For our preview of each series we are just going to tell what we think about it and that's about it. We were going to do a prediction for each series but then decided not to because it was too difficult to get our thoughts together.
What a tough playoff series coming up for everyone.
(1) Boston Bruins / (4) Carolina Hurricanes
Can there be a harder series to predict? Seriously, we don't even know who will come out of this alive because both teams are really good. And regular season doesn't count, it never does.
This will probably be the best series that we have no stake in.
Offense against offense. Goaltender battles. We can't wait.
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(2) Washington Capitals / (3) Pittsburgh Penguins
LeTude has been preaching a positive attitude since the Rangers lost in heartbreaking fashion and we found out that the Penguins would be playing the Capitals.
It's been hard but we've found a couple of things to be positive about...
1. Danny B won't let us down.
2. Our captain actually plays games and isn't inserted into the line-up when a player is suspended.
3. Our Russians are better than their Russians.
4. The Pens have been past the first round of the play offs before.
5. Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby won't let us down.
Hopefully no one dies and/or isn't maimed by the Capitals during the series. That's really all we can wish for.
The Sid vs Ovie articles are already being generated. Count us sick. We'd rather have the swine flu than link or read any of those articles. What a bunch of garbage.
There is no comparison.
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(1) Detroit Red Wings / (4) Anaheim Ducks
Are you sure that the Ducks were 8th in the West? Because they sure as hell don't play like it. The Wings have a beast on their hands. We just wonder how it will turn out this time.
Maybe Corey Fairy will be heard threatening Pavel Datsyuk and Mikael Samuelsson. Maybe Chris Pronger/Rob Niedermayer will annihilate Tomas Holmstrom again. Maybe Niklas Kronwall will show up and take out Bobby Ryan.
This may be the only time that we will be actively cheering for Anaheim.
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(2) Vancouver Canucks / (3) Chicago Blackhawks
Wow. Can we just call this series 'The Hair-Pullers vs The Little Boys"? Is that fair? Maybe not but it's what we thought of when this series was decided.
The Hawks showed that they were not afraid of being physical when they literally beat on the Flames. Matt Walker played Game 6 with a messed up hand. They came back to win Game 2 and almost did the same for Game 3.
Hawks never say die. They don't give up, ever. And that's why we love them.
The Canucks had a relatively easy series against the inexperienced Blues and whether that is a good or bad thing remains to be seen.
You should know who we are pulling for in this series.
Okay, is everyone alive? Did your team make it out alive? A couple of ours did and a couple did not.
Let's recap shall we...
(1) Boston Bruins / (8) Montreal Canadiens
The Habs got spanked by the top team in the East where Carey Price tried to incite a riot on more than one occasion and Milan Lucic was suspended.
We also think that Mr. Price didn't give a shit when the Habs lost in four games.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Both
Who Came Out Alive? Boston Bruins
Were We Surprised? Not really.
Best Player? Carey Price, oh wait, we're kidding. Michael Ryder with 4 goals and seven points in four games. That's haunting your old team.
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(2) Washington Capitals / (7) New York Rangers
The Rangers, unlike the Habs, actually tried to show up for the series. But they forgot to actually, you know, score once in a while for a few games.
Towards the end, the whole series just became a circus. John Tortorella throwing water on fans, those fans saying that G-Rad and MStaal were gay (don't they know that G-Rad and Callahan are gay?), Ovechkin being all cute and 'crashing' the Rangers practice.
Whatever.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Noodles
Who Came Out Alive? Washington Capitals
Were We Surprised? Not at all.
Best Player? Like we said in the preview, for the Capitals to be successful Alex Semin had to show up. And he did, with 8 points in seven games.
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(3) New Jersey Devils / (6) Carolina Hurricanes
Game 7. Martin Brodeur vs. Cameron Ward. Who are you picking? Everyone and their baseball-loving mother picks Brodeur.
You're all wrong.
What a way to lose.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Noodles
Who Came Out Alive? Carolina Hurricanes
Were We Surprised? Just a little. We thought a well-rested Marty would be dangerous.
Best Player? Eric freaking Staal. He was disgusting the whole series what with scoring at will and then ending the Devils in Game 7. We hate him.
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(4) Pittsburgh Penguins / (5) Philadelphia Flyers
Whew.
No one died. Only got shutout once. They won.
