I haven’t been able to watch much NHL this year because of the hours I work, I can only watch on weekends basically if I even do that. There was a NHL playoff pool at work where you’d just pick the winners so I made these predictions:
- Detroit would beat Nashville pretty easily. Not because I think Detroit is that good, more so because I completely wrote of Nashville.
- I thought San Jose would beat Calgary in six games. Is Calgary still winning though?
- I predicted Colorado would beat Minnesota in about 6 games. I thought it would be a close series but Colorado would look impressive. I couldn’t see Minnesota really posing a threat in the playoffs.
- I picked Anaheim to beat Dallas. Not a series I care about though.
- I thought Montreal would beat Boston in 6 games, in a close one.
- I completely wrote off Ottawa weeks before the playoffs, and picked Pittsburgh in 5 games. I just found it hilarious that Ottawa’s coach was pretending to be so calm, even though his team was playing awful going into playoffs, nevermind against Pittsburgh from what I hear.
- I thought this was the hardest one to choose but I picked Washington in 7 games.
- Even though I’m a Devils fan, I picked the Rangers because I thought their Goaltender would be the factor in this series.
As for my other predictions..
Colorado would play Detroit and I think either team would take it, but I sided with Detroit.
San Jose would then beat Anaheim, and San Jose would then kick Detroit’s ass.
I picked the Rangers for an upset over Montreal...have to at least pick some upsets.
And of course Pittsburgh to beat Washington.
Then I guess it would be tough but maybe I’d pick the Penguins.
And initially I picked San Jose to win the cup.