Penguins are marching, they are now 7-0 so far in the playoffs, and the Rangers seem powerless to stop them. The Dallas Stars have got the Sharks totally figured out and outsmarted and also lead 3-0 in their series and the Detroit Red Wings, much thanks to a certain Mule, are just steamrolling over the oft-injured Colorado Avalanche. Three out of four series in the second round could stop at just twelve games which means we're missing out on at least four or five games, theoretically, we could be missing as much as nine games but it is very rare that three out of four series goes to seven games. On the other hand, isn't it just as unlikely that many series end in sweeps? It is, and I don't think we'll see three sweeps.
I'm gonna say Rangers in Game 4 and that the series ends 4-1. I think Dallas will take Game 4 and sweep the lame Sharks. Colorado will win Game 4 on sheer determination but ultimately the Wings will prove to tough of an obstacle. It would have been cool to see these two teams battle it out while the Avs were at full power but all these injuries are finally taking its toll on them.
Thankfully the Montreal-Philadelphia series is providing everything I want from a great playoff series, two equal teams bringing out the very best in each other while fighting it out to the very end (hopefully a Game 7), great individual performances (Martin Biron), suckerpunch-controversies and, ultimately, coaches arguing about it.
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The Pens look unstoppable as they try to become the first team to go 8-0 in the playoffs since the seven-game series was introduced in 1987. Two other teams, Montreal in 1989 and NY Rangers in 1994, managed to go 7-0 and both teams went to the Stanley Cup finals.
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