Oslo Vikings (1) vs. Las Vegas (4)

Predictions

Michel Bourassa: Aces in 7

Matt Burch: Aces in 6

Guy Flaming: Vikings in 7

Gary Graves: Vikings in 4

Kasim Husain: Oslo was shaky in the first round, allowing too many goals to an unproven Riders forward corps. The Vikings only come out of this series if they can outscore the Aces, and if Pronger outplays Lidstrom in a matchup of teams with relatively mediocre starting goalies.

Aces in 6

Mark MacRae: Ok, so the Vikes got a bit of a wakeup call in the first round, but at the end of the day they got the job done and their big guns sit atop the leaderboard. That being said, nobody can forget the epic upset that the Aces pulled off a year ago over the Vikings, least of all the Vikings... I'll be they use it to motivate themselves though and so I'm picking them again to move on.

Vikings in 5

Don Morrison: Wow big guns of the World collide , Vikings had a scare and beat Aces in this one

Vikings in 6

Eric Schneider: On paper, these teams are damned near identical -- tremendous star power up-front and on the blueline, but huge question marks in net. Aces have the edge on depth, but the superstar Vikes are primed for a lengthy run after that comeback against Reykjavik.

Vikings in 6

Henry Skey: Vikings in 5