Very Quick Round 2 Picks
By What can I say, when you’re right 25% of the time, you’re wrong 75% of the time. (Florida couldn’t even salvage my upset special!) For what very little it’s worth, I’m inclined pretty much to go chalk this round — In descending order of confidence, Philly, Predators, Rangers (although since New York has a lot of the same strengths and weaknesses as the Bruins I’ll be interested to see how Washington does.) Since I don’t like picking all favorites unless I feel really strongly, I’ll take Los Angeles, with some misgivings. St. Louis were very impressive in the first round but then so were the Kings against tougher opposition, and Jeff Carter (playing on one leg) might be able to contribute something. As I said last time, LA’s 8 seed is misleading; since Sutter took over they’ve been a 102 point team, which I think is truer to the talent on their roster. I think they’ll eke out what should be a close and terrific series.