GM Game 5 Voting Thread

[Peter Griffin]

@Peter Griffin give me like 30 mins I’ll have my playoff vote

Sounds good. I’ll give it a few more hours, want to get at least 3 more votes to break the tied series at the least.

 

[hockeynorth]

They're great teams--they're just old.

Excuse me

 

[Panda Bear]

Excuse me

Meant as a response to Llamamoto directly.

 

[Panda Bear]

Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche for winning the 2020/21 President's Trophy!

Pacific

Vegas Golden Knights =84
Edmonton Oilers = 78
San Jose Sharks = 65
Vancouver Canucks = 55
Arizona Coyotes =47
Calgary Flames = 28
Los Angeles Kings =22
Anaheim Ducks = 17

Central

Colorado Avalanche = 87
St. Louis Blues = 69
Winnipeg Jets = 61
Dallas Stars = 54
Minnesota Wild = 40
Nashville Predators = 29
Chicago Blackhawks = 14

Metro

Carolina Hurricanes = 83
Washington Capitals = 75
Philadelphia Flyers = 64
Pittburgh Penguins = 60
New York Islanders = 34
Columbus Blue Jackets = 30
New Jersey Devils = 27
New York Rangers = 23

Atlantic

Tampa Lightning = 77
Toronto Maple Leafs = 74
Boston Bruins = 74
Florida Panthers = 56
Buffalo Sabres = 46
Montreal Canadiens = 35
Detroit Red Wings = 19
Ottawa Senators = 15

First Round Playoff Match-ups

Western Conference
#1 vs #WC2
#1 vs #WC1
#2 vs #3
#2 vs #3

Eastern Conference

#1 vs WC2
#1 vs WC1
#2 vs #3
#2 vs #3

Send your votes to me.

Avalanche
Vegas
Winnipeg
Oilers

Carolina
Tampa
Capitals
Toronto

 

[Gecklund]

Avalanche
Vegas
Winnipeg
Sharks

Carolina
Tampa
Capitals
Toronto

Correct but I had to fix it because you misspelled Sharks.

 

[Panda Bear]

Correct but I had to fix it because you misspelled Sharks.

Sorry, my thumbs are all over the place.

 

[Peter Griffin]

First Round Playoff Match-ups

Coin flip winnings are represented in brackets.

BTW, kudos to @flyersdad for the most in depth analysis I think anyone has ever given in one of these games.

Western Conference Quarter Finals
#1 10(+2) over #WC21(+1)
#1 11(+2) over #WC1(+1)
#3 8(+1) over #2 3(+2)
#2 7(+1) over #34(+2)

Eastern Conference Quarter Finals

#1 11(+2) over WC2(+1)
#1 10(+3) over WC11
#3 5(+3) over #2 6
#27(+2) over #3 4(+1)


Western Conference Semi-Finals

#1 vs #3
#1 vs #2

Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

#1 vs #3
#1 vs #2

Send in your votes!

 

[flyersdad]

Here was my Quarter Final Picks:
western conference:
Dallas over Colorado in 7 Games
-Bishop outduels Grubauer
-3 OT games, 2 of which won by DAL
-Game 7 is won by DAL, Bishop saves 40/41, Tomas Nosek scored a rebound goal with 7mins left in the 3rd
-Ovechkin gets suspended for game 4 after spearing Heiskanen
-Rakell, Kane and Seguin combine for 12 goals
-MacKinnon only has 2 pts and both are secondary assists
-59 goals scored in the series
-Most entertaining quarterfinals since boston/toronto or phi/pit 2012
Vegas over Vancouver in 5 games
-Demko pulled after 3 straight loses to Vegas, Dipietro comes in, wins game 4, loses game 5 in OT by goal by Brandon Pirri from the sideboard
-Vegas dominates the series physically and on the scoreboard
-Max Domi gone from the playoffs with an injury
-Pettersson underwhelms, JT Miller is the best player for vancouver
Winnipeg over St. Louis in 7 games
-Hellebuyck outduels Binnington
-Tarasenko isnt 100%, 1 goal, 1 assist
-4 OT games, split and Ryan Ellis scores 2 OT winners
-Winnipeg only concedes 2 PP goals
-Binnington pulled twice including in Game 7 loss, 4-0
Edmonton over San Jose in 6 games
-Holtby has a very good series
-Lack of bottom 6 forwards hurts SJ and give up 7 pp goals in series.
-Bonino scores Game 5 OT goal that SJ does not come back from
-McDavid quiet at even strength but still has 4 goals
-Yuge Game 4 donnybrook where Draisaitl and ME Vlasic have an epic 45 second fight

