 What's up everyone, takedown here. Welcome back to the second round of the NHL 2023 playoffs. This is some exciting hockey. The first round was amazing. One of the biggest outcomes was, one of my predictions did come true, and that was the Panthers beating the Bruins. As I explained in the last video, I just did not want the Bruins to win, let alone advance, and I did feel like the Panthers could do it, and they did it. It was originally for the Bruins 3-1 for the series, but the Panthers came back, made it all the way back to game 7, and then won game 7 in overtime, so huge shout out to the Panthers. I was not expecting that, but I'm so happy that they did that and the Bruins are out. Today, we are going to be focusing on the second round, so let's get right into this. Up first, let's start with the Eastern Conference. We have the New Jersey Devils versus the Carolina Hurricanes. Both are not teams that I did predict were going to advance, so this is going to be some very interesting hockey. In my opinion, the Hurricanes had a way better season than the Devils, in my opinion. I did like to see them play a lot more than I did the Devils in the regular season, and in the first rounds, I think the Hurricanes, just in my opinion, impressed me a little bit more than the Devils, so obviously my outcome for this matchup is going to be, for my prediction, the Hurricanes are going to win this series, and I think the outcome is going to be 4-2 for the Hurricanes. I just feel like they're going to put on a better show, and they're going to overcome the Devils 4-2, and I think it's going to be exciting hockey still. Next up, we have the Toronto Maple Leafs versus the Florida Panthers. Now, these teams, it was just exciting hockey in the first rounds. Tampa Bay versus Toronto made it all the way to game 7, and so did the Bruins versus the Panthers, so it was exciting to see that both these teams went to game 7 to advance in the playoffs. Toronto obviously it's the first time since 2004 that they advanced in the playoffs past the first round, so it's very interesting to see what's going to happen there. Honestly, I'm going to say not too much. I'm not a fan of Toronto by any means. Would it be interesting to see how far they go? Yes, I just don't feel like this is their year. I don't feel like they're going to win the cup this year. I am a bigger fan of the Panthers. I loved how they dominated the Bruins, and even though at one point the Bruins were winning the series 3-1, the Panthers came back, made it to game 7, and won in overtime. So with that being said, if they can beat the Bruins, which have record-breaking points for the regular season this year, and were just dominant in the regular season, I feel they can definitely beat the Toronto Maple Leafs. So my prediction for this matchup is going to be the Panthers winning. I'm going to say 4-3 for the Panthers if both teams in the last series in the last round 1 made it to game 7. I feel like these two teams are going to make it to game 7 again, but I really wish that the Panthers will beat the Toronto Maple Leafs. 4-3 is my final prediction for this series. Next up we have the Vegas Golden Knights versus the Edmonton Oilers. Both teams are ones that I predicted would advance, but this is going to be some exciting hockey. I don't know which way it's going to go. Honestly, I'd be okay with it going either way, either Vegas advancing or Edmonton, but I am a bigger fan of the Oilers. I must say they have McDavid, they have other players that I'm a fan of. So does Vegas, but I feel like the Oilers are going to overcome Vegas, and I think the outcome is going to be 4-1. That's my final prediction for this match is that the Oilers are going to win, they're going to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-1 to advance past this series. And the last matchup is the Dallas Stars versus the Seattle Kraken. Seattle also made it to game 7, and they beat out the Avalanche who were the champions from last year. In the last video I did say I was okay with either the Avalanche or the Kraken advancing, but now that the Kraken have advanced, they beat last year's champions, I really want to see how far they can go, and I am not really a fan of the Dallas Stars. I do think that they have some great players. There was some exciting hockey in the first rounds, but I do want to see the Kraken advance and beat the Stars. So my prediction is going to be 4-2 for the final outcome for this match. I just feel like, in my opinion, the Kraken are a better team all around. Yes, Dallas does have some great players and are doing great things as well, but I really want to see the Kraken advance. I'm going to say 4-2 for the final outcome for this series. Again, for who I think is going to advance and make it all the way to the finals, I really feel like this is Edmonton's year. I really think the Oilers are going to put on a hell of a fight to get there, and I think this year they can honestly do it with McDavid and everybody else just dominating and doing great things. I really would like to see the Oilers win the Stanley Cup this year, but comment down below who you think is going to advance past the second round, who you think is going to win in the second rounds, and who you think is ultimately going to win the Stanley Cup this year. See you guys in the next video. Please take care and enjoy some exciting hockey for round two of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Peace.