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****the NHL playoff thread**** (really a "tiesto is coming" thread in disguise )

With the eastern Conference almost wrapped up, and the door locked in the West, it's time for the most exciting time of the year for sports...the chase for the Stanley Cup

I still can't belive my Sens almost missed the playoff after a 15-2 start at the beging of the season ah well..atleast they're not watching from the outside Toronto styles. It would have been more nice if they met Montreal in the second round instead of the first.


Who's your picks?

...more later. breakfast time for now.



EAST
Montreal(1) vs. Boston (8)
1. Thu, Apr 10 � at Montreal, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS) Preview
2. Sat, Apr 12 � at Montreal, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, VS.)
3. Sun, Apr 13 � at Boston, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
4. Tue, Apr 15 � at Boston, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
5.* Thu, Apr 17 � at Montreal, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
6.* Sat, Apr 19 � at Boston (CBC, RDS)
7.* Mon, Apr 21 � at Montreal (CBC, RDS)


Pittsburg(2) vs. Ottawa(7)
Penguins lead 1-0

1. Wed, Apr 9 � Pittsburgh 4, Ottawa 0
2. Fri, Apr 11 � at Pittsburgh, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
3. Mon, Apr 14 � at Ottawa, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
4. Wed, Apr 16 � at Ottawa, 7:00 pm EDT (CBC, RDS)
5.* Sat, Apr 19 � at Pittsburgh (VS., CBC)
6.* Sun, Apr 20 � at Ottawa (CBC, RDS)
7.* Tue, Apr 22 � at Pittsburgh (CBC, RDS)


Washington(3) vs. Philadelphia(6)
1. Fri, Apr 11 � at Washington, 7:00 pm EDT (VS., TSN)
2. Sun, Apr 13 � at Washington, 2:00 pm EDT (NBC, TSN)
3. Tue, Apr 15 � at Philadelphia, 7:00 pm EDT (VS., TSN)
4. Thu, Apr 17 � at Philadelphia, 7:00 pm EDT (VS., TSN)
5.* Sat, Apr 19 � at Washington, 1:00 pm EDT (NBC, TSN)
6.* Mon, Apr 21 � at Philadelphia (VS., TSN)
7.* Tue, Apr 22 � at Washington (TSN)


New Jersey (4) vs. New York (5)
Rangers lead series 1-0

1. Wed, Apr 9 � NY Rangers 4, New Jersey 1
2. Fri, Apr 11 � at New Jersey, 7:00 pm EDT (TSN)
3. Sun, Apr 13 � at NY Rangers, 7:00 pm EDT (VS., TSN)
4. Wed, Apr 16 � at NY Rangers, 7:00 pm EDT (VS., TSN)
5.* Fri, Apr 18 � at New Jersey, 7:30 pm EDT (TSN)
6.* Sun, Apr 20 � at NY Rangers (VS., TSN)
7.* Tue, Apr 22 � at New Jersey (TSN)



WEST
...up later

Re: ****the NHL playoff thread**** (really a "tiesto is coming" thread in disguise )

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Originally posted by Owen M With the eastern Conference almost wrapped up, and the door locked in the West, it's time for the most exciting time of the year for sports...the chase for the Stanley Cup I still can't belive my Sens almost missed the playoff after a 15-2 start at the beging of the season ah well..atleast they're not watching from the outside Toronto styles. It would have been more nice if they met Montreal in the second round instead of the first. Who's your picks? ...more later. breakfast time for now. EAST 1 y-Pittsburgh 2 y-Montreal 3 Washington 4 x-New Jersey 5 x-NY Rangers 6 x-Boston 7 x-Ottawa 8 x-Philadelphia 9. Carolina WEST 1 *-Detroit 2 y-San Jose 3 y-Minnesota 4 x-Anaheim 5 x-Dallas 6 x-Colorado 7 x-Calgary 8 x-Nashville

Round one:

