NHL Playoff Predictions..Round 1

Sabres · Guru

NHL Playoff Predictions..Round 1

Sabres · Guru

East
Sabres in 5
Devils in 4
Rangers in 6
Senators in 7
West
Flames in 6
Ducks in 7
Stars in 6
Predators in 7

(LUKE)

-- Edited by Sabres at 19:02, 2007-04-08

VanIslander · Guru

Sabres in 6
Lightning in 5
Thrashers in 7
Senators in a sweep

Wings in 5
Ducks in 6
Stars in 5
Sharks in 7

OilersBrent · Senior Member

Sabres in 5
Devils in 5
Rangers in 7
Penguins in 7

Flames in 6
Ducks in 6
Canucks in 6
Sharks in 6

Sabres · Guru

Aaron's Picks

CAL over DET in 7
ANA over MIN in 6
VAN over DAL in 6
NSH over SJ in 6
BUF over NYI in 4
NJ over TB in 5
NYR over ATL in 7
OTT over PIT in 6

Eric_Isles · BRHL2 Co-Commish

DET in 6
MIN in 7
DAL in 5
NSH in 7

BUF in 5
NJ in 4
ATL in 7
PIT in 6

I've usually been good at picking the teams, but not great at picking the length.

Predsgm · Guru

First Round Series

Calgary def. Detroit in 6 games
Anaheim def Minny in 7 games
Vancouver def Dallas in 5 games
Nashville def San Jose in 5 games

Buffalo def New York I in 6 games
New Jersey def Tampa in 4 games
New York Rangers def Atlanta in 7 games
Ottawa def Pittsburgh in 7 games

Let's see how many i get right

David Barbosa
GM Preds

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Detroit over Calgary in 5
Anaheim over Minny in 6
Dallas over Vancouver in 7
San Jose over Nashville in 6

Buffalo over NYI in 5
NewJersey over Tampa in 7
New York Rangers over Atlanta in 6
Ottawa over Pittsburgh in 6

Philippe27 · Guru

Sabres in 4
Devils in 6
Rangers in 6
Sens in 6

Wings in 5
Wild in 7
Vancouver in 7
Sharks in 5

devils · Veteran Member

Eastern Conference

1)Buff Sabres vs 8)NY Islanders
Sabres in 5
2)NJ Devils vs 7)TB Lightening
Devils in 5
3)Atl Thrashers vs 6)NY Rangers
Thrashers in 6
4)Ott Senators vs 5)Pitt Penguins
Sens in 6

Western Conference
1)Detriot Red Wings vs 8)Calgary Flames
Flames in 6
2)Ana Ducks vs 7) Minne Wild
Ducks in 6
3)Van Canucks vs 6)Dallas Stars
Stars in 7
4)Nash Predators vs 5) SJ Sharks
Sharks in 7

VanIslander · Guru

VanIslander wrote:

Senators in a sweep

many of us have the sens winning the series but seven games as predictions is so typical, as many pundits think this will be a "very competitive" series.

i don't understand it.

i predicted a sweep because i expect it to be not even close

playoff hockey is very different than the regular season, and the penguins have neither the defense nor experience to do anything

6-1 is the score in the game right now, and that kind of disparity will continue

i - told - you - so

but then again, the entire tsn staff picked ottawa to win the series, and they looooooovvvvvvve Crosby, so it's not rocket science

Eric, was it wishful thinking on your part to pick Pittsburgh? Brent? .... the Penguins are the oposite of a playoff team. Even the Islanders, assuming DP comes back, are much better suited to playoff hockey.

Eric_Isles · BRHL2 Co-Commish

VanIslander wrote:

VanIslander wrote:

Senators in a sweep

many of us have the sens winning the series but seven games as predictions is so typical, as many pundits think this will be a "very competitive" series.

i don't understand it.

i predicted a sweep because i expect it to be not even close

playoff hockey is very different than the regular season, and the penguins have neither the defense nor experience to do anything

6-1 is the score in the game right now, and that kind of disparity will continue

i - told - you - so

but then again, the entire tsn staff picked ottawa to win the series, and they looooooovvvvvvve Crosby, so it's not rocket science

Eric, was it wishful thinking on your part to pick Pittsburgh? Brent? .... the Penguins are the oposite of a playoff team. Even the Islanders, assuming DP comes back, are much better suited to playoff hockey.

