News Article: Sportsnet all hockey special Magazine

[morgan_mtl]

Can be merged if another thread if need be. I got the Magazine in the mail yesterday and had flipped through it and saw somthing that caught my eye and not sure if they did a mistake or I was misinformed. On page 85 at the bottom they did a prediction for this years Stanley Cup Playoffs where they think Kings beat Lightning in finals.

My issue is on the side of the East where in the Atlantic they have Boston, Tampa, Detroit and Montreal making playoffs. In the Metro division they have Pittsburgh, Columbus and both NY teams making the playoffs. In the first round they have Bruins and Islanders playing and Penguins and Red Wings playing. I thought that if it was equal of 4 teams from each division making the playoffs the 2 wildcards stayed in their own division for the first 2 rounds of the playoffs with no crossover. Am I wrong or did Sportsnet get it wrong?

Thank you for any info and Go Habs Go

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[GoodKiwi]

Top seeded team within the conference will always play the lowest wild card seed regardless of the division it's from. So cross-over is still possible even with four teams making the playoffs from each division.

 

[Saintpatrick*]

The division leader in each conference with the most points plays the wild card team with the fewest points.
The division leader with the second highest amount of points plays the wild card team with the most points
3 & 4 – the second and third seeds in each division face one another in the first round.

So yep it's possible

 

[Pierre Dagenais]

Actually I thought I read somewhere that they are changing it this year so that if it is 4 from each division, they play the wildcard that is in the same division. This wasn't the case last year.

 

[morgan_mtl]

Standings last year:

BOS = 114
TB = 101
MTL = 98
DET = 94

PIT = 111
NYR = 95
CLM = 94
NYI = 93

If that is the case would it not been BOS vs NYI and PIT vs DET in last years playoffs then?

 

[David Suzuki]

I will eat my phone and film it and post it here if Tampa makes it to the finals lol.

 

[morgan_mtl]

I will eat my phone and film it and post it here if Tampa makes it to the finals lol.

They had them beating Habs 4 games to 2 .. then beating Bruins in 7 ...then Penguins in 6 ..then losing to the Kings in 6 also.

 

[GoodKiwi]

Standings last year:

BOS = 114
TB = 101
MTL = 98
DET = 94

PIT = 111
NYR = 95
CLM = 94
NYI = 93

If that is the case would it not been BOS vs NYI and PIT vs DET in last years playoffs then?

Your standings are wrong for Metropolitan division:

http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings/_/year/2014/seasontype/2

Both Detroit and Columbus has 93 points last year but Columbus had more regulation/OT wins hence Boston got the lower seed - Detroit.

 

[Agnostic]

I will eat my phone and film it and post it here if Tampa makes it to the finals lol.

Bookmarked for future reference.

 

[McPheesMoustache]

Your standings are wrong for Metropolitan division:

http://espn.go.com/nhl/standings/_/year/2014/seasontype/2

Both Detroit and Columbus has 93 points last year but Columbus had more regulation/OT wins hence Boston got the lower seed - Detroit.

Am i missing something? why do u have the Islanders making the playoffs last year..?

 

[HabstuckinTO]

Am i missing something? why do u have the Islanders making the playoffs last year..?

Yeah, those standings numbers are a bit off in a few ways.

 

[Scintillating10]

I think there are 5-6 teams who can win the east. Tampa, Boston most likely but Montreal, Pitt, Rangers aren't much behind

 

[mattyboy]

Standings last year:

BOS = 114
TB = 101
MTL = 98
DET = 94

PIT = 111
NYR = 95
CLM = 94
NYI = 93

If that is the case would it not been BOS vs NYI and PIT vs DET in last years playoffs then?

what a great habs fan...forgets we reached 100 pts last season