Sorry for the delay in picking and analyzing. First, I had no idea the semifinals were starting Thursday night. NHL really needs to step it up with promotions to get folks to tune in. But, also apologies for the not analyzing part, was out tonight when I was going to post it.
Picks: DET over SJ in 7. Detroit is very hot right now and San Jose, while they may be amazing in the regular season, always seem to blow it in the playoffs. I don't see that trend stopping.
CHI over VAN in 6. Chicago was my western conference pick preseason and I see no reason to change that pick. But, this will be an excellent series featuring prominent scoring by the Sedin brothers and Kane and Toews.
BOS over PHI in 7. While Philly may have blazed past the Devils in the first round, they also lost three key players in their offense: Jeff Carter, Simon Gagne, and Ian Laperriere. Plus, there is no way Brian Boucher can keep playing out of his mind. Then, Boston has Savard, their captain back, which should help an anemic offense.
PIT over MON in 5. Pittsburgh overmatches Montreal in every category. Plus, Montreal went down 3-1 to the Caps who have no idea how to close out a series. (Since '85, the Caps are 1-8 in series they were up 2-0 or 3-1 in.) But, I'll give Montreal a game at home if they play defense and Halak plays amazing in net.
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