NHL PRESEASON PICKS

HOTLANTA · Guru

NHL PRESEASON PICKS

Rumpy · Senior Member

East:
xPhi
xMon
xWash
xPit
xBos
xNYR
xTB
xCar
NJ
Buf
Ott
Flo
NYI
Atl
Tor

West:
xSJ
xDet
xCal
xDal
xAna
xChi
xEdm
xCBJ (why not need a suprise some where)
Min
Phx
Col
Stl
LA
Van
Nash

East Playoffs:
Phi>Car
Mon<TB
Wash>NYR
Pit>Bos

Phi>TB
Wash<Pit

Phi<Pit

West playoffs:
SJ>CBJ
Det>Edm
Cal<Chi
Dal>Ana

SJ>Chi
Det<Dal

SJ>Dal

SJ>Pit

Nabakov wins Conn Smythe

Predsgm · Guru

East:
XPit
XMon
XTampa
XPHI
xBos
xNYR
XWas
xNJ
Buf
Ott
Car
Flo
Tor
Atl
NYI

Pit beats NJ
Wash beats Mon
NYR beats Tampa
Phil beats Boston

Wash beats Pit
NYR beats Phil

NYR beats Wash

West:
xSJ
xDet
xCal
xAna
xEdm
xDal
xPhx
xCBJ
Min
Col
Chi
Van
Stl
Nash
LA

SJ beats CBJ
Det beats PHX
Dal beats Cal
Ana beats Edm (battle of the gms with burke getting BIG LAST LAUGH)

SJ beats Dal
Det beats Ana

SJ beats Det

Stanley Cup
SJ beats NYR

Thorton CONN SMYTE

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Eastern Conference
X- Pittsburgh
X - Ottawa
X - Carolina
New York Rangers (with Sundin)
Philadelphia
Boston
Montreal
Washington
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Buffalo
Tampa
Florida
New Jersey
Atlanta
Toronto
New York Islanders

Crosby over Ovechkin
Ottawa over MOntreal
Boston over Carolina
Philly over NYR

Pits over Boston
Ottawa over Philly
Ottawa over Pittsburgh

Western Conference
x - Detroit
x - San Jose
x - Edmonton
Anaheim
Dallas
Chicago
Phoenix
Calgary
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Columbus
Nashville
Minnesota
Colorado
St. Louis
Vancouver
LA

Detroit over Calgary
San Jose over Phoenix
Edmonton over CHicago
Dallas over Anaheim

Dallas over Detroit
Edmonton over San Jose

Edmonton over Dallas

Edmonton wins cup against Ottawa

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

wtf kirk? I did mine without even looking at yours and we had the same final, we're such homers

Predsgm · Guru

lets be realistic i would soo want an all canadian final myself. but edmonton and ottawa... not likely since ottawa will finally miss out on the playoffs... gerber will be a real let down this season.. and quite frankly i want to see a stanley cup final .... that will be exciting which is why i put san jose vs the new york rangers... and we will FINALLY see Roenick win his stanley cup and show us one more of his famous dance moves while he hoists the cup above him.

Ianintheam · Senior Member

I dont think the Penguins will be the top seed this year, but I think they will beat Montreal in the conference finals.

Wings over Dallas or Anaheim in the West.

Pens beat Wings in 7 games, get revenge for last season, and I go burn a few cars down on the South Side in celebration.

And, Ottawa. Seriously? They were horrible last season, and didn't get any better this year.

-- Edited by Ianintheam at 06:48, 2008-09-30

HOTLANTA · Guru

hartsburg or padretardock?? ottawa will be similar to last year bbut better suited for playoffs..

ps the goalie who wanted to fight the coach is gone to.. hopefully no more stupid headaches coaching or player wise..

and Heatley-Spezza-Alfredsson makes them a top end team itself..

Eric_Isles · BRHL2 Co-Commish

I'll actually talk to Kirk if his prediction of the finals come true..

If his NFL predictions are any indication then EDM and OTT won't even make the playoffs.

EAST:
NYR
MTL
WSH
PHI
PIT
BUF
NJ
OTT
----
CAR
BOS
TB
FLA
TOR
NYI
ATL

I'm not buying into the TB hype, and NJ is the most unpredictable team year in and year out. It's too hard to count out Brodeur, so I won't. PIT being without Gonchar and Whitney till at least December won't help, so I don't think they'll have the points to contend near the top this year. I really think NYR will surprise a lot of people this year and turn the corner to become an elite team in the East. WSH is a dangerous team, but their season rides on Theodore's performance. Spots 6-10 in the East were tough to select, and very easily could be turned on it's head (my way of trying to look smart if that were to happen)..

West:
SJ
DET
CGY
DAL
ANA
CHI
PHX
MIN
----
NSH
VAN
EDM
CBJ
COL
STL
LA

8-12 in the West is an absolute crapshoot. Each of them have strengths, but they also carry some evident weaknesses.

I think I'm buying into DAL or SJ this year for the cup. Give how hard it is to repeat, Im going to rule out on the PIT / DET bandwagon's for returning to the finals.

Rumpy · Senior Member

Bump

At the half way point and with this weeks poll I went searching for this thread.... nobody is a genious but my only glaring mistakes are TB and Edm in the playoffs.... both teams are terrible and should be looking for lottery picks and I under estimated Vancouver (who I still think will plummet)

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

You do realize the OIlers are ahead of Vancouver now right?

Rumpy · Senior Member

Except I had Vancouver in the lottery and Edmonton in the playoffs that isn't even close to right either.

Sabres_Luke · Guru

Oilers suck

Sabres_Luke · Guru

I kid you not, I hadn't looked at today's scoreboard before I wrote that... hilarious.

HOTLANTA · Guru

have fun losing in first round again once playoff's come Luke..

oilers are so streaky it drives me insane.. they look like the can beat anybody one night then the next they suck.. the team needs to find AN identity and stick to it.. they play all out forecheck one period then they float for one then try for half a period then float.. its brutalllll right now.. the good thing is they have player ****ty all year except maybe 10-15 games and they are still battling for the playoffs IFF this team actually gets some consistancy they will go DEEP into the playoffs..

PS

edm 5 cups
cal 1 cup
vancouver 0