P-P-P-P-P-PLAYOFFS!!!1

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A couple of quick news items:

• Zach Schilawski is the greatest!
• Bruins made the playoffs!
• Matt Cooke got knocked the fuck out by Evander Kane!

Here's the playoff schedule, courtesy of bruins.nhl.com:

SERIES C, TIME (ET), #3 Buffalo vs. #6 Boston

1. Thursday, April 15, 2010, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, CBC, NESN
2. Saturday, April 17, 2010, 1 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, NBC, CBC
3. Monday, April 19, 2010, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, VERSUS, CBC, NESN
4. Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, VERSUS, CBC, NESN
5. *Friday, April 23, 2010, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, CBC, NESN
6. *Monday, April 26, 2010, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, CBC, NESN
7. *Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, CBC, NESN

So there's that. After this ridiculous season of ours the Bruins are the 6th seed in the east, which I'd say is good but then I look at the rest of the east and realize that the Leastern Conference is pretty bad. The East wasn't even good at being the worst! Sheesh! Oh well, that's as behind us now as shaving, so let's look at what's coming up.

At first glance...We're riding more of a hot streak into the playoffs than they are, but they score more than we do. They're not great on the road but we're also not great at home. Buffalo picked up nearly 70% of possible points at home this year, so they must be pretty happy with home ice. Jerks.

Dennis Seidenberg and Marc Savard are out for the playoffs pretty much, and Mark Stuart is "probably not" playing for Boston in the series. That sucks.

The Bruins have a couple short-handed goals but half of those came in 1:04 over the weekend:

If you're hyped up for the playoffs consider playing Rinkotology. If you sign up, post your username in the comments. Mine is "Zorkon."

There will also be an #nhltweetup coming very soon, so stay tuned for more info.

GO BRUINS!