FunkedUp 29 Report post Posted April 5, 2010 I don't think I've ever seen LGW split on a playoff opponent like this. Lot's of good arguments for/against each team. It's really a crapshoot at this point, and our opponent has just as much to do with other teams performances as ours. We probably won't know until the last game of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 Winging it in Motown has different results but a lot more votes: http://www.wingingitinmotown.com/2010/4/5/1405835/who-would-you-want-to-play-in-theAs of right now: Who would you rather face in the first round? 644 votes 11% San Jose Sharks (75 votes) 29% Chicago Blackhawks (189 votes) 34% Vancouver Canucks (223 votes) 24% Phoenix Coyotes (157 votes) You should never pick your poison but it is always good to have an opponent where the travel isn't so bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yzerman191 37 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 My vote is for Chicago. The travel would be as minimal as we can hope for all playoffs, and they play a style of hockey that seems to work to our benefit. Rather than a hard-hitting style, which I think takes its toll on a team that has played more hockey than anyone else in the last three years, they play a fast-paced puck possession style similar to our own, but I think we're better at it. They've got questions in net and on the powerplay, as well as a coach that we generally get the best of. I also think it'd be a fun series to watch, win or lose, and would add a spark to an already blooming rivalry. People keep picking Phoenix and I don't understand why. They're probably the last of the four teams I'd want to play right now. They've got a rock-solid goaltender and literally the best team defense in the west (lowest in goals against). They're the underdog in any given series and have absolutely nothing to lose no matter who they're up against. There's no pressure to succeed; even if they're swept in four games they've still greatly exceeded expectations for this season. A team like that terrifies me. Realistically, looking at the standings, I think we're least likely to face Phoenix anyways. We'll likely end up with the Sharks or Vancouver, but probably Vancouver. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icesurfer 75 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 Chicago..... they are hurting on defense and goaltending. Campbell will be out for first round only. My first thoughts are always TRAVEL! Because Wings don't have home ice advantage it is possible to fly THREE times to West coast if the first round goes 7 games..... that would kill the Wings for later rounds! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunkedUp 29 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 Teams are so close that it’s difficult to say who they would be better off playing. “You got to pick your poison, and travel is a huge part of that,’’ Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said last week. “I always vote for the shortest trip.’’ Is this a sneaky way of Babcock saying that he wants Chicago, or is this him saying that he doesn't care? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) In the grand scheme of things, doesn't matter to me because the Wings have shown they are capable of beating anybody on a consistent basis if they play as close to a 60-minute game as possible. Selfishly, Chicago because I'll be going up there around the 3rd weekend of April/this month. Edited April 6, 2010 by SouthernWingsFan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lovin Jiri Fischer 147 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) Now that I think about it, if Campbell is only out for a couple more weeks, we might as well get Chicago now instead of later when he's back to take advantage of it. But it's most likely that we get Vancouver so I doubt it. And plus there's a really cute boy in one of my classes that wears a Blackhawks hat every other day so this way I have an excuse to talk to him. Edited April 6, 2010 by Lovin Jiri Fischer 2 swiss_fan and 55fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
13dangledangle 965 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 Bring on the canuks, hey I hear Zetterberg wipes his ass with the copy of Kesslers new contract Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings17 1 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 I live in Chicago and I'm so sick of these fans all of a sudden wearing Jerseys and all interested now because they have a winning team this year. It would make my year for us to face the Blackhawks 1st round and, Shut this City up! 1 swiss_fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted April 6, 2010 I agree from a strategic sense that Chicago would be the best first round matchup. Hope somebody takes out Vancouver in the 1st Round in what would be a brutal series and hope we can take out Chicago with the benefit of a non-physical team and short travel. That way we'd get a team out of the way that would only get better as the playoffs went on and they gained confidence and still be relatively healthy and rested for the grind. But I'm not picking them, I don't pick poison. That's just from a strategic viewpoint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunkedUp 29 Report post Posted April 7, 2010 The 8 western conference playoff teams are set and nearly all the seedings are toss ups. Though, I'd say 3. Vancouver and 4. Phoneix are locks. Anyone particularly excited for any potential rounds? A Wings/Chicago matchup is going to be great...I know it will happen at some point. As for the east, I'm hoping Philly and Pit end up meeting again. Maybe Hartnell will bite Crosby. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haroldsnepsts 4,826 Report post Posted April 7, 2010 I think we all just need to take a moment to acknowledge that the Ducks won't be in the playoffs. Oh how we'll miss watching Perry act like a little *****, or constantly having to hear about Niedermayer's smooooooooth skating. Not to mention watching Getzlaf decide to show up and score at will with 3 Wings players al over him. 1 55fan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sharkfan20 32 Report post Posted April 7, 2010 How Am I not suprised, most of you wants the Sharks. Everyone wants the Sharks. And about the playoff experience, we have lots of playoff experience. Most of our guys has played in the playoffs. Boyle- Stanley Cup Blake- Stanley Cup Nabokov, Marleau- Conference finals( been in the playoffs since 2000 every year execpt for 1 or 2 years. Thornton- Playoffs basically every year, thats where he got his nick name- the tin man Clowe- been in the playoffs since 2004 Wallin- Stanley Cup Heatley- Stanley Cup finals with the sens Huskins- Stanley Cup with Anaheim And if we get Detroit in the first round, we are destined to never win the Stanley Cup with this group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deetroit dario 27 Report post Posted April 7, 2010 i'm too busy watching the leastern conference, and wondering who we get in the finals!! go wings!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.Low 1,011 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 Would you prefer Luongo and the Sedins? or hungry Sharks with Nabokov or even Chicago, which is a lot better than Phoenix? Yotes have very little playoff experience, not to mention shorter trips compared to San Jose/Vancouver. Yes actually, I would prefer the Canucks in the first round. Chances are we will see them in the 2nd if not the first and that seems more dangerous. They are cold streaking right now and we are hot. We can take them down quick before they have a chance to regain their mojo. If we see them in the 2nd, they will be full of round one winning confidence and thats when they are really tough. Taking this theory one step further, I would want to face the gest teams first, Chidago or Vancouver. Get either one of them right away before they have a chance to gain playoff confidence. Then hope that someone knocks off whichever one we don't play. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.Low 1,011 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 i'm too busy watching the leastern conference, and wondering who we get in the finals!! go wings!!!! Priceless. Kind of encouraging that we've played the vast majority of the season with the $32m payroll due to injuries, yet we are right there even with Pittsburgh in points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCaptain19 49 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 careful what you wish for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T.Low 1,011 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 careful what you wish for Can you imagine what the rest of the west will think as they watch Detroit dismantle Chicago in the first? And why wait? Why let them get their stride? Why let them get into a groove by winning a series, or even worse, two series? Feck, they'll be no living with them, then. Go out and whip their ass early before they know what's happened. Win Game 1 in Chicago (or Vancouver) with authority, then OTL in Game 2, then sweep in Detroit and close it out on the road in 5, taking a 3 game streak into round two. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pockets 9 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 I want SJ not Phx like Titanium said the Yotes are exatcly the type of team that gives us trouble and unlike CBJ last year their goalie isnt a rookie. Id take the Yotes in a later round though when theres more pressure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
titanium2 867 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 Doesn't seem like there's all that much agreement like last year. Or at least I think we were all pretty happy to draw CBJ in the first round. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trilobite Report post Posted April 8, 2010 I can't believe that people are voting for the Coyotes. That's the last team I want to face. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hiei 192 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 I'd take Chicago right now. Campbell is out, Seabrook is either out or probably still feeling the after effects of the hit he took. LOOK AT THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT VS THE BLUES, almost choked off a 6-1 lead. When the hawks get momentum against them, Kane and Toews can't break them out. The 2nd half of the game, Chicago skated backward and hardly got a good chance at Conklin. and Q is too much of a pussbag to juggle his lines much...Hell, the fact they're coached by Q is reason enough to want them. Niemi is that team's last grace. Huet might be heroic for a game or two like last year vs Detroit, but that's all. He is still perfectly capable of s***ting the bed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjgj13 30 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 I personally would want Phoenix. Wings will probably need to win out for this to happen. This way, at least we would have home ice advantage, and play an inexperienced playoff team. Thoughts? They are currently in 5th place as I type this. They have 98 points along with the Preds with 1 game in hand. The don't necessarily have to win out but it would lock it up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Trilobite Report post Posted April 8, 2010 I'd take Chicago right now. Campbell is out, Seabrook is either out or probably still feeling the after effects of the hit he took. LOOK AT THEIR GAME LAST NIGHT VS THE BLUES, almost choked off a 6-1 lead. When the hawks get momentum against them, Kane and Toews can't break them out. The 2nd half of the game, Chicago skated backward and hardly got a good chance at Conklin. and Q is too much of a pussbag to juggle his lines much...Hell, the fact they're coached by Q is reason enough to want them. Niemi is that team's last grace. Huet might be heroic for a game or two like last year vs Detroit, but that's all. He is still perfectly capable of s***ting the bed. to be fair, the Hawks were playing their scrubs after the first period, just ook at the ice times. Of course that's no reason to give up 4 unanswered goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DatsyukianDeke13 Report post Posted April 8, 2010 Now that I think about it, if Campbell is only out for a couple more weeks, we might as well get Chicago now instead of later when he's back to take advantage of it. But it's most likely that we get Vancouver so I doubt it. And plus there's a really cute boy in one of my classes that wears a Blackhawks hat every other day so this way I have an excuse to talk to him. Don't flirt with the enemy!!!!! There is a kid who wears a Toews jersey in one of my classes. He talks to me like the Hawks are the best thing since sliced bread. I want them in the first round just so I can bring him back to reality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites