playoff fever is back...

this first round, as many have predicted, is gonna be AWESOME. in almost every series, you could flip a coin to pick the winner. surely, i'm no prognosticator, but here are my picks:

TB v NYI	I can't believe I'm saying this...TB is the most exciting team in the NHL. Martin St. Louis, MVP.
BOS v MTL	MTL leads 22-7 in playoff history. I smell an upset.
PHI v NJ	Martin Brodeur. Money.
TOR v OTT	One of these days OTT will finally beat TOR, but they're gonna have to prove it first.
DET v NSH	Will Detroit choke two years in a row?
SJ v STL	Alyn McCauley: +23, SJ 2nd in the West (damn); Owen Nolan: out indefinitely. I know fayjan is enjoying this one... ;)
VAN v CAL	Miikka Kiprusoff: modern GAA record, 1.69; Dan Cloutier: too many soft goals. Remember Detroit?
COL v DAL	When healthy, Peter Forsberg is the best player in the league.

and if all else fails, go along with the monkey...(hey, she picked the ducks last year!)...Maggie the Macaque's First Round Predictions :)

Source: CTV.ca

NYI

BOS

PHI

TOR

NAS

STL

VAN

DAL