Around the League Thread | Playoffs 🏒

[Reverend Mayhem]

Well Dallas, it was fun while it lasted. Enjoy your 1st round shit sandwich. At least it’ll be a top tier series. Two of my Cup favourites in round 1.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Edmonton LA once again

Dallas Vegas round 1 is kinda crazy

 

[SillyRabbit]

Canucks have to go through:

Nashville
Edmonton or LA

Central has go to through:

Dallas
Vegas
Colorado
Winnipeg

We have a really nice path this year. Let's take advantage of it.

 

[ziploc]

You won the West. Here's your prize: the Cup-defending team that is suddenly millions over the cap.

 

[PG Canuck]

Dallas beats Vegas

 

[Fairweather]

You won the West. Here's your prize: the Cup-defending team that is suddenly millions over the cap.

Not us this time. We could've won the west for that crap too...

 

[Nucker101]

All 4 series in the west seem fun. And 2 of the eastern ones look juicy too.

R1 playoff hockey is the best

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Dallas in 5. They can shutdown Vegas' offense while also having an edge in goal. Hill and Thompson have been a horrendous tandem the past 3 months.

Edmonton in 4. Talbot sucks. Edmonton knows how to carve up LA at this point.

 

[Hammer79]

Dallas beats Vegas

Yeah, I'm not convinced that Stone will be effective yet given the timeline of his injury, and they are just working Hertl in. Stone will be at 50% if he comes back this early.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Yeah, between getting Vegas or LA in our bracket, I'd take LA every time.

At least Vegas and Edmonton should be a long, hard series, so maybe the winner will be tired.

That was a pretty exciting race down to the last few mins of the last game of the year.

The west playoff race broke exactly the way I wanted, surprisingly. Anti @Peen

Edm gets 131 and mcdrai/danault grindfest.
Dallas and Vgk bloodbath.
Toughest teams all out of our bracket until WCF.
This is ideal.

 

[Peen]

Anti @Peen

 

[ziploc]

That was a pretty exciting race down to the last few mins of the last game of the year.

The west playoff race broke exactly the way I wanted, surprisingly. Anti @Peen

Edm gets 131 and mcdrai/danault grindfest.
Dallas and Vgk bloodbath.
Toughest teams all out of our bracket until WCF.
This is ideal.

Yup. No excuses here, we have a pathway open to us. Every series can go any way, of course, but we shouldn't be underdogs in anything until the WCF.

 

[Hammer79]

The stars just keep lining up for this run to the Cup finals. Canucks can take the Edmonton LA winner, it's 2 rounds that the Canucks *should* win. Then we get whoever survives the Central. It's all in front of them, they just have to do what they have been doing all year and they will be fine.

 

[wonton15]

Round 1 is easily the best round from an entertainment standpoint. Being able to turn on the TV every single night and watch two good teams play balls to the walls hockey is so great. And this year we get to watch the Canucks!!!

 

[Canucks LB]

DALLAS OVER VEGAS IN 6
COLORADO OVER JETS IN 7
CANUCKS OVER NASHVILLE IN 5
OILERS OVER KINGS IN 5
TAMPA OVER FLORIDA IN 7
BOSTON OVER TORONTO IN 6
RANGERS OVER CAPITALS IN 4
CAROLINA OVER ISLANDERS IN 6

 

[ziploc]

Maybe Toronto has to defeat all of their playoff demons before they will be allowed into round three? TB last year, Boston this year, Florida next year?

Here's hoping there are some new playoff demons brewing for them...

 

[Wisp]

Bad luck for the Kings, the Oilers are a flawed team but they have all the tools to cut apart that 1-3-1 gimmick.

Dallas got a really hard match up too. I think they edge out the Knights but maybe it's better for the Canucks if they don't? Hmm.

 

[Josepho]

 

[Vector]

 

[Nucker101]

He also went off on Graves a bit

 

[Diversification]

Yeah, I'm not convinced that Stone will be effective yet given the timeline of his injury, and they are just working Hertl in. Stone will be at 50% if he comes back this early.

 

[StreetHawk]

He also went off on Graves a bit

Nothing too over the top on Graves. Clearly they expect way more out of him. It's a big problem if he felt he played fine this season while Pitt didn't see it that way.

 

[Nucker101]

Nothing too over the top on Graves. Clearly they expect way more out of him. It's a big problem if he felt he played fine this season while Pitt didn't see it that way.

Fair but saying that a guy who's going to be 29 years old next month needs to get stronger/faster is pretty interesting. Maybe it's a conditioning/diet problem where he isn't working out hard enough or correctly during the summer, but if that's not the issue then he is who he at this point.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Stars will murder Vegas. 5 tops.

Oilers will murder LA. 5 tops.

Cheering for the Jets over the Avs.

Nucks in 6 over Preds.

Rags sweep the Caps.

Ruins beat the Lafs in 6.

Canes win in 5.

Panthers in 6 over the Kucherovs.

 

[M2Beezy]

Dallas 4 Las Vegas 2
Winnipeg 4 Colorado 2
Vancouver 4 Nashville 1
Edmonton 4 LA 2
Florida 4 Tampa 3
Toronto 4 Boston 2
Washington 4 Rangers 0
Carolina 4 Islanders 2