Playoffs 2nd Round Western Conference

So even though these two series are nearly half over already I'm not going to be changing any of my original predictions.

Western Conference

Blues vs Kings

Coyotes vs Predators

Let's start off the with St.Louis Blues and the LosAngeles Kings. This is one of those series that should be incredibly tight. These two teams finished 1st and 2nd respectively in goals against in the regular season (1st being the least amount of goals against) and on top of that they have two of the top goalies this season. So this makes this series a hard one to predict, and I believe we're going to be seeing a lot of one goal games in this series, but ultimately I believe St.Louis will win because they've proven over the regular season that they're capable of playing that defencive kind of game better than LosAngeles. I predict a Blues win in 7 games. 

The Coyotes and Predators is another hard series to predict because they also both play similar styles and also both have elite goaltending. At first glance you would think that Nashville would have a major advantage over Phoenix but that's not the case, because in a series like this goaltending is everything and I don't think there's been a better goaltender in the playoffs than Mike Smith, not to mention Shane Doan has been a major force in this years playoffs. However I still believe that Nashville will win because of more experience, not only as a team but as a group of individuals and I also believe that Nashville is the more hungry of the two teams. I predict a Nashville win in 6 games.