Hockey fans its that time again, playoff time.

The 1st games will be played on Wednesday April 15th

here are the 1st round match-ups

Eastern Conference

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) New York Rangers

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Carolina Hurricanes

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Western Confernce

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Anaheim Ducks

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) St-Louis Blues

(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Calgary Flames

I guess you can see who Im pulling for :p

Predictions:

Round 1:

East -

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) New York Rangers

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Carolina Hurricanes

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

West -

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Anaheim Ducks

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) St-Louis Blues

(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Calgary Flames

Round 2:

East -

(1) Boston vs. (4) Pittsburgh

(7) New York vs. (6) Carolina

West -

(1) San Jose vs. (5) Calgary

(2) Detroit vs. (6) St. Louis

Semifinals:

East -

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (6) Carolina Hurricanes

West -

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Calgary Flames

Stanley Cup Finals:

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings

2009 Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings!!!

i seriously doubt Chicago losing to Calgary. im sure that's the easiest match-up out of the eight, with Chicago winning in four or five. and Detroit's goaltending's been suspect as of late, unless Osgood can pull it together like last year, they won't make it past the second round.

i hope the sharks choke in the second, just for laughs.

canucks against blues, i see this going seven games. the two hottest teams since the all-star game, i really hope Vancouver makes it by. they got experience, but the blues got speed and some crazy young talent. this is the series to watch.

don't really care about the east, guessing capitals against hurricanes final.

my predictions

East

BOS - MTL (BOS in 7)
WAS - NYR (WAS in 5)
NJ - CAR (CAR in 6)
PIT - PHI (PHI in 7)

West

SJ - ANA (SJ in 5)
DET - CLM (DET in 4)
VAN - STL (VAN in 6)
CHI - CAL (CHI in 7)

Go
Habs
Go

I love hockey but I can't watch it due to not having any cable.

So I'll just throw my predictions out there based on team favorites and historic trends of teams I hate winning

Round 1

Eastern Conference

(1) Boston Bruins vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (7) New York Rangers

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (6) Carolina Hurricanes

(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Western Confernce

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (8) Anaheim Ducks

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (7) Columbus Blue Jackets

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) St-Louis Blues

(4) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (5) Calgary Flames

Round 2

Eastern Conference

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (8) Montreal Canadiens

(3) New Jersey Devils vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Western Confernce

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (5) Calgary Flames

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks

Round 3

Eastern Conference

(2) Washington Capitals vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Western Confernce

(1) San Jose Sharks vs. (2) Detroit Red Wings

Final

(2) Detroit Red Wings vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

Go Flyers!!!

Ahh... The Stars flopped up toward the end of the season otherwise they'd be winning the cup!
(>'.')>

Maggie the monkey's picks

Boston
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia

San Jose
Columbus
Vancouver
Calgary

the rest of the TSN panel here
http://tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11809

Oh god, even the monkey is against my team...