April 14, 201511 yr Eastern Conference No. 1 Montreal Canadiens vs. No. 4 Ottawa Senators (Game 1 April 15 at Montreal on NHL Network) No. 2 Tampa Bay Lightning vs. No. 3 Detroit Red Wings (Game 1 April 16 at Tampa Bay on CNBC) No. 1 New York Rangers vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh Penguins (Game 1 April 16 at New York on NBC Sports) No. 2 Washington Capitals vs. No. 3 New York Islanders (Game 1 April 15 at Washington on USA Network) Western Conference No. 1 St. Louis Blues vs. No. 4 Minnesota Wild (Game 1 April 16 at St. Louis on NBC Sports) No. 2 Nashville Predators vs. No. 3 Chicago Blackhawks (Game 1 April 15 at Nashville on NBC Sports) No. 1 Anaheim Ducks vs. No. 4 Winnipeg Jets (Game 1 April 16 at Anaheim on CNBC) No. 2 Vancouver Canucks vs. No. 3 Calgary Flames (Game 1 April 15 at Vancouver on USA Network) Four games Wednesday and four games Thursday to kick off the Stanley Cup Playoffs. I'm really enjoying this new format. Thanks to the way the Wild Cards shook out, we get divisional matchups in all four Eastern Conference series and in all but one of the Western Conference series. Should be a really fun playoff and I do think it's wide open. Who ya got?
April 14, 201511 yr Author Round 1 Canadiens Lightning Rangers Islanders Wild Blackhawks Ducks Canucks Round 2 Lightning Rangers Blackhawks Ducks Round 3 Lightning Ducks Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks Went with the Ducks to start the year and I'm sticking with it. I'm perhaps too high on the Lightning but they've been scoring goals in buckets and their keeper has been good. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are always a bit of a crapshoot given just how winning a series depends on your goalie being red hot this time of year; I really feel like Tampa can make a run.
April 14, 201511 yr Well I went with the Kings in the pre season as my pick so I guess I get another one. :banghead: I am hoping (and as any Blues fan will tell you) against all hope that the Blues can make a playoff run. I am worried they will not even get past Minnesota in the first round. But just for kicks I am going with a Canadiens/Ducks final with the cup going back North of the border. But for Getslow I really hope the Blues beat Minnesota...... :dancingpa
April 15, 201511 yr Author But for Getslow I really hope the Blues beat Minnesota...... :dancingpa :no: It'll be tough for the Wild. They did charge into the playoffs and have been really good in the last month. They're going to need a few breaks to go their way and find some goals; they haven't been the easiest things to come by this season.
April 15, 201511 yr Round 1 Canadiens Lightning Rangers Islanders Wild Blackhawks Ducks Canucks Round 2 Lightning Rangers Blackhawks Ducks Round 3 Lightning Ducks Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks Went with the Ducks to start the year and I'm sticking with it. I'm perhaps too high on the Lightning but they've been scoring goals in buckets and their keeper has been good. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are always a bit of a crapshoot given just how winning a series depends on your goalie being red hot this time of year; I really feel like Tampa can make a run. I can't get overly excited. The Wings blanked the Bolts last time in Detroit.
April 15, 201511 yr Author I'm glad no one else went back to look at the prediction thread before I did. :lol2: Just got curious about all our picks and it turned out I picked the Ducks to win the Pacific but then get upset by the Kings (who, of course, failed to make the playoffs). Whoops. Also had Boston as a division winner... again... whoops.
April 15, 201511 yr Author I can't get overly excited. The Wings blanked the Bolts last time in Detroit. True enough but the Bolts won 3-1 in Tampa just a week before that and the Red Wings are limping in a bit. I think they're something like 8-11-4 since the first of March.
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