NHL Playoffs

[réÐþÁ†µ]

West

Red Wings vs. Predators
Sharks vs. Flames
Wild vs. Avalanche
Ducks vs. Stars

East

Canadiens vs. Bruins
Penguins vs. Senators
Capitals vs. Flyers
Devils vs. Rangers

Predictions

First round

Red Wings in 5
Sharks in 6
Avalanche in 7
Ducks in 6

Canadiens in 4
Penguins in 5
Flyers in 6
Devils in 7

Semifinals

Red Wings vs. Ducks
Sharks vs. Avalanche

Canadiens vs. Devils
Penguins vs. Flyers

Ducks in 6
Sharks in 7

Devils in 6
Penguins in 6

Conference Finals

Ducks vs. Avalanche
Devils vs. Penguins

Ducks in 7
Penguins 6

Stanley Cup

Ducks in 7

Since the Bruins blow chunks against the Canadiens and have for a long time. I'll just enjoy the fact that they got in the playoffs and didnt back in. Hopefully the Disney squad wins again.

[dead breed]

West

Red Wings vs. Predators --> Red Wings
Sharks vs. Flames --> Sharks
Wild vs. Avalanche --> Wild ( unless Foresberg kicks some ass)
Ducks vs. Stars --> Ducks

East

Canadiens vs. Bruins --> Canandians
Penguins vs. Senators --> Pens
Capitals vs. Flyers --> Caps (Ovechkin with his goal scoring power will kick ass)
Devils vs. Rangers --> Could go either way imo...Ill go with Devils



Sharks will win the cup....if The Sharks dont do it The Ducks will.

But I want the Canadians to win. They've been kicking ass lately.

The Wings should win it BUT they will fuck up again as usual.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Canadiens to me are just as playoff flawed as the Red Wings. Good team year in, year out. Beats everyone in the regular season and usually rolls the Bruins or whomever in the first round only to be ousted in the second round.

[dead breed]

Canadiens to me are just as playoff flawed as the Red Wings. Good team year in, year out. Beats everyone in the regular season and usually rolls the Bruins or whomever in the first round only to be ousted in the second round.

I totally agree.

[Highwayman]

Sharks got the cup... and Go Blue Jays. That's all I got.

[Nigbo]

Whats with all this devils love?
There 1-7 on the season against the rangers

I know playoffs are much diffrent but they just dont produce against the rangers

[skybrick]

I think The Wild are on a mission, even though they got beat by colorado recently they have been on a tear. Sadly they will probably get their ass handed to them by San Jose. IMO San Jose will win it all.

Go WILD!!!

[Nigbo]

I think The Wild are on a mission, even though they got by colorado recently they have bean on a tear. Sadly they will probably get their ass handed to them by San Jose. IMO San Jose will win it all.

Go WILD!!!

san joses not gonna win it all, everyone is on that waggon but im not feeling it right now

[Highwayman]

san joses not gonna win it all, everyone is on that waggon but im not feeling it right now

You will. Joe Thorthon will make you feel it.

[Il Duce]

I'm just happy that Philly made it this year after what happend last year big turnaround. I'm just not sure how far they will go within this year's playoffs could be at least second round first game's start on Wed's night and then continue on should be good.

[skybrick]

san joses not gonna win it all, everyone is on that waggon but im not feeling it right now

ugh reading my post, I cant believe my spelling and grammer errors. I need to read my post before I post them.

[Revenant]

West

Red Wings vs. Predators --> Red Wings
Sharks vs. Flames --> Sharks
Wild vs. Avalanche --> Colorado
Ducks vs. Stars --> Stars

East

Canadiens vs. Bruins --> Canandians
Penguins vs. Senators --> Pens
Capitals vs. Flyers --> Capitals
Devils vs. Rangers --> Rangers

Can't wait for the Sharks vs Flames and Devils, Rangers, probaly my two favorite match ups out of the west and east respectively.

