Honestly, for Texas, the rest of the bracket doesnt matter. We have to go through Chicago, no matter how you slice it.  With the backward ass playoff bracket, that happens in the second round, rather than the conference finals.  No matter.  We meet up with Minnesota in the first round, they steal game three in their barn, but we slide past them with the "Gentleman's Sweep" (4-1).  Now the tough part.  Chicago.  We've struggled against them in the regular season, they are #1 for a reason.  But we do it, we manage to squeak by in a 7 game series.  I feel bad for whoever we face after that.  Seattle or LAP, doesn't really matter, we'll chew through them like we did in the regular season.  Quick 4-5 series and then it's on to the finals.  Next comes Baltimore.  The new up and comer in the Eastern conference shocks Hamilton in the East Finals and advances.  While Baltimore is quite good, they just don't have that much deep playoff experience the last couple years and so we manage to vanquish them in a hard fought, 6 game series and bring the Cup back to Texas once again.