NHL playoff talk
 

Buffalo just owned the NY Rangers tonight 5-2. Good game, I'm thinking Buffalo should take this series, and I sort of hope they do. I think their time has come to get closer to the cup this year.

Ducks leading Vancouver 3-1 in the 2nd right now, just as I expected. Canucks can win this series but they'll have to dig down deep and muster some incredible playing.

Sens @ NJ Devils tomorrow night, this is going to be one great series. Never been a fan of Ottawa really, but as a Canadian I'm going to have to say GO SENS!

Sharks vs Red Wings --- not sure who will take this one, I like both teams. The orginal sixer in me says the Wings though.


Who do you like?

Now that the Lightning are out I don't give a shit. If they had won game 4 in OT they probably would have beat NJ since they would have been up 3-1 at the time. Oh well one one other team has won the Cup since they have. Maybe next year.

The knuckleheads don't have the fire power it seems..Ducks in 5
Buffalo should get by in 5
Sens in 6
The Sharks in 6

Vancouver should be ok if they can get Bieska and Salo back healthy. And Cooke's energy added back to the lineup for Smith/Hansen would be huge.

Tampa was bound to have a short playoff stint even if they got by Jersey.

They have below average goaltending and ride the top 3 forwards far to hard to make a deep run.

Will be interesting to see the cost cutting moves the team does in the off-season. Which of the big 3 will be traded.... I am betting St. Louis.

Ducks will go far this year.They have a great team.

Led by former Winnipeg Jet Temu Selanne no less.

I wouldn't be heartbroken if they were to beat the Canucks.

east final: buf - njd
west final: ana - det

Ottawa wins.

Serious?

I think that they have the best shot out of the two remaining Canadian teams, yes. I will even go so far as to say that if they manage to get by NJ their chances of winning it all goes way way up.

This could be the best series right now.

That fucking Stanley Cup engraver better learn how to spell BEAUCHEMIN!

a lot of good teams, it's way too hard to pick right now. I mean, Sharks/Ducks/Devils/Sens/Buffalo/Wings , are the strongest teams. Canucks/Rangers are going to get eliminated. Either way, exciting hockey is going on right now.

I think its gonna be a NJD vs DRW final but there are some great goalies left in the playoffs and they can make all the rule changes they want to hockey and one thing will always stay the same whoever has the hottest goalie wins Lord Stanley's Cup

D E V I L S!!!!!!!!

Fuck Everyone Else, Marty will bring us there yet again.

Cant wait to go to another Stanley Cup Game.

Oh BTW, RANGERS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

If that's true then maybe Vancouver does have a hope in hell.

Luongo is a great goaltender.

You mean LuonGOAL!!! GO DUCKS!!! :thumbsup

I like the Ducks, i dont "like" them, but i like them to win, their D and goalie are going to dominate.

go flames! :( :(

Yeah our D is solid this year! It's gonna be hard for a team to beat us in a 7 game series. We're young, fast and big! We're gonna wear teams out!

The Cup is coming to So Cal!!! :thumbsup

Tonight's games are going to be very interesting.

I say:

Sens 4
NJ 3

and

Wings 5
Sharks 3

Anaheim vs Buffalo would be great. Teemu or Teppo. Take your pick.

That's what I was hoping for last year. I would have been in San Diego during at least one of the games. Never seeing anything past the second round, the Cup finals would have been great. Then both fuckin' teams went and lost.

Luongo alone can win a series for sure that is why everbody needs to fear Vancouver

haha... your sarcasm is biting. :D

Vancouver is not without it's firepower. Their D is okay but could be better.
Ducks are stronger in both foward and defense, but I'm not willing to outright count Vancouver out of it just yet. Underdogs have been known to surprise everyone in the past, or... have you perhaps forgotten the past? :D

In typical Vancouver tradition they are falling apart in the 2nd round.

:(

oh there was no sarcasm I truly believe that Luongo is that good I mean the guy made 72 fucking saves in one game with him and either Nasland or the sedin's getting hot they are a very dangerous team

i am just hoping that it goes to game 7 for the ducks and some takes out pronger....

becuase i know that the sharks are going to get past the wings, but i think that it will take six games to do it. hand shakes in san jose this time, and then rob we will see each other in the finals. same thing we have been talking about all year

I have a better chance of winning the cup than the sharks the wings in 5 and that is being generous

I think the same... plus I think the Ducks are the team to beat....
if not buffalo should do it....

well we will see in a few hours on that one. san jose might even take game one in the the "house of pain"

not easy to win at joe, but we did it this year. the sharks played the wings four times this year and won three of the four games. the wings will not be able to stay out of the box, and the sharks will score with the extra man. sharks in six.

i just want the ducks to take it to seven and then maybe lose. i do think that they are the team to beat in the west.

i would love to see a rangers - devils final in the east. it would be good for the NHL

It would be a bloodbath, DEVILS and Rangers fans hate each other and the teams have a bitter rivalry. It would be alot of fun beating on Rangers fans

Go Devils!!!!

