Head Tale

The Flames are out after an all-around terrible performance in game 7 against San Jose and, for the third year when they went out in the first round, I have mixed feelings.  I'm sad that my team lost of course but also relieved that I'll be able to avoid spending three hours on the couch every second night. 

Anyhow, I was 4/8 in the first round (strangely, picking 3/4 in the East which is the conference I watch a lot less of) but in my defense, it was only because I'm a homer for the Flames (I knew they were in an uphill battle against the Sharks) and I picked the wrong upset (Nashville over Detroit instead of Dallas over Anaheim.) 

With the excuses out of the way, here's my picks for round two.  (This gets easier each round – by the time some team's won the Cup, I bet I'll be able to predict the winner with 100% accuracy!)

Montreal over Philadelphia
Pittsburgh over NY Rangers

Colorado over Detroit
San Jose over Dallas

Oh hell, while I'm predicting, I'll also say that Montreal will beat Pittsburgh (to be the fourth different Canadian team in four years to make the Stanley Cup final) and San Jose will beat Colorado and then Montreal will beat the Canadian curse to win their, what, 26th Cup in their storied history?  In a related story, there will be a huge upswing in the number of sports fans jumping off tall buildings in downtown Toronto.