Second round begins

Ottawa won and Vancouver lost. Could have predicted that rather easily. You might not have predicted Ottawa would get off to a 4-0 lead. You would have predicted Vancouver would look tired, and they did.

It looks like all the games from here will air on Versus with U.S. feeds. I thought, maybe, Vancouver's Game 1 might be on the CBC feed. I was hoping Versus would come up with a way to show Game 1 for Ottawa. The best place to be might have been Detroit where you could have flipped back and forth between Detroit on Versus and Ottawa on CBC.

There is a scenario where Buffalo, Detroit, Ottawa, and Vancouver would be the Final Four. If Canadian teams don't make it, our next best scenario is teams near the border such as Buffalo and Detroit. In the above scenario, it would be a virtual no-lose situation.

If Detroit plays Anaheim, Canadian Corner will absolutely root for Detroit. If Buffalo plays New Jersey, Canadian Corner will absolutely root for Buffalo. But our goal is for the Stanley Cup to reside in Canada.