It's that time of year again...

[lithera]

What time is that, you ask? Playoff hockey time, I must answer.

So. What's it look like? (Not that many of you are actually asking that...)

In the East:
Ottawa Senators vs NY Islanders
New Jersey Devils vs Boston Bruins
Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Philidelphia Flyers vs Toronto Maple Leafs

In the West:
Dallas Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Detroit Red Wings vs Anahiem Mighty Ducks
Colorado Avalanche vs Minnesota Wild (Hey.. Both no s teams..)
Vancouver Canucks vs St. Louis Blues

My choices for winning the first round:
Ottawa
New Jersey
Tampa Bay (THis could go either way, but I'd rather see the Lightning win it.)
Toronto (This series will be ugly)
Edmonton (I'm probably wrong here, but this is a classically difficult series for both teams.)
Detroit
Avalanche (I want to see the Wild win. I think they can push it to seven games. I don't think they can take it.)
Canucks (With Ozzie in net the Blues have changed, but I still think the Canucks will take it.)

Detroit vs. Anaheim
Thursday, April 10, at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, at Detroit, 3 p.m.
Monday, April 14, at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16, at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.
x-Saturday, April 19, at Detroit, 3 p.m.
x-Sunday, April 20, at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
x-Tuesday, April 22, at Detroit, 7 p.m.