eastern conference
Carolina over Florida in 6 games
-Bobrovsky steals game 1 and 2 by saving 100/102 shots
-Carolina comes back and wins 4 straight after pulling Markstrom for Jarry
-Taylor Hall has 0pts in 6 games, Giordano leads Carolina with 2 goals and 6 assists
-Justin Williams wanted to throw game 6 to score more goals in game 7
Pittsburgh over Tampa Bay in 7 games
-Radko Gudas scores the GWG in OT in Game 7
-Tampa chokes away another 3-2 lead in the series
-Stamkos fails to deliver and Malkin disappears
-Stefan Noesen gets suspended for 2 games after massive blindside hit on Brandon Saad in Game 5. Saad misses the rest of series with concussion
-Crosby dominate with 4 goals and 7 assists
-Very high scoring series
Philadelphia over Washington in 6 games
-Hart dominates Caps, has 2 shutouts and gives up 1 goal in Game 3 win
-Kyle Palmieri has 5 goals including a Game 6 hat trick to bury Washington
-Couturier and Landeskog have an Iginla/Lecavalier like fight in Game 5 win for Washington
-Game 1 Philadelphia wins in OT, Mark Borowiecki center ice shot beats Samsonov
-Kopitar hurt in Game 1, doesnt return in the series
-Maroon, Laughton, Frost Line scores 4 goals and is the difference makers.
Boston over Toronto in 7 games
-The most defensive series in the quarters dominated by Andersen and Rask
-4 shutouts between the two goalies
-No OT games but Toronto wins Game 4 with last minute goal by Connor Murphy and Boston wins Game 6 Nick Ritchie deflection with 49 seconds left
-Game 7 is a back and forth affair, Kapanen scores 2 goals against his former team at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd for a 2-0 win by Boston in Toronto's home building

 

[hockeynorth]

Here was my Quarter Final Picks:
western conference:
Dallas over Colorado in 7 Games
-Bishop outduels Grubauer
-3 OT games, 2 of which won by DAL
-Game 7 is won by DAL, Bishop saves 40/41, Tomas Nosek scored a rebound goal with 7mins left in the 3rd
-Ovechkin gets suspended for game 4 after spearing Heiskanen
-Rakell, Kane and Seguin combine for 12 goals
-MacKinnon only has 2 pts and both are secondary assists
-59 goals scored in the series
-Most entertaining quarterfinals since boston/toronto or phi/pit 2012
Vegas over Vancouver in 5 games
-Demko pulled after 3 straight loses to Vegas, Dipietro comes in, wins game 4, loses game 5 in OT by goal by Brandon Pirri from the sideboard
-Vegas dominates the series physically and on the scoreboard
-Max Domi gone from the playoffs with an injury
-Pettersson underwhelms, JT Miller is the best player for vancouver
Winnipeg over St. Louis in 7 games
-Hellebuyck outduels Binnington
-Tarasenko isnt 100%, 1 goal, 1 assist
-4 OT games, split and Ryan Ellis scores 2 OT winners
-Winnipeg only concedes 2 PP goals
-Binnington pulled twice including in Game 7 loss, 4-0
Edmonton over San Jose in 6 games
-Holtby has a very good series
-Lack of bottom 6 forwards hurts SJ and give up 7 pp goals in series.
-Bonino scores Game 5 OT goal that SJ does not come back from
-McDavid quiet at even strength but still has 4 goals
-Yuge Game 4 donnybrook where Draisaitl and ME Vlasic have an epic 45 second fight

eastern conference
Carolina over Florida in 6 games
-Bobrovsky steals game 1 and 2 by saving 100/102 shots
-Carolina comes back and wins 4 straight after pulling Markstrom for Jarry
-Taylor Hall has 0pts in 6 games, Giordano leads Carolina with 2 goals and 6 assists
-Justin Williams wanted to throw game 6 to score more goals in game 7
Pittsburgh over Tampa Bay in 7 games
-Radko Gudas scores the GWG in OT in Game 7
-Tampa chokes away another 3-2 lead in the series
-Stamkos fails to deliver and Malkin disappears
-Stefan Noesen gets suspended for 2 games after massive blindside hit on Brandon Saad in Game 5. Saad misses the rest of series with concussion
-Crosby dominate with 4 goals and 7 assists
-Very high scoring series
Philadelphia over Washington in 6 games
-Hart dominates Caps, has 2 shutouts and gives up 1 goal in Game 3 win
-Kyle Palmieri has 5 goals including a Game 6 hat trick to bury Washington
-Couturier and Landeskog have an Iginla/Lecavalier like fight in Game 5 win for Washington
-Game 1 Philadelphia wins in OT, Mark Borowiecki center ice shot beats Samsonov
-Kopitar hurt in Game 1, doesnt return in the series
-Maroon, Laughton, Frost Line scores 4 goals and is the difference makers.
Boston over Toronto in 7 games
-The most defensive series in the quarters dominated by Andersen and Rask
-4 shutouts between the two goalies
-No OT games but Toronto wins Game 4 with last minute goal by Connor Murphy and Boston wins Game 6 Nick Ritchie deflection with 49 seconds left
-Game 7 is a back and forth affair, Kapanen scores 2 goals against his former team at the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd for a 2-0 win by Boston in Toronto's home building

I KNEW TRADING KAPANEN WOULD BITE ME IN THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST HIM

 

[flyersdad]

Semi Finals Voting:
Western Conference
Colorado over Winnipeg in 7 Games
-Grubauer and Hellebuyck holds their own and makes enough saves to keep their teams in almost every game despite the offensive fire power on each team
-Laine and Ehlers completely disappear in this series with only 1 assist in 7 games, media rumors coming out of Winnipeg after the series indicates they could be traded in the offseason for more defensive help
-Winnipeg is led offensive by new Jets Craig Smith and Sean Monahan who combine for 8 goals in the series.
-Ryan Ellis and Josh Morrissey averages over 30 mins a game in this series and were absolute monsters against the Colorado offensive dynamo
-Jon Toews plays through an undisclosed upper body injury and dominates the faceoff circle and Laine, Wheeler and Ehlers line.
-Only 1 OT game that is won by Winnipeg with a fluky goal from Michael Frolik
-Warren Foegele and Lars Eller are the unsung heroes for Colorado in this series with 4 goals between them and playing a lot of defensive minutes
-Ovechkin and MacKinnon come to life in this series and combined for 5 pts in GM 7 as the Avalanche bounce the Jets from the playoffs
Vegas over Edmonton in 6 games
-Keegan Kolesar is called up after the Max Domi injury and gives a Devante Smith Pelley like lift to the Golden Knights. 3 goals in 6 games and an absolute shit starter
-This series is the most physical of the playoffs so far including 3 fights in 6 games between Ryan Reaves and Zack Kassian
-3 games end in donnybrooks and Lehner "Ray Emerys" Holtby again at the end of Vegas' Game 3 win
-Mark Stone leads Vegas in scoring and great defensive play
-Holtby played well but not elite enough to steal the series.
-McDavid and Draisailt give Vegas all they can handle but the depth and goaltending of Robin Lehner provide to be too much
-Edmonton proves once again that they need more around mcdavid and draisaitl. Silfverberg and Bonino did not make enough a difference