[skybrick]

no wild love :(

[Revenant]

no wild love :(

hey at least your team made the playoffs.

[Highwayman]

Winners in Bold

West

Red Wings vs. Predators
Sharks vs. Flames
Wild vs. Avalanche
Ducks vs. Stars

East

Canadiens vs. Bruins
Penguins vs. Senators
Capitals vs. Flyers
Devils vs. Rangers

[dead breed]

no wild love :(

I picked the wild :nod:

I'm kinda rooting for The Capitals because they just made it into the playoffs with some hard fought games. I believe they won 7 straight in order to enter the playoffs. When their back is to the wall they can produce.

Side note: EA games predicts The Canadians and Sharks in the finals.

[Grendel]

The opening round is probably my favorite time of the sporting year: eight simultaneous series, with early and late games almost every night.

[Revenant]

The opening round is probably my favorite time of the sporting year: eight simultaneous series, with early and late games almost every night.

not to mention, then again maybe this is just me, but I like almost all the matchups this year..Every series looks to be extremely entertaining.

[skybrick]

ugh... Wild are outplaying the Ave but Ave have found a way to score. Not good.

[Revenant]

Flames are giving the Sharks the business right now.

actually nvm that Sharks now down 2-1, that should get this game going..

[Max Payne]

The only real thing about the Bruins I can say is that they were better with Thorton and Samsanov then these players.

The fact that Tim Thomas has a job after last season is beyond me, on any given night this guy is a serious liability to give up 6 or 7 goals.

If they go into next season with this bum you can kiss another season down the drain that I again wont bother to watch.

[Joker]

ugh... Wild are outplaying the Ave but Ave have found a way to score. Not good.

Both have been exciting games so far.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Bruins got absolutely bitchslapped in the first game as I expected. Give up two goals in what less than 2 minutes? Tim Thomas is a joke and everytime these two teams play, Montreal just brings a physical game that shatters the Bruins D like glass.

Oh well, still watching the series for fun. Lotta good series so far.

[Max Payne]

Here I thought basketball was the only sport that has its players flop.

MTL flopped more times in one game then I care to see in a hockey game to last a season.

[Max Payne]

Bruins are playing better tonight so that is something to take home to Boston.

[Max Payne]

ya these fucking refs took this game right into there hands, the bruins are going on something like a 8 minute stretch of penalties, including two 5 on 3

[Max Payne]

thats exactly why the nhl product is so hard to watch, the refs want to be the stars, calling penalty after penalty.

bruins lost this game them selfs.

[Grendel]

Could Boston have been a man (or more) down for any longer?

That last tripping call was a crock of shit. Habs should've gotten called for diving.

EDIT:

AND the Boston guy got high sticked before that with no whistle in sight.

Horrible job by the refs, there.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Yeah definitely some shotty calls down the stretch there leading to way too many gold chances for MTL. Nevertheless, it is what it is.

[Max Payne]

i was actually watching the BC/Notre Dame NCAA champ game until they took that Irish goal away and BC scored 30 seconds later, Id be even more pissed if I was in there shoes tonight then in Bostons.

[Max Payne]

Yeah definitely some shotty calls down the stretch there leading to way too many gold chances for MTL. Nevertheless, it is what it is.

it is what it is, ok jim rome.

[Max Payne]

Tonights game was really good to watch, not that many play stopages, the Bruins since period 1 of the first game have matched MTL and who knows where they be if not for all those penalties last night.

If they can get the next one, then they might have a real good chanceat winning it.

[skybrick]

Theodore is an absoloute beast for the Ave.
Its a good thing the Wild are outplaying the Ave or else the series would almost be over with.
Fun game though and its good to steal one in Colorado.
IMO best series so far.

[Max Payne]

Isnt that two OT wins in a row?

If you asked me, Id actually say COL is out playing MINN, but what do I know.

But Minn definitley outplayed them in that OT, it didnt even look like Col were trying, I mean, Im surprised it lasted that long.

