Well the regular season has ended and the playoffs have begun, but I am not very enthusiastic about it due to the disappointment of a season that the Leafs gave us. I really thought they were promising this year, but they had to somehow collapse spectacularly (but not spectacularly enough to get a top 3 pick).

In any case, my playoff predictions for the East are: Rangers, Boston, NJ, and Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh/Flyers series is a disappointment because these are two really good teams and only one will make it out of the first round.

My picks for the West are: Vancouver, SJ, Chicago and Nashville. I hope Nashville wins, one because it knocks out Detroit (they need to be on the decline eventually) and because it will give ownership the signal that they should keep their promising core together.