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NHL 2013 post season thread!
- Thread starter MJ5150
- Start date
E:You first.
Pittsburgh - 5
Montreal - 5
Rangers - 6
Boston - 6
W:
Chicago - 4
Anaheim - 5
Vancouver - 6
St-Louis - 6
I did not follow the regular season this year, so I'm just guessing.
I predict that the League will cancel the post season because the owners don't want to profit share.
Ottawa has a *LOT* of character guys. It'll be extremely draining for any team to play against them, hence why they managed to win so many games without the likes of Spezza, Michalek, and Karlsson for most of the season.
If you guys like to do the fantasy thing, feel free to share this with your friends. My favorite fantasy sport is playoff hockey box pool.
Very straight forward. You pick a player from each box (box 1 has Ovi, box 2 has Kopitar). For every point your player gets (goal or assist = 1 point), you get 1 point.
It's easy because all you do is pick the players and that's it, don't have to manage starters or what not.
Very straight forward. You pick a player from each box (box 1 has Ovi, box 2 has Kopitar). For every point your player gets (goal or assist = 1 point), you get 1 point.
It's easy because all you do is pick the players and that's it, don't have to manage starters or what not.
My predictions, for what they're worth ;
WEST ;
Chicago in 5 (VS Minnesota)
Anaheim in 5 (VS Detroit)
Vancouver in 4 (VS San Jose)
LA in 4 (VS St Louis)
EAST ;
Pittsburgh in 5 (VS the Islanders)
Montreal in 7 (VS Ottawa)
Washington in 6 (VS NYR)
Boston in 5 (VS Toronto)
I can explain the reasoning for each if anybody is curious enough to ask. However, predictions are always funny because almost nobody comes out of the Playoffs looking like a genius. There will be some upsets and the highest-ranked so-called hockey expert will be made to look like a fool in one way or another. lol!
WEST ;
Chicago in 5 (VS Minnesota)
Anaheim in 5 (VS Detroit)
Vancouver in 4 (VS San Jose)
LA in 4 (VS St Louis)
EAST ;
Pittsburgh in 5 (VS the Islanders)
Montreal in 7 (VS Ottawa)
Washington in 6 (VS NYR)
Boston in 5 (VS Toronto)
I can explain the reasoning for each if anybody is curious enough to ask. However, predictions are always funny because almost nobody comes out of the Playoffs looking like a genius. There will be some upsets and the highest-ranked so-called hockey expert will be made to look like a fool in one way or another. lol!
If seeding decided who wins series, they wouldn't play the games! 
By the way, Letang tied PK Slewban for total points with 8 less games played, had 8 PIM and was a +16 on the season. If he doesn't win the Norris I'll be speechless.
By the way, Letang tied PK Slewban for total points with 8 less games played, had 8 PIM and was a +16 on the season. If he doesn't win the Norris I'll be speechless.
If you guys like to do the fantasy thing, feel free to share this with your friends. My favorite fantasy sport is playoff hockey box pool.
Very straight forward. You pick a player from each box (box 1 has Ovi, box 2 has Kopitar). For every point your player gets (goal or assist = 1 point), you get 1 point.
It's easy because all you do is pick the players and that's it, don't have to manage starters or what not.
We can do it here if others are willing, I'm down.
I'm game.
I won my hockey pool, this year. Came out of it with a bounty of about 350$. Pretty sweet.
The way we play though is once a player is selected, he cannot be chosen by anybody else. We do a snake draft.Anyway, we also do a Playoffs pool the same way, so it'll be interesting to see how I fare.
In the meantime, I'll let you guys know my choices.
Box 1 : Crosby (taking a chance)
Box 2 : Kane
Box 3 : Nash
Box 4 : Malkin
Box 5 : Datsyuk
Box 6 : Sedin
Box 7 : Kunitz
Box 8 : Carter
Box 9 : Neal
Box 10 : Krejci
Box 11 : Brad Richards
Box 12 : Saad
Box 13 : Zetterberg
Box 14 : Dupuis
Box 15 : Sharp
Box 16 : Letang
Box 17 : Keith
Box 18 : Green
Repost of my very humble predictions
I'm going chalk on the East and the B's will need the full 7 against the Leafs. I have no idea about the West.
The Pens are the class of the conference and should emerge on top. I'd like to see another B's-Canadians series somewhere along the way; just because it is spring and the B's always seem to play the CH'ers in the spring (or is it the HC's? I'm not trolling, I honestly don't know
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I'm going chalk on the East and the B's will need the full 7 against the Leafs. I have no idea about the West.
The Pens are the class of the conference and should emerge on top. I'd like to see another B's-Canadians series somewhere along the way; just because it is spring and the B's always seem to play the CH'ers in the spring (or is it the HC's? I'm not trolling, I honestly don't know
).The Norris isn't solely about stats.If seeding decided who wins series, they wouldn't play the games!
By the way, Letang tied PK Slewban for total points with 8 less games played, had 8 PIM and was a +16 on the season. If he doesn't win the Norris I'll be speechless.
The Maurice Richard, yes. The Norris, no.
It was awarded 7x in 8 years to Doug Harvey and 8 straight years to Bobby Orr.
Crazy!
C = Canadiens(...) the B's always seem to play the CH'ers in the spring (or is it the HC's? I'm not trolling, I honestly don't know
H = Hockey
Both letters are in the logo and the team is oftentimes referred to as CH, but that's the only reason why.
Wasn't the team called "Club de Hockey Canadien" at some point, or is it still? I think I recall seeing an explanation of the logo (might be a past one) explaining that the two layers in the C were because there was two C in the name ("CHC").
I can see the Kings getting past St. Louis, but I'm not feeling very confident about them getting very far past that. Last year, they were playing fantastic hockey at the end of the reguar season and were able to carry the momentum. I'm not getting the same vibe from them this year. Quick has been decent, but not the same force he was last year.
Ahh, I see - I definitely overthought that one thinking that it might be an English/French thing - C = Canadians and H = Habitants. Thanks for clearing that up.
