Otter Limits

The quarter finals are done! Here are the results:

Western Conference

Chicago won their series against Vancouver I’m sad for the Canucks but I am glad it was against the Blackhawks.

Detroit finally got their heads out of their butts and showed the Ducks how they got to be world champions and won their series.

So the Western Conference finals (Stanley Cup championship semi-finals) will start Sunday between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings. Personally I think this will be a very good and intense series and can see it going all 7 games.

Eastern Conference

In a huge upset, Boston lost their series to Carolina.

Pittsburgh won their series against Washington.

The Eastern Conference finals will start Monday between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins. I don’t really see this series being all that heated and can forsee it being over pretty quick.

So the 2nd round is going along somewhat strangely so we might have a few upsets before everyone gets to the semifinals. Here are the newest results:

In the West

Detroit and Anaheim is tied at 2 games a piece. I find it sad that this is series is not already over but in Thursday night’s game Detroit showed their true colors and showed the Ducks why they are the defending champions.

Chicago is ahead of Vancouver 3 games to 2. This has proven to be a tight and entertaining series.

In the East

Penguins lead their series against Washington 3-2. Another series that I feel should be over already.

And here is the really upsetting one. Boston is behind in their series against the Carolina Hurricanes 1-3. Yes, that is right. Boston is BEHIND. What is this world coming to?

And here are some stats for the playoffs. These are the playoff leaders:

Leading Goals & Leading Points
Sidney Crosby – 9 goals / 7 assists / 16 points

Leading Goalie
Roberto Luongo – Sv% .935 Way to go Roberto!

The 1st round of the playoffs is over! The Washington Capitals unfortunately won the series over New York Rangers and Carolina won against the New Jersey Devils. Very sad.

Anyway, here is the lineup for the 2nd round:

Vancouver will be playing against Chicago starting Thursday. I think this will actually be a fairly tight series. I don’t think I am going to try and predict this one right now

Detroit will be playing against Detroit on Friday. No contest. Anaheim might have been able to somehow get lucky and beat the #1 team in the league but there is no way they are going to win a series against the Red Wings.

Boston will be playing against Carolina, also on Friday. I’m going with Boston on this one.

Pittsburgh will be playing against Washington starting Saturday. I pick the Penguins over the Capitals.

Here are the results of the 1st round Stanley Cup playoffs!

In the West

Chicago wins series over Calgary 4-2
Vancouver wins series over St Louis 4-0
Detroit won series over Columbus 4-0
Anaheim wins series over San Jose 4-2 This is a sad state of affairs my friends. How in the world did the #1 team in the league lose to the #17 team in the league?!?

In the East

Bruins win series over Montreal 4-0
Pittsburgh wins series over Philadelphia 4-2
New York Rangers and Washington series tied up 3-3
New Jersey and Carolina series is also tied up 3-3

Here are the results of the Stanley Cup playoffs thus far.

In the West

Anaheim leads San Jose 1-0
Detroit leads Columbus 2-0 no surprise there
Vancouver leads St Louis 3-0 Go Canucks!!!
Chicago leads Calgary 2-0 Who would have thought? Way to go Blackhawks

In the East

Boston leads Montreal 2-0
New York leads Washington 2-0
New Jersey leads Carolina 2-1
Pittsburgh leads Philadelphia 2-1

Playoff time!!!

The Stanley Cup playoffs have begun.

Here are the teams that are matching up for the next round:

Western
San Jose vs Anaheim (My pick to win: San Jose)
Detroit vs Columbus (Detroit)
Vancouver vs St Louis (Vancouver, duh!)
Chicago vs Calgary (I like Chicago and hope they win but Calgary is the better team in this match up)

Eastern
Boston vs Montreal (Boston)
Washington vs New York Rangers (Rangers)
New Jersey vs Carolina (New Jersey)
Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia (Pittsburgh)

League Standings

Eastern Conference

1. Boston
2. Washington
3. New Jersey
4. Philadelphia
5. Carolina

Western Conference

1. San Jose
2. Detroit
3. Calgary
4. Chicago
5. Vancouver

In the Northwest?

1. Calgary Flames
2. Vancouver Canucks
3. Minnesota Wild
4. Edmonton Oilers
5. Colorado Avalanche

League Leaders

League Standings

1. Sharks
2. Red Wings
3. Bruins
4. Devils
5. Capitals
6. Flyers
7. Flames
8. Blackhawks
9. Hurricanes
10. Penguins
11. Canucks

Eastern Conference

1. Boston
2. New Jersey
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia
5. Carolina

Western Conference

1. San Jose
2. Detroit
3. Calgary
4. Chicago
5. Canucks

In the Northwest?

1. Calgary Flames
2. Vancouver Canucks
3. Edmonton Oilers
4. Minnesota Wild
5. Colorado Avalanche

League Leaders

Points

1. Evgeni Malkin (Penguins) – 106
2. Ovechkin (Capitals) – 96
3. Crosby (Penguins) – 96

Goals

1. Alex Ovechkin (Washington) – 51
2. Parise (NJ Devils) – 41
3. Carter (Philadelphia) – 40

Save %

1. Tim Thomas (Bruins) – .931
2. Vokoun (Panthers) – .925
3. Anderson (Panthers) – .923

Wins

1. Miikka Kiprusoff (Flames) – 42
2. Nabokov (Sharks) – 37
3. Ward (Hurricanes) – 35

League Standings

1. Sharks
2. Red Wings
3. Bruins
4. Devils
5. Capitals
6. Flames
7. Blackhawks
8. Flyers
9. Canadiens
10. Canucks

Good to see the Canucks back in the Top 10!