Or it can boil down to it's only 1 game. it takes 4 to win a series, and it aint over till it's over.

OilersBrent · Senior Member

VanIslander wrote:

VanIslander wrote:

Senators in a sweep

many of us have the sens winning the series but seven games as predictions is so typical, as many pundits think this will be a "very competitive" series.

i don't understand it.

i predicted a sweep because i expect it to be not even close

playoff hockey is very different than the regular season, and the penguins have neither the defense nor experience to do anything

6-1 is the score in the game right now, and that kind of disparity will continue

i - told - you - so

but then again, the entire tsn staff picked ottawa to win the series, and they looooooovvvvvvve Crosby, so it's not rocket science

Eric, was it wishful thinking on your part to pick Pittsburgh? Brent? .... the Penguins are the oposite of a playoff team. Even the Islanders, assuming DP comes back, are much better suited to playoff hockey.

Ottawa played really well last night. Pens weren't at all ready for them. It was expected. Why did I pick the Pens? I think Fleury will out play Emery and I think this is Crosby's new challenge. This was only one game.

As a Leaf fan I have seen Ottawa play like this before to end up losing in 6 or 7. They will find a way to lose, but it will be harder with Havlat.

-- Edited by OilersBrent at 13:32, 2007-04-12

PHO · Senior Member

VanIslander wrote:

VanIslander wrote:

Senators in a sweep

many of us have the sens winning the series but seven games as predictions is so typical, as many pundits think this will be a "very competitive" series.

i don't understand it.

i predicted a sweep because i expect it to be not even close

playoff hockey is very different than the regular season, and the penguins have neither the defense nor experience to do anything

6-1 is the score in the game right now, and that kind of disparity will continue

i - told - you - so

but then again, the entire tsn staff picked ottawa to win the series, and they looooooovvvvvvve Crosby, so it's not rocket science

Eric, was it wishful thinking on your part to pick Pittsburgh? Brent? .... the Penguins are the oposite of a playoff team. Even the Islanders, assuming DP comes back, are much better suited to playoff hockey.

I'm not saying you're right or wrong, but you make it sound like it's so easy to predict these series. I for one had the Pens in 7....but looks like I'm wrong because Ottawa has won a game.
Yes, the majority of the Pens do not have any experience...but I don't think it's such a stretch to expect them to at the very least give Ottawa a run.
I think it's quite silly for you to say the Islanders are better suited. So you're saying Dipietro and his whole SIX games of playoff experience makes the Islanders better suited for the playoffs? How's that? Do you think that the OVERRATED Witt (he who brilliantly gave up the puck with 2 seconds left to allow the Devils to tie it up the last game), or the one-dimensional Bergeron, or the enigma that is Poti match up much better than the Penguins D? I'm not here to say the Pens D is great or experienced, but just as you don't understand how anyone can even dare picks the Penguins even coming close to the <choke> Senators I don't see your logic behind the Islanders comment. They have Smyth...the Pens can counter with Recchi/Roberts. Who do the Isles have? Mr. Yashin, will he do it for them?? hehehe......Satan? Riiiiiiight. They have one guy who's been somewhat consistent, and that's Blake....but the Penguins have a couple players named Crosby & Malkin to counter with. Just like you think that people are overrating this Pens team in this series, I think you're placing wayyyy too much on playoff experience. Yes, it means something.....but let's not dismiss the Penguins so easily. You make some good points, but the fact that you can jump the gun after one game is nonsense.

Anyways, I'm sure if the Sens win in 4 or 5, we'll hear how brilliant you are.

Sabres · Guru

As good as ottawa looked, the penguins can score just as well as the sens. I think it comes down to goal tending. If either MA Fluery can figure out his life, or They put in THibault and he plays well i think it will be a 6 or 7 game series. I also think Ottawa is underrated, they ahve great D, good Scoring good role players, I think they might upset buffalo for the east. Who knows tho.. Anyways my point is that pitt will make this a series.

As far as teams running away with the series...Detroit looked 10x better than the flames tonight even tho it was only 4-1, if it wasn't for kipper who should have easily been the 1st star in that game, it honestly would have been 7 or 8 -1..thats coming from an honest flames fan.