Take these to the bank!
East
(1) Boston over (8) Montreal in 5 games - Montreal is 24-7 in 31 playoff series against Boston, but there's no ****ing way that they win this one. No ****ing way.
(2) Washington over (7) New York Rangers in 7 games - Even though Jose Theodore ****ing blows, it's hard to bet against Ovechkin. He'll win 4 games for the Caps, while Theo loses 3 for them.
(3) New Jersey over (6) Carolina in 4 games - Don't bet against Martin Brodeur in the playoffs, especially since Brodeur didn't have to play very much in the regular season.
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Philadelphia in 6 games - Meh, whatever.
West
(1) San Jose over (8) Anaheim in 6 games - Anaheim has been on fire lately, but eight seeds don't upset one seeds.
(7) Columbus over (2) Detroit in 6 games - Upset pick of the year! Detroit's goaltending blows, Columbus's goaltending is amazing. Columbus gets it done in their playoffs debut.
(3) Vancouver over (6) St. Louis in 7 games - St. Louis has finished the season very strong, but Luongo shuts everyone down. Bet the under on every game in this series.
(5) Calgary over (4) Chicago in 7 games - Chicago is the trendy team, but Calgary has better goaltending and they get it done.