[FrenchCanadian]

TB 4-3 over MTL
NYR 4-1 over WAS
ANA 4-1 over CGY
CHI 4-3 over MIN

[kaotic]

NY Rangers 4-2 over Washington. (Alot of people are saying Rangers may take it all)
Tampa Bay 4-2 over Montreal. (Tampa is a team I have an eye on)
Anaheim 4-2 over Calgary. (Ducks will be rested NOT rusted)
Chicago 4-3 over Minnesota. (I think the Wild have heart but Hawks have experience, this will be another important series)

[Stun]

NYR 4-3 over WAS
MON 4-2 over TBL
ANA 4-1 over CGY
CHI 4-2 over MIN

[kaotic]

Looks like Hiller was swiss cheese last night and Andersen almost got a shutout against the flames.

Hell of a last second goal from the Caps.

[DannyAlberta]

flames have had a great run but it'd be a miracle to win more than 1 or 2 against that ducks team. great season though. through the roof on all expectations.

please don't listen to the blue pill tripe coming out of the calgary media re the "harassment" of women. 90% of the people heading down to the red mile are out for one thing: a fun time. should a few millennial attention whores want to show their cans for monahan, very few people give a damn and most would just enjoy the show.

[Jura]

Just came back from the double OT Tampa-Mtl game.
F do I love playoff hockey! Great energy and great game.

[Stun]

^ That was a spectacular game. I didn't get to watch all of it because I had a date, but that was the best game of the 2015 playoffs so far.

[MdWanderer]

(05-01-2015 11:17 PM)DannyAlberta Wrote:  

flames have had a great run but it'd be a miracle to win more than 1 or 2 against that ducks team. great season though. through the roof on all expectations.

Ducks are looking unstoppable and had me rethinking my pre-playoff pick of Chicago but I'm sticking with the Blackhawks.

[kaotic]

I'm not saying sweep against the Flames just yet.

Ducks looked a bit weak in the 2nd.

It'll be bird fight for sure between the Ducks & Hawks.

It might go all 7 games, I'll always stick with the Ducks.

[Stun]

I just checked my bracket on NHL.com and I had picked Chicago, Anaheim, Tampa and NYR to be the Final Four. Looks like I was smarter then than I was here picking MON. I still think Montreal can win, though. They outplayed TB in game 1 and it should really be 1-1. We'll see. I took NYR over Chicago in the Final.

[MMX2010]

Big Rangers fan, just shaking my head over Derek Stepan's OT GWG. This year's comeback was far more amazing than last year's.

NYR 4-3 over TB
ANA 4-3 over CHI

[Stun]

My bracket is alive! I picked the final 4 teams correctly on NHL.com bracket challenge.

I chose NYR over the Blackhawks in the final so we'll stick with that, even though Tampa could probably easily beat New York.

CHI 4-2 over ANA
NYR 4-3 over TBL

[NilNisiOptimum]

Caps fan checking in...

[kaotic]

4 for 4 coming through Round 3

It's going to be a nasty bird fight between the ducks and the hawks.

Whoever wins the west, will win the Stanley cup.

Ducks 4-3 Hawks
Rangers 4-2 Lightning

[MdWanderer]

(05-13-2015 10:00 PM)MMX2010 Wrote:  

This year's comeback was far more amazing than last year's.

I'd disagree. This was against the Capitals, we wrote the book on choking. Six homeless guys wearing rags and skates can beat us in the playoffs. I'd figured once we screwed the pooch in Game 5 with less than 2 minutes left up one the Rangers were going to take the series.

With that being said, i'm not taking anything away from the Rangers. I'd expect Tampa-NY to be a good series and wouldn't be surprised if New York won it all, although I picked Chicago. I believed the Capitals played well enough to win but just don't have what it takes to get the monkey off of their backs.

[FrenchCanadian]

TB over NYR 4-2
ANA over CHI 4-3

Rangers are real banged up (Dan Boyle! Callahan?)... I don't see them matching the speed of the Johnson-Kucherov-Palat line. Bishop looked good against MTL, also.

Anaheim have just impressed me alot this post season. They are big, they hit, always forechecking hard and have great depth. Andersen has been solid also. If any team can take out Chicago in the West it's gotta be the Ducks.

