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DISCUSSION - NHL Playoffs Predictions thread. Predict each series, etc.
DISCUSSION - NHL Playoffs Predictions thread. Predict each series, etc.
Please post your playoff predictions in this thread. Last edited by Heyman; 04-05-2004 at 01:01 PM. |
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Boston will lose in the first round
That is my only prediction |
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Avs/Flyers final.
Don't wanna see it. But it'll probaly happen. |
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Let's Go Flyers! |
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Vezina is a regular season trophy, you can't honestly think that Cloutier deserves it.
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Heyman's a retard, so his opinion doesn't really count. Just nod and smile.
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Vancouver over Detroit. You can't honestly be serious. Cloutier can't hold a candle to Legace's goaltending.
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I can see an Avs-Flyers final too actually
I hope Tampa do well, but with them being so good right now, I can't help but think all their hard work will go to waste ![]() |
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prediction. dallas knocks out couver in 6 because
better goaltending |
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Until the playoffs seeds are set, I'll make no predictions.
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yeah wtf, wait till the matchups are finalized |
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as weird and as much as I hate to admit it, I think the Bruins are gonna beat Dallas in 4 games in the finals this year
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That's assuming the Blues or the Preds don't give up a spot to the Oilers, who are looking like they may still make it (doubtful) and if Calgary keeps playing the way they are, they can slip still. Wait until Monday, when the teams are ranked - then I will make my predictions. All I know is the Avs are going far, Detroit may not last, and I predict the dark horse to be Tampa Bay... ![]() |
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Bruins run shit mother****ers
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not gonna happen with Joe out Cheeba
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I'll be definitley make my predictions on monday. just a sneak preview into them though. The words "Canucks" and "Bruins" will not be mentioned in the second round.
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Flyers in the finals, Bah! they will prob lose in the first round to a younger team with a smaller payroll.
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Alrighty. Here's Gertner's First Round playoff locks.
West 1.Detroit vs 8. Nashville- Detroit in 6 Vokoun will steal a couple games, but Detroit will be too powerful in the end 2. San Jose vs 7.St.Louis- San Jose in 7 Gonna go with the sharks in a close one. 3. Canuckleheads vs 6. Calgary- Canuckleheads in 6 God, I hope Calgary wins, but I just don't see it here. 4. Colorado vs 5. Dallas- Dallas in 5 I see the Avs tanking it. Plus Turco is alot better than Aebischer. East 1. Tampa Bay vs 8. NYLanders- Tampa in 4 No proven goalie, didn't improve a team at all that wasn't good last year. Easy win. 2. Boston vs 7. Montreal- Boston in 6 If this were any other team, I'd say Boston gets upset, but since it's Montreal, Boston wins 3. Phili vs 6. New Jersey- New Jersey in 5 Phili is a fraud. Esche and Burke will not win you a playoff series 4. Toronto vs 5. Ottawa- Toronto in 5 Here's the problem with Ottawa. They always add tough players, but their tough players aren't really skilled, like Toronto's are. The Sens continue to miss the point of adding toughness. Plus Lalime has been shaking recently, and against a good scoring team such as T.O, this could be trouble. For the Leafs sake I hope their D holds up. Please God hold up. Leafs in 5. |
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My playoff pics
-Detroit def. Nashville -St. Louis def. San Jose -Dallas def. Colorado -Vancouver def. Calgary -Tampa Bay def. NYI -Toronto def. Ottawa -New Jersey def. Philadelphia -Boston def. Montreal |
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Detroit def. Nashville (7 games)
San Jose def. St. Louis (5 games) Colorado def. Dallas (6 games) Calgary def. Vancouver (7 games) ![]() Tampa Bay def. NYI (5 games) Ottawa def. Toronto (6 games) New Jersey def. Philadelphia (4 games) Philly's goalies aren't play off goalies Montreal def Boston (6 games) if it was any other team that boston was playing I would pick them to go very far... Montreal always beats them for some reason though. |
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![]() ANYWAYS ROUND TWO Calgary Def Detroit in 5 games San Jose Def Colorado in 7 games Philly Def Toronto in 6 games Montreal Def T-bay in 7 games I would perfer Toronto to beat philly cause one canadian team winning the cup = canada winning the cup ![]() ![]() |
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hmm let's see:
Detroit over Nashville in 5 San Jose over St. Louis in 6 Colorado over Dallas in 5 Vancouver over Calgary in 6 Tampa Bay over NYI in 4 Toronto over Ottawa in 6 Philadelphia over New Jersey in 7 Montreal over Boston in 6 Philly-NJ will be the best matchup I predict |
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Here's how I see the playoffs going down Round #1
West: Det v. Nash (Det. in 6) Vokoun will scare early but the experience of Det will take over San Jo V. St.L (San in 6) St.L will tank again. Van. V. Cal (Van in 6) Kiprusoff will keep Cal in it, but Van is Hot hot hot Col. V. Dal (Dal in 5) Last year of Granato in Denver (Dal is too solid, and Col are slumpin) East: (big upsets I see !) TB v. NYI (NYI in 6) NYI has the series, and can grind on a small TB Phi. v. Nj (Nj in 7) Marty will have some fun! Bos V. Mon (Mon in 6) Just a feeling I have Ott v. Tor (To. in 7) <--- damn tough series Too bad this matchup will probably make them easy targets for round 2. BEST SERIES: OTTvTO Most 1 sided: COLvDAL first round MVP: KOIVU first round bust: Khabibulin Last edited by Guest #1; 04-05-2004 at 03:31 PM. |
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Heres whast gonna happen
A bunch of white guys with mullets are gonna score a ton of goals and win the Stanely Cup Barry Melrose told me |
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I just don't see Ottawa being much of a factor. They aren't built for the playoffs. I just don't want to see the Leafs run into Devils or the Flyers.
