Official First Round of the NHL Playoffs Thread

[MarkSummers]

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not first round, but possible later round match up....

Zdeno Chara 6'9" 265ibs


v.

Brian Gionta
5'7" 165ibs



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hahaha, NH [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[hawk59]

LETS GO DEVILS

[Triumph36]

It is hard to see the Devils getting beat but there are a lot of teams that are better, IMO - if someone figures out how to shut down Gomez and Gionta in a series the Devils are finished, whereas Ottawa is absolutely loaded with scorers from top to bottom. Now, no one's figured out how to shut them down quite yet, but if anyone's going to do it it's Ottawa. I can't see the Rangers shutting them down unless Lundqvist gets hot - he's had quite a season so far but his second half wasn't outstanding and he may be faltering due to fatigue.

BTW, Mantooth, I doubt you see much of the Devils but Chara and Gionta have had some serious battles - they've gotten coincedental roughing minors more than once this season and they really really hate one another. It might have something to do with the body checks/elbows Chara throws.

[GambleGamble]

LETS GO SABRES...DUHDUHDUH DUH DUH!!!

Flyers have been whooped on by Buffalo all year, they hit a rough patch, but are hot again and Miller is back to form (and Biron shut out Carolina who need to win to clinch best record in season finale) they send multiple lines and you never know where the action is coming from....


LETS GO SABRES...DUHDUHDUH DUH DUH!!!

[Triumph36]

Since this is the Official Thread for the First Round I figured I'd give it a bump for the Friday night games:

8 Tampa Bay at 1 Ottawa - 7 PM, CBC
8 Edmonton at 1 Detroit - 7 PM, OLN
6 Anaheim at 3 Calgary - 10 PM, OLN, CBC
5 San Jose at 4 Nashville - 8 PM, TSN

[Hornacek]

Anyone know if TWC in NYC has CBC?

[fryKing]

no, CBC is Canadian Brodcasting Corp.

[wmonfor]

CBC [censored] rocks. Much better than anything the states has to offer in terms of hockey coverage.

Plus they have Don Cherry.

[Scotty_12]

If anyone else is betting proline tonight, I've got Ottawa by one, the over, Detroit by 2, SJ by 2, and Calgary by 1. $5 pays 126.30

[EricW]

Holy [censored] the Oilers are getting KILLED. The score should really be like 10-1.