[dead breed]

Theodore is an absoloute beast for the Ave.
Its a good thing the Wild are outplaying the Ave or else the series would almost be over with.
Fun game though and its good to steal one in Colorado.
IMO best series so far.

I agree, and coming in at a close second are The Flames are Sharks. The Flames are surprising me so far.

The Pens are kicking ass too. Looks like they might sweep The Sens.

[Max Payne]

The Bruins play like a bunch of AHL players, un disciplined, cant even pass the damn puck.

I guess it doesnt say much for MTL that outside the first 10 minutes of game 1 that the Bruins have matched them.

[Max Payne]

Wow, I hate the Bruin commentators.

Talking bout a "classic" pfft, that was a ugly game. Bad penalty calls, the Bruins cant score for shit and the fact that they cant pass might be part of it.

Its kind of embarassing that I cant tell if the Bruins are are home or on the road with how many Hab fans were in the house.

[Revenant]

time for the Avs and the Wild, should be another good one.

[Max Payne]

pulling for the avs

[skybrick]

Wild are sucking some nice nuts right now.
This is the worst I have seen them play all season.

[Max Payne]

Looking like the usual suspects again, the champion will prolly come of the west and it will prolly be between Col, Det and Dal.

[skybrick]

This is a must read artice and this is what happens when someone other then Woody Paige writes in article in denver. Bunch of pussys in Colorado.

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_8927475

[Joker]

That's a terrible article,one of the worst I have ever read!
Complaining about hockey being too physical?:lol: Where is this guy from:shakehead.
Three of the four games have been really good.This is nothing but pathetic sour grapes from a Colorado fan,not journalism.

[dead breed]

The Wild were going crazie with the penalties last night. The Avs raped them.

Calgary lost a heartbreaker, 9 seconds left and Joe scores the game winning goal, agrhh.

and o yeah...

LETS GO MONTREAL

[Revenant]

This is a must read artice and this is what happens when someone other then Woody Paige writes in article in denver. Bunch of pussys in Colorado.

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_8927475

Pissy article, but I do somewhat agree after last night that the Wild have to take it down a notch, it's one thing to be gritty but another thing to just be gooning around the ice which they were doing once that game became a laugher. Don't get me wrong, I like the Wild, but they are a better team than what they did last night.


speaking of gooning, Did anyone else think that Martin Brodeur should have taken his stick and given Sean Avery some quick plastic surgery? Marty wouldn't do something like that because he is class, but I wanted to see it so bad, shame no other Devils came in to protect their netminder.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Bruins dont have the talent needed to stay with Montreal. Simple as that. Bad matchup for the Bruins every and anytime they face them. I'll be shocked if they get the series back to Boston.

Hopefully the Ducks pull through but from what I've seen so far. Dallas seems to have really played their tempo in that series. Giguere needs to step up.

[Il Duce]

All i have to say is go Flyer's and if they can keep doing what there doing to keep Oveckin from doing anything big time there gonna win this series in either 5 or 6 game's.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Bruins caught some nice breaks last night but they outplayed Montreal surprisingly. Only thing worse than forcing a game 6 is losing a game 6 at home. Hopefully they can play one more solid game and atleast force a game 7. It will be more than Bruins fans had hoped for.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Last 10 minutes of Game 6 were some of the best your gonna see in any playoff game. Back and forth it went. Bruins held on long enough.

[skybrick]

I guess I will admit the Wild lost to a better team. :cry:

[Grendel]

Last 10 minutes of Game 6 were some of the best your gonna see in any playoff game. Back and forth it went. Bruins held on long enough.Definitely looking forward to Monday night...

[Grendel]

And now Tuesday night with *another* Game 7 with SJ and the Flames.

Excellent...

Too bad the Avs aren't still battling it out, too, with the Wings resting up for whomever might come their way.

