NHL 2014 Playoffs

[GrumpyKelly]

Probably good to have a thread dedicated just for the playoffs.


Tampa-Montreal:

That Killorn guy just killed it. Wow.

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[TheImpatientPanther]

Boston in 5
Pittsburgh in 6
Montreal in 7
Philadelphia in 6

Colorado in 6
St. Louis in 7
Anaheim in 6
San Jose in 7

 

[GrumpyKelly]

Not that either team is going to go far in the playoffs but this Montreal-Tampa series seems to have a ton of entertainment value.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Montreal's team is so small. lol

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

MTL-TBL is going to be 7 games of triple OT

 

[floridada]

Not that either team is going to go far in the playoffs but this Montreal-Tampa series seems to have a ton of entertainment value.

I was about to post the same thing. Fun game so far.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

So far, my predictions are right on point.

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Boooo

 

[GrumpyKelly]

I was about to post the same thing. Fun game so far.

Yup. Hoping that Tampa takes the series though.

 

[JP Mick]

Not that either team is going to go far in the playoffs but this Montreal-Tampa series seems to have a ton of entertainment value.

That was a really entertaining game to watch, there has been a lot of goals scored tonight in all the games. Dallas is getting their teeth knocked in by the Ducks so far, I wonder if we will see Thomas come out at some point.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Not that either team is going to go far in the playoffs but this Montreal-Tampa series seems to have a ton of entertainment value.

Montreal absolutely owns Rask (he's 3-12-4 against them). If they get passed T-Bay, they'll have a good shot against Boston.

 

[Aksu]

These are the teams I want the cup to go to:
1. Tampa
2. Anaheim
3. Minnesota
4. Columbus
5. Pittsburgh

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Dallas - Anaheim are boring. Looks like a regular season game. Way way more entertaining games in the eastern conference games earlier tonight.

 

[FlaPnthrsPunk]

Habs/Bolts was exciting, but it was so hard for me to watch since I hate both teams. During the overtime, I was hoping they don't both score. I'm rooting for the Lightning though since they're the lesser of the evils in my mind and eh it promotes hockey in the south.

The Jackets surprised me for a bit by making it competitive for about half of the game against the Pens. However, they learned quickly that no lead is safe and I hope they recover in Game 2 to tie the series.

Ducks/Stars got much better in the 3rd Period and the Stars came close to tieing it in the final minutes, but came up short. I think that series may turn out to be closer than we think if the Stars can compete.

I don't see the Jackets or Stars winning their respective series though. The favorite is just too tough. I'm looking forward to the games tonight for sure. I think Hawks/Blues and Sharks/Kings could both have a very close series. The Wild may put up a decent fight to the Avs, but I think Colorado will take the series in the end. Like the Habs/Bolts game, it'll be hard for me to root for a team in the Flyers/Rangers series, but again for me, the Rangers are the lesser of the evils for me.

 

[gudzilla]

i really liked habs-tampa, gudas ran around like a menace. gudbranson is gudas but more upside

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

My requirements are: The team hasn't won a Cup in the preceding 5 seasons but the team has to have won a Cup before (if a team like St Louis wins, that's 1 less team that hasn't won a Cup like us.) That leaves the Ducks, Habs, and Lightning. I don't like the Habs or lightning, so go Ducks.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

I think Chicago wins it's series against St. Louis, quite confident about that. And I think LA beats the Sharks. I picked Philly to win that series against the Rangers, I don't have any particular reason to pick them, that series is a toss up. I just picked one randomly.

 

[RCDeltaFixer]

---Overall 1st round picks--- (The team I want to win is in bold)
Bruins over Red Wings (underdog)
Habs over Lightning (lesser of the two evils)
Pens over CBJ (underdog)
Rangers over Flyers (meh)
Avs over Wild (Still upset about last year's draft. And 1996.)
Chicago over Blues (No favorite)
Ducks over Stars (underdog)
Sharks over Kings (no particular reason)


As far as tonight's games: Rangers/Flyers was good until the third period. Blackhawks/Blues has been good so far, currently in the third period. Avs/Wild has been pretty good as well after one period. The best game tonight (and series as a whole) will probably be Sharks/Kings but I have work tomorrow, so not staying up lol

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

The west is a bloodbath. Each of these match-ups are just physical bloodfeuds. The west will grind itself out by time they get to the SCF.

 

[RCDeltaFixer]

Double OT with no signs of stopping... I think I'm going to call it a night.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

The west is a bloodbath. Each of these match-ups are just physical bloodfeuds. The west will grind itself out by time they get to the SCF.

I think the opposite. The east games were way more physical. It might even out if all the west games go to OT every night though, lol.

 

[GrumpyKelly]

Tampa seems to have no solution against Montreal, that series could be a sweep.

Bruins also having a lot of trouble with Detroit's speed, missing a few players though.

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Tampa's D is getting horribly exposed with no Bishop.

 

[Aksu]

Tampa seems to have no solution against Montreal, that series could be a sweep.

Bruins also having a lot of trouble with Detroit's speed, missing a few players though.

Hopefully tampa can get their **** together and win the series 4-2

 

[GrumpyKelly]

Daytsuk... just wow.