Eastern Conference

(1) Pittsburgh vs (8)Philly

Philly gets owned.
Pitt wins 4-2

(2)Montreal vs (7)Ottawa

Gonna be a close battle, home arena advantage here.
Montreal wins 4-3

(3) Washington vs (6)Boston

Laugher, Ovechkin will eat them alive.
Tim Thomas is a sive.
Washington wins 4-1

(4)NY Rangers vs (5)New Jersey

Broduer>Lunqvist
rest of NJ team NY Rangers win 4-3



Western Conference

(1)Detroit vs (8)Nashville

I think Nashville will put up a fight but will fall short.
Detroit wins 4-3

(2)San Jose vs (7)Colorado

San Jose and Roenick show Colorado how to play hockey
Colorado needs better goal tending
San Jose sweeps 4-0

(3)Minnesota vs (6)Calgary

Calgary has Minnesota's number this year 6-2
The Kipper will come through
Calgary wins 4-3

(4)Anahiem vs (5)Dallas

No contest
Anahiem wins 4-0


Round two:

Eastern Conference

(1)Pittsburgh vs (4)NY Rangers

Pittsburgh Healthy will take this one but it will be one hell of a series.
Pittsburgh wins 4-3

(2)Montreal vs (3)Washington

Semin, Backstrom and Ovechkin show the young talent but not the lack of playoff experience.
Washington wins 4-2



Western Conference

(1)Detrioit vs (6)Calgary
Ok end of the line for Calgary, Detroit is too strong on the blueline
Calgary has scoring problems
Detroit wins 4-2

(2)San Jose vs (4)Anahiem

Anahiem's experience gets them through to the next round
gonna be a great series
Anahiem wins 4-2


Round Three

Eastern Conference

(1)Pittsburgh vs (3)Washington

Pittsburgh's young talent>Washingtons young talent
Pittsburgh wins 4-2


Western Conference

(1)Detroit vs (4) Anahiem

Dont think Anahiem has enough fire power to win
Detroit wins 4-3



THE STANLEY CUP FINALS

(1)Detroit vs (1)Pittsburgh

Detroit takes advantage of Fluery who will be good enough to get them to the finals but chokes like he did in the Gold Medal game.


Detroit wins 4-1


DETROIT WINS THE STANLEY CUP



At least thats what I see happening.

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Originally posted by urban_legend DETROIT WINS THE STANLEY CUP

I like your visions Jay

I really wanted the HABs to go against the Bruins in the first round to keep the streak going

Habs to the end, dont care for the rest...

that is all fine and dandy, but those playoff match ups aren't even set in stone yet.

leafs all the way.

leafs nation!

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Originally posted by elFreak that is all fine and dandy, but those playoff match ups aren't even set in stone yet. leafs all the way. leafs nation!

Boston will win and Philly will lose their final games for sure though.

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Originally posted by urban_legend Boston will win and Philly will lose their final games for sure though.

even the leafs beat good teams this year

GO HAMILTON WOLVERINES

YEAAAH YOUNG BLOOOOD

I would like to see a Detroit vs Pittsburg final but I have a feeling its going to be Philly vs Colorado with Philly coming out on top.

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Originally posted by urban_legend (4)NY Rangers vs (5)New Jersey Broduer>Lunqvist rest of NJ team NY Rangers win 4-3

MB over HL? hilarious. Brodeur just got booted from the game vs. Philly because of his goaltending, the Rangers are 7-0 vs devils (so far..one game left tomorrow) and Lundqvist is on fire. HL has owned MB this season. MB doing well against other teams doesnt mean that he is playing better than HL right now in any sense of the word. PLUS HL owns in shootouts!!

Unless there is a complete reversal in roles (which is possible....people can collapse in the playoffs...espcially the rangers... ) I doubt that this is an accurate assessment.

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Originally posted by ChemEnhanced I would like to see a Detroit vs Pittsburg final but I have a feeling its going to be Philly vs Colorado with Philly coming out on top.