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I saw a few games between OTT and PHI that sure resembled playoff type games, not for the fighting, but the all-round tough checking and hard nose play. OTTAWA has alot to offer, and they collectively have playoff experience from last year, when I think they were less capable of handling playoff hockey. OTTAWA also has offensive depth and blueline strenght. It will be hard for TO to stop all that talent, esp. on special teams. I am not saying OTTAWA wins, as can be seen by my comments. TO's vets should come up with enough efforts to win in the end, but OTTAWA will put much miles on those aging LEAF legs. IMO
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Det over Nas (5 games)
Preds will win one of the first two games, but lose the rest. San over Stl (6 games) Not expecting much out of this series Cal over Van (7 games) *shrug* Col over Dal (5 games) Col will win a couple of OT games. TB over NYI (7 games) NY will lose the first 3, try to rally back, take it to game 7 only to lose. Tor over Ott (6 games) Toronto's entire roster gets injured only to have the coach single handedly defeat the Sens in 6. Phi over NJ (7 games) Phi will win a very tight series, probably OT in game 7. Montreal over Bos (6 games) Montreal will go strong into the 2nd round, possibly further. Det vs Tor in the finals. |
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T-Bay over Isles in 7
Habs over Bruins in 7 Devils over Flyers in 6 Leafs over Sens in 6 Wings over Preds in 4 Sharks over Blues in 6 Canucks over Flames in 6 Avs over Stars in 7 |
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Since we're doing a hockey pool at work, I might as well add my two cents to the playoff picture. Of course, this is the first round so there will tend to be surprises:
Tampa Bay over NYI in 5 games Montreal over Boston in 6 games New Jersey over Philly in 6 games Ottawa over Toronto in 7 games Detroit over Nashville in 5 games (but this easily could be my only pick for a sweep since Nashville played playoff hockey the past six weeks and are tired). San Jose over St.Loo in 6 games Calgary over Vancouver in 7 games (as an Oiler fan, I am ashamed to admit that I will cheer for Calgary). Colorado over Dallas in 6 games |
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Before I head onto the second round...let's see how I did in the first round :
Tampa Bay over NYI in 5 games -Dead on... ![]() Montreal over Boston in 6 games -Okay, got the team right but off by one game... New Jersey over Philly in 6 games -Okay, I screwed this one up but meh, Philly is a better team... Ottawa over Toronto in 7 games -This one I got wrong as well, but got the number of games right so plus plus ![]() Detroit over Nashville in 5 games -Off by ONE game... ![]() San Jose over St.Loo in 6 games -Another case of got the team right but not games... Calgary over Vancouver in 7 games Too right ![]() Colorado over Dallas in 6 games -Another correct pick, just missed the games... So 6 right and 2 wrong...*does happy dance* Now onto the next round: 1) Detroit over Calgary in 5 games (IF this one goes the distance, I'd take Calgary but I have to admit that the Wings will own them). 2) San Jose over Colorado in 6 games (a darkhorse for the Cup). 3) Montreal over Tampa Bay in 7 games (I want a Canadian team in the next round). 4) Philly over Toronto in 6 games (The Leafs had a horseshoe and his name is Belfour, but it's time for the Leafs to go away). |
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I don't know if it's just me, but I honestly don't see the Islanders taking it to 7 games
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Valid points, but I disagree about St. Louis.
Tampa's got a ton of hot hands this season (8 players with double digit goal numbers, 6 with 20+) Plus their defense has scored a lot. I think it was something like 4th-most goals in the league by defensemen. St. Louis is a good player and tough to play against, but if he gets shut down the Lightning have quite a few other options available. |
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The Penguins win it all this year
(Circa 1991) |
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MOTHERF'CKER!!!!
The preds scored in the first 16 seconds of the freakin game!! |
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LOL wow that was nuts
Gonna go watch teh gammmme |
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whooooooooooo go nucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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calm down Elvis
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