I think I have been guilty of picking who I want to win rather than picking who I think would win. That is my excuse for picking Pittsburgh to win the cup even though they were severely outplayed (except for game 3). I should have picked correctly. I knew Pittsburgh didn’t have a Cup-calibre team; they didn’t have the experience, the skill or the depth of Detroit. But I wanted Pittsburgh to win because they are the next generation of stars (and potentially a dynasty).

With that, my playoff prediction record is a dismal 9-6, barely beating TSN’s monkey picks (8-7). I sound like the Leafs, but “well there’s always next year”.

I thought the Hossa deal at the deadline was not worth it, but looking back at it now, I think Pittsburgh did get enough bang for its trade. It’s difficult to quantify how valuable this (losing) experience is but they sure did make some money by playing the maximum number of games at home!

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: hockey, predictions