NHL Playoffs

Are about to start. Will Detroit repeat? Will The Ottawa Senators finally go beyond the second round of the playoffs? Do the Flyers have the goaltending to make a run at the cup? and many other questions that I can't think of.

For purely bias reasons I think Detroit will win it.

Please make your predictions and/or comments

Thank You

Your friendly neighborhood White Man

i'm a huge Red Wings fan, so i'm biased as well.

but i honestly think that they are probably "the team to beat" in the playoffs. Stevie Yzerman is rounding back into shape, Jiri Fischer is coming back soon, and everyone is playing so well right now; they've been almost unstoppable the last couple of months.

i'm still not convinced that a team from the East is capable of winning it all. i think it will be either the Wings or Stars.

Originally posted by Spotnick Like I give a s*it.Sorry, but I'm still very down by the fact that my team doesn't do the play-offs for the 4th time in the last 5 years... Boy that sucks...To be honest, I don't give a damn who wins, but I like the underdogs, ie Tampa Bay and Minnesota.. (Minnesota having the coaching staff the Habs would have if Mr Lemaire was able to handle the press)

Go Lightning!

how do you think the Lightning will do this year?

tonight, both 8th-seeded teams won!

the Isles shut out the Sens and the Oilers beat the Stars by a goal.

fabulous!

Originally posted by Spotnick Like I give a s*it.Sorry, but I'm still very down by the fact that my team doesn't do the play-offs for the 4th time in the last 5 years... Boy that sucks...To be honest, I don't give a damn who wins, but I like the underdogs, ie Tampa Bay and Minnesota.. (Minnesota having the coaching staff the Habs would have if Mr Lemaire was able to handle the press)

i'm sorry, Spotnick...i really wish the habs were in the playoffs, too.

oiiilers!

i can't believe that 7 of the 8 opening series games were upsets (according to seeding)!

the Wings game was such a bummer! i'm sure they'll bounce back, though.

and it made me so happy to see the Oilers, Isles and Wild win...let's hope they win their series (what's the plural? is it the same as the singular?)!

oh my god. the Wings lost again today.

but hey - this happened last year in the first round, too. granted, the Ducks are better, but i still have faith in the ole' Winged Wheelers. :)

For god sakes put in Manny Legace!!!!!

My Lightning don't seem up to par. Unfortunate, they had a shot. I hope they can win a game in Washington. They look confused and young against the veteran Caps. I hope they can put up a stand, but I guess division champs is quite an accomplishment in itself for this team.

the Oilers won tonight! :)

That was one sweet goal by Radek Davorak

Wings down 3-0? to the Ducks? is this a new disney movie? its been all giguere though the islanders let me down in 2ot last night but they shouldve gotten a scorer at the deadline instead on Niinimaa(who is great but we have a solid D and obviously only scoring on 1 of 10 power plays we needed a scorer) so it was only a matter of time till the talented sens beat snow who is playing great flyers leafs is a great series, i think it'll be the leafs and i hope gilmour comes back soon, he is my all time Fav Player and this is probably it for him, plus he can help the leafs he has always been a great performer in the playoffs i'd love to see the oilers bounce the stars and i think it will happen

the Oilers/Stars series is turning out to be quite a doozy!

i sure hope Edmonton wins! that'd be fabulous if they offed the Stars!

Originally posted by Spotnick The Wings, well, they had 2 more months of hockey than everyone else, they are aged, it's difficult for them.BUT, they did it last year.. Vancouver was ahead by at least 2 games...So we never know...

It will be next to immpossible. The Wings offence has choosen the perfect time to go south.

So much for the "I went to Detroit becuase I want to win the Stanley Cup" Curtis Joseph. Pay the admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame and you will get to see the Cup real close.

Originally posted by White Man In Hammersmith Palais So much for the "I went to Detroit becuase I want to win the Stanley Cup" Curtis Joseph. Pay the admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame and you will get to see the Cup real close.

jesus christ. he played a pretty shabby series. and that second goal in game 3? absolutely shameful. it reminded me of the goal in game 7 of the 1994 series against the Sharks when Osgood made a similar mistake.

boo.

but i still love my Wings, just as much as i always have. there's always the future! :)

The Scary thing About the Wings Series is they pretty much got beat by Giguere by himself, they had tons of chances, i think it isnt in the Cards for cujo to win a cup!!!! islanders palyed game 4 like they rather be playing golf, no Intensity whatsoever, well tonight they can get their golf bags ready and hit the greens on saturday, i am very dissapointed! i'm still pulling for the leafs and gilmours hopeful return in the 2nd round Oilers w/o Dvorak for the rest of the series? Laraque needs to put a few more in, and if isbister did as well it wouldnt hurt their chances, i hate the stars so i am putting my cards on the oilers