We're honestly surprised that we are alive after that series. There were times when he wanted to punch children in Flyers jerseys and times when we jumped into arms of people we barely knew.
New enemies were made and new Flyers players were cursed. It was a great time to be alive. Just watching Game 6, the comeback win courtesy of Max Talbot, was an experience. People don't forget.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Both, yaya.
Who Came Out Alive? Pittburgh Penguin
Were We Surprised? Yes.
Best Player? Marc-Andre Fleury. When he had to be big, he was. And that's why he will always be better than the rest.
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Western Conference
(1) San Jose Sharks / (8) Anaheim Ducks
Who was stunned? Quite a few of us were. Everyone thought that this was the Sharks year. They had the Stanley Cup-winning coach, an experienced team and of course Dan Boyle. How could they lose?
But they did. To the Ducks, their hated rivals. It's like when the Penguins own the Flyers in the play offs. Yeah, we know the feeling.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Neither
Who Came Out Alive? Anaheim Ducks
Were We Surprised? Hell yes. What the hell happened? We have to re-evaluate our lives now.
Best Player? Ryan Getzlaf. He had the Gordie Howe hat trick in Game 6, won basically every faceoff he took in the series and just straight up outplayed Joe Thornton.
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(2) Detroit Red Wings / (7) Columbus Blue Jackets
What the hell happened here? The Wings literally rolled over the Jackets until maybe Game 4. It was what the Detroit announcers would call, 'a clinic'.
It was sad really.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Both.
Who Came Out Alive? Detroit Red Wings.
Were We Surprised? Are you kidding? Hell no.
Best Player? Red Wings defense.
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(3) Vancouver Canucks / (6) St. Louis Blues
Was this even a series? The Canucks manhandled the Blues in every possible way and beat them in four. It made us quite sad.
They had a chance in OT, almost taking it to a Game 5 and they wouldn't have been swept but the hockey gods said no.
Canucks fans are not to be trifled with. They're always there and loud. And like Montreal, they are quite fond of rioting.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Noodles
Who Came Out Alive? Vancouver Canucks
Were We Surprised? Yeah, and really disappointed.
Best Player? Alex Burrows. The man was a wrecking crew and his overtime goal in Game 4 was a heartbreaker. Hopefully he keeps that in his pants against the Hawks.
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(4) Chicago Blackhawks / (5) Calgary Flames
This was probably our favorite series of the Quarterfinals. There was hitting, goals being scored, scrums and just intense play. Neither team wanted to lose and they both were willing to do whatever it took to win.
We were definitely rooting for the Hawks so it was exciting to see them win the series.
Who Channeled Ms. Cleo And Predicted Correctly? Both.
Who Came Out Alive? Chicago Blackhawks
Were We Surprised? It seemed like the team with home ice would win but in Game 6, the Hawks just wouldn't be stopped.
Best Player? Jonathan Toews. He may not have had the most points or goals but he was dominant. Every faceoff was a win, he backchecked harder than Henrik Zetterberg and scored the goals that meant the most.
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Predictions Total
Noodles: 7 right out of 8
Henrik: 4 right out of 8
That's our round-up of the series that ended. We are looking forward to the next round and shall do a preview and predictions tomorrow.
Definition: a man who is gorgeous to at least five out of six girl friends; an agreement between female hockey fans over the common beautiful men in the league.
How It Started: We were checking out pictures of hockey players with friends and every single one of them thought that Vincent Lecavalier was beautiful.
Used In A Sentence: Oh jeez, she thinks he's cute too. He must be a Vinny.
Like we've said before, we are girls. We know, it's shocking. And we like boys, yet again a shocking revelation. And sometimes we like to share our favorite hockey players with friends.
And most of the time, we have different tastes. For example, Henrik thinks that Rick DiPietro is gorgeous but the rest of us do not. And Noodles is obsessed with Shea Weber and we can't understand that.
But there are certain players who all girls find attractive no matter what team they play for or how old they are.
If you go on YouTube and search "hot hockey players" you get tons of videos from girls who have even less time than us.
Another vid.
And what all their lists have in common are like five players who defy personal taste and are attactive to all girls.
Examples of a Vinny are:Vincent Lecavalier (duh)Antoine VermetteHenrik LundqvistZach PariseRick DiPietroUp and coming Vinny: Ryan Parent
Ask your friends if they think that they're pretty. We guarantee that they think they are. Do it.
