By Sameer Kini
Sports Editor
This week, both WA and national sports have some great games to watch. Here are my picks of the week.
National – NHL Playoffs. In the last few weeks, I have cited the NBA playoffs as my pick of the week, but since I already made my NBA picks, I decided to feature the NHL’s conference finals. With the Eastern conference final already set, I look out west to see a series that needs to close out. The Canucks took care of Nashville, and even though the Detroit Red Wings have the ability to come back against the Sharks, I still think San Jose will finish them out.
That means that for the conference finals the hometown Bruins will face the Tampa Bay Lightning, with Nashville taking on the Sharks out west. In the East, I have to take the B’s, who have showed an incredible amount of resiliency in getting to this position. While Stamkos and the Lightning will give them problems at times, I honestly believe that Tim Thomas will be the difference maker in this series. If he plays well, the B’s move on. In the West, I have to go with Vancouver to reach the Stanley Cup finals. I believe that they are the deepest and strongest team in the playoffs, and they should not have any problems with the Sharks or Red Wings. Expect Vancouver and Boston to square off in the finals in a great matchup.
WA – Boys Baseball. This week, the boys baseball team has four important games that should greatly impact their season. They head into this week’s matchups basically .500, but I expect them to have a very strong showing. First up on Wednesday is Wayland at home, followed by a trip to DCL foe Acton-Boxborough on Thursday. The week concludes with two other road games, Bedford on Friday and Lincoln-Sudbury on Monday. After a rough start to the year, the team has bounced back very nicely, playing a good brand of baseball. I expect that to continue this week, as I believe they will truly get out ahead of that .500 mark. In total, I think they will come out of this week with a record of 10-7, and with the hopes that their rally from their poor start can continue.
