Playoffs !!!!!!!

Spring is here and that means both my Bruins and Celtics take another stabb at having a parade down Tremont St.

Celtics:

The C's have had an up and down season all year. They've played up to the level of their competition all season. Going into this year, all I wanted was this team to be healthy going into the playoffs, and my wish has been granted. Now that " Red 44" got through the 82 game season unscathed while riding the Pine ( no homo), he can now drop J's in N*ggas faces !!! 

Noticing that against less than average teams, the C's play has been lack- a -dazeical. And when big games come around, say on National TV, they really do seem to just flip the switch, and make moves. As a fan I'm ok with them "sandbagg'n" all year ( losing a game to the nets and going 3-1 against the sixers is unforgivable). The only team in the East that I'm terrified of facing are the Atlanta Hawks, who went 4-0 against the Celt's this year, and wouldn't meet until the Eastern finals. But mainly, the good guys in Green are healthy and like I predicted they will go 7 games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Any further would exceed my expectations. 

.....8 year old Daylon Trotman aka The Celtics good luck charm.

NBA Playoff Prediction:

 

East Finals - Magic over Celtics in 7

West Finals - Nuggets over Lakers in 6

Finals - Nuggets over Magic in 6

Bruins:

38 years and counting

Besides being awarded the #2 pick in June's Super Draft last night. ( Future Beasts, Taylor Hall or Tyler Seguin, Welcome.). The B's were expected this season to take the next step in being one of the Leagues elite and validate their #1 seed of a year ago. Well injury plagued all year and having not one  30 goal srorer, they did the exact opposite. It seemed like every time a player sneezed, he'd be out 2- 3 weeks with a sprained hip flexer or injured oblique. Still with their style of play keeping them in every game( blue-collar), and honing one of leagues worst teams in putting the puck in the net, they somehow were able to snag the 6th seed in the East. 

...........EEEEEWWWWWWWW

The B's draw their divsion rival Buffalo Sabres which starts Thursday. Though without blue liner Dennis Seidenberg and arguably their best player in C Marc Savaard for the rest of the season, I still love this matchup for the B's. They took 4 of 6 games from the Sabres this year, and Goalie Tuuka Rask who is on fire right now holds a 3-1 record against Sabres goalie and U.S. winter olympic hero Ryan Miller. Put it this way, with both teams offenses very stagnant. The team with the better goalie will move on. 

And with the B's in my eyes playing their best hockey of the year, winning 5 of their last 7, they could very well have that cinderella run to the Stanley Cup Finals like the '06 Oilers or the '03 Mighty Ducks. But if they do make the run I so hope to see this spring, it'll all start with the "TAKE NO-BULLSHIT KICK-ASS" play of winger Milan Lucic.

Stanley Cup Playoff predictions:

Prince of Wales Conference (East) - Bruins over Flyers in 7

( I see myself losing allot of good friends if my hypothesis is correct)

Clarence Campbell Conference (West) - Blackhawks over Red Wings in 7

Finals: Blackawks over Bruins in 7

It's been exactly 20 years since the B's were in the Finals and 18 years for the 'hawks. Like I always say, " Nothing Ever Stays the Same". 

Playoffs are here so.....

GET UP !!!!!!!