The Official NHL Playoffs Thread

[Wes Mantooth]

I forgot all my other picks let me try this again...

East

1 Buffalo vs 8 New York Islanders (Buf in 7)
2 New Jersey vs 7 Tampa Bay (NJ in 6)
3 Atlanta vs 6 New York Rangers (NY in 5)
4 Ottawa vs 5 Pittsburgh (Ott in 7)

West

1 Detroit vs 8 Calgary (Det in 6)
2 Anaheim vs 7 Minnesota (Min in 7)
3 Vancouver vs 6 Dallas (Van in 6)
4 Nashville vs 5 San Jose (SJ in 7)

round 2
Buf over NY in 6
Ott over NJ in 7

Det over Minn in 6
SJ over Van in 6

3rd round
Buf over Ott in 6
SJ over Det in 7

finals
Buffalo over SJ in 6

[MrFeelNothin]

A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

[g-bebe]

No doubt Gaborik changes the face of the team... but defensively Anahiem is pretty rock solid, and JSG has shown he can man it between the pipes. I think it will definetly be tight, but Anahiem is so well rounded. I doubt anyone will agree with me, I think most people will probably lean towards Buffalo being the favourite and Nashville as well, but I think Anahiem's got the best chance to win. In a 7 game stint, I think they're the strongest.

[bluef0x]

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A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

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Gaborik is just one man. One man that will face Nieds or Pronger the ENTIRE game.

[MrFeelNothin]

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A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

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Gaborik is just one man. One man that will face Nieds or Pronger the ENTIRE game.

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Good point, he never faces the opposing team's top D in the regular season.



I think the Wild are going to win, but I can understand the POV of those who think the Ducks will win.

What I can't understand is anyone who thinks this series will be a walk for the Ducks.

[bluef0x]

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A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

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Gaborik is just one man. One man that will face Nieds or Pronger the ENTIRE game.

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Good point, he never faces the opposing team's top D in the regular season.



I think the Wild are going to win, but I can understand the POV of those who think the Ducks will win.

What I can't understand is anyone who thinks this series will be a walk for the Ducks.

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I love how everyone gets butt-hurt if someone predicts a team to lose. It's not like the Ducks are going to have 4 skaters out on the ice the entire game and win 6-0. Every playoff game IS tough and will be hard fought.

I'd like to see more people put up some brackets... let's see who gets the most correct [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Hopey]

Okay, here goes:

1 Buffalo vs 8 New York Islanders -- Buffalo in 4
2 New Jersey vs 7 Tampa Bay -- NJ in 5
3 Atlanta vs 6 New York Rangers -- NYR in 6
4 Ottawa vs 5 Pittsburgh -- Ottawa in 6

WEST

1 Detroit vs 8 Calgary Detroit in 6
2 Anaheim vs 7 Minnesota Anaheim in 7
3 Vancouver vs 6 Dallas Vancouver in 7
4 Nashville vs 5 San Jose SJ in 6

[MrFeelNothin]

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A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

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Gaborik is just one man. One man that will face Nieds or Pronger the ENTIRE game.

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Good point, he never faces the opposing team's top D in the regular season.



I think the Wild are going to win, but I can understand the POV of those who think the Ducks will win.

What I can't understand is anyone who thinks this series will be a walk for the Ducks.

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I love how everyone gets butt-hurt if someone predicts a team to lose. It's not like the Ducks are going to have 4 skaters out on the ice the entire game and win 6-0. Every playoff game IS tough and will be hard fought.

I'd like to see more people put up some brackets... let's see who gets the most correct [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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All playoff games are not close and hard-fought, there are blowouts all the time. WTF are you talking about.


If you think the games are all going to be close then logically you would expect the Wild to edge a couple out and thus not predict a sweep.


So yeah, what are you talking about.


My brackets:

EAST:
Buffalo in 4
NJ in 5
NYR in 6
PITT in 7

WEST:
Calgary in 7
Minnesota in 6
Vancouver in 7
SJ in 6

[DonkeyKongSr]

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A bunch of people have predicted Anaheim over Minnesota in 4 or 5 games.

I don't know what NHL you guys are watching, this should be a great series. The Wild are a completely different team with Gaborik back and with Backstrom/Harding in place of Fernandez. Don't let the seedings fool you.

Wild with Gaborik- 33-14
Wild without Gaborik- 15-20

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The Wild may be good, but the Ducks are one of the best, if not the best in the NHL when healthy.

With Niedermayer, Pronger, and Beauchemin: 41-12-11
Without any one of those 3: 7-8-3

Oh yeah, and former Conn Smythe winner Giguere is 36-10-8 this year, the 3rd best winning percentage in the league.

Amazingly from what I've seen, people are way underestimating the Ducks in a lot of places right now.

[GambleGamble]