2015 NHL Playoffs thread

[n7]

It's that time of year again!

The time when every year, the Oilers enjoy a longer summer vacation, and while other competently-run teams battle it out for Lord Stanley's Cup.

Post your predictions up guys!

Round one:
STL > MIN in 7
CHI > NSH in 6
WPG > ANA in 6
VAN > CGY in 5

OTT > MTL in 7
TBL > DET in 6
NYR > PIT in 5
WSH > NYI in 7


My NHL bracket (might modify before Wednesday)

League seems to really have hit parity to a point where it's incredibly tough to predict who's going to make it deep into the playoffs.
Should be very fun to watch.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Go Flyers!

 

[Michael]

MIN over STL in 7
NSH over CHI in 6
ANA over WPG in 6
CGY over VAN in 6

NSH over MIN
ANA over CGY

ANA over NSH
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MTL over OTT in 5
TBL over DET in 6
NYR over PIT in 5
NYI over WSH in 6

MTL over TBL
NYR over NYI

MTL over NYR
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MTL over ANA

Michael (and when I say MTL, I really mean Price)

 

[uclaLabrat]

Kings are out, so I guess I'm on the ducks bandwagon.

 

[n7]

MIN over STL in 7
NSH over CHI in 6
ANA over WPG in 6
CGY over VAN in 6

NSH over MIN
ANA over CGY

ANA over NSH
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MTL over OTT in 5
TBL over DET in 6
NYR over PIT in 5
NYI over WSH in 6

MTL over TBL
NYR over NYI

MTL over NYR
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MTL over ANA

Michael (and when I say MTL, I really mean Price)

Well, we have very different predictions. Will be interesting to see how things play out.

 

[Slew Foot]

ottawa vs nashville for the finals no one cares about. 87 points led the league in scoring? No wonder no one cares about hockey, dead puck era.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Round one:
MIN > STL in 6
CHI > NSH in 6
ANA > WPG in 7
VAN > CGY in 5

MTL > OTT in 7
TBL > DET in 6
NYR > PIT in 4
NYI > WSH in 6

 

[Captante]

Go Rangers!

 

[KeithTalent]

Now I'll actually watch some hockey. So hard to watch Canucks games out here on the stupid east coast; games starting at 10:00 PM! :\

KT

 

[TechBoyJK]

Stl > *

 

[Uppsala9496]

StL will fail in the first round. They are just not good in the playoffs when it matters.

 

[TreyRandom]

Props and thanks to those of you who are predicting a long run for my Preds. I'm hoping you're right, but they seem to have gone sideways the past 20 games.

STL over MIN in 7
CHI over NSH in 6
ANA over WPG in 5
VAN over CGY in 5

STL over CHI in 5
ANA over VAN in 5

STL over ANA in 7
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OTT over MTL in 7
TBL over DET in 6
NYR over PIT in 4
WSH over NYI in 7

TBL over OTT in 6
NYR over WSH in 6

NYR over TBL in 5
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NYR over STL in 7

 

[MiniDoom]

come on caps, don't disappoint me like you do almost every april.

 

[NutBucket]

Kings are out, so I guess I'm on the ducks bandwagon.

Get out. We don't want you.

GO DUCKS!

 

[Train]

Get out. We don't want you.

GO DUCKS!

heh, reminds me of this:

 

[Tweak155]

Going to the first home Red Wings game!! I know, they'll probably be out first round but I still <3 them and it's the playoffs!! Anything can happen

 

[Krazy4Real]

Kane back for game 1 for the Hawks is huge. They need all the scoring they can get.

 

[Drako]

Go Sharks!

Oh wait. :\

 

[NutBucket]

Ha ha!

 

[PingviN]

2015 going to be the year of the Ducks.

 

[rh71]

come on caps, don't disappoint me like you do almost every april.

let's go secondary scoring! We know the defense is much improved this time around...

 

[n7]

2015 going to be the year of the Ducks.

Perhaps, but they gotta get out if the first round. Then they have a free pass against van-cgy, since neither or those teams even really belongs in the playoffs.

 

[Sheep]

I really hope the sixth gear, Playoffs Blackhawks show up, and not the offense-challenged team we saw at the end of the regular season. Rinne will eat the Blackhawks alive if they don't bring their A game.

 

[sandorski]

Go Rangers!

It will be interesting to see how the Rangers do in the Playoffs. Vigneault is a good coach, but seemed unable to get consistent results in the Playoffs with the Canucks. Perhaps it wasn't his action/inaction responsible, but part of me will be watching the Rangers this Playoffs to see the result. Maybe we can get a Rangers/Canucks Final, that would be interesting.

 

[PingviN]

Perhaps, but they gotta get out if the first round. Then they have a free pass against van-cgy, since neither or those teams even really belongs in the playoffs.

Vancouver has been pretty solid this season.