will try and watch as many games as i can. no real surprises so far, colorado and dallas evenly matched. watched ottawa out-shoot the leafs. saw stolarz makes saves, while ullmark had a tough evening. blackhawks have the leafs' #1 pick, the ottawa Gs have to pick up their game to eliminate toronto and make that pick a mid-round pick. believe minnesota has a small chance, while carolina is too good for the hughes-less devils. would love to see the canadiens dump the caps. don't want to grit my teeth by watching demidov rack up points doing just that. kings and oilers, once again. will look to see how seth jones does in the playoff environment he always craved and strived for with the blackhawks.

Without Nieskenan (sp) Dallas has no shot vs Colorado. Too bad, that would've been a great series of Dallas was healthy.

The series I am most interested in are Florida/Tampa and Toronto/Ottawa. I would say LA/EDm but I don't acknowledge sports that start after 8 pm local time.

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