There is no way in hell philly is going to win. (watch me be wrong and you can quote me in a few weeks LOL)

I am going with the Pens (for the money) and rangers (for my heart....not going to happen but one can hope).

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby MB over HL? hilarious. Brodeur just got booted from the game vs. Philly because of his goaltending, the Rangers are 7-0 vs devils (so far..one game left tomorrow) and Lundqvist is on fire. HL has owned MB this season. MB doing well against other teams doesnt mean that he is playing better than HL right now in any sense of the word. PLUS HL owns in shootouts!! Unless there is a complete reversal in roles (which is possible....people can collapse in the playoffs...espcially the rangers... ) I doubt that this is an accurate assessment.

while i agree that most of his assessments were laughable at best, the playoffs are a new season and everything that happened before is not worth 2 shits.

Brodeur = Stanley Cup Champ/iron clad hall of famer/ could even arguably be the best goalie of all time in many eyes.

Lundqvist = never done anything in the playoffs....

advantage Brodeur.

Saying Anaheim can't beat Detroit is epic lulz. Picking Philly to go to the finals is even funnier as they won't make it out of the first round. Can't blame Torontonions for not knowing anhything about hockey. Lets party like it was 1967.

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Originally posted by elFreak while i agree that most of his assessments were laughable at best, the playoffs are a new season and everything that happened before is not worth 2 shits. Brodeur = Stanley Cup Champ/iron clad hall of famer/ could even arguably be the best goalie of all time in many eyes. Lundqvist = never done anything in the playoffs.... advantage Brodeur. Saying Anaheim can't beat Detroit is epic lulz. Picking Philly to go to the finals is even funnier as they won't make it out of the first round. Can't blame Torontonions for not knowing anhything about hockey. Lets party like it was 1967.

true story, hence my mention of the fact that ANY team can collapse under the playoff pressure. Esp Rangers since they have very little experience in comparison.

...BUT my argument was simply over the broduer vs. Lunqvist argument. I cant say how they will play in the playoffs because experience is def a factor. HOWEVER to say that Brodeur is playing better than lundqvist in the rangers vs. devils games in ludicrous. If they play each other we will have to see if lundqvist's game will overtake brodeur's experience.
You know at some point brodeur was a rookie and had to make it to the big timers, and just like any other goalie, he needed the experience and needed to prove himself in playoff games. Hopefully HL will keep his focus, keep his composure and keep the rangers on the winning streak.

Not to mention losing to the devils is *my* WORST possible scenario. Its like the yanks losing to boston. not fun.


and yes, please no one put money on philly. If you want, you can send a check directly to me and I will cash it. It might be easier.

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby MB over HL? hilarious. Brodeur just got booted from the game vs. Philly because of his goaltending, the Rangers are 7-0 vs devils (so far..one game left tomorrow) and Lundqvist is on fire. HL has owned MB this season. MB doing well against other teams doesnt mean that he is playing better than HL right now in any sense of the word. PLUS HL owns in shootouts!! Unless there is a complete reversal in roles (which is possible....people can collapse in the playoffs...espcially the rangers... ) I doubt that this is an accurate assessment.

I did say the Rangers were taking the series did I not?

there are no shootouts in the playoffs

/failboat

we are playing boston...mark my words

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby true story, hence my mention of the fact that ANY team can collapse under the playoff pressure. Esp Rangers since they have very little experience in comparison. ...BUT my argument was simply over the broduer vs. Lunqvist argument. I cant say how they will play in the playoffs because experience is def a factor. HOWEVER to say that Brodeur is playing better than lundqvist in the rangers vs. devils games in ludicrous. If they play each other we will have to see if lundqvist's game will overtake brodeur's experience. You know at some point brodeur was a rookie and had to make it to the big timers, and just like any other goalie, he needed the experience and needed to prove himself in playoff games. Hopefully HL will keep his focus, keep his composure and keep the rangers on the winning streak. Not to mention losing to the devils is *my* WORST possible scenario. Its like the yanks losing to boston. not fun. and yes, please no one put money on philly. If you want, you can send a check directly to me and I will cash it. It might be easier.