Originally posted by frank smarra The Scary thing About the Wings Series is they pretty much got beat by Giguere by himself, they had tons of chances, i think it isnt in the Cards for cujo to win a cup!!!!islanders palyed game 4 like they rather be playing golf, no Intensity whatsoever, well tonight they can get their golf bags ready and hit the greens on saturday, i am very dissapointed!i'm still pulling for the leafs and gilmours hopeful return in the 2nd roundOilers w/o Dvorak for the rest of the series? Laraque needs to put a few more in, and if isbister did as well it wouldnt hurt their chances, i hate the stars so i am putting my cards on the oilers

go Oilers!

the Wild won today. if they can pull off a win at home in game 6, they'll force a fabulous 7th game!

and the Flyers won!!! boo!!! i really hope the Leafs win the last two contests to advance.

The Oilers are out. Unfortunate. They were all over the Stars during Game Six.

I hate Darrin Hatcher

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin is Darrin related to Derian???

zing!

i really, REALLY wish the Oilers had won.

mope.

so who are people thinking might go all the way this year, now that a few games and a few series have been played?

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin is Darrin related to Derian???

I'm gonna get hook on phonics or at least learn how to spell people's names. But I'm not promising anything.

Ok if there is a Darrin Hatcher out there I hate as well

That works for me

Kevin was a prick as well

Edit: I should probably learn how to use the smilies as well

les oilers...*sad(

Originally posted by Spotnick Hum, round 2 might get interesting if the Leafs are there...Ottawa vs Toronto in the 2nd round is the dream of anybody in the east.. to see if they can FINALLY get rid of the Leafs, once and for all.If Philly takes Toronto out, Ottawa is going to the final round for sure, they just CAN'T beat Toronto in the playoffs for some reason.New Jersey vs Tampa Bay might be a very very sleepy playoff... I expect New Jersey to win this easily, but still, now knows what Khabibulin can do!

i would LOVE to see an Ottawa/Toronto series. i think it would be a great series.

and i agree with you, Spotnick - the Lightning just aren't nearly as good as the Devils.

and i'm very curious to see how the Ducks do against the Stars. i have a feeling that the Stars will win, but you never know!

and who do you think will win game 7 of the Blues/Canucks series? i'm hoping that Vancouver can pull it off and advance to the next round.

at this point, i'm basically just hoping that:

a) the Avalanche don't win the Cup. b) a Canadian team does.

both the Wild and Maple Leafs won in overtime tonight to force game 7's!

fabulous! i'm so excited! they'll both be played tomorrow night, along with the Canucks/Blues game 7.

go Minnesota and Toronto and Vancouver!

Pssst!

Did you hear that sound....???????

It's the sound of the Dallas Stars jet winding up for a non-stop flight to Cupville!!!!!

It's on like a pot of neck bone. :D

:(

7 minutes into the third period, the Maple Leafs are down by four goals (5-1 Flyers lead).

:(

now, with 6:56 remaining in the third, it's 6-1, Flyers.

:(

the Wild won in OT! and what an amazing goal by Andrew Brunette! yowza!

and the Canucks won, as well!

two out of three ain't bad. :)

The Avs and Leafs are out.

Oh yeah!!!

Originally posted by White Man In Hammersmith Palais The Avs and Leafs are out. Oh yeah!!!

i can't TELL you how happy i am that the Avs are out. i wish the Leafs were still in it, but alas.

Originally posted by Grigori Rasputin hmmmm...so maybe we can get a Stars-Wild conference final...the old versus the new in Minnesota???and Manny did play for the Stars as well...

that would be amazing! :)

wow the avs and St. Patrick Have Really been shit the last few years when their season was on the line i must say the wild took it to them fernandez played great st. Louis is done, good i hate half that team pronger, tkachuk etc. and i cant beleive how belfour blew that game last night, i cant stand him but he let in some crappy goals well my hero doug gilmour is probably now officially done with his great career, fuck his last game in calgary injured on a freak play, what a way to end it, i am very upset!!!!

so - what do you say we post predictions for the second round? here are mine:

Stars def. Ducks, 4-2 Wild def. Canucks, 4-2 Senators def. Flyers, 4-2 Devils def. Lightning, 4-1

what do you think? :)

That sounds about right. Although I think Tampa will give the Devils are hard time.

les oilers!

the Ducks won in the 8th period! yowza!

jeez. those Ducks are looking pretty darn good. i don't know whether Dallas will come back from their 2-0 deficit!