Vancouver got shut out 3 times in the first round and won...is that a record? They suck big time except for Lou...They were lucky Dallas couldnt score to save their lives but there is ZERO chance for them now

WHO-ongo??????

here comes the puck. game one. wings sharks

The guy with the hockey team sitting on his shoulders.

Damn, Ottawa are destroying NJ !!! :warning

Damn Ottawa slipped a 4-1 lead after the 1st and are 4-3 now and getting steamrolled, WTF.:helpme

It's the Sabres Cup to lose, barring injuries. If they don't win they can only blame themselves. The Senators and Devils are going to spend seven games beating the snot out of each other and the winner that emerges, whomever it is, is going to stagger into Buffalo and get what's left of their asses kicked.

The Rangers are in this round only because they managed to draw an opponent that matches up poorly with a front heavy team like the Rangers...

Out west, watch out for San Jose...they're much better than their record indicates, and Detroit is good but isn't as good as their record (Both Det. and Nashville get 12 extra games vs. Columbus, St. Louis and Chicago compared to San Jose...) Anaheim and Vancouver are also both good teams too, so whomever survives the West is also going to be beaten up pretty good...meaning Buffalo might also make mincemeat out of them too...

me and my wings = owned tonight by the sharks

you are a generous man.

I'm going to Counter this and predict that Ottawa will win their series one game sooner than Buffalo-NY Rangers ends, thus giving them a few precious days to rest up.

If it does come to a Sens-Sabres semi I'll say Ottawa takes it in 7.

I like the way Ottawa is playing.

I really thought they were gonna throw this one away. Made it in the end though. Good game !

i almost agree.

Ducks in 4
NJ in 6

sorry, but NJ is much better team thats adaptable to opposition. Sens are one-side meaning they have only one playing style - physical. As NJ changed their playing style from the regular season to defeat TB, they will do the same and defeat the Sens as well.

i completely agree.
there are two reasons why Van is in the 2nd round.
Goalie
Coach

the Ducks are stronger than both Dallas and Van combined. Dallas and Van are better teams overall, but the Ducks have way stronger individual players that in one-on-one matches will over whelm Van.

i dont think Van will win a single game.


cheers!

lol easy shots are easy saves. sure, he make 72 saves as he should have. need i remind u that those were 72 saves against an average to poor dallas offense?

ditto!
think NY will wake up for game 2 against Bflo? it looked like they were sleeping! :1orglaugh

Tonight's games --

Rangers @ Buffalo
Canucks @ Anaheim


Any predictions?

I'm thinking Sabres by 3
And the Canucks may take this one, by 2.

Not true from what I saw in game 1. NJ will have to get their heads out of their asses for tomorrow night's game because they definitely don't want to head to Ottawa having suffered two losses at home. :D

I still think the NJ/Ott series will go the distance. Often first games are offensive explosions before they settle down (witness Dal/Van first round ... what, 9 goals in game one and about 7 for the rest of the series!)

I pray Buf/NYR goes 7 too as I have all Sabres and Rangers in my draft left. Doubt it though, it probably goes 5 with NY winning one at home.

SJ will beat Det, though it could go to 6 or 7. Detroit still has too many "playoff-soft" players up front and Dom is starting to show his age this season.

Ana will sweep Vancouver. Any team that relies on the Sedins for offence is going nowhere - they took 7 to beat a Dallas team with, yikes, Mike Ribeiro as their leading scorer.

Buf/Ott will go 7 with Buf barely getting by. I see Ott winning both in Buffalo before the Sabres wake up and realize they are in a series.

Ana will take SJ in as little as 5. Ana has all the ingredients needed in the West.

The Cup ... Buf over Ana and it goes all 7 .. and maybe overtime.
:thumbsup

As a Sabres fan I only pay close attention to the east this time of year. I think the Sabres will take out the Rangers in 6 or 7.

Ottawa is good to go in 5 over NJ. For those saying Ottawa is a one dimensional team they are sadly mistaken. I REALLY dislike them but I think they are going to take it all this year and will probably roll over my beloved Sabres in the ECF.

Otw/Buf matchup would be bad for Buf. hard hits and physical play disrurps Buf playmaking abilities. but thats ok, i dont think the Sens will get past NJ anyway.

but i am sorry, just playing physical wont make it far.
NJ over Sens in 6