NHL Season 2011-2012

[ben79]

Anything can happen in the playoffs...

the hardest trophy in sports to win .....

[ben79]

Which is why I want Florida or Phoenix to win it all.

it's amazing here in québec, some restaurants/bar ''la cage aux sports'' are gonna put on big screens the pheonix playoffs run ( everyone here thinks that phoenix is moving to québec during the summer ) they're selling more phoenix jersey ... to quebec fans lol ... a little message for the nhl, maybe bettman will come to reason

[oVo]

Fun game in Hockey Town today... Wings score in the final minute
to reach OT. Chicago actually emptied the net in the final seconds
trying to get the win and extra points.

Later Philly and Pitt clash in their final game. With nothing on the
line will it be a brawl? Guessing the coaches may rest a few guys
to get ready for a Cup run.

[Army of GOD]

This final regular season game is huge for us...we have to show that we can beat the Flyers on our new home ice (0-5 against them at home since Consol Energy Center opened up).

[oVo]

True, the Pens head to head games with the Flyers have not gone well this year,
including a trio of come from behind wins for Philly.

Blackhawks stoned the Wings in the shootout, but Chicago really wanted the +2 win. Detroit had the iron pinging all day long, but no cigar.

[ben79]

Eastern Conference
Series 'A' 1 NY Rangers vs 8 OTTAWA
Series 'B' 2 BOSTON vs 7 WASHINGTON
Series 'C' 3 FLORIDA vs 6 NEW JERSEY
Series 'D' 4 Pittsburgh vs 5 Philadelphia

Western Conference
Series 'E' 1 Vancouver vs 8 LOS ANGELES
Series 'F' 2 St. Louis vs 7 SAN JOSE
Series 'G' 3 PhoeniX vs 6 CHICAGO
Series 'H' 4 NASHVILLE vs 5 DETROIT

[Serbia]

In the East, I'm taking New Jersey over Philadelphia,
In the West, I'm taking Nashville over Vancouver,

And for the Cup, I'm taking the Nashville Predators. And I certainly hope I'm wrong about them, starting in the quarterfinals against Detroit.

[whitestazn88]

Phew, crisis averted in DC, we made the playoffs. Now if we can only get 16 wins. I think we benefit from being an underdog this year. I think high expectations really stymied the team's efforts the past few years. The only problem is we need 4 versus the defending champions, then will probably need 4 against the Rangers, and then another 4 against either Pitt/Philly, and then 4 against the western conference champs, with the possibility that we'll have to play Halak (who crushed us as a Canadien).

Oh welp, I'm just hoping we re-sign Semin long term, he's too good to let go. And I hope that instead of the "If we add a few veterans who have playoff experience, we can pull ourselves together during the playoffs" attitude during the off-season we just go for a huge name to bolster our attack or defense.

And who knows, Holtby has won a bunch of AHL championships, but then again, so did Neuvirth, and Varlamov before him (if I'm not mistaken).

[Army of GOD]

In the East, I'm taking New Jersey over Philadelphia,

>mfw



First round:
Rangers over Sens
Bruins over Caps
Devils over Panthers
Pens over Flyers

Nucks over Kings
Sharks over Blues
Blackhawks over Yotes
Wings over Preds

Conference semis:
Rangers over Devils
Pens over Bruins

Nucks over Sharks
Wings over Hawks

Conference finals:
Pens over Rangers

Wings over Nucks

Stan's Cup
Pens over Wings

Yea, I know I'm biased, but shut up.

[Serbia]

Alright, I'll break it all the way down for you...

First Round:
1 Rangers over 8 Sens
2 Bruins over 7 Caps
6 Devils over 3 Panthers
5 Flyers over 4 Pens

1 Canucks over 8 Kings
7 Sharks over 2 Blues
6 Hawks over 3 Yotes
4 Preds over 5 Wings

Conference Semis
6 Devils over 1 Rangers
5 Flyers over 2 Bruins

1 Canucks over 7 Sharks
4 Preds over 6 Hawks

Conference Finals
6 Devils over 5 Flyers

4 Preds over 1 Canucks

Stanley Cup
Nashville Predators over Devils

[GreecePwns]

Eastern Conference
Rangers 4-1 Senators
Flyers 4-3 Penguins
Bruins 4-0 Capitals
Panthers 1-4 Devils

Rangers 4-1 Flyers
Bruins 4-2 Devils

Rangers 3-4 Bruins

Western Conference
Canucks 4-1 Kings
Predators 4-3 Red Wings
Blues 4-0 Sharks
Coyotes 2-4 Blackhawks

Canucks 3-4 Predators
Blues 4-1 Blackhawks

Blues 4-2 Predators

Stanley Cup
Blues 4-2 Bruins

[Serbia]

Eastern Conference
Rangers 4-1 Flyers
Bruins 4-2 Devils

Western Conference
Canucks 3-4 Predators
Blues 4-1 Blackhawks

Stanley Cup
Blues 4-2 Bruins

Don't know if this will change your predictions or not, but the teams re-seed in the 2nd round. Therefore, your matchups would be:

Rangers vs Devils
Bruins vs Flyers

Canucks vs Blackhawks
Blues vs Predators

[GreecePwns]

Whoops. Was thinking NBA for a second.

In that case, my predictions would be this:
Rangers 4-3 Devils
Bruins 4-1 Flyers
Canucks 4-1 Blackhawks
Blues 4-3 Predators

Rangers 2-4 Bruins
Canucks 4-2 Blues

Canucks 4-2 Bruins

[Army of GOD]

I find both of your lack of Penguins advancing disturbing

[keiths31]

First Round:
Rangers over Sens
Bruins over Caps
Panthers over Devils
Pens over Flyers

Canucks over Kings
Blues over Sharks
Coyotes over Blackhawks
Preds over Wings

Conference Semis
Pens over Rangers
Bruins over Panthers

Canucks over Preds
Blues over Coyotes

Conference Finals
Pens over Bruins

Canucks over Blues

Stanley Cup
Canucks over Pens

[whitestazn88]

I think the caps will get at least 1 win over the bruins. They've had really bad games against us the last 2-3 years, including the one where tim thomas let an alex semin shot from behind the blue line slide right in between his legs for the gwg the day before the postseason 2 years ago.

[Army of GOD]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Caps actually make a deep run this year. This is really the first year where no one expects them to do anything in a while with Boudreau fired and all.

[whitestazn88]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Caps actually make a deep run this year. This is really the first year where no one expects them to do anything in a while with Boudreau fired and all.

Chara is excellent on Ovechkin though, Backstrom is just getting back from a concussion so we don't know how he'll play, Semin can just stop playing at any given moment, Green is sometimes an idiot, and we only have 1 healthy goalie.

Oh, and Tim Thomas.

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the matchup compared to the Rangers, but I've just been so hurt by the Caps the last 4 years... I can't hold up hope for that much longer, so I'll just enjoy the ride as it happens.

[ben79]

2012 NHL Draft Order

1 Edmonton Oilers
2 Columbus Blue Jackets
3 Montreal Canadiens
4 New York Islanders
5 Toronto Maple Leafs
6 Anaheim Ducks
7 Minnesota Wild
8 Carolina Hurricanes
9 Winnipeg Jets
10 Tampa Bay Lightning
11 Washington Capitals(from Colorado)
12 Buffalo Sabres
13 Dallas Stars
14 Calgary Flames

[Army of GOD]

f*ck me...blew a 3-0 lead. We had nothing going for us in the 3rd period/overtime.

[Army of GOD]

also, that first Briere goal was complete shit. Fucking offsides

[TheProwler]

That was a brutal non-call.

[whitestazn88]

I hope they play a 7 game series where every game goes 3+ overtimes and by the time the final game is done all players die of exhaustion

[Gillipig]

Pretty sick meltdown by Pens tonight. That's not how you win the cup !

[keiths31]

also, that first Briere goal was complete shit. Fucking offsides

It was a bad call. Linesman looked like he was going to blow the whistle...then changed his mind. Though I have to say the third Pens goal may have been icing.

Kings beating Canucks at home is a surprise to me anyway.

Go Sens!