I fail as a blogger, plain and simple. Playoff brackets and minor explanations.

BUT that doesn't mean I'm not going to keep trying!

Here, have a bracket.

In explanation of my Western (because yes I know it's visually screwed up) Detroit is not playing San Jose in my bracket until the THIRD round. For the second round, in the West, at least, GO BY SEEDING NUMBERS. High seed plays low seed. So I have Detroit matched up against Colorado, and San Jose against Dallas. ...If that confused anyone, let me know, and I'll try to explain further. XD

I was going to do writeups for each matchup...But then I got lazy and bored. So...Have at the bracket. Ninety percent of it is personal bias. I may have Detroit going all the way, but that's becuase i have money riding on them. I'm really actually pulling for the Caps. Who would have thought little old Western Conference me would pull for an Eastern Conference team?

This is me not caring about the playoffs! :D

So yeah. I hate Anaheim, and am not the biggest fan of Ottawa either. So I'll just cut to the chase.

Ottawa in 7.

I'll go back to ignoring hockey now, kthx.

PS: I'm in Atlanta now. Kari Lehtonen: ...You better fear for your life. :D

Firefox ate my post.

So I had started a playoff predictions post earlier, and then my Firefox imploded, and I lost it. Gee, thanks, Firefox. SO MUCH.

Anyways. Here's a shortened version of what it was going to be.

Western Conference

(1)DET vs (2)ANA
So, I had this nice little paragraph written up about these two teams, and how I disliked them both at the beginning of the season, and now I have a stupid affection for the Wings. Seeing as I can't remember what it all said, I'm just gonna say this is going to be a very hard fought series.

My Prediction: Detroit in 7

Eastern Conference

(1)BUF vs (4)OTT
Gee, another matchup where I like one team and loathe the other. Again, both teams are very good, and it will be hard fought. Not to mention The Brawl that happened earlier this season. Will we see a repeat performance? Let's hope not. We don't have Martin Biron to go up against Ray Emery anymore. ...Though that could possibly be a good thing, no matter how much I love Marty. *pats him*

My Prediction: Buffalo in 7

So there you have it. I don't think I've been right so far, so who knows what'll really happen? :D

Playoff hockey? ...Oh yeah, that's still going on. :D

So. I'm not dead, honestly. Just have been kind of blah lately, but figured I'd give my predictions/thoughts/whatever on the next round.

Eastern Conference

(1)Buffalo v. (6)New York Rangers
Well, I have an affection for both teams, but I want Buffalo to advance. A goal from Petr Prucha for NYR would not be discouraged though.

My Prediction: Buffalo in 6.

(2)New Jersey v. (4)Ottawa
...Can I say neither? No? Ok. Uh. Damn this one is really hard.

My Prediction: New Jersey in 7.

Western Conference

(1)Detroit v. (5)San Jose
So, as much as I love San Jose lately, I still have to go with Detroit, because of the rookies. That and I'm a horrible Ohio girl. *sigh*

My Prediction: Detroit in 5.

(2)Anaheim v. (3)Vancouver
This one's harder. Anaheim has been a good team all year. But, I'd love to see Vancouver go forward, soooo. (No mid-series breakdown, this time, ok, Canucks? Ok. Awesome.)

My Prediction: Vancouver in 6.
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So, right, I think that's it from me for now.