Indeed you're correct. Brodeur was a rookie needing to prove himself at one time. That time came in his first full season (he only played 4 games in the prev. yr) when he took the NJD within a Mark Messier Miracle and a Stephan Matteau wrap-around in game 7 in OT, of the finals where he'd have cemented Roy-like status and won the cup in his first year (I had a broken leg at watched every second of those play-offs ... hence the detail). So to say Lundquist is even in the same phylum as Brodeur is flat-out NYR home-towner talk. Sorry my dear. No offence.

The bottom line is that regular season gets you into the dance, but it's your ability to handle the big time like it was the pre-season (in the sense that nothing enters your head) that separates the greats from the also-rans. Henrik may be there some day, but they don't have shoot-outs in the play-offs and his skating ability is too tiring for him to carry on much past the first OT without exhausting himself. So unless his team can wrap things up by the middle of the 3rd in 4 games out of 7, they're not moving on.

As far as my predictions go, there's a little something I should share first off. That is that I truly have no favourite team, and will watch any game, with any team, at any time, so I firmly feel that I bring no team-centric bias to the table. That said, here are my predictions:

- Montreal will make it to at least the 3rd round of the play-offs
-yep, Price really is that good (& it scares me a bit), as I've never seen any goalie with that kind of skating ability. Now add in his size, reflexes, and poise, and you've got a legend in the making. Forget the rest of the team, b/c when it comes down to it, they'll only need to score twice per game (allowing for flukes) on average to win a series.

-Detroit will not go past the second round (barring a Hasekian miracle)
-simply put, they're a one line team. Yes, they're a dynamo on the PP. Yes, they're brilliant on the blueline. Yes Cleary is a threat in a grinding game. Yes Chelios has more longevity than Noah. But here's the bottom line� Unless they somehow end up playing Minnesota (which is essentially impossible), they can't bang & crash with the rest of the conference; everyone else has a defensive pair that can shut down the Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Holmstrom line (either with physical play or sheer skating abiity); and beyond Lidstrom & Rafalski (if he's even healthy enough to absorb the play-off minutes he needs to), they haven't got a pairing that can stop the second lines of most teams from generating quality chances.

- Anaheim vs. San Jose in the second round of the play-offs will result in more red eyes the next morning than St. Patrick's Day and NYE combined.
- This series will decide who wins the Cup b/c both teams have all the elements of a great champion. Yes, SJ hasn't got the experience overall, and yes they lack the offensive numbers that one would expect to give them the odds in favour of skating past a top 3 D-unit of Pronger, Nedermayer, and Schneider. But, they've got the skating ability to tire the Ducks' key players, and the vet's that haven't won but have the grit to make it happen. And all that is up against is arguably the best D (including the clutch goaltending ... Giggy won the Conn Smythe in 2003...) that has existed since the Habs in the 1970's. Versus Nabokov having one of the best goaltending seasons in the past decade. Factor in the Getzlaf line and the Ducks' PP, and you've got a 7 game nail biter that will provide enough momentum to carry an old-timers' team to the finals.

-Brodeur has one more big playoff run thanks to Parise's heroics against the NYR.
-this kid's stamina makes him an OT threat. Marty will get them to OT thanks to the Rangers' inability to score late in games (even more prevalent late in the season). Add in the general flukiness of NJD v. NYR in the playoffs and the fact that NY's got little winning experience beyond their 36+ crowd (i.e. Shannahan and Jagr who look like they're skating with an achor tied to their aging legs and wearing flak jackets for fun), and Brodeur's playoff stigma grows in the minds of the Rangers' players period by period.

