Western Conference:
San Jose / Edmonton
My pick: San Jose
Why: While Roloson is a good goaltender - and the Oilers aren't a bad team - the San Jose Sharks have offensive firepower packed to the, er, gills. Look for them to really press Roloson and eventually come out as the winners.
Anaheim / Colorado
My pick: Anaheim
Why: Ilya "Easy Breezy" Bryzgalov is on a phenomenal roll this postseason and is starting to look like the next rookie goalie to win a Conn Smythe (Ron Hextall, Patrick Roy and Ken Dryden are the others, as I recall) by posting consecutive shutouts, whereas Andy "Lanny Junior" McDonald and Teemu Selanne are explosive on the offence - It's going to be a short one, as we get to see the "Battle of California" in the finals.
Eastern Division
Ottawa / Buffalo
My pick: Buffalo
Why: It's going to come down to an Overtime goal, as the GAA of this series will swell to something outrageous, like 6.41 or higher, when you put two teams that don't have great goaltending and have amazing scoring capacity. Game one (Sabres 7, Senators 6) will prove to be no fluke for this series.
New Jersey / Carolina
My pick: New Jersey
Why: Forget that 6-0 goal; once Martin Brodeur wakes up and once New Jersey gets into Carolina's zone (they had something like 16 shots total in that game) Scott Gomez, John Madden and co. will leave people wondering why Cam Ward was a starter.
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