[YossariansRight]

(05-14-2015 08:49 AM)FrenchCanadian Wrote:  

TB over NYR 4-2
ANA over CHI 4-3

Rangers are real banged up (Dan Boyle! Callahan?)... I don't see them matching the speed of the Johnson-Kucherov-Palat line. Bishop looked good against MTL, also.

Anaheim have just impressed me alot this post season. They are big, they hit, always forechecking hard and have great depth. Andersen has been solid also. If any team can take out Chicago in the West it's gotta be the Ducks.

^^The winner of the West is winning the Cup.

[YossariansRight]

I'm going with TB over NYR 4-2 and CHI over ANA 4-3.

[lavidaloca]

Tampa in 6 over New York

Chicago in 6 over Anaheim

Stanley Cup
Tampa in 6 over Chicago

[Stun]

(05-14-2015 08:49 AM)FrenchCanadian Wrote:  

TB over NYR 4-2
ANA over CHI 4-3

Rangers are real banged up (Dan Boyle! Callahan?)... I don't see them matching the speed of the Johnson-Kucherov-Palat line. Bishop looked good against MTL, also.

Anaheim have just impressed me alot this post season. They are big, they hit, always forechecking hard and have great depth. Andersen has been solid also. If any team can take out Chicago in the West it's gotta be the Ducks.

The Rangers are better than people think, and Lundqvist is playing hot.

I think they could easily win it all. They were a combined 3-1 vs Chicago/Anaheim this season.

They crushed Anaheim 4-1 and 7-2 in two games and they were 1-1 vs Chicago with both games ending in a score 1-0.

[Stun]

Chicago over TB in 7.

[MMX2010]

Sad Rangers fan here. Turns out that our best three defensemen had severe injuries for the last three games of the ECF.

I pick Chicago in six over Tampa Bay.

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I also find it ironic that either Brad Richards and Michal Roszival or Anton Stralman and Brian Boyle will win the Cup.

[kaotic]

I seriously don't know what the fuck happened to my ducks in Game 7

It was like me being at Game 7 last year against the Kings.

It looks like after Goal 2 they just freaked out and had PTSD.

Game 7's are cursed for them !


Crawford was absolutely killer, along with Kane and Toewe.


How the Rangers lost on home ice is astounding also.


Granted....Tampa doesn't get much credit compared to the Hawks.

I call CHI over TB in 6

[Stun]

^ BB got his ass outcoached by a significantly better coach in Joel Quennville. There's no shame in that - Quennville is the best coach in the game, IMO. Every line combination changed he made worked. The only mistake he made in the whole series was taking Terevainen and Vermette out for game 3 and replacing them with a rusty Kris Versteed and that other dude.

Last year it seemed obvious to me it was the goaltending changes. Gibson with no playoff or real NHL experience. The Ducks gave up on Hiller but he has been a known Kings killer throughout his career. I have no doubt the Ducks would have won the series with Hiller in net for all 7 games, and it might not have even taken 7 games. And I say that as a life long Kings fan.

[kaotic]

(06-05-2015 04:01 PM)Stun Wrote:  

^ BB got his ass outcoached by a significantly better coach in Joel Quennville. There's no shame in that - Quennville is the best coach in the game, IMO. Every line combination changed he made worked. The only mistake he made in the whole series was taking Terevainen and Vermette out for game 3 and replacing them with a rusty Kris Versteed and that other dude.

Last year it seemed obvious to me it was the goaltending changes. Gibson with no playoff or real NHL experience. The Ducks gave up on Hiller but he has been a known Kings killer throughout his career. I have no doubt the Ducks would have won the series with Hiller in net for all 7 games, and it might not have even taken 7 games. And I say that as a life long Kings fan.

BB also changed the lines up, if it isn't broke, don't fix it. You're he couldn't keep up, I think Ducks finally hit a wall because they hit a seasoned almost dynasty like Blackhawks team.

The Jets and Flames were cannon fodder compared to the Hawks, that was the real challenge and reality check for BB and the boys.

I agree about last year, poor Hiller could of saved Game 7.