hansomreiste
Registered User
Hi everyone,
Last year, we had a separate thread for the play-off and it was nice. So I decided to create one for 2017 as well with a poll. From last year's post,
Striking similarities! Torpedo had a strong grip on 3rd place for better part of the season only to come 6th in the end, dropping 12pts in last 5 games. Same goes for Admiral. From a relatively comfortable 5th-6th position to almost-out 7th place after struggling in last several games. And Green Derby in first round, once again!
Last year, 20 of 58 voters (%34) predicted CSKA to win Gagarin Cup. Only 5 (%9) went for Magnitka, the eventual winners. Let's see how it will unravel this time. My logic goes with SKA but my heart is surely with Avangard, though I don't have high hopes. Maybe if Magnitka slips before meeting us, which is, again, highly unlikely.
First round pairs,
WEST
[1] CSKA v Jokerit [8]
[2] SKA v Vityaz [7]
[3] Dynamo Moscow v Torpedo[6]
[4] Lokomotiv v Dynamo Minsk [5]
EAST
[1] Metallurg MG v Red Star Kunlun [8]
[2] Avangard v Admiral [7]
[3] Ak Bars v Salavat Yulaev [6]
[4] Traktor v Barys [5]
Last year, we had a separate thread for the play-off and it was nice. So I decided to create one for 2017 as well with a poll. From last year's post,
* I feel for Loko... You get 125pts in regular season and get SKA for play-off first round? Must be annoying.
* Torpedo has been a top 4 contender for most of the season. However, they ended up getting only 7th spot, which I honestly didn't expect.
* Admiral declined terribly in recent days, thus losing their home advantage and eventually dropping till 6th place. They could have played against Ufa with home advantage; now they will have to get past Sibir with four of the games to be played in Novosibirsk.
* Ak Bars & Salavat Yulaev derby in first round... Should we be happy to see this or sad because one of the teams will have to leave so early?
Striking similarities! Torpedo had a strong grip on 3rd place for better part of the season only to come 6th in the end, dropping 12pts in last 5 games. Same goes for Admiral. From a relatively comfortable 5th-6th position to almost-out 7th place after struggling in last several games. And Green Derby in first round, once again!
Last year, 20 of 58 voters (%34) predicted CSKA to win Gagarin Cup. Only 5 (%9) went for Magnitka, the eventual winners. Let's see how it will unravel this time. My logic goes with SKA but my heart is surely with Avangard, though I don't have high hopes. Maybe if Magnitka slips before meeting us, which is, again, highly unlikely.
First round pairs,
WEST
[1] CSKA v Jokerit [8]
[2] SKA v Vityaz [7]
[3] Dynamo Moscow v Torpedo[6]
[4] Lokomotiv v Dynamo Minsk [5]
EAST
[1] Metallurg MG v Red Star Kunlun [8]
[2] Avangard v Admiral [7]
[3] Ak Bars v Salavat Yulaev [6]
[4] Traktor v Barys [5]