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.