NHL 2006 Playoffs thread...

[Guest NYankees]

Rangers give up a shorthanded goal to make it 4-1 senators. Wow they are a great team. Rangers are in deep trouble unless the Islanders beat the Flyers. Flyers are now up 2-1 over the Islanders.

[mike546]

Well if things stay the same the Rangers are going to Buffalo for round one. Can't say I'm dissapointed. Let the Devs and Flyers kill each other. Although we are not going ANYWHERE in the playoffs if this keeps up.

[Guest NYankees]

In terms of the regular season. This has gone from a wet dream for Rangers fans to a nightmare in the span of 2 months.

[CanadianChris]

And Heatley gets his 50th. Nice job.

 

Looks like we'll be getting the Lightning, which is the matchup I was hoping for all along.

[CanadianChris]

All right, predictions here for these first round matchups:

 

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose

[mike546]

FUCKING FUCK WE MIGHT BE GOING TO JERSEY.

 

FUCK.

[the max]

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in five.

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in six.

(3) Philadelphia vs. (6) New Jersey - Philly in seven.

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) N.Y. Rangers - Buffalo in five.

 

 

 

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in six.

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Dallas in five.

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in six.

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in seven (this will be a very entertaining series.)

[CanadianChris]

Wouldn't you know, I posted those matchups and Jersey immediately scores twice. Hold the phone...

[mike546]

Wait I'm reading on some message boards the Rangers play the Flyers if the Devils win. But I THINK the Rangers would play the Devils, as the Devils have the tiebreaker over the Flyers.

 

Am I right?

[CanadianChris]

The Rangers would play the Flyers if this game goes to overtime, regardless of the outcome.

 

EDIT: Or if Jersey wins in regulation, which is what's about to happen. I've switched the matchups above.

[Guest NYankees]

Devils just took the lead. WOW. I wish the Rangers played like them.

[mike546]

And the Devils take the lead.

 

Oh boy.

[Guest NYankees]

Rangers vrs Devils in the first round. FUCK!!!!!!

[CanadianChris]

OK, let's try that one more time...matchups are now correct.

 

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose

[treble]

Damn, Sportsnet pussied out. They were supposed to have Sean Avery on their studio panel during the playoffs, but there were compaints and they dropped him.

[treble]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in 6

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers - Devils in 6

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia - Buffalo in 7

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 5

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Dallas in 6

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in 7

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in 7

[mike546]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottowa in 4

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers - I'm going with my heart and saying Rangers in seven. The Devs peaked too early and I just cannot see the Rangers with Rucchin and Rucinsky back not giving the Devs a fight

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia - Phily in 6

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 5

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado -Colorado in 7

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in 7

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in 6

[Urban Warfare]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay -- Ottawa in 6

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal -- Montreal in 7

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers -- Rangers in 6

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia -- Philadelphia in 6

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton -- Detroit in 6

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado -- Dallas in 6

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim -- Calgary in 7

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose -- San Jose in 4

[CanadianChris]

My picks:

 

Ottawa in 5

Carolina in 5

New Jersey in 6

Buffalo in 7

 

Detroit in 5

Colorado in 6

Calgary in 6

San Jose in 6

[Kismet]

Don't really have predictions, just can't wait to catch as much playoff hockey as I can.Well, and root for Detroit. I hope for many 7 game series and something memorable to happen.

[bob_barron]

So in America, are the playoffs only on OLN?

[Guest]

I've watched all of these teams at least 40 times, so I think I have a great idea of what's going to happen.

 

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay-Ottawa in 4. Tampa's goaltending sucks.

 

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal- Carolina in 6. Gerber's solid, Huet and Aebischer won't be.

 

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers-Jersey in 6, Brodeur will carry this team to the Finals on his back.

 

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia-Philadelphia in 6. Buffalo is seriously inexperienced.

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton-Detroit in 4. Edmonton's getting rolled over, and Roloson's not good enough to steal a game.

 

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado-Colorado in 6. Underrated Colorado team, and Theodore's been playing in form since his return. Colorado could go to the conference finals if they didn't have to play Detroit.

 

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim-Calgary in 5. They will beat Anaheim up.

 

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose-San Jose in 6. Pond hockey, little defense.

 

Due to recent events, my picks have changed, so I've got it like this...

 

Western Conference Final: Detroit vs San Jose

 

Eastern Conference Final: New Jersey vs. Ottawa

 

Stanley Cup Final: San Jose vs Ottawa

 

In the U.S., the playoffs are on regional sports networks, OLN and NBC during the weekend.

 

Also, the Kings are likely bringing in Dean Lombardi as their GM and President. He and Owen Nolan love each other, so it wouldn't surprise me if Nolan were brought to the Kings.

[Lt. Al Giardello]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in 5

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers - New Jersey in 7

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia - Philly in 6

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 4

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Dallas in 6

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in 5

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in 5

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in 4

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in 5

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers - New York in 7

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia - Buffalo in 6

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 4

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Colorado in 5

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Anaheim in 7

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - Nashville in 7

[Annabelle]

new jersey has no offense. the rangers are WAITING to explode. they could sweep the devils. the rangers can & may go all the way this year. pick your playoff drafts wisely. no one is picking any rangers. so stupid. do it, kids.

[The Ghost of bps21]

BPS who would you want to face, Phili, New York or New Jersey?

 

 

I would have taken the Rangers in a heartbeat without thinking twice.

 

They are an absolute mess.

 

I REALLY (obviously) didn't want New Jersey.

 

Split the difference and I'll accept our meeting with Philly.

 

I expect to make the second round.

[The Ghost of bps21]

EAST

(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Tampa Bay - Ottawa in 5

(2) Carolina vs. (7) Montreal - Carolina in 6

(3) New Jersey vs. (6) N.Y. Rangers - New Jersey in 4

(4) Buffalo vs. (5) Philadelphia - Buffalo in 5

 

WEST

(1) Detroit vs. (8) Edmonton - Detroit in 4

(2) Dallas vs. (7) Colorado - Dallas in 5

(3) Calgary vs. (6) Anaheim - Calgary in 5

(4) Nashville vs. (5) San Jose - San Jose in 5

[CanadianChris]

The "experts" opver at ESPN.com are picking Tampa in seven.

[nl5xsk1]

EAST

Ottawa in 6 (or maybe in 5)

Carolina in 7

New Jersey in 5

Philadelphia in 7 - this one was the toughest choice for me. I actually wanted to pick Buffalo, but I'd picked the top 3 seeds already, and really would be surprised to see the top 4 teams all advance.

 

WEST

Detroit in 5 (wouldn't be surprised to see a sweep)

Dallas in 6

Anaheim in 7

San Jose in 5 (wouldn't be surprised to see a sweep here, either)

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski]

I don't get the Dallas love. Turco is a great regular season goalie but he always chokes during the playoffs. I remember last season when he could not stop the Avs at all.