Hockey Prognostication Addendum

I believe I may have mentioned that I hate the Sabers.  Oh how I hate the Sabers.  I danced the danced of bliss when they announced their bankruptcy a couple of years ago, and I dance the dance of bliss when Rod Brind’Amour potted that third period goal.  I think I woke the neighbors with my screaming,  soccer~esque, “GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!”

I am officially back over .500 in the pick-the-play-off-winner game.  6/8 in the quarters.  0/4 in the semis.  2/2 in the conference finals.  That’s 8/14 over all for a success rate of 57.14% with just one more series to go.

That final series however presents me with a quandary…

Who do I route for?  Who do I pick to win?  Do I pick one and route for the other? (I did that with Carolina in the 2nd round.  I picked New Jersey and routed for the Whale and the Whale won in five)

I wanted Edmonton to win the West simply because I want to see Sergei Samsonov win the Stanley Cup in the same year Boston traded him away.  I’m a Sammy fan, but I’m also in this for the vengeance.  Boston screwed their fan base over in a colossal way this year and I want to see them eat shit over it.

I wanted Carolina to win the East because for the last few years they have been the parent club of my Lowell Lock Monsters.  I’ve seen a lot of their players in Lowell.  Here’s a list:
Chad LaRose
Craig Adams
Mike Commodore
Andrew Ladd
Eric Staal
Cam Ward
and those are just the guys on the current roster that I can remember off the top of my head.

What a hockey quandary I’m in.  Do I cheer for Commie Samsonov or do I cheer for Commie Commodore?

It’s too soon for me to decide.  I have to think about this one for a while.  I’ll post again before game one begins on Monday.

Until then, look at this picture, taken from www.thegazette.uwo.ca…