Penguins.  They know what it takes to win at this time of year and are willing to do whatever it takes, Crosby is on a mission, and they have the desire to close out the Igloo with another Cup.  Not to mention the fact that their path to the finals has been made substantially easier with the knockouts of Washington and New Jersey (not to say it will be easy, just easier). 

Penguins - experience counts for a lot at this time of year. Plus, the Pens are playing balanced hockey. But, the road won't be easy, and they have no margin for error.

Penguins rock.  Real hockey is played here in the US, not north of the border.

Ask me after the next round--too many good teams on a roll: Habs, Flyers, Canucks and then SJ bursts out of the gate. Being a Pittsburgher by birth, I'm biased, but not to the point of missing the big picture.

Blackhawks. They don't even know how good they are. They remain unfazed by anything.

Sanjose will prevail over Chicago. It will be a close scoring series,but will be decided in 6games or less. Buyflen will be matched up with Murry of the sharks and won,t be able to run the crease like he did with vancouver. SanJose can easily match and exceed Chicago scoring. The team that truly has to be reconed with is Montreal (The giant killers).