Official First Round of the NHL Playoffs Thread

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Two series end yesterday:

Devils sweep NY Rangers
Ottawa defeats Tampa Bay in 5

Utter domination in both series by these two clubs; it should be *very* interesting if they somehow meet in the Eastern Conference Finals. New Jersey held Martin Havlat to 0 goals in 2003 - this was by Ken Daneyko clutching, grabbing, and icing the puck whenever he could. I don't think they can do that this time around. Still, it's up in the air who either of these teams will face:

If Carolina wins, NJ faces Carolina and Ottawa faces the winner of Buffalo/Philadelphia.

If Montreal wins, Ottawa faces Montreal and NJ faces the winner of Buffalo/Philadelphia.

Also an interesting prospect out west. 3 seed Calgary is ahead 3-2 on Anaheim. 8 seed Edmonton is ahead of Detroit. And with 2 seed Dallas down 3-1 to 7 seed Colorado, it very well could be a Calgary-Edmonton 2nd round if both can close out their respective matchups. The great thing about the 2nd round is that OLN has no choice but to show these games - they would be fantastic.