A Minor Setback...

Well, round two is upon us. Buffalo is finished destroying Philly and Tampa was thoroughly mutilated by my Sens, and now these two demolition squads are on a collision course. This is gonna be a series of speed. Don't blink or you might miss a few goals. They certainly proved that in the first game.

As for the fact that the Senators blew 5 leads in the game, I chalk that up to the face that we haven't played for a week. I look for them to come out firing but playing much better defensively tomorrow night. I'd bet that Emery will have a better game too.

This is gonna be one amazing series too watch, quite possibly the best one of these playoffs. I've got to believe that the Sens will pull it out, but I know that it will take every second of either six or Seven games. It is also possible that there will be more goals scored in this series that there were in the entire first round.

As for the rest:

Colorado vs. Anaheim: Well, before this series began I would have said Colorado in 5 or 6 games. While technically it is still possible for them to get it in 6, they are gonna have to play much better than they did getting shut out in the first two.

New Jersey vs. Carolina: Another series that has me scratching my head. I woulda believed that with Brodeur in net and their classic stifling defence, Jersey would be able to contain the firepower in Carolina's arsenal for a series win in 5 or 6 games. It worked against the Rangers, why not the Hurricanes, right? And then the go and get blown out 6-0 in game one. I know, I don't get it either.

Edmonton vs. San Jose: This is another great skating series. The Sharks didn't have much trouble with the Predators in round one, but they didn't have a defence corp. like Edmonton has. Pronger is gonna get a lot of minutes in this one. The only problem is what line do you play Pronger against? Play him against Thornton and Marleau burns you. Against Marleau, Thornton and Cheechoo get you. All in all, the Oilers won't have an answer to both lines. San Jose in a damn entertaining 5 or 6 games.