The Official NHL Playoffs Thread

[Needle77]

Devils FTW. Maybe them being good this year will get me back into hockey. Losing season tickets + strike killed my love for the sport, hopefully some good classic NJ hockey will have me enjoy the sport again. I loved their game on Sunday even though it was a loss.

[Triumph36]

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Devils FTW. Maybe them being good this year will get me back into hockey. Losing season tickets + strike killed my love for the sport, hopefully some good classic NJ hockey will have me enjoy the sport again. I loved their game on Sunday even though it was a loss.

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are you kidding? that game was terrible. they got lucky and put two in late - they played abysmal hockey, i almost turned off the TV.

this is not the year to become a Devils fan again. 2009 seems like a good time.

[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

[JordanIB]

Let's Go Islanders!

[Mike Gallo]

1 Buffalo vs 8 New York Islanders

Buffalo

2 New Jersey vs 7 Tampa Bay

New Jersey

3 Atlanta vs 6 New York Rangers

Rangers

4 Ottawa vs 5 Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

WEST

1 Detroit vs 8 Calgary

Calgary

2 Anaheim vs 7 Minnesota

Anaheim

3 Vancouver vs 6 Dallas

Vancouver

4 Nashville vs 5 San Jose

San Jose

[Mike Gallo]

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I can't see any series finishing in 4, with the exception of NJ-TB... Brodeur could shut the door pretty quickly.


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It wouldn't surprise me to see Buffalo-NYI go in 4. It was a big deal just for the NYI to make the playoffs. Having them beat Buffalo is a bit too much to ask of them. Buffalo will walk all over them. I'm predicting scores of 5-1 and 7-2 for two or three of the games.

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[Mike Gallo]

I agree with all of your picks with the exception of the Ducks losing to the Wild..

[bluef0x]

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NJ in 5

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Yo man. How can you say the Devils in 5? Do you know who the lightning are? [censored] man, we have 2 of the top scorers and a killer offensive d-man. WTF are you talking about? I can see you saying Devils winning, but in 5? I can't understand that!

[MrFeelNothin]

Excellent points bluefox, your logic has persuaded me.

Predicting a 4-game sweep does not necessarily imply a belief that one team is clearly dominant. Touche.

[g-bebe]

I'm changing my bracket.

DET over CGY in 4
ANA over MIN in 4
VAN over DAL in 4
SJ over NSH in 4

BUF over NYI in 2
NJ over TB in 4
ATL over NYR in 4
PIT over OTT in 4