Hockey is Cool

With the Conference Finals here the days of multiple games on every night are gone, and that is sad. All four series from last round were amazing (three go the distance to seven games, are you serious?). Also the Ottawa of the West is out so that makes me happy.

If you have even a passing interest in hockey you should be salivating at the idea of the potential Pittsburgh-Chicago final. That would be absolutely amazing for so many reasons...

• Two young teams
• Both offensive powers
• Pittsburgh knowing how it feels to lose in the finals and never wanting that to happen again
• Chicago seemingly toying with all competition by continually spotting them early leads only to come roaring back
• Pittsburgh has two of the top scorers in the league
• Chicago has probably the most balanced offensive game of any team in the league
• The speed and back and forth play in such a final would be amazing
• Lets not forget the goalies and defence, both teams are very adequate, to say the least, in those areas

Of course I am getting ahead of myself, both those teams need to beat out a very capable opponent.

Pittsburgh-Carolina
Of course I am cheering for Pittsburgh, did you not read the first part of this post? Everyone knows I was going for Washington last round. That had nothing to do with a dislike for Pittsburgh but more so due to a budding man-crush for Ovechkin. I make fun of Sidney 'Promise-Ring' Crosby alot, but come on, he is an amazing player and I want to see him win. If for no other reason than I would assume Mario would finally let Sid stay out past 10:30 for a night of celebrations.

Detroit-Chicago
While the Wings are a great team I just really want to see all the young guys on Chicago get to the finals, they are way too exciting to not see in the next round. The one great thing about this series is regardless of who wins, there will not be any Stanley Cup Final games played at 10:30 because thankfully no west coast teams are around. So we can all watch the Finals and still be productive members of society the next day, nice.

So there you have it, not my predictions but my hopes of who will prevail in the Conference Finals. The playoffs have been amazing thus far and it looks like they will continue that trend in the next couple of weeks.