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good idea....
ROUND TWO PREDICTIONS
Buffalo vs. NY Rangers
New Jersey vs. Ottawa
Detroit vs. San Jose
Anaheim vs. Vancouver
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Buffalo vs. NY Rangers (i can't go against my team)
New Jersey vs. Ottawa
Detroit vs. San Jose
Anaheim vs. Vancouver
I have no faith in my predictions this round though. The Rangers will be in tough against the Sabres, and chances are if i wasn't a Rangers fan i would of went with Buffalo...but then again the Rangers are flying right now, are getting fantastic goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, and have only lost 3 of their last 24 games.
NJ/OTT could go either way, but i'm going with Ottawa. I'm going with Detroit, though partially just because i want them to win. San Jose will be very tough, and i wouldn't be surprised at all is SJ won in say, 5 games. The Wings are a very good, deep club though & i think they'll win it in 7. Anaheim/Vancouver again, i like both teams & it could go either way. I just think the Ducks are overall a better team, so i'll say Ducks in 6.
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LizardKing51 Wrote:ryan93 Wrote:So the matchups are all set, predictions?
Buffalo vs NY Islanders
New Jersey vs Tampa Bay
Atlanta vs NY Rangers
Ottawa vs Pittsburgh
Detroit vs Calgary
Anaheim vs Minnesota
Vancouver vs Dallas
Nashville vs San Jose
There's alot of talent in the West its hard to call, but I think Detroit will fall apart as usual, Dallas has a good team but will suffer from Turco-itis again as usual. Im going with the Sharks in the West and the Devils in the East, Brodeur will lead them all the way. And as good as Buffalo is, I think the playoffs and the big season will eventually wear them down, plus their defence is a bit soft and Brodeur is just too good. The other teams in the East just arent good enough to make it imo.
West Final: San Jose vs. Anaheim
East Final: Buffalo vs. New Jersey
Cup Final: New Jersey vs. San Jose
Winner: Devils in 6 games.
Total guesses, the west is tough Im probably way off..we'll see.
Almost perfect, stupid Calgary..what was I thinking!
I still say Sharks all the way in the West and Jersey in the East. :thumb:
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My two picks for the finals are still alive... and I'd be crazy not to still go for them. My picks are bolded, and the two I think will be in the finals are in colour.
Anaheim vs. Vancouver
San Jose vs. Detroit
Buffalo vs. New York
New Jersey vs. Ottawa
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What a night. What a night of hockey indeed.
The two biggest factors in the Canucks win: no Zubov for Dallas and the men in stripes. Seriously, the Canucks got very favourable refereeing and I'd go as far as saying the referees DID decide the outcome of the game. I'm a Vancouver fan but I know what I see. The Stars had everything they wanted. They controlled the 1st period, silenced the crowd, had a 1-0 lead. Then the 2nd period is where it went bad for Dallas. A slew of bad calls got them in penalty trouble, a 5 on 3 against at one point, and the Canucks got back in the game. I think the Canucks should stray from saying anything bad about refereeing for a while because they were handwrapped a gift last night. Oh well, I get to see them for few more games anyway.
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sabres/rangers- sabres in 6
sens/devils- sens in 6
sharks/wings- sharks in 7
nucks/ducks- ducks in 5
7/17/95-Craven
11/18/96-Saskatoon
7/21/97-Saskatoon
9/16/00-Winnipeg
11/24/00-Red Deer
07/14/02-Camrose
9/26/02-Edmonton
9/27/02-Edmonton
8/1/03-Kelowna
6/22/04-Edmonton
11/17/04-Edmonton
11/20/04-Saskatoon
10/28/06-Calgary
1/19/07-Regina
7/18/07-Saskatoon
6/22/08-Calgary
8/4/09-Saskatoon
9/14/09-Edmonton
9/19/09-Banff
7/14/11-Edmonton
1/23/13-Edmonton
7/6/13-Saskatoon
10/10/15-Houston
7/28/16-Edmonton
7/30/16-Edmonton
8/01/16-Calgary
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i was 7-1 in the first round. those damned penguins fucked my perfect record. i thought they had it in them to pull it off.
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i really don't see the ducks dominating as much as everybody thinks..luongo is on a roll, the nucks d-men have a chance to jump in the play against the ducks style of play, unlike the dallas series...i'm holding out hope the nucks can take this series, although i'll be the first to admit that it's gonna be tough
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grimes Wrote:[
Turco-itis? Is that what it's called when the goalie pitches 3 shutouts but his team still can't find a way to win the series 
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No its what you call a goalie who has choked in the playoffs every year he's been in the league and everyone knows it: (11-18 2.21 GAA .909%) But if you actually paid attention you'd see I quoted myself, I said that
before the playoffs started, when I made my predictions and with good reason. Hats off to Turco he played good this year no doubt about it, I think he might have finally shaken the choker tag off, who knows.
That make sense now?
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He certainly did Tiger, no disrespect to Vancouver but I was pulling for Turco and the Stars this year. I do like Turco as a goalie, regular season the guy is brilliant, and his playoff woes used to be a nice annual joke but I was hoping he would prove some doubters wrong this year and Im glad he did. I guess I have a soft spot for goalies, mostly cause I used to be one for many years and I know whats its like.
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