First Round Picks by Smellnose and Geek

It's Stanley Cup playoff time which means it's time for Harry Smellnose and Jimmy the Geek to give us their predictions for this year's contenders and pretenders. It's allergy season and Harry Smellnose has a nostril full boggers that he's going to blow into his magic hanky. So, what is your pick for the eastern conference Harry? "I'm going with the Rangers over the Sens in six despite Ottawa's dominance over NY in the regular season. Tim Thomas and his Bruins will make their defense of the Cup interesting by slipping past Ovi and the Caps in six. The Great Eight has too much on his plate.

It looks like Mr Thomas Goes to Washington after all. That's alright: Obama is a Blackhawks fan anyway.The Devils will fork the Panthers in seven. The most intriguing first round match up in the east will be the Pens and the Flyers. Not to be outdone by fellow Ruskie Ovechkin, scoring champ "Gino" Malkin shows that he can slip past a defender and down the throat of a fan faster than Jimmy the Geek can say WHOA!".

The Penquins will escape the Flyers in seven. "Sid the Kid" will rise to the occassion in game 7. For the western conference, The Pucking Files turn to Jimmy the Geek for his forecast. "Hiya hockey fans; Jimmy the Geek here. I know sumpin you may not know; Dats dis; Our old finger- biting friends in Vancouver are going to have no problem takin a bite outa da L.A. Queens. It'll be Canucks in a sweep. The Blues may be blue when the Sharks beat them in seven games. If however, the Blues get by San Jose then they are going to the finals. Da Blackhawks over the Yotes in six. Red Wings fans have reason to worry. It's a first round match up with Nashville that is going seven and landing the Preds in the next round. If the Predators win this series and St. Louis loses, I see Nashville in the finals".
Well there you go puckingphiles! We can't forget that Moe has his prediction: "Blue and Green will be the only series to go eight!"