[dead breed]

The first game between the Canadians and Flyers was amazing. I can see The Canadians eliminating The Flyers.

Predictions:

Canadians over Flyers
Rangers over Pens
Wings over Avs
Dallas over San Jose (winner of this series will win the cup imo)

[Highwayman]

Hitler reacts to Canucks missing the playoffs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWeCKqM_P1M&feature=bz303)

[Grendel]

Hitler reacts to Canucks missing the playoffs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWeCKqM_P1M&feature=bz303)Hitler's going to be reacting to every playoff loss for the next five years...

[dead breed]

Its only a matter of time before The Pens eliminate The Rangers. This will probably be Jagrs (sp?) last season in the NHL.

The Canadians fucked up. I cant believe The Flyers are going to eliminate The Canadians...fucking unbelievable.

[Il Duce]

The Canadians fucked up. I cant believe The Flyers are going to eliminate The Canadians...fucking unbelievable.

:nod:

[Grendel]

BE interesting to see if the Sharks can pull something together. Surprised to see them on the brink so soon.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Looks like it will be Flyers/Penguins.

We'll see though.

[dead breed]

Looks like it will be Flyers/Penguins.

We'll see though.

Yup your right. i cant believe the Flyers made it this far. Where were they during the regular season? I totally forgot about them.

More then likely The Stars will eliminate The Sharks. So its either Detroit or The Stars winning the cup this year....but who knows, the playoffs are fucked up this year imo

IMO The referees make too many penalities.

[dead breed]

The Sharks and Stars had an excellent game last night.

[hackerslacker]

GO PENS!

[Il Duce]

GO PENS!

:nono:

[dead breed]

I want the Flyers to take it because they eliminated Montreal (my fav team)

[dead breed]

Looks like its going to be The Pens and Wings. Whos going to win guys!?

Im going to go with The Pens...I didnt think they would make it to the finals but they did.....they're a force.

[hackerslacker]

:nono:

ha! hometown team dude. sorry.


GO PENS!

[Il Duce]

ha! hometown team dude. sorry.


GO PENS!

Nah we had a good run definately in the right direction considering we were in last place last year. I just hope the Pen's can deal with Detroit cause when they got it going on there almost unbeatable.

[Revenant]

Pens surprise in 6.

[réÐþÁ†µ]

Red Wings in 6.

Both teams are playing well.

[Elwood]

Wings in seven... experience will beat youth any day. Most of the wings have seen the finals before and know what to expect... most of the Pens havent seen anything and that is always a down fall.

[dead breed]

First game 4-0 for The Wings, I can see The Wings kicking ass if things continue like this. The Pens looked like they didnt step it up until half way through the 3rd period.

Danny Cleary is going to be the first Newfoundlander to have his name on the cup. He grew up about 5 minutes from where I live. My gf used to play with him when they were younger haha its a small world.

[Grendel]

Make it 2-0. Halfway home.

Michel Therrien should be ashamed of himself, whining his way through the post-game presser like he did. Thankfully that shit (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08148/885120-61.stm) isn't even flying in the 'burgh (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08148/885106-61.stm):

If all that weren't embarrassing enough, Penguins coach Michel Therrien was intent on blaming the officials, who are about the 82nd most impactful architects of this 2-0 well the Penguins find themselves in.

"They're good at obstruction," Therrien said of the impending Stanley Cup champions. "It's going to be tough to generate any offense if the rules [are going to be enforced] the same. It's the first time we've faced a team where the obstruction is there. We took two penalties against the goaltender. We never do that. He's a good actor. He's diving. He did the same thing against Dallas."

This is merely Therrien's way of trying to take some heat off his stars, ultra-profile forces suddenly reduced to non-entities by Detroit's near flawless backchecking. It can't be their fault. He can't lose them now, so it has got to be somebody else's fault. At least he didn't blame the octopi. After the game last night, Penguins coach Michel Therrien accused the Red Wings of being "good on obstruction" in one rant and accused Detroit goaltender Chris Osgood of diving in another. Those are the things a desperate man says as he's reaching for any kind of lifeline. It was a little sad to watch him stoop to that level.

