Media Predictions for Sens/Habs Series

[Cat Herder]

I thought this deserved its own thread as I did not want it to get lost in the other thread.

Post any media predictions here.

Bleacher Report - Sens in 6 - http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ions-for-the-2015-stanley-cup-playoffs/page/4

Montreal Gazette - Habs in 7 - http://montrealgazette.com/sports/h...ffs-are-decided-on-the-ice-not-by-predictions

Ray Ferraro (Via Ottawa Sun) - Habs in 6 - http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/04/12/breaking-down-the-matchups-ottawa-senators-vs-montreal-canadiens

Ottawa Citizen - Sens in 6 - http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/nhl/senators-extra/round-one-matching-up-ottawa-and-montreal

TSN - Habs in 7 - http://www.tsn.ca/nhl-playoff-picks-times-are-changing-1.255002

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[Vesa Awesaka]

advanced stats favor the sens. As far as im concerned we have god on our side

 

[Super Cake]

**** predictions.

I don't give two ***** what any of them say. They are all crap if you ask me.

Hockey is played on the ice.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

Price is amazing and everything but seriously how is he? Cause no matter how good Price is, who's gonna score on us?

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Pretty evenly divided. This is going to be a tight battle.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I'm actually pretty surprised how many outlets like the Habs here. No disrespek, but Ottawa has a slight edge going in given the hot streak. I don't feel like an underdog. It'll probably be pretty even.

 

[Sun God Nika]

wow Ray, I thought you liked us.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Price is amazing and everything but seriously how is he? Cause no matter how good Price is, who's gonna score on us?

Patches. In the season series Patches has more goals then the rest of the canadiens combined or something lol

 

[starling]

Habs in 5

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Patches. In the season series Patches has more goals then the rest of the canadiens combined or something lol

If he misses the first couple games, the Habs are in trouble. If he doesn't he should be a target. Not endorsing anything dirty but a guy coming off a concussion can be knocked out by any little bump. No one can pass up a hit on him.

The Habs become a one line team if he's out. You can't win against this team with one line.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

wow Ray, I thought you liked us.

Don't forget, Ray is employed by Bell. Who owns the Habs?

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Don't forget, Ray is employed by Bell. Who owns the Habs?

Moulson?

 

[Iamok]

I'm actually pretty surprised how many outlets like the Habs here. No disrespek, but Ottawa has a slight edge going in given the hot streak. I don't feel like an underdog. It'll probably be pretty even.

The media usually defaults to the standings when talking about teams they don't really know. However, I still think it's fair to give the Habs a slight edge.

 

[Silvercup Returns]

nhl.com - Why the Sens will win the Cup

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=762687

 

[Cat Herder]

nhl.com - Why the Sens will win the Cup

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=762687

I am pretty sure they did one for every team..

 

[Knave]

It's not surprising - they've been ******* Price all year long... and rightfully so.

But this is the playoffs. This isn't the regular season.

 

[chipsens]

Habs have a better PP which could be the difference. I can't understand why Sens haven't tried adding more motion to our PP ...or overloading 2 F in front of the crease...instead of the usual PP tactic which looks a lot like 5 fence posts in a cow pasture.

 

[HispanicAtTheDisco]

Habs have a better PP which could be the difference. I can't understand why Sens haven't tried adding more motion to our PP ...or overloading 2 F in front of the crease...instead of the usual PP tactic which looks a lot like 5 fence posts in a cow pasture.

Sens powerplay: 47 goals on 280 attempts. 16.8%
Habs powerplay: 40 goals on 243 attempts. 16.5%

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Sens powerplay: 47 goals on 280 attempts. 16.8%
Habs powerplay: 40 goals on 243 attempts. 16.5%

Good observation.

My worry is that the Habs will get more PPs and Markov and Subban will heat up in the POs as they usually do. We have to limit their chances on the man advantage, obviously.

Montreal's PP vastly underperformed this season, their talent doesn't reflect their results after 82 imo. Now is the right time to get hot, kinda like the Bruins a few seasons ago.

 

[Silvercup Returns]

I am pretty sure they did one for every team..

Yeah, but I just wanted to post as it has some stats in it we can refer to.

I'm mobile, be nice

 

[chipsens]

Sens powerplay: 47 goals on 280 attempts. 16.8%
Habs powerplay: 40 goals on 243 attempts. 16.5%

Hmmm stats don't lie. Still, I'm afraid our PP has been terribly predictable lately (all runs thru Karlsson), and they haven't been able to consistently enter the opposing zone with control of the puck, let alone generate many decent shots. They resemble 5 posts in a field too much. Move 2 posts in front of the Price's crease IMO (incl 1 Neil post)

 

[Cat Herder]

Kevin Allen of USA Today - Sens in 6 - http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...wa-senators-playoff-preview-capsule/25690875/

 

[Icelevel]

Who cares.

I know we will win and it is going to be fun as hell.

 

[Vesa Awesaka]

Hmmm stats don't lie. Still, I'm afraid our PP has been terribly predictable lately (all runs thru Karlsson), and they haven't been able to consistently enter the opposing zone with control of the puck, let alone generate many decent shots. They resemble 5 posts in a field too much. Move 2 posts in front of the Price's crease IMO (incl 1 Neil post)

for one year they had a good pp then it started to suck. Teams adjusted to the pk one timer.

It seems a lot of people still think the Canadiens still have a great pp

I actually have liked the pp since they moved MacArthur to RW where Legwand usually is. He's more of a shooter then legs

 

[Legend Killer]

I would be slightly dissapointed if the Sens didnt wrap this up in 5 games.