Natinal Hockey League postseason picks

[DirtyKash]

Here they are:

East
(1) Washington over (8) Montreal in 5
(2) New Jersey over (7) Philadelphia in 5
(3) Buffalo over (6) Boston in 4
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Ottawa in 4

West
(1) San Jose over (8) Colorado in 6
(2) Chicago over (7) Nashville in 5
(6) Los Angeles over (3) Vancouver in 7
(5) Detroit over (4) Phoenix in 5

And boom goes the dynamite.

[Kingdom]

Chicago and Washington finals

[Porter]

East
(1) Washington over (8) Montreal in 4
(2) New Jersey over (7) Philadelphia in 5
(3) Buffalo over (6) Boston in 6
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Ottawa in 5

West
(1) San Jose over (8) Colorado in 6
(2) Chicago over (7) Nashville in 6
(3) Vancouver over (6) Los Angeles in 6
(4) Phoenix over (5) Detroit in 7

[realmofotalk]

East: Washington, New Jersey, Buffalo, Pittsburgh
West: San Jose, Chicago, Vancouver*, Detroit

*Jonathan Quick and the D in front of him have been playing like crap lately

[Foster]

East
(1) Washington over (8) Montreal in 5
(2) New Jersey over (7) Philadelphia in 5
(3) Buffalo over (6) Boston in 6
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Ottawa in 6

West
(1) San Jose over (8) Colorado in 5
(2) Chicago over (7) Nashville in 4
(3) Vancouver over (6) Los Angeles in 6
(5) Detroit over (4) Phoenix in 5

I feel bad for my Sens. We've done decent in the regular season holding Crosby and the Pens in check. But that will change once again this season in the playoff's. We'll be beat, but I still hold out hope for some sort of miracle. Elliott will have to stand on his head, and than some, but he may pull a rabbit out of the hat. That and our leading scorer Mike "Mr Carrie Underwood" Fisher shouldn't be our leading scorer in the playoff's. "Giggles" Spezza has been great of late, and I hope that continues into the season. Alfie should be good to go for the playoffs too, he'll step it up. We won't miss Kovalev, cause he hasn't shown up in 82 games, why would the playoffs matter to him now.

[Halladay_is_God]

Caps in 6
Devils in 5
Buffalo in 7
Pens in 5

Sharks in 4
Hawks in 6
Kings in 7
Wings in 5

no flames in the playoffs so no 1st round choke job from them this year


who has the worst goaltending in the playoffs, Flyers or Sens?

when is Luongo going to choke, 1st or 2nd round?

can the sharks finally get passed the 2nd round since 04?

[missionhockey21]

East
(1) Washington over (8) Montreal in 5
(2) New Jersey over (7) Philadelphia in 6
(3) Buffalo over (6) Boston in 5
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Ottawa in 5

West
(1) San Jose over (8) Colorado in 5
(2) Chicago over (7) Nashville in 5
(3) Vancouver over (6) Los Angeles in 6
(5) Detroit over (4) Phoenix in 5

I don't really see any huge upsets. Pretty much in line with what DK is thinking. I do think Philly will go a bit further than some are thinking, despite their obvious flaws (like a lack of a true top line scorer), I've seen that team time after time frustrate other teams.

[bcshorts]

Eastern Conference:
(1) Washington over (8) Montreal in 4 - Blowout, huge mismatch. I was hoping the Flyers would have the #8 seed and beat up on the Kapitals a bit, but we couldn't get that lucky.
(2) New Jersey over (7) Philadelphia in 7 - I'd really like to pick Philly, especially since they won the season series something like 5-1. But Brodeur seems to be playing really well lately and Kovalchuk and Parise should provide enough offense.
(3) Buffalo over (6) Boston in 6 - About the least attractive matchup in the playoffs. Blah. Ryan Miller gets it done.
(4) Pittsburgh over (5) Ottawa in 6 - Penguins offense is just too much here. I'm a little concerned about Malkin, and really the team as a whole, as they haven't hit their stride like they did last year. Still, the experience and talent get the job done.

Western Conference:
(1) San Jose over (8) Colorado in 6 - This is too early for the Sharks to collapse. They win without too much trouble.
(2) Chicago over (7) Nashville in 5 - Big mismatch, Chicago should have no trouble.
(6) Los Angeles over (3) Vancouver in 7 - I think the Kings have what it takes to get it done. Luongo hasn't been playing all that well, and Los Angeles will have a great chance if they can win one of the first two road games.
(5) Detroit over (4) Phoenix in 6 - It's Detroit. In the playoffs. Phoenix is a nice story, but they're not beating the 58-time defending Western Conference Champions.

[DirtyKash]

Well that first game was slightly unexpected.

[Foster]

"That" first game. You mean all of them?

[Halladay_is_God]

expect buffalo all the series have been in an upset so far

[missionhockey21]

Caps win in overtime. This game was awesome, simply awesome.

[bcshorts]

Yeah, it would've been much more awesome if the Habs could've hung on. Oh well..

[realmofotalk]

OMG, the San Jose Sharks are so full of fail in playoffs. As if it isn't already an embarrassment for a squad featuring Thornton, Marleau, and Heatley to be blanked by freaking Craig Anderson, they go and score an own goal in overtime FTL?

[Halladay_is_God]

Dan Boyle

I'm done supporting the Sharks in anyway now, I'm sorry but this just too sad to watch any longer