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My first round predictions:

Washington beats Montreal
New Jersey beats Philadelphia
Buffalo beats Boston
Pittsburgh beats Ottawa

San Jose beats Colorado
Nashville beats Chicago (hardest series to predict IMHO. Goaltending is the factor)
Vancouver beats Los Angeles
Detroit beats Phoenix

Pretty safe votes, but it should become much closer to a crapshoot in the second round.