You guys, hockey hurt my heart. I knew it would be a long-shot for the Preds to win the Cup, but if there was ever a year where everything was falling into place, THIS WAS THAT YEAR. Alas, the Nashville Predators lost their series with the Coyotes. It was 4-1. Ouch. It was hard to watch, mostly because the Predators played really well (for the most part) but the Coyotes just kept playing BETTER (unlike last year when the Preds played the Canucks in round two and the Canucks were playing like spoiled assholes—I'M LOOKING AT YOU, BURROWS). Sigh. So I had to take a few days off from hockey. But! I have gotten over it. There's always next year (although it seems like most of my favorite Preds are either free agents or restricted free agents this year and that makes me really nervous).

ANYWAY! Now that four more teams have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it's time for a Slog poll update! Sadly, like last month, you were once again completely wrong about who would win the Cup. The Flyers came in first place as the likely victors with 23.8% of the votes, yet they were eliminated by the New Jersey Devils. Bummer. The Rangers are still in it, though, and they were your second place choice with 18.5% of the vote. So hooray for that! Next, the Blues and the Capitals were tied for third place and both of them are out as well. And the Preds came in fourth place and we know how that story ends. This year's playoffs are being unpredictable beasts!

So now, the only question left to ask is: