Who are your east playoff teams this season?

[Todd1a]

what 8 teams do you think make the playoffs in the east next season ? I'm going with

metro
Islanders
Caps
Rangers

Atlantic
Montreal
Tampa Bay
Redwings

Wild cards
Penguins
Panthers

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[MattM92]

Metro

Isles
Caps
Rangers

Atlantic

Tampa
Montreal
Detroit

Wild Card

Columbus
Pittsburgh

 

[LightningStrikes]

Columbus will shock the East!

 

[Maelmoor]

Metro
Caps
Rangers
Isles

Atlantic
Tampa
Penguis
Montreal

Wild Card

Columbus
Detroit

Maybe that Florida can sneak in and take a spot.

 

[xteesy]

Metro
Caps
Rangers
Isles

Atlantic
Tampa
Penguis
Montreal

Wild Card

Columbus
Detroit

Maybe that Florida can sneak in and take a spot.

This would be perfect if possible lol...

Penguins are in the metro

I'm going with...

Metro
Jackets
Caps
Rangers

Atlantic
Tampa
Montreal
Detroit

WC
M - Isles
A - Panthers

I know it's unlikely the Pens don't make it, I just don't think they'll be nearly as good as people expect. They're sorta like the 13 Rays. Awesome on paper, but how will they be on the ice?

 

[Werewolf]

ATLANTIC
Tampa
Montreal
Red Wings

METRO
Caps
Pens
Cbus

WC
Rangers
Islanders

 

[Hoek]

Another jinx thread. Not only won't we make it the Final, now we won't even make the playoffs!

 

[Leonardo87]

I will go with...

Atlantic

Buffalo
Ottawa
Toronto

Metro

Columbus
Carolina
Devils

Wild Cards

Flyers
Florida

 

[The Gongshow]

I think Columbus will surprise a lot of people, they we're plagued with injuries last year, if healthy they should make some noise in the East

 

[Todd1a]

Another jinx thread. Not only won't we make it the Final, now we won't even make the playoffs!

Austin Matthews here we come then!! Go bolts

 

[bov]

Tampa Bay
Pittsburgh
Washington
NY Rangers
NY Islanders
Columbus
Detroit
Montreal/Toronto/Buffalo

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

Atlantic:
Tampa Bay Lightning
Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers

Metropolitan:
Washington Capitals
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Rangers

Wild Cards:
Montreal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins

Random thoughts and predictions:
I hated listing the Rangers last in the Metro because they've been underestimated for, what, two years in a row now? Still, they kind of stood pat while everyone else loaded up. Vigneault and Lundqvist drag them in.

Montreal had a near-perfect regular season last year, but a critical piece or pieces get injured (see: Columbus this past season). I think they squeak in over Ottawa and Boston.

Pittsburgh scores the most goals and MAF continues in his game-thieving ways behind a shaky defense. Olli Maatta has a decent-not-great year.

Something doesn't work with NYI and I think it will revolve around Halak (either underperformance or injury).

 

[Maelmoor]

This would be perfect if possible lol...

Penguins are in the metro

I'm going with...

Metro
Jackets
Caps
Rangers

Atlantic
Tampa
Montreal
Detroit

WC
M - Isles
A - Panthers

I know it's unlikely the Pens don't make it, I just don't think they'll be nearly as good as people expect. They're sorta like the 13 Rays. Awesome on paper, but how will they be on the ice?

Then Detroit instead of Pens there, I blame the early morning!

 

[DFC]

I think Columbus will surprise a lot of people, they we're plagued with injuries last year, if healthy they should make some noise in the East

They're the new us.

My picks:

TBL
MTL
FLA (yup)

CBJ
NYR
WAS

PIT
NYI

Predicting health issues + life after Babcock will finally end Detroit's streak.

 

[Todd1a]

They're the new us.

My picks:

TBL
MTL
FLA (yup)

CBJ
NYR
WAS

PIT
NYI

Predicting health issues + life after Babcock will finally end Detroit's streak.

wow the redwings playoff streak comes to a end ?

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

I didn't even think about that.