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NHL Playoffs -- Experts' Picks - NHL
SECOND ROUND Series (Games) Amber Buccigross Burnside Cohn Hradek Melrose Montreal vs. Philly Canadiens (win in 6) Canadiens (win in 6) Canadiens (win in 5) Canadiens (win in 7) Canadiens (win in 5) Flyers (win in 7) Pittsburgh vs. NYR Penguins (win in 7) Penguins (win in 7) Penguins (win in 6) Rangers (win in 6) Penguins (win in 7) Penguins (win ...
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Don Cherry to Join ESPN So He Can Also Not Pick Flyers
The ADD Show - Aaron and Dave Discuss — ... for the remainder of the 2008 playoffs. The former coach and player will donate his ESPN earnings to the Humane Society (In all seriousness, that’s pretty cool). He will continue to work for CBC and Hockey Night in Canada. Cherry joins a laundry list of hockey “experts” at ESPN who are picking against the Flyers (for a change). Only John Buccigross picked the Flyers to win in the first round against the Washington Capitals, and only Barry Melrose picked them to win in the second round against the Montréal Canadiens. No official word from ESPN yet on Don Cherry’s picks for ...

Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Preview and Predictions
FanIQ Blog — ... In Halifax, the Qualification Round of the IIHF World Championships is underway. Surprise! Canada is leading so far.  Here are the standings.   Barry Melrose and Linda Cohn are horrible at predicting playoff series winners.

Previewing The Flyers-Penguins [NHL Playoff Preview]
Deadspin — ... Ignorance: It's Amazing How Much Easier it is For a Team to Work Together When No One Has Any Idea Where They're Going. Enter the ESPN.com experts. It's a motley collection of SportsCenter anchors, mullets, pasty dot-com columnists and a dude named Amber. In the first round, only Barry Melrose picked the Flyers to knock off Washington. In Round 2, only John Buccigross voted for America to defeat Canada. Round 3? Six out of six casual sports media personalities agree: Stanley Cup Final tickets will be on sale in Pittsburgh in a few weeks. ...

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