. It takes sixteen wins in four seven-game series to hoist the most coveted trophy in professional sports; The Stanley Cup.
Here’s my bracket. I’ve got some upsets, some things I see as sure things, and yes some wishful thinking. To be honest, all of it can go any number of ways. So it goes with the NHL Playoffs. The fun begins in a little under seven hours.
(Bracket created at Rinkotology)
I’ll be using @thisismash‘s Twitter LiveBlog plugin to liveblog from some of the games, if I think about it. Chances are I’ll start a liveblog post and then completely forget about it, being completely enthralled with the game. :)
The blackhawks losing in the first round will screw up your bracket something fierce.
I just think the Sharks are gonna choke. :P
I’m actually way more confident in my East picks than my west picks. I revised my bracket this morning. I had the Sharks coming out of the west, beating Chicago in the Conference Finals.
I would not at all be surprised if Mason carries the Blue Jackets past Detroit, either.
Wonder if that a-hole will be on the rail in the seats next to you. Man, I hate that guy…..oh wait….