I have mostly cut'n'pasted from last year, so if I left any last year stuff in there, pre-forgive my "typos"
Pulled from NHL.com - along with this graphic:
EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
SERIES A - 1 vs. WC1 FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. NEW YORK ISLANDERS vs. OTTAWA SENATORS Game 1: Thu. 8PM @FLA Game 2: Fri. 7:30PM @FLA Game 3: Sun. 8PM @NYI Game 4: 4/20 8PM @NYI Game 5: 4/22 TBD @FLA * Game 6: 4/24 TBD @NYI * Game 7: 4/26 TBD @FLA *
SERIES B - A2 vs. A3 TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs. DETROIT RED WINGS Game 1: Wed. 7PM @TBL Game 2: Fri. 7PM @TBL Game 3: Sun. 7PM @DET Game 4: 4/19 7PM @DET Game 5: 4/21 TBD @TBL * Game 6: 4/24 TBD @DET * Game 7: 4/26 TBD @TBL *
SERIES C - M1 vs. W2 WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS Game 1: Thu. 7PM @PHI Game 2: Sat. 7PM @PHI Game 3: 4/18 7PM @WSH Game 4: 4/20 7PM @WSH Game 5: 4/22 TBD @PHI * Game 6: 4/24 TBD @WSH * Game 7: 4/27 TBD @PHI *
SERIES D - M2 Vs. M3 PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs. NEW YORK RANGERS Game 1: Wed. 8PM @PIT Game 2: Sat. 3PM @PIT Game 3: 4/19 7PM @NYR Game 4: 4/21 TBD @NYR Game 5: 4/23 TBD @PIT * Game 6: 4/25 TBD @NYR * Game 7: 4/27 TBD @PIT *
WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
SERIES E - C1 vs. W2 DALLAS STARS vs. MINNESOTA WILD Game 1: Thu. 9:30PM @DAL Game 2: Sat. 8PM @DAL Game 3: 4/18 8:30PM @MIN Game 4: 4/20 9:30PM @MIN Game 5: 4/22 TBD @DAL * Game 6: 4/24 TBD @MIN * Game 7: 4/26 TBD @DAL *
SERIES F - C2 vs. C3 ST. LOUIS BLUES vs. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Game 1: Wed. 9:30PM @STL Game 2: Fri. 8PM @STL Game 3: Sun. 3PM @CHI Game 4: 4/19 9:30PM @CHI Game 5: 4/21 TBD @STL * Game 6: 4/23 3PM @CHI * Game 7: 4/25 TBD @STL *
SERIES G - P1 vs. W1 NASHVILLE PREDATORS vs. ANAHEIM DUCKS Game 1: Fri. 10:30PM @ANA Game 2: Sun. 10:30PM @ANA Game 3: 4/19 9:30PM @NSH Game 4: 4/21 8PM @NSH Game 5: 4/23 TBD @ANA * Game 6: 4/25 TBD @NSH * Game 7: 4/27 TBD @ANA *
SERIES H - P2 vs. P3 LOS ANGELES KINGS vs. SAN JOSE SHARKS Game 1: Thu. 10:30PM @LAK Game 2: Sun. 10:30PM @LAK Game 3: 4/22 10:30PM @SJS Game 4: 4/24 10:30PM @SJS Game 5: 4/26 TBD @LAK * Game 6: 4/28 TBD @SJS * Game 7: 4/30 TBD @LAK *
* if necessary
As usual, I don't know enough to make any predictions, but I'm hoping you'll lend me your expert opinion here.
Last year, I said that I hated seeing Justin and dunkndollaz at odds in the first round but that should be a fun series to watch. This year, I'm more amused than hateful.
Golly I hate those Los Angeles Kings and sure hope the Sharks drub 'em
Still trying to decide if I beard this year or not
We'll be back right after order has been restored here in the Omni Center.
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy - Swift
We'll be back right after order has been restored here in the Omni Center.
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy - Swift
with regard to predictions, well, I am picking experience - but I doubt they will repeat. Coach Q will get the hawks through a series or two I think and then we will see.
I think it could be the Preds or the Lightening or the panthers this year. Very possibly the Panthers - a team will win a Cup and no one will even notice in their home town.
crap - is there even a Canadian team IN the playoffs? No.
I wonder when that has happened?
We'll be back right after order has been restored here in the Omni Center.
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy - Swift
Originally posted by AWArulzwith regard to predictions, well, I am picking experience - but I doubt they will repeat. Coach Q will get the hawks through a series or two I think and then we will see.
I think it could be the Preds or the Lightening or the panthers this year. Very possibly the Panthers - a team will win a Cup and no one will even notice in their home town.
crap - is there even a Canadian team IN the playoffs? No.
Last year I was watching a lot of hockey with the Flames making a good run, so my bracket was outstanding - I picked every winner except the first round WAS-NYI battle.
This year, I've barely watched any, but I'll give it a shot anyway. Oddly, I'm in as The Cowboy instead of The Goon.
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Not bad, they really came alive during the third period. I thought it was going to be all downhill after that short-handed Detroit goal. But Colorado did it, finally playing up to the level Detroit had been playing all day.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
FLORIDA PANTHERS vs. 
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
OTTAWA SENATORS
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING vs. 
DETROIT RED WINGS
WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. 
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS vs. 
NEW YORK RANGERS
WESTERN CONFERENCE FIRST-ROUND MATCHUPS
DALLAS STARS vs. 
MINNESOTA WILD
ST. LOUIS BLUES vs. 
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
NASHVILLE PREDATORS vs. 
ANAHEIM DUCKS 
LOS ANGELES KINGS vs. 
SAN JOSE SHARKS
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