Well it's been a whole day and its finally starting to really sink in that Edmonton is going to the next round. I spotted Oilers flags on vehicles all over town today, which I haven't seen, well, ever. Plus my boss wants to put me back on nights for some strange reason. And he's a Flames booster. Coincidence?
And the reality that Stevie Y is most likely done makes me sad. Alans' new avatar makes me feel a little bad that his team lost last night. Now I wonder why he wasn't on the ice for the final faceoff of the night. What, did Red Wings coach Mike Bab**** think Pavel Datsyuk ( who hasn't had a goal in 25 playoff games ) was going to pot the tying goal with five seconds left? If there was ever an Yzerman moment, I think that would have been it.
I can't remember last year too well but does anyone else remember hearing that #19 was ready to hang up his skates in December? You can hope that his play in the second half would encourage him to keep playing next year, but you can't really ask a guy who is just about bionic now to push himself like that.
And tomorrow night will officially wrap up the first round. I might go back a few pages to see if I actually had any other series picked right. Edmonton was 3-5 against Calgary this year, but owned the Ducks in regular season play. Of course the playoffs are a whole different story, but now I'm torn as to who I want to see win.