Who do you folks think'll win the cup?  At work we have a pool going.  My picks for the finals are:

     Western: detroit versus calgary with detroit winning
     Eastern: ottawa versus carolina with carolina winning

     Finals detroit beating out carolina.

I'm praying Ottawa can make it past the first round.
IF they can, I think they can make it to the finals (where they will lose to Detroit).
On the other hand, if Edmonton keeps it up, maybe... MAYBE they can make it past the first round and eliminate the damned Red Wings.  
And I can't I am supporting the Avs, but ANY team that faces the Stars is tops in my book for that round at least (I do not like the Avs.. so it is saying a LOT that I support THEM over Dallas.).
Oh and since I was a Canadians fan before I was a Sens fan I was very VERY pleased to see them take the series lead 2-0 in away games!!!  Oh god if they can eliminate the Canes that would be soo soo sweet!

But in my hockey pool before any games were played I had Ottawa/Detroit (with the assumption Detroit would take it) and I had Jersey and Calgary going far too.. so I suppose those are the ones I thought would make it far enough to get me the points I needed to win the pool!!  And some one offs I took (bleh!) Dallas.. but as much as I don't like em, I think they got some damned good players.

Freakin' montreal I really don't like that team.  And if they beat the hurricanes then I can kiss my $5 bet goodbye!

Hahahaha.... so I guess you were happy with last night's game then?
What a crap goal it was on the Cane's part.
Before liking Ottawa I was a Montreal fan, so naturally I still support them.
But I'll be happy if ANY Canadian team beats any American team!

I was happy, because I HATE MONTREAL! I cheer for Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, the leafs, every american team,  then montreal... in that order... and I don't cheer for american teams ever.

What is it about Montreal you hate so much?  Did you hate the Nordique's too when they were around?

Montreal is like the yankees in baseball, I do not like a team that has won the championship so many times...  The nordiques I didn't mind them so much...

Well I like all the Cdn teams but my order of pref is:
Ottawa
Edmonton
Montreal/Calgary
Vancouver
Toronto

There are some Yankee teams I might cheer for against the Leafs unless it meant the Stanley Cup.. it is a Cdn possesion and should under NO REASON be permitted to leave the country during the off season.

In truth if all Cdn teams are elimated I am happy if Dallas is defeated first, Colorado next and then the Mighty Ducks.

The ducks should be eliminated... from the earth

Agreed - a Disney hockey team is just shameful.
I suppose it must pay well though or else why would anyone play for them.

Also shameful: any Texan team.
Just uber uber shame with any team situated there.
They too should be eliminated from the earth.

Yes, I agree... and Ernest Borgnine too for good measure.

Yah I wouldn't miss him too much.
Oh and Hitler.
We all know he's living the high life off in Cuba or Siberia or something.

Actually in an unfortunate moment on Wednesday I noticed the one service manager at our meeting in Sudbury struck an alarming resemblance to Adolf himself.  He was short-ish, and thin.. had the hiltter-hairdo and had a mustache that wasn't quite narrow enough to be a hitler-stache, but wasn't the full width of the upper lip either.  Every time this guy spoke I felt like I should raise my hand high up in the air.  I can imagine a conservative group like GM dealers probably would have found the humour in that, right?  Right?

Wow the oilers?  Whoever bet on them to win IN Detroit just made a wad of dough!  Hopefully Calgary can beat anaheim.  

I hope Calgary can beat Anaheim but I have a bad feeling that they won't.

I am so happy that my top two teams made it to the next round though!  Oh my it would be hard to cheer if the final game came down to the Oilers vs the Sens... being an under-dogger I would be tempted to cheer for the Oilers but I want my Sens to get the ring they've been working so hard over the past many years to acheive.

Whatever happens I DO hope Colorado gets eliminated.  It ain't likey (they are my new cup contender unfortunately) but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyhow.

WOOOOHOOO Since Carolina won I won the office pool!  $42.50 for me and $42.50 for the charity of my choice!   BTW I picked detroit to beat Carolina in the finals, but on points I was better than anyone else.