2010 NHL Playoffs Expert Picks: Round 3

By John in Bruins, Featured, Now!, Opinion ⋅ May 15, 2010 at 12:57pm ⋅ Post a comment

Jaroslav Halak has been the man to beat all playoffs long, and doesn't look to stop any time soon. (Jamie Sabau / Getty Images)

No more Bruins, no problem. At least for the Canadiens, right? They beat two of the best teams around, and now they face a #7 team that just finished beating an injured team, and is down to their backup goalie. And the Sharks don’t do well in the playoffs, but have forged ahead to the Conference Finals, where the surprising Blackhawks will meet them to determine who gets to have a major edge for the Stanley Cup Finals.

With more experience in May, four of our experts have the Blackhawks moving on, while four of us see the Canadiens as a better team than Philadelphia, who had better not let beating an injured Bruins team go to their heads.

As the only one to pick a Flyers/Blackhawks series, our leader KC is in danger of dropping quite a bit. He’s in danger of dropping four points to Mike and a full six to yours truly (the two second place competitors). That being said, anyone not picking both the Canadiens and Blackhawks is in danger of dropping, but also has a chance of surging ahead. We’ll just have to wait and see what happens.

As before, a correct guess for series winner gets two points while a correct guess for series length gets one point. Whatever happens in Round 3, Round 4 will feature something special for anyone looking to throw up a Hail Mary, so stay tuned.

	Name	Brian	Erikk	John	KC	Mike P	Teddy
Flyers vs Canadiens	Winner	Canadiens	Canadiens	Canadiens	Flyers	Flyers	Canadiens
	Series Length	6	6	6	7	6	6
Sharks vs Blachhawks	Winner	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Sharks	Blackhawks	Sharks	Blackhawks
	Series Length	7	7	6	7	6	6
Total	Points	15	15	16	17	16	14

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Round 2

	Name	Brian	Erikk	John	KC	Mike P	Teddy
Penguins vs Canadiens	Winner	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins
	Series Length	5	6	5	5	6	6
Bruins vs Flyers	Winner	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins	Bruins
	Series Length	6	5	6	7	6	6
Sharks vs Red Wings	Winner	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings
	Series Length	7	6	6	6	7	7
Blackhawks vs Canucks	Winner	Blackhawks	Canucks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks
	Series Length	6	7	6	7	6	5
Total	Points	15	15	16	17	16	14

Table Legend

Two point picks are bolded.
One point picks are italicized.
Zero point picks are crossed out.

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Round 1

	Name	Brian	Erikk	John	KC	Mike P	Teddy
Capitals vs Canadiens	Winner	Capitals	Capitals	Capitals	Capitals	Capitals	Capitals
	Series Length	5	-4-	-4-	-4-	-4-	5
Devils vs Flyers	Winner	Devils	Devils	Devils	Devils	Devils	Flyers
	Series Length	6	5	7	5	7	6
Sabres vs Bruins	Winner	Bruins	Bruins	Sabres	Bruins	Bruins	Sabres
	Series Length	7	7	7	7	7	5
Penguins vs Senators	Winner	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins	Penguins
	Series Length	5	6	6	6	6	6
Sharks vs Avalanche	Winner	Sharks	Sharks	Sharks	Sharks	Sharks	Sharks
	Series Length	7	5	6	6	6	-4-
Blackhawks vs Predators	Winner	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks	Blackhawks
	Series Length	5	-4-	5	6	6	5
Canucks vs Kings	Winner	Canucks	Canucks	Canucks	Kings	Kings	Canucks
	Series Length	7	6	6	7	7	5
Coyotes vs Red Wings	Winner	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Red Wings	Coyotes
	Series Length	6	6	6	6	5	7
Total	Points	12	15	13	14	13	12