Canucks Nation

[Cross-posted from Urban Vancouver.]

Everybody I talked to thinks the Canucks are going close out the series against the Dallas Stars tonight, but nobody thinks they're going to win by as much as I think they are, 4 goals to 1. (The consensus is 2-1, maybe 3-1 with an empty-netter.) Also I'm going with Cowan for the game-winner, despite my two wrong predictions that he would score the overtime winner in Games 1 and 3.

The NHL playoffs are back in Vancouver after a three-year hiatus (including the lockout), and longer if you consider getting knocked out in the first round of 2004. I've got playoff fever, though only a case strong enough to put a Canucks sticker on my iPod and wave a flag on Hastings Street after the Canucks win. I'm no good with predicting anything, and plus it's better to put your money where your mouth is with a bet or, if you're really serious, a prediction market. But here goes anyway: I'm predicting that the Canucks will make it into the second round. After that, I have no idea: they are going to have a tough time with Anaheim or San Jose, or even Calgary, my second choice for Stanley Cup champion. The consensus seems to be Canucks in 6 games (though The Dallas Morning News blogger Mike Heika is predicting Vancouver in 7), but I'm going out on a limb and saying they'll win it at home in 5.

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