Round One Done

Tampa Bay Over Pittsburgh
Washington Over New York - 5 game series 
Boston Over Montreal 
Philadelphia Over Buffalo

Nashville Over Anaheim - 6 game series
Vancouver Over Chicago
Detroit Over Phoenix - 4 game series 
San Jose Over Los Angeles

• Hawks/Canucks - Vance's Hawks took the Canucks to game seven, kind of a theme for the first round of playoffs.  Unfortunately their puck posession, actually their lack of puck possession was their undoing.  Despite Luongo's penchant for choking midway through a playoff series he did manage to shut the Hawks down in the last game and the Canucks stepped up in front of him to get the scoring done.  It was hard to imagine the Canucks being bounce in the first round...but it was a nice thought nonetheless. 

   

• Habs/Bruins - This series was up and down all the way to ... yep, game seven.  I hate to admit this but Sally and I spent this particular game seven just praying for either team to score one friggin' goal in regulation and then hold the line for the win.  We didn't care which team won, just so long as the game ended on time.  The Pens were already playing their game seven but VS led with the Bruins/Habs game and were sticking with it until the bitter end before joining the Pens/Bolts game in progress.  The Bruins obliged by scoring half way through the third period but failed to hold on, letting the Habs tie the game in the last minutes of regulation - cuz that's the norm this year.  Thankfully the Bruins finished off the series early in overtime and FINALLY, we joined the Pens/Lightning game.         

• Penguins/Lightning - Seriously, who would have predicted the Pens out in round one? Even though the series went to game seven I never would have given Tampa the edge. Just goes to show you should never use my predictions to book a bet in Vegas.  I'm sorry for Sally's boys as they really were trying to get the job done without their two main stars, Crosby and Malkin.  From the sounds of things Crosby has suffered a set back with his concussion issues so he wouldn't have been ready for round two anyway.  Cest La Vie...   

• Kings/Sharks - Runner Up for Most Entertaining Series of Round One.  These guys trampled all over each other, going up by as much as three goals at a time and coming back from monumental deficits.  There wasn't much sleep to be had between this series and the Ducks/Preds series but they were all worth staying up late for...even when the east coast games went to overtime ahead of them. 

• Flyers/Sabres - Fucking Flyers...that's all I'm saying. 

To wrap up round one - this is for Sally - What are the odds this song was playing on the radio on the way home Wednesday night?