I thought Chicago was going to pull it off when they scored to take it into OT but it wasn't to be

The 1st round is over and I predicted 7 out of the 8 teams that won.Here are the 2nd round games with my predictions

East
Washington/Tampa(Was win in 6)
Boston/Philly(Boston win in 7)

West
Vancouver/Nashville(Van win in 5)
Detroit/San Jose(Det win in 6)

Washington are out after losing in 4 games to Tampa and Detroit and Philly could soon follow as both are 3-0 down in their series.

Second round of the playoffs finished last night with San Jose beating Detroit in game7.The conference finals start on saturday with Boston/Tampa in the east and San Jose /Vancouver in the west.I'm going for a Boston /Vancouver final.

sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/ ... id=6544238 Derek Boogaard found dead.

sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/ ... id=6544238 Derek Boogaard found dead.

Saw the sad news this morning!!! The guy was only 28.

He seemed a real genuine guy to and set up his charity 'Boogaard Booguardians' that looked after kids and families from the armed forces and hosted them at Rangers games. Hell of an old school style enforcer too.

R.I.P

Medical examiner has released the cause of death as accidental due to a mixture of alcohol and painkillers.

It's going to be Boston/Vancouver in this years final.I'm hoping for a Boston win but I think Vancouver will win the cup in 6 games.

Lets Go Bruins

Canada has got a new NHL team with news that the Atlanta Thrashers have new owners and they're moving the team to Winnipeg.

It's probably too late for next season but there's no way a Winnipeg team will keep playing in the East so in 2012 they'll move to the West with a team going the other way.Early favourites to go to the East are Detroit but that would split up the Wings/Blackhawks rivalry.I'd move Columbus as they're still a young franchise and they could build up a rivalry with Pittsburgh as Ohio's NFL teams don't like the Steelers.

Vancouver win game one of the final 1-0 with the goal scored just 19 seconds from the end of the 3rd period.

No brainer for me when Winterpeg move to the West and that is to simply swap them with Nashville. Breaking up the Hawks/Redwings divisional rivalry is unthinkable. Pleased to see NHL back in Winnipeg wonder if the Jets will return? They've already sold over 4000 season tickets first day on sale.

As for the battle for Lord Stanley i'm hoping for a Bruins win in 6.

This is what was being said in Denver a few weeks back when the Winnipeg move first broke: Winnipeg join the Canucks, Flames, Oilers and Wild to make a new North West division.
Dallas moves to take the place of the Thrashers and the Avs move to the Pacific division taking the Stars place. Makes a bit of sense but it would mean the Stars would be the only team in the East not playing in the same time zone.