Just when you thought March Madness — er, April Madness, really — was behind us, it’s time for another two months of (slowly) busted brackets. That’s right, the NHL playoffs are here, which means two…
I’m usually good at picking championship series/games, as you know by now. I’ve hit my last three World Series picks, last two Stanley Cup predictions, and last year’s NBA Finals. I missed narrowly with the…
My apologies for being a day late. Don’t let that fool you into thinking I would have picked the Capitals to break through against the Penguins. The mental roadblock that will never clear is going…
We’ve pretty much reached the second round of the NHL playoffs, meaning we’ve bid farewell to some pretenders like the Devils, Flyers, and apparently even the Maple Leafs. Three of the four series are at…
So, the second round of the NHL playoffs will begin before the first one is over. That sounds about right. But while Nashville-Anaheim remains undecided, we’ll get a head start on our second round picks….
Okay, I’m a day late to the party. To be fair, two of the three teams I would have predicted to win their series won their initial playoff games last night. So without further ado,…
There has been no team more dominant over the past two weeks than the Pittsburgh Penguins. The talk all year has been about the Washington Capitals running away with the Eastern Conference. They ran away…
It’s almost March, and there is still very little clarity about the beast of the East in the NHL. There is very little suspense regarding the top seed; the Washington Capitals have been in cruise-control…
Now that we know who’s playing, where, and when, we will break down the eight first-round matchups in the 2015 NHL playoffs. This includes regular-season meetings and playoff history. Coming shortly, we will make our…