Playoffs – The Sunday Edition
Posted by jtbourne on April 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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(3)Canucks vs. (6)St. Louis
(Prediction: Vancouver Series: 3-0 Van)
Goodnight sweetheart, well it’s timeee to gooo (or however that old song goes).
Na na na na – hey might have been a more suitable reference. Either way, great job by the Canucks getting a road win in St. Louis tonight, effectively laying the Blues in a hospital bed and hiring Kevorkian. It’s only a matter of time now.
(3) Devils vs. (6) I Don’t Carolina
(Prediction: New Jersey Series: 2-1 NJ)
They played today, and one of the two teams won. Again. Can you believe that?
(4) Pitt vs (5) Philly
(Prediction: Pittsburgh Series: 2-1 Pitt)
Ooo, the Flyers got it done on home ice, love it.
This was going to be a good series if Philly could hold up their end of the bargain, so it was good to see them inject a little life into the deal. If Philly doesn’t stretch this thing out and Pitt ends up winning in five, the Penguins become a real threat for the Eastern crown. And then we’d have to watch the many phases of Sid’s mustache, including the shredded wheat phase, where the hair gets all straggly and long, it gets in his mouth, and he can chew on it.
(1) San Jose vs. (8) Anaheim
(Prediction: San Jose Series: 2-0 Anaheim)
I have to admit, I was a little under-informed on teams in the western conference when I arrived back in Canada 10 days or so ago, and since I’ve been back, I haven’t heard too many good things about the Sharks. Presidents trophy champions that are below .500 in their last 36 games?
San Jose is by no means done; this is a quality team, and pride is a powerful motivator. Hopefully a couple losses will wake the sleeping giant.
Speaking of sleeping giants, can big Joey T (1.01 points-per-game regular season, 0.67 playoffs) wake-up, crush an espresso or 12 and get it together? I love him as a player (especially his attitude), but he looks like one of those golf carts that you know can go super-fast, but isn’t because it has that stupid govenor on. Find the switch and flip it Joe!
I'm a hockey player turned writer. After playing for Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA (NCAA), I carried on with an NHL tryout (New York Islanders in 2007) before spending a couple seasons in the AHL/ECHL (last year was 2008-09). My father, Bob Bourne, won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders in the '80's, as did my fiancee's dad, Clark Gillies. I'm now the web editor for theScore's hockey blog "Backhand Shelf."
