Actually, I'M the one who won this thing last year.
And anyways, the Vancouver game is done and the series you have up there are all right, so here goes:
West~
Dallas over Edmonton in 6
Detroit over Anahiem in 5
Colorado over Minnesota in 6
Vancouver over St. Louis in 7
East~
Ottawa over New York Isles in 6
Boston over New Jersey in 7
Washington over Tampa Bay in 6
Toronto over Philadelphia in 7
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Well there could be some pretty intense first round series... the Oilers and the Stars ALWAYS produced some awesome series, and after playing eachother eight billion times, they just plain hate eachother. Then there's Minnesota, who I don't think anyone wants to play in the first round. They could really suprise some people, but Colorado is pretty strong. Vancouver and St. Louis should be pretty exciting, watch for Bertuzzi vs Pronger. In the East, I picked my first upset with Boston over Jersey. It all depends on Boston's goaltender (Sheilds has a SWEET mask eh?). I also picked Toronto over Philly in what could be called an upset, but I see them as pretty equal. That should be one sweet ass series anyway, LOTS of physical goodness. Washington over Tampa Bay could be considered an upset as well, but it's not like Tampa Bay should be in third place anyway... And Yashin returns to Ottawa... But will get stomped all over.
I had the balls to pick three teams who were lower than their opponents. Do YOU?