The Final Four

There's an old saying in hockey: a day without a Boston Bruins overtime loss is a day without sunshine.

Last night's game seven overtime game between the Bruins and the Hurricanes was exciting. I just watched the highlights this morning, and there sure was lots of action. There were a couple of spectacular saves by Tim Thomas - the best of the losing goalies in the playoffs, I thought, though Luongo was consistently excellent - right Lane?. Samsonov's goal was amazing. The overtime was really exciting, though the goal to end the game wasn't a classic.

I was cheering for the Ducks in their series against Detroit - probably the only person outside of Southern California. Again, the winning goal was a bit garbagy, but it was a good game and a good series. The Red Wings have to be prohibitive favourites to repeat now.

Looks like Marc has pretty much swept things in our pool. He was the only one of us to pick two of the Final Four: Chicago & Detroit. Sylvianne, Dean, and Bert & Ev all picked Pittsburgh, while Jesse and Sarah picked Detroit. None of us saw the Hurricanes coming. I pick Carolina now to face Detroit in the final, but to no avail. The Red Wings will only get stronger now.

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