The truth?

The Penguins have been outplayed in every phase of the game.

[thrEE6MAfia]

WINGS BABY!!
takin it in 4 :nod:

[Grendel]

WINGS BABY!!
takin it in 4 :nod:Will see how tomorrow goes. Don't like breaking out the brooms until someone's lost on home ice.

[Grendel]

Now THAT was a game.

A 5-on-3 with under 10 minutes in a one goal contest. Doesn't get much more compelling than that.

[thrEE6MAfia]

tomorrow night when the wings win, its gonna be a bash here :D
cant wait

[dead breed]

Now THAT was a game.

A 5-on-3 with under 10 minutes in a one goal contest. Doesn't get much more compelling than that.

Yeah I agree, it was an excellent game. I hope Detroit takes it tomorrow, I'll be watching! Lets go Cleary!

[Triff89]

Wow, what an excellent game. Can't wait for game 6 on Wednesday. Go Pens!

[Grendel]

Detroit should've cleared and iced the puck back with 34 sec in regulation, for sure, but those penalty calls in the OTs--including the barely-there makeup hooking call FOR Detroit--were absolute bullshit.

Let'em play for christ's sake.

[Revenant]

Detroit should've cleared and iced the puck back with 34 sec in regulation, for sure, but those penalty calls in the OTs--including the barely-there makeup hooking call FOR Detroit--were absolute bullshit.

Let'em play for christ's sake.

We aren't gonna play "THE REF's BLEW IT CARD!" are we?

lets face it, we can all argue GI penalties until we are blue in the face, and believe me and my friends have, but lets put it this way, what if on one of those calls detroit had scored? should that be a legal goal if you make contact with the goalie, and both times Fleury was knocked down and put in a compromised position. And what about the 4 minute double minor on Hudler? I'm sure he didn't mean it so should he just have been able to apologize to Gill(?) and then no penalty? The penalties are not a reason for the result of this game but an excuse for disgruntled fans. The penguins won the game on the only legit call of the whole OT. And Let em' play? what do you think the refs were doing? Those guy's were gassed and they were getting grabby out there. There could have been numerous obstruction calls on both sides that went unnoticed because the refs are hesitant to make OT calls. Besides like I said, The pens scored on the only legit one anyway and that's that.

[Elwood]

Amazing game, and i need sleep now... holy crap that wasnt even a game seven. Detroit can still win this easy... we just need to get fleury hurt haha. Seriously what a finals this is... what hockey is all about.

night

[dead breed]

Great game. I was so tired today at work. Tomorrow's game should be another classic. Lets go Cleary!

[Grendel]

We aren't gonna play "THE REF's BLEW IT CARD!" are we?

lets face it, we can all argue GI penalties until we are blue in the face, and believe me and my friends have, but lets put it this way, what if on one of those calls detroit had scored? should that be a legal goal if you make contact with the goalie, and both times Fleury was knocked down and put in a compromised position. And what about the 4 minute double minor on Hudler? I'm sure he didn't mean it so should he just have been able to apologize to Gill(?) and then no penalty? The penalties are not a reason for the result of this game but an excuse for disgruntled fans. The penguins won the game on the only legit call of the whole OT. And Let em' play? what do you think the refs were doing? Those guy's were gassed and they were getting grabby out there. There could have been numerous obstruction calls on both sides that went unnoticed because the refs are hesitant to make OT calls. Besides like I said, The pens scored on the only legit one anyway and that's that.No excuses here. As I said, it never should've gotten that far, b/c the wings risked exactly what happened by trying to kill the clock mucking in the corners rather than trusting their faceoff skills.

That said, the calls were awful, all around. You admitted yourself that only one call was legit, so you can hardly also say the refs were "letting them play." Three jacked up calls is bad enough in the course of regulation, but in OT, it's absolutely ridiculous.

