Check out Eric Sylvester’s recent guest posts wherein he picks the winners of the NHL’s Eastern and Western Conference quarterfinals. I do believe all but two of his series picks (that is, team with the better jersey, according to Eric and his mom), won their first game of this round:
Eric, you might be on to something.
Chris Cocca 
The sad part? My actual picks line up with my jersey picks across the board, save for 3 matchups:
1) I have Vancouver over Chicago
2) I have Nashville over Anaheim.
I almost lied and stopped there, which would have made me a perfect 8/8 after the first games, but I’ll be honest and admit that I have Boston over Montreal, even though I REALLY want Montreal to win that series.