Stanley Cup playoffs-synopsis of what I have seen so far.

Flyers-Caps

Flyers are done either way especially without Contourier but they really need to bench Mason after that awful game two. Unless someone Malarchuks Brandon Holtby I don't really see anyone in the East beating the Capitals.

Pens-Rangers

Strange to say but Pittsburgh might have been better off without Malkin. Made everyone else on the team work harder and made their opponents take them a little bit lightly. Rangers are awfully banged up though.

Lightning-Wings

Another one that is pretty much over unless the Wings can convince Hasek to come out of retirement. Detroit looks old and slow outside of Larkin, Helm, and Abinseeyu or however you spell it.

Referees in the second game may have been the worst referees I have ever seen in a Stanley Cup playoff game. Datsyuk gets a tooth knocked out by an elbow and is called for the penalty. Detroit goes on a power play after Ryan Shahan smashes Palot's face into the boards behind the Tampa Bay net. Erickson pulls Boyle's stick out of his hand and throws it down the ice and Boyle gets called for interference. That was all in about a five minute time span in the second period.

Panthers-Islanders
Doesn't matter which team wins. Neither one is getting past round two without vast improvement in the net.

Blues-Hawks

Blues are my favorite team and I like how they hit but they play a very blah style of hockey. Hits are nice but the winner of the game is the team that puts the puck in the net the most, not the team that puts the other team's players into the bench the most.

Wild-Stars
Series most likely to end in a sweep. That Rousel goal is going to do to the Wild what the Chimera goal is going to do to the Flyers.

Haven't seen any of the Kings-Sharks or Preds-Ducks games yet. I will be very surprised if the Kings don't come back and make a series out of it with San Jose. The Kings in the playoffs are like roaches. They keep coming back from the dead and Quick is too good to get swept out of a series. Sharks also have a history of not dealing well with early success in playoff series too.