Hockey Playoffs

There's a highly unusual situation in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs this year. All four of the top seeds in the East made it through while all the lower seeds in the West won their first round series.

One result is that San Jose, the five seed, will have home ice advantage throughout the Western Conference finals (if they can get by Edmonton). Pretty cool.

Also, there are no teams in the Eastern or Central time zones left in the West (Detroit, Nashvile & Dallas all lost). This will make for much better travel schedules for the remaining teams. It's still far to Edmonton though.

Games start up tonight. The Devils play tomorrow morning but San Jose doesn't play until Sunday. I can't wait!