Another wild round is in the books. Dallas got beat by St. Louis so that leaves only San Jose still playing who I thought could make it this far. I didn’t think Carolina would do anything and they booted the Islanders off the ice in 4 games!

The only team I don’t want to win now is Boston. They have enough Cups, for now. They’re one of the most prolific winners in the NHL to date. It’s easy to hate them for that and it’s Boston so the yucks keep stacking up. While they are the favorite, they can’t relax with Carolina. They keep proving they aren’t a fluke, they have the talent on the entire team to win the Cup.

I’m pulling more for San Jose over St. Louis as they have a few guys who are close to the end of their career now. SJ has been a contender for many years now and it feels like it’s now or…a very long wait until they can get a team this strong again. St. Louis has never won the Cup either, so the West side of the bracket is a great story no matter who makes it to the Championship.