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia over Carolina in 7 games
-Carolina starts the series with Markstrom instead of Jarry after Jarry won 4 straight against FLA
-Hart wins the first two before Carolina wins the next two after putting Jarry back in
-Getzlaf and Giroux get banged up and play at about 50% and pretty much decoys
-Palmieri continues his scoring streak leading the playoffs with 5 more goals (11 for the playoffs)
-Taylor Hall has the quietest 4 goal series youve seen
-No OT games in the series
-Flyers lose big GM 5 and pull Hart for Khudobin in a GM 6
-Flyers win GM 6 at home by a score of 5-2 behind a 2 goal game from Kevin Hayes and Shea Weber and force GM 7
-Hart and Markstrom starts GM 7 and the Flyers win 2-1 with goals by Zajac and GW goal by Oskar Lindblom
-Carolina has a bright future but Hart becomes a start
Toronto over Tampa Bay in 7 games
-Tampa starts the series off with wins in GM1 and 2 with dominate performance by Kucherov and Point
-Toronto is down 2-0 going into the 3rd period of GM 3 and in the first shift of the 3rd period, Jason Spezza fights Andrew Shaw and complete turns the series around for Toronto.
-They score 4 goals in the 3rd, 2 of which from Jakub Vrana to win GM 3
-The next 3 games are heavily defensive. Vasilevski and Andersen trade saves
-Stamkos disappears once again and the media wonders what injury he is playing with. Others think that if Tampa doesnt pull out the series, he could be traded
-GM 7 in Tampa is postponed due to a power outage with Morgan Reilly scheduled to miss GM 7 with an upper body injury
-GM 7 happens two days later, Reilly suits up and plays 32 minutes and has the game winning PP assist to John Tavares with 8 minutes left
-This is Tavares' first goal of the series, third of the playoffs, TOR wins GM 7, 3-2
-The new Toronto defense becomes the strength of Toronto and finally give Andersen the support he deserves​

 

[hockeynorth]

Semi Finals Voting:
Western Conference
Colorado over Winnipeg in 7 Games
-Grubauer and Hellebuyck holds their own and makes enough saves to keep their teams in almost every game despite the offensive fire power on each team
-Laine and Ehlers completely disappear in this series with only 1 assist in 7 games, media rumors coming out of Winnipeg after the series indicates they could be traded in the offseason for more defensive help
-Winnipeg is led offensive by new Jets Craig Smith and Sean Monahan who combine for 8 goals in the series.
-Ryan Ellis and Josh Morrissey averages over 30 mins a game in this series and were absolute monsters against the Colorado offensive dynamo
-Jon Toews plays through an undisclosed upper body injury and dominates the faceoff circle and Laine, Wheeler and Ehlers line.
-Only 1 OT game that is won by Winnipeg with a fluky goal from Michael Frolik
-Warren Foegele and Lars Eller are the unsung heroes for Colorado in this series with 4 goals between them and playing a lot of defensive minutes
-Ovechkin and MacKinnon come to life in this series and combined for 5 pts in GM 7 as the Avalanche bounce the Jets from the playoffs
Vegas over Edmonton in 6 games
-Keegan Kolesar is called up after the Max Domi injury and gives a Devante Smith Pelley like lift to the Golden Knights. 3 goals in 6 games and an absolute shit starter
-This series is the most physical of the playoffs so far including 3 fights in 6 games between Ryan Reaves and Zack Kassian
-3 games end in donnybrooks and Lehner "Ray Emerys" Holtby again at the end of Vegas' Game 3 win
-Mark Stone leads Vegas in scoring and great defensive play
-Holtby played well but not elite enough to steal the series.
-McDavid and Draisailt give Vegas all they can handle but the depth and goaltending of Robin Lehner provide to be too much
-Edmonton proves once again that they need more around mcdavid and draisaitl. Silfverberg and Bonino did not make enough a difference

