First round playoff matchups

eastern conference
Boston v Montreal
Washington v NY Rangers
New Jersey v Carolina
Pittsburgh v Philadelphia

western conference
San Jose v Anaheim
Detroit v Columbus
Vancouver v St Louis
Chicago v Calgary

My predictions

Boston in 5
Washington in 5
New Jersey in 6
Pittsburgh in 7

San Jose in 5
Detriot in 4
Vancouver in 5
Chicago in 6

I'll go with

Boston in 5
Washington in 5
New Jersey in 5
Philly in 6

San Jose in 5
Detriot in 5
Vancouver in 7, although I definatley wouldn't rule out the blues taking it.
Chicago in 5

Opening round results

Rangers shock the Caps at home 4-3
Pens ease past penalty taking Flyers 4-1
Devils beat the Canes 4-1
Canucks take a close game against the Blues 2-1

Remaining game 1, round 1 results

Boston beat Montreal 4-2
Hawks beat Flames 3-2, 12 seconds into OT
Detroit beat BJ's 4-1
Ducks beat Sharks 2-0, Sharks suffer home ice loss in game 1

I'm looking forward to game 4 between the Hawks and Flames

Bruins sweep the Canadiens 4-0 to move to the second round of the playoffs

Rangers and Capitals 1-1 with 9:35 left in the 1st.

Blair Betts taken out of the game thanks to a shocking off the puck challenge by that cock-sucking, gobe Brashear.

He has to be an enforcer because he is absolutely e at hockey.

Chance for the Blackhawks to get to the next round tonight but it'll be difficult to win in Calgary.It only starts at 2.30 am but luckily it's a day off work for me tommorow so i'll be watching it live.

Great performance by Khabibulin helps Hawks take the series 4-2 with a 4-1 win in Calgary.

Versteeg & Byfuglien also played well as did Burish, Keith & Seabrook. Hawks seemed to want to play the game out once they got the 2 goals and not take too many risks, although had khabibiulin played like he did it could have been oh so different.

The Ducks have ended the Sharks post season taking the series 4-2 which means the Western Conference Semi Final line up is

Redwings v Ducks
Canucks v Hawks

The next round will be a lot harder for the Hawks but if Khabby can keep playing like he has we have got a chance.

If the Ducks can do the Sharks then I'm sure we can do the Canucks. That said I would hope Quennville gets them back to playing with the intensity they showed in games 1,2 & 5.
I don't know if it was me but thought he seemed to play the liokes of Toews, Kane, Sharp & Havlat sparingly last night as Versteeg, Byfuglien, Pahlsson seem to be logging alot of ice time.

Will be a tough series but one I think the Hawks can come through in 5 or 6

Second round of the playoffs start tonight and after getting 6 out of 8 right in the 1st round here are my predictions

Pitt/Wash=Wash in 6
Bos/Car=Bos in 5
Van/Chi=Van in 7
Det/Ana=Det in 6

Hawks lose game one of the western conference semi against the Canucks in Vancouver 5-3.

Hawks 3 nil down going into the 3rd before tying the game up at 3-3 with less than minute and half to go when a 4 on 2 break away was picked off and Canucks went down the other end and scored then added an empty netter.

Early penalty trouble cost the Hawks dearly.

The Hawks learned by the 3rd period to shoot low at Luongo and pick off the rebounds and it got them 3 goals so hopefully they carry that on into the 2nd game.