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Official NHL playoffs 2012 thread

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- Ovechkin and Marc Staal are going to have epic battles just like he and Chara
- think the series will all hinge on which Lundqvist shows up
- what's with Fla fans dressing as empty seats in their first ever game 7 at home right now??? Or maybe they're all still in the bathroom for intermission
 
With the Sens out I'll have to accept LA as the team I want to Win the Cup. Then I can claim that the Canucks pushed them to the Cup! 😀

That said, my interest in the Playoffs is very low now. I may or may not watch Games from here, just check in to see what's happening mainly.
 
sandorski said:
With the Sens out I'll have to accept LA as the team I want to Win the Cup. Then I can claim that the Canucks pushed them to the Cup! 😀

That said, my interest in the Playoffs is very low now. I may or may not watch Games from here, just check in to see what's happening mainly.
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Don't do that. Sit back, crack open a beer and enjoy some good quality hockey without getting REALLY REALLY pissed off at the Cancuks. It's what I do. All the good without the bad.
 
rh71 said:
- Ovechkin and Marc Staal are going to have epic battles just like he and Chara
- think the series will all hinge on which Lundqvist shows up
- what's with Fla fans dressing as empty seats in their first ever game 7 at home right now??? Or maybe they're all still in the bathroom for intermission
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This series is going to be insanely close I think. 7 Games is my guess if Holtby and Lundqvist are both on their game. The Rangers are favored to win but the Caps are on a roll, despite their PP suckage. Luckily in the Boston series, Boston's PP sucked too.

Philly should be able to handle NJ, but that depends on Brzgalov.
 
mugs said:
Landeskog can keep his Calder trophy, Adam Henrique just sent the Devils to the second round.
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Exactly how I feel. I can't believe it's been 5 years since NJ was in the Conference Semifinals. 😵

I hope Josefson can return at some point during the series, they'll need all the help they can get.
 
SP33Demon said:
Philly should be able to handle NJ, but that depends on Brzgalov.
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I wouldn't worry if I was Philly. NJ is good at making mediocre goalies look like Vezina winners.

It will be interesting to see if Travis Zajac can keep a lid on Giroux, if not it will be a short series.
 
Flyers are going to pwn the Devils even worse than they pwned the Pens.

Blues will sweep the Kings or will go 5 games.

Rangers will take the Caps in 6

Preds will take the Yotes in 6
 
Didn't do so well in my first round picks.

Went 5/8 with zero correct series length predictions.

Here are my round two predictions.

LA > STL in 7
NSH > PHX in 6
NYR > WSH in 6
PHI > NJD in 6

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AMDZen said:
Flyers are going to pwn the Devils even worse than they pwned the Pens.
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Was listening to sports talk radio down here and their fans all seem to agree with you. I hope the players do too.

If Brodeur can keep up a high level of play, I think it could be interesting.
 
Blackjack200 said:
Was listening to sports talk radio down here and their fans all seem to agree with you. I hope the players do too.

If Brodeur can keep up a high level of play, I think it could be interesting.
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The only thing that concerns me is their long layoff.

I’m a firm believer that you don’t want to sit around, that’s why the Bruins stayed hot last year – they played every series to 7 games and never had more than a couple days off.

That might hurt the Flyers IMO, Bryzgolov most of all.
 
AMDZen said:
The only thing that concerns me is their long layoff.

I’m a firm believer that you don’t want to sit around, that’s why the Bruins stayed hot last year – they played every series to 7 games and never had more than a couple days off.

That might hurt the Flyers IMO, Bryzgolov most of all.
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Actually, the Bruins were the first team to win the Cup after playing in more than 1 7Game series in the playoffs. Injuries usually decimate teams that play too long, but big Boston was a combination of lucky and tough. So it can go the other way as well (and almost always says you lose) if playing in too many 7 game series. Odds are slim.
 
Sentrosi2121 said:
How is the NBA Playoff thread stickied BUT NOT THIS ONE?
Blasphemy.
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PM a mod and they'll sticky it. Or post in one of those mod discussion forums. Whatever is the preferred way to contact mods these days.

Blackjack200 said:
Exactly how I feel. I can't believe it's been 5 years since NJ was in the Conference Semifinals. 😵

I hope Josefson can return at some point during the series, they'll need all the help they can get.
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I forgot it was even a possibility that he'd be back so soon.
 
Caps have to come to play.... If Holtby is sucking they are done... But I have faith...

Lets Rock the Red
 
Caps have a pretty decent shot considering how bad the Rangers played during a lot of the Sens series.

Holtby is 2x the 'tender Anderson is
 
The Rangers offense is anemic, I don't blame them for not paying the price CLB was asking for Nash, but if they don't make the SCF, there are going to be a lot of Ranger fans angry that they didn't get him.
 
Blackjack200 said:
The Rangers offense is anemic, I don't blame them for not paying the price CLB was asking for Nash, but if they don't make the SCF, there are going to be a lot of Ranger fans angry that they didn't get him.
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They can get him for less this off season and make another run next year.

Now, if they continually get there and fail as the Caps have been doing - the Rangers fans have reason enough to be pissed. Canuck fans too at this point.

Flyers fans will be pissed as well, as this should be their year. Personally, I think its their year to make the SCF again and lose to the Blues or Preds.
 
I like how the western conference has 2, 3, 4, and 8, while the east has just the opposite with 1 ,5, 6,7. Leave it up to the rangers to screw up the east.

Anyways, I can see the blues and nashville advancing, along with the rangers, and philly unfortunately. rather see the devils knock philly out, but don't think that'll happen.
 
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