The First Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs

If there is one thing I look forward to year in, year out, it is the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and even hockey fan with their head properly screwed on straight would agree it is the best two weeks of the year to be a fan. Multiple games on TV almost every night (with overtime if we are lucky) and if you are lucky the team you eat-sleep-breathe is one of the 16 teams left to chase the mug Lord Stanley decided to donate to the National Hockey League so many years ago.

Nothing against rounds two, three and of course four,  but the first round always takes the cake and always will. This year we had some interesting stories lines take place and unfold, making the second round just as, if not more compelling. How far will Ovechken and the Capitals go? Are the Predators the Rodney Dangerfield team of the NHL? or will Guy Boucher's magic in Tampa continue....and what's the deal with the Canucks anyways? We could go on and on but in the end the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs are already shaping up well in two ways....some great action every night and we will see a new Champion come June. Can't wait.