Originally posted by Spotnick Gosh.. the game is going in the 8th period.. that's just crazy!!!!!!!!!!!For novice out there, this is the equivalent of 2 1/3 games played, going for 2 2/3!

is it me, or have there been an unusually large number of overtime games thus far???

the Senators won the series!!!

Sorry Grigori, Ducks win.

And the Wild blow out the Nucks force a game six

wow. i must admit - i'm stunned that the Ducks are doing this well. but i don't think they'll be able to win the cup. they'll probably end up being last year's Carolina Hurricanes and be the cinderella team but then lose in the finals.

how weird is it that the Western Conference Finals matchup will be the Ducks against either the Canucks or the Wild? i don't think anyone expected that to happen.

at this point, i just want a Canadian team to win. go Canucks and Senators!

Originally posted by Spotnick This is crazy, Ottawa is the only team that resist this year.. will they pass New Jersey?!?!I dream of a Ottawa-Vancouver final, just to see Gary Betteman cry Did anyone notice the common factor with the 5 teams left? yes that's right, they all have a goalie from Quebec!!!

that would be a great finals matchup! i don't know if Ottawa will beat New Jersey, but it will be a fabulous series!

and i totally hadn't noticed that about the 5 remaining teams! that's awesome! :)

Originally posted by Spotnick BTW, rumors exist that Bob Gainey will be named the Habs general manager within the next few weeks...Now that the Stars are eliminated, it could be any day now.André Savard would be named Head Scout, as he should be, to stay away from the money he spends so badly...!!

yowza!

Originally posted by Spotnick > Originally posted by film586> wow. i must admit - i'm stunned that the Ducks are doing this well. but i don't think they'll be able to win the cup. they'll probably end up being last year's Carolina Hurricanes and be the cinderella team but then lose in the finals.> > how weird is it that the Western Conference Finals matchup will be the Ducks against either the Canucks or the Wild? i don't think anyone expected that to happen.> > at this point, i just want a Canadian team to win. go Canucks and Senators!

Except Carolina didn't have a star player neither a good goalie.

They were LUCKY to beat the Habs.. we were 10 seconds away from leading this serie 3-1

Anaheim has Paul Kariya and Jean-Sébastien Giguère..

Looks to me like the 1993 Habs..! Roy won the cup by himself, there were no real star player beside him, and we won 10 games in overtime.. the main difference is that we never met a big team up to the end like the Ducks did.. those are some good points, Spotnick! but i still don't think that the Ducks will be able to win it all.

i can't wait for game 7 in the Canucks/Wild series tonight! i think it will be an ace game.

who do you think will win? i don't really know; i'm kind of sick right now so i can't really get a good feeling about it.

but i'm going to say that the Wild will win, even though i don't want them to. wouldn't it be something if they came back from being down 3-1, two series in a row?! yowza!

the Wild won! i can't believe that the Western Conference Finals are a matchup between the Ducks and the Wild! i don't think anyone predicted that at the start of the playoffs.

so who do you think will win the conference finals? here are my predictions:

Wild def. Ducks in 7 Devils def. Senators in 6

JSG stood on "his head" today. He took away a number of sure goals. I agre with Nik. JSG is doing a great impression of Roy circa 1993. I think it will be a Ducks/Sens final.

Originally posted by White Man In Hammersmith Palais JSG stood on "his head" today. He took away a number of sure goals. I agre with Nik. JSG is doing a great impression of Roy circa 1993. I think it will be a Ducks/Sens final.

i'm think i'm starting to agree with you more and more...

how about those Ducks? they swept the Wild! do you think the Senators or Devils will be able to stop them?

and who do you think will win in the east? i really don't know at this point...

i think the devils will pull it out brodeur i think will be the difference in game 7 but either way i cannot complain at all about thi years playoffs they have been really good, a lot of overtime, a lot of Upsets best since 1993 i think

F*** lalime, brodeur will not let those lucky shots pass by him in game 7; the devils will beat the sen.s by 4 goals

I will just be hapy if the ducks do not win; there has been too much anaheim for me the past two years

Wow this should be a boring final. You gotta love the trap. Devils in 5 or 6.

Devils in 5.

Originally posted by Spotnick Confirmed.. Bob Gainey WILL be named GM of the Habs at 1 PM today.

Blasphemy! Off with your head! :headoff: I just hate the damn stars; go DEVILS!!!