Another sports blog/Ducks are through!!!

Editor's Note: I'd write about the Virginia Tech Massacre, but I feel enough people has already chipped in their two cents.

After more than a week of playoffs, let's check up on the western match-ups:

Wings-Flames: So fine, Calgary managed to win 2 games at home, whatever. They're a totally different team away from home, I've never seen anything like this, in the two games in Detroit, they were DESTROYED, but in Calgary, they were just awesome. So I guess it's too bad that they didn't win enough in the regular season to get home-court advantage. Otherwise, I'd pick them to win the Stanley Cup instead of being eliminated in the first round.

Ducks-Wild: Some pregame drama in game five: there was a scuffle and Teemu "Salami" got hit in the face by a puck. Nothing big, Ducks, my eventual champions, gets through first round with no problem.

Canucks-Stars: Another overtime game, but this time Stars won. It looks like Vacouver's going to win, but I'm still sticking with my upset pick and go with Dallas.

Preds-Sharks: Nothing much here, Shark in command of the series and Preds regretting mortgaging the future for Forsberg.

That's it for the western series. In other news: THE CROSBY SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED, the Pens get shut-out in game five.

Now onto some NBA playoffs analysis:

-Detroit gets through the first round for obvious reasons.

-Cleveland gets through because Washington has the big 1 out of the big 3.

-Nuggets, Warriors, and Lakers all have good players to make the series watchable, but the Dallas-Phoenix-San Antonio big 3 in the west will win, no question.

-Houston and Utah are nowhere nearly as close as the standings indicate. Utah has been sliding near the end of the season and will continue to slide out of the playoffs. Utah has no athleticism, no superstars(compared to 2 for Houston), and no chance (unless Yao or MacGrady gets injured).

Now onto the more interesting match-ups:

-Miami and Chicago play in the first round in what is possibly the most evenly matched series. Chicago's defense and depth is good enough to win. Miami, though, has 4 almost guaranteed Hall of Famers(coach Riley, Shaquille O'Neal, Gary Payton, and Alonzo Mourning) and a young superstar, and I think they'll win because of their experience.

-Toronto will probably beat New Jersey due to the revenge factor. And the Nets don't have anyone to deal with Chris Bosh. The series could go 7 games though just because of Vince Carter and Jason Kidd.

That's it for now...