It's been a while...

I would like to formally blame our inconsistent posting on school. All the homework and studying really takes time away from blogging. Good news. School is over. Scary but good. More time to talk about all the wonderfulness of the..wait for it.....NHL STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS!!!!!


So I realize the 2nd round has already started but the NHL did not leave us enough time to think about all that went on in the 1st round. So just a few thoughts on each of the series.

Washington vs Montreal
Raise your hand if you picked Montreal to beat the Caps. 1 out of 17 people in our playoff pool picked Montreal and she is a biased crazy Habs fan, no offense. Halak was amazing and I found this fun video today, I know we are all tired of the "What if such and such did/didn't do this" commercials but you are probably gonna watch it anyways.



New Jersey vs Philadelphia
If you still thought Marty was as good as he was back when the Devils were winning cups, this series should have shown you that he is not. Everyone, even Marty, is human. (Tell that to NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson)

Buffalo vs Boston
Two words, power play. Buffalo, along with Washington do not understand the concept of having an advantage on the power play. Oh well, let's see if Rask can keep up his play.

Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
We really didn't learn anything from this series. It just proved what we already knew, Ottawa chokes in the playoffs. Enjoy the links boys.

San Jose vs Colorado
Who wants to guess how many goals the Sharks top line got in the 1st round. If you guessed 1 you would be correct. Also Dan Boyle had a game winning goal, on his own net (Nice one McCabe).

Chicago vs Nashville
Looked like Chicago was in trouble after losing game 1 because of iffy goaltending however 2 shutouts the rest of the series hopefully put those fears to rest.

Vancouver vs LA
It seems from most of the series (minus the game Raycroft finished) Luongo played very well. Perhaps we will be seing more of the Olympic gold medal winning goalie rather than the "I suck in the playoffs" goalie. Only time will tell.

Phoenix vs Detroit
Golly gosh gee, who wasn't cheering for the Coyotes to knock off the team viewed by most as the toughest 1st round opponent. It's too bad they didn't get further, but on the bright side they won't get used to having sellouts because that ain't gonna happen come October.

Perhaps tomorrow I will have some thoughts on the 2nd round of the series after all teams have play game 1.

In case you were wondering, yes we here at DSHS are experts. Thank you Andy Sutton.