Who comes out of the Pacific division?

[Fire Benning]

In the central, I feel pretty confident in saying the Preds and Jets are the favourites to make to the conference final. But the Pacific seems much more wide open.

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[spintheblackcircle]

*homer pick*

I think adding Kane to the Sharks is a huge boost, he's been as good as any Shark since the trade.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Vegas, Sharks, Kings and Ducks.

 

[ref88]

I honestly don't think it matters in the WCF from the West with the three-headed monster that is Jets, Pred and Wild in the Central.

 

[Aavco Cup]

A central wild card team?

 

[Pinkfloyd]

A central wild card team?

The chances of Colorado or St. Louis passing the Ducks or Kings are probably not good honestly.

 

[Aavco Cup]

The chances of Colorado or St. Louis passing the Ducks or Kings are probably not good honestly.

I expect Dallas to be the WC crossover team or the Wild

 

[rent free]

Wegas San Jose la

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I expect Dallas to be the WC crossover team or the Wild

Yeah they could but Dallas or Minnesota beating Vegas and either San Jose, LA, or Anaheim is a bit of a stretch. You can say what you want about their regular season performances but all three of those teams are going to be very tough outs in the playoffs and I don't think Dallas or Minnesota are really going to win a seven game series against both Vegas and one of those teams. They're not better than any of those four teams. They're roughly equal and they could win but I wouldn't put their odds any better than any of the four out of the Pacific.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Yeah they could but Dallas or Minnesota beating Vegas and either San Jose, LA, or Anaheim is a bit of a stretch. You can say what you want about their regular season performances but all three of those teams are going to be very tough outs in the playoffs and I don't think Dallas or Minnesota are really going to win a seven game series against both Vegas and one of those teams. They're not better than any of those four teams. They're roughly equal and they could win but I wouldn't put their odds any better than any of the four out of the Pacific.

Yeah it's a crapshoot but that's what I just predicted. Nobody knows

 

[M2Beezy]

Las Vegas

 

[lwvs84]

I don't think it'll matter much aside from bragging rights, but my pick would be San Jose. Vegas is a complete wild card in terms of how they'll do. Fleury has "been there, done that" but has also had some bad playoffs before. I don't think any of skaters would have been considered even top 5 most important players on their former teams when they made deep runs (aside from maybe Neal?). It'll be interesting to see how Vegas does. But no matter who makes it, I don't see anyone beating Nashville this year (at least in the West). Preds/Jets might be a good series though.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

I honestly don't think it matters in the WCF from the West with the three-headed monster that is Jets, Pred and Wild in the Central.

im sure ANA LA SJ can and HAVE challenged WIN / MIN time and time again

Nashville though, i'd have to agree on that one

 

[JT Kreider]

Ducks for sure

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Not the Western Conference Champion, that's for sure.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

I honestly don't think it matters in the WCF from the West with the three-headed monster that is Jets, Pred and Wild in the Central.

Lol 3 headed monsters
Winnipeg 0 playoff wins, not series... games
Wild are the team id love to draw in round 1

Only team in the central that can boast is the Preds, I would honestly take Ana, SJ, or LA over Minnasota pretty easily... and Winnipeg might put up a fight but I think ultimate they lose to all 3 of the California teams.

As for who comes out of the pacific, Ill go with
1. Sharks
2. Vegas
3. Kings
wc: ducks

I feel like vegas is going to be knocked out of top spot by end of season.

 

[OVO16]

Im going with a sleeper team. I'm picking the Kings.

They are actually my pick to come out of the west this season. Yeah It's a gutsy pick I know, but Hockey is unpredictable

 

[Johno]

Dallas is going to cross over and clean the house in Pacific. Then get swept by the Preds in WCF

 

[LuGBuG]

Quack Quack

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Quack Quack

There's no Canadian teams for you to beat this time.

 

[Mallard]

There's no Canadian teams for you to beat this time.

Oh good so we don't have to cheat and bribe the refs!

 

[Terry Yake]

There's no Canadian teams for you to beat this time.

hahahaha still mad a year later

unbelievable

 

[LuGBuG]

There's no Canadian teams for you to beat this time.

It’s a shame they are so bad and we can’t bully them again.

 

[hockeyguy1967]

Oilers will win every remaining game and squeek in the playoffs. They will sweep there way to the cup.