What Teams are Most Likely to be Upset in Round One by a Lower Seed
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DrMartinVanNostrand
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Pretty much this. No one is going to predict Boston to lose in the first round because Boston's form has been superb for months now despite all their injuries and there isn't an obvious bad matchup looming for them. NJ/PHI/FLA aren't likely to beat them because none of them have proven to be matchup nightmares for them...although Florida will get their chance to prove that with three head-to-heads in these last two weeks.
Toronto could beat Boston in the first round, if they met. But that's growing increasingly unlikelier by the day.
Goon42
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Cause they've handled Toronto so easily all season? Your also coming up to the playoffs with an absolute ton of injuries.
It will be a series that absolutely goes 6 or 7 games.
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One win for the Bruins against the Leafs this year, none last year. Not a good matchup for Boston.
They don't worry me as much as Tampa.
Vegas has looked extremely mediocre in the 2 games against the Avs over the weekend. Avs fans are pretty much just praying we find a way to get them in the playoffs if we get in, really think we can beat them.
Fleury is a hell of a goalie though and he alone can win them a series if he plays at the level he did this weekend, and has in the playoffs in the past. But if he doesn't bring his absolute A game I suspect any one of the Avs/Ducks/Blues/Kings will beat the Knights in 5 or 6 games.
Fleury is a hell of a goalie though and he alone can win them a series if he plays at the level he did this weekend, and has in the playoffs in the past. But if he doesn't bring his absolute A game I suspect any one of the Avs/Ducks/Blues/Kings will beat the Knights in 5 or 6 games.
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I think what would worry me about TB is the fact that they havent had to fight for much of anything all year. Now they are fighting for their division title and president trophy, but its not like they have been fighting for that for long. They pretty much had it in the bag a month or so ago. My point about this is that they havent been using excess energy and have had the luxury to turn it off so to speak but that can be a double edged sword in some ways because it could stab them too. If they all the sudden give a shit again and play like they did in the first half of season, I wouldnt want to play them. But if they let that mentality go into the playoffs they could be a quick out and it wouldnt really matter who they were playing. League is too good for a team to play at 75% effort and expect to win.
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Part of me agrees with you because they have played so much hockey the last 2 years but another part of me says, nope this team knows how this works. Turn it on in the playoffs and Id hate to be the team that has to play them when they are on. They are literally the best team in the league when they are on.
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JetsWillFly4Ever
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Jets suck, we're not going to win. We're definitely the underdog against all Minnesota's playoff experience. Will be surprised if we even keep it close. 
grapes55
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If Vegas plays Colorado I could see an upset there because the Avs have had their number this year. Could also see Minnesota pull off the upset, but that's more of a gut pick
-Flyers and Caps are now down to their 3rd string goalies. Blue Jackets captain Foligno out for the next month.
-Injuries hurting teams
-Injuries hurting teams
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Any team that doesn't have a 1C that has to match against a team that has a 1C and 2C is going down in an early round, especially in the Western Conference. It's the reason why Nashville went out and got Turris.
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You'll be talked to [mod] by TB fans if you talk like that. Be aware.
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What? Vegas has two wins and an shootout loss vs Colorado. 7-0, 1-2, 4-1. That's not exactly having a team's number.
Are you talking about the “Ruh Roh” thread? I am just being cautious and see an issue that has loomed over them for most of the season and think that issue is being exposed now, and with tougher competition like in the playoffs, those flaws become exposed even more. Really want them to win, will actually be going to some of the home games down there. But I see some concerns, and hopefully they address them in the next 2 weeks.
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I'd prefer you didn't. The Wild are not a roll-over team and we've proved nothing in the post-season yet. I definitely think we have the talent to do so, but until we make it out of the first round, there should be no over-confident fans.
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