What the ass happened to this series? It's become a circus. And watching games on NBC is ridiculous.
And that hit on Blair Betts? How was that only a two minute penalty yet the Brandon Dubinsky hit on Mike Green was worthy of a ten minute misconduct? Wow.
Ryan Callahan is like the Rangers equivalent of Tyler Kennedy. We would love to have him on the Penguins.
We can't wait for Game 7.
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(3) New Jersey Devils / (6) Carolina Hurricanes
Cam Ward decides to channel Martin Brodeur and gets a shutout. He made like one awesomely awesome save but he was still amazing.
Eric Staal was everywhere. His second goal was amazing.
P.S. - One of the main reasons we love DVR is that we can rewind live games and take pictures of this kind of stuff. We love that he's wearing a Chad Larose jersey. That makes it kind of creepier.
Only one game was played today and it was severely depressing. The (7) New York Rangers couldn't close the deal against the (2) Washington Capitals and averaged about eight penalties a period.
Henrik Lundqvist can only take you so far, ladies. We may have to remind his team of that tiny little fact.
Our favorite part about Ovechkin's "highlight reel" goal was the announcer (forgive us because we forget who it was) and his "woop, woop, woop" when Ovechkin deked around the defenseman. He was so desperate to make the highlight reel with Ovechkin that he sounded like a moron.
Tomorrow are three series that have us extremely excited.
The Penguins are playing Game 6 against the Flyers. We are turning to superstitions at this point. Henrik has to wear her Jeff Carter Flyers t-shirt and Noodles has to leave the room when "What You Missed" comes on. And that's just the beginning of our weird superstitions.
Then, the Blackhawks are playing host to the Flames for Game 5. If they win or lose, we will find out via text message again while dancing with other sweaty people. Should be good times.
And the last game is Ducks at Sharks for Game 5. Noodles is the only one of us who is not so secretly cheering for the Ducks. Everyone else loves Dan Boyle and Torrey Mitchell and Patrick Marleau so they're all Sharks fans.
So the other night, LeTude and Noodles were cooking a frozen pizza and suddenly Noodles screamed, "OH MY GOD WHO WERE WE GOING TO DO FOR DATE NIGHT?" (She has the memory of a goldfish.) And LeTude calmly said, "Bobby Ryan, duh." And all was right in the world.
Interests scoring while mid-air, making retarded faces and being a Calder candidate
Random Fact shares a birthday with LeTude's father and is a reformed fatty (thanks to Dan Boyle and Mark Eaton)
What Happens On The Date You get a call from "B Ry" sometime in the early afternoon. And Bobby says to be ready in ten minutes to go to the beach. You scramble around the house looking for clothes and that bikini that you threw somewhere after the last time you went to the beach. He arrives five minutes late in Ryan Getzlaf's car and you drive to the beach. He carries your giant bag to the sand and lays out the towel. Then he proceeds to 'take you to the gun show' and shows off his newly sculpted arms for at least five minutes. Then the two of you go into the ocean where he tries to make out with you before a giant wave smacks you both in the back of the head. You go back to the boardwalk where he buys you an ice cream cone and watches you eat it. (He can't have one because of the electronic bracelet Dan Boyle makes him wear that shocks him if he goes within one foot of anything fattening.) He drives you home and gives you a kiss on your doorstep where he waits expectantly to be invited in.
Was It A Satisfactory Date?
Did you have fun with B Ry at the beach? Was it fun to watch him flex? Do you invite him in?
At least the Jackets gave it all they had at the end. Johan Franzen is scary ugly.
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(3) New Jersey Devils / (6) Carolina Hurricanes
New Jersey leads series 3-2 after a 1-0 win.
Martin Brodeur stops whining and actually stop pucks. Who else is shocked?
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(1) San Jose Sharks / (8) Anaheim Ducks
Ducks lead series 3-1 after a 4-0 win.
Bobby Ryan is like a hurricane of goals. He is tormenting Nabokov right now and it's kind of sad for our resident Shark fans.
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(4) Pittsburgh Penguins / (5) Philadelphia Flyers
Penguins lead series even after a 3-0 loss to the Flyers.
Whatever. This game didn't happen. Or at least we don't want it to. We are going to admit it, we thought that this was going to be over last night. And when it wasn't, well, count us stunned.
