For years I have been following one rule when making my NHL playoff predictions. That rule is: Never Pick San Jose after the 2nd round. Time after time I picked them to either win the West or win the Cup and they always, always, always choked. I can pick them in the 1st. I can even pick them in the 2nd. Never, though, can I pick them after that. That is rule number one.
After yesterday I now have a rule number two: Never pick St Louis in the first round. They are incapable of winning a first round series so I don’t have to worry about any other round. Three years in a row they go out in one when they should have advanced. My days of picking the St Louis Blues have officially come to an end.
Inside the Red Head's Head 