Encore! Encore!

How the heck round 2 going to live up to the precident set by the first round is beyond me. It may have lacked the big upset (Nashville & Tampa weren't upsets in my book) but it certainly didn't lack excitement. The Hawks-Canucks was the series of the playoffs and it's gonna take a lot to top that.

Looking back at the 1st round predictions I wrote before the playoffs started I must say I did remarkably well - prolly the best I've done to date. I called 7 of 8 & actually nailed the games it'd take for 5 of the series. My 2nd round predictions are up so give a read and let me know what you think. I'll try & avoid the game to game predictions but I know I won't be able to resist.

Congrats to Matty J for winning the first prize the pool as the first round leader. Contact me to claim your 50 bucks.

Without any upsets this is still anyone's pool to win as there are an unusally high number of teams with all players left - 20! Visit the standings and see for yourselves. Click the 'players left' column and you'll see what I mean.

With no break in the action, round 2 kicks off tonight with the Canucks-Preds @ 9PM EST. Smashville makes their 2nd round debut and about to find out that round 2 is a completely different beast.

Let the round 2 games begin! Enjoy tonights action everyone.

Thanks!
-PD