Sorry I'm late on my predictions for round 2. I've had a lot on my plate over the past couple days. I won't go as in depth as I like but this is what I'm thinking even though a couple games have already happened.
East
Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Capitals in 6
Though I like the Lighting's all round play I think the Caps offense and defense match up to the lightnings pretty well. This will come down to goaltending and I think the lighting will ware out as the series goes further since they had that 7 games with the Pens.
Flyers vs. Bruins REMATCH!: Flyers in 7
This will be the series of the 2nd round. We saw the miracle last season for the Flyers and you know the Bruins will be looking for payback. Why am I going with the Flyers? Believe it or not they are getting healthy and have Pronger back in the line up. In fact when he returned Buffalo didn't have the same jump offensively as they did before. Bruins are coming out of a grinder with the Canadians and I'm sure that will effect them in the end.
West
Canucks vs. Predators: Predators in 6
I'm not impressed wit the Canucks. They celebrate like crazy over beating a Blackhawks teams that was a shadow of their former self. Granted they had that power forward to bug Luongo the series would of been in the Hawks favor. On paper they have the superior team but that doesn't mean they know how to finish. That said, I was really impressed by the Predators in round 1. They really play a teams game and really proved me wrong in being a pure defense team. They lost game 1 but I'm still sticking with them to win it in 6.
Red Wings vs. Sharks: Red Wings in 6
This is a tough one to pick. I much rather see the Sharks move on but I think the Wings will be looking at redemption in this series. Also with the amazing performance by Pavel Datsyuk and the return of Henrik Zetterberg... I really feel they will be producing a ton of goals for the Wings.
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