-Philly provides 4 very entertaining consecutive losses to the Pens (assuming they pick up a point tomorrow...if not, Boston will be watching blurs and picking pucks out of their net until the 60 minute mark of game 4).
-they don't have the D to deal with Malkin in either the physical, skating, OR positional senses. Now add Crosby's playmaking, the overall skill level of the Pens against Philly's inexperience (yes the Pens are young too, but to man they've got a couple more years in the league than the Flyers), and Philly's lack of faith in Biron (which messes with his head...witness his history in Buffalo), and you've got all the makings of a blow out series with some great brawls, which the Pens will win both of.

K. That's all I'm willing to type right now. More later after round one of the play-offs.

End rant.


(for now)

nice write up.

i think anaheim is taking it again this year, but my bias makes me unable to pick against my team until they are gone.

I really think we can go at least to the conference finals. Price is more composed than many goalies 10 years his senior, a proven winner at every level, and has natural gifts i have not seen in a young goalie (20 ffs!) in a very long time. The city is going bonkers (im not there at the moment but i get ribbed constantly for leaving), and when the elements are right and that building gets loud its almost like a 6th player. I'm waking up at 7am to watch every game, this year is gonna be a great playoff on both sides of the tree.

The ear: technically we are in agreement, because I never said that HL was better than brodeur. MB is a star vet that has proven himself over the years and is one of the best of all time. No one in their right mind can deny that, even if i hate the f*cking devils

If you re-read my post, I was simply saying that in the devils vs. rangers games THIS YEAR, HL has made heroic saves and has been a MAJOR factor in the rangers 7-0 streak against the devils. Cant deny HL's talent, but to get to broduer's level will take years and experience (and even a cup or two). You cant even compare the two overall, because one is soo new and one has been around forever, but you CAN look at the games between the two this year and see who has prevailed. I am a rangers FAN but I am not stupid....in fact I am pretty rational, hence me not putting my hard earned money on the rangers winning the cup......lol

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Originally posted by The Ear - Montreal will make it to at least the 3rd round of the play-offs -yep, Price really is that good (& it scares me a bit), as I've never seen any goalie with that kind of skating ability. Now add in his size, reflexes, and poise, and you've got a legend in the making. Forget the rest of the team, b/c when it comes down to it, they'll only need to score twice per game (allowing for flukes) on average to win a series.

Holla!

Go Habs!

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Originally posted by magikb I like your visions Jay

HA!
I'm not putting my hands up. If Detroit wins, I'll be very sad...we need some new saliva drinking from The Cup!


1 y-Pittsburgh
2 y-Montreal
3 Washington
4 x-New Jersey
5 x-NY Rangers
6 x-Boston
7 x-Ottawa
8 x-Philadelphia
9. Carolina

fuckin wicked Washington won their last game!!!! just tipped out CArolina

Even hough Sens are my guys, I'll still be happy to see either Montreal make the second round...as long as one of them makes the eastern finals it'll be entertaining for my ass.

super excited to see Ovechkin tear the post season.

would lovely to see Crosby & Malkin ruin everyon in their path....circa 91-92 lemiuex and jagr days. Even if it's atthe expense of my Sens.

...it's sunday breafast time.

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Originally posted by urban_legend I did say the Rangers were taking the series did I not?

I fuckin hope they win!













i can't see straight

rangers played like shit today, regardless of the outcome.

I sent a text to my friend stating that I could play better hockey at 5-years-old with a broken foot than the rangers were playing today. complete shit till MAYBE the third.

shootout coming. no more home ice.

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Originally posted by Owen M HA! I'm not putting my hands up. If Detroit wins, I'll be very sad...we need some new saliva drinking from The Cup! 1 Montreal 2 Pittsburg

fixed



hihihihihihi

bring on da bruins

pwned imo urban legend

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Originally posted by urban_legend Boston will win and Philly will lose their final games for sure though.

quoted for lulz gtfo

I'm loving the Pens-Sens matchup in the 1st round! get rid of 1 good team!

I love the Devils-Rangers too, Rangers scare me a little bit and could be a sleeper in the eastern conference.

Can anyone stop SJ in the West? Since they got Campbell, almost unstoppable!!

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