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia over Carolina in 7 games
-Carolina starts the series with Markstrom instead of Jarry after Jarry won 4 straight against FLA
-Hart wins the first two before Carolina wins the next two after putting Jarry back in
-Getzlaf and Giroux get banged up and play at about 50% and pretty much decoys
-Palmieri continues his scoring streak leading the playoffs with 5 more goals (11 for the playoffs)
-Taylor Hall has the quietest 4 goal series youve seen
-No OT games in the series
-Flyers lose big GM 5 and pull Hart for Khudobin in a GM 6
-Flyers win GM 6 at home by a score of 5-2 behind a 2 goal game from Kevin Hayes and Shea Weber and force GM 7
-Hart and Markstrom starts GM 7 and the Flyers win 2-1 with goals by Zajac and GW goal by Oskar Lindblom
-Carolina has a bright future but Hart becomes a start
Toronto over Tampa Bay in 7 games
-Tampa starts the series off with wins in GM1 and 2 with dominate performance by Kucherov and Point
-Toronto is down 2-0 going into the 3rd period of GM 3 and in the first shift of the 3rd period, Jason Spezza fights Andrew Shaw and complete turns the series around for Toronto.
-They score 4 goals in the 3rd, 2 of which from Jakub Vrana to win GM 3
-The next 3 games are heavily defensive. Vasilevski and Andersen trade saves
-Stamkos disappears once again and the media wonders what injury he is playing with. Others think that if Tampa doesnt pull out the series, he could be traded
-GM 7 in Tampa is postponed due to a power outage with Morgan Reilly scheduled to miss GM 7 with an upper body injury
-GM 7 happens two days later, Reilly suits up and plays 32 minutes and has the game winning PP assist to John Tavares with 8 minutes left
-This is Tavares' first goal of the series, third of the playoffs, TOR wins GM 7, 3-2
-The new Toronto defense becomes the strength of Toronto and finally give Andersen the support he deserves​

I'm glad SOMEONE can acknowledge this new look blue line is just DIRTY along with additions of better defensive forwards. Leafs to the conference finals babyyyyy (thanks Vrana)

 

[hockeynorth]

@flyersdad you in again?

 

[Panda Bear]

that's next level fantasy

 

[flyersdad]

@flyersdad you in again?

i think im gonna sit GM 6 out. but thank you

 

[Peter Griffin]

Will give it another 30 minutes but I think we’ve got enough votes to move on with.

 

[hockeynorth]

Will give it another 30 minutes but I think we’ve got enough votes to move on with.

Did I vote? I think I did

 

[Peter Griffin]

Did I vote? I think I did

Yes you did. Have 8 votes so far so would like to get to at least 10 but it won’t decide any of the series so I’ll just call it in 30 minutes.

 

[Panda Bear]

avalanche
oilers lol
carolina
tampa

 

[Peter Griffin]

Western Conference Semi Finals

#1 9(+1) over #3 1(+2)
#2 8 over #2 2(+3)

Eastern Conference Semi Finals

#1 8(+1) over #3 2(+2)
#2 4(+3) over #1 6

Western Conference Finals

#1 vs #2

Eastern Conference Finals

#1 vs #2


Vote!

 

[Panda Bear]

colorado
carolina

 

[EvilDead]

Vegas
Toronto

 

[hockeynorth]

GO LEAFS GOOOOO

No stupid adds and still got two top 4 rd instead of just the 1 TOR needs, a better 3C and another elite winger in Vrana. We also have tons of guys in the AHL ready as call ups.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I’ll give this another 30 min, but I think we’ve got our Stanley Cup finalists already.

 

[Peter Griffin]

6(2) over 2(1)

6(2) over 2(1)

Vote for the finals here.