Whether Detroit scored or not is moot, b/c those calls should never have been made, in the first place. Zetterberg got the for the first phantom "interference" call without even touching Fleury. He never entered the crease, only tried to shovel the puck past him. The second was a total dive. (He flopped at least once more, but the Refs didn't call it one way or the other). The hooking call that put the wings on the power play was incidental contact at best. Blood is blood, so there's not too much to be said about the high stick.

[Dr. Awesome]

I loved the game. I'm not in any way a huge fan of hockey but I enjoy it when I do watch. We have a local hockey team here in Pensacola called the Ice Pilots and I go see them so between that and watching the Stanley Cup Finals I don't watch hockey. After these playoffs and finals I WANT MORE HOCKEY! I hope to catch more of next season, the whole season, and I'm making a look for MY team starting today.

[Revenant]

That said, the calls were awful, all around. You admitted yourself that only one call was legit, so you can hardly also say the refs were "letting them play." Three jacked up calls is bad enough in the course of regulation, but in OT, it's absolutely ridiculous.


GI is something they have to discuss in the offseason...PERIOD! but besides that the refs did let them indeed play. After 60 minutes of hard fought hockey, those guys were tired. Each Check being finished became a game of grabass at the boards, tons of times guys were using the free hand to grab around a guy, but the refs turned a blind eye, but like i said, the pens scored on the only legit call so where is the damage in that, other than the fact that it shows just how much GI calls need to be adressed especially if the pens would have scored on one of those, or lets turn it the other way, had the wings scored after knocking fleury down.

now on a brighter side of things ratings have been up substantially for all these games so at least the NHL is benefitting from what has been a great stanley cup series so far.

[dead breed]

Great game last night. The last second I thought The Pens were going to score. Ill finally get to see the Stanley Cup this summer! Great job Cleary.

[Revenant]

Great game last night. The last second I thought The Pens were going to score. Ill finally get to see the Stanley Cup this summer! Great job Cleary.

how exactly are you getting to see lord stanley's cup?

and some closing comments for this playoffs and season:

to me, this is easily one of the best playoffs i think i have ever seen and easily the best of the post-lockout era. tons of great series, and a fantastic stanley cup finals featuring two marquee teams. As a fan of hockey in general you just couldn't go wrong this year. And even better for me personally is the resurgence of my Chicago Blackhawks, who will no doubt boost a city that has the potential to be a strong hockey hotbed in the future, not to mention the supposed winter classic at Wrigley field featuring my Hawks and Detroit. It was a fun year this year and I can only hope next year will be even better.

[Grendel]

not to mention the supposed winter classic at Wrigley field featuring my Hawks and Detroit.Hope that pans out. Heard rumors that it might not work out due to a conflict with the Wings usual New Year's Eve home game.

My gf used to live in Chicago, so we'd def. try to get out there for this.

[Grendel]

how exactly are you getting to see lord stanley's cup?Cleary (like DB) is a Newfie, and the first one to be on a Cup winning team, at that. You know he's bringing it home for the locals to see.

[Revenant]

Cleary (like DB) is a Newfie, and the first one to be on a Cup winning team, at that. You know he's bringing it home for the locals to see.

cool, get a picture with it if you can get near it DB

Hope that pans out. Heard rumors that it might not work out due to a conflict with the Wings usual New Year's Eve home game.

My gf used to live in Chicago, so we'd def. try to get out there for this.

hopefully Detroit and Chicago ends up being the final, I'm sure they could schedule it for jan 2 if the wings want to have a jan 1 home game. I know I'll be back in town for break anyway and my family are huge hockey fans so we know we'll be there if chicago gets it, no matter who they face. Hopefully its detroit though, it'll be fun to hear 40,000+ chanting "Detroit Sucks!"

[dead breed]

I'm deff going to try and get a pic with the cup if I can get close enough to it.