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Playoff Bracket - Round 1

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Wild v. Stars in 4

Hawks v. Blues in 7

preds v. Ducks in 7

Sharks v. Kings in 6

Islanders v. Panthers in 5

Wings v. Lightning in 6

Flyers v. Caps in 7

Rags v. Pens in 7

Updates with # of games. Happy playoffs everyone!

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This isn't the playoff pick game that we used to do though is it?

Nope, sorry. I forget who took over for NFM, but no one had done one, so I figured I'd throw this one up. I also decided to go round by round so we all could score better and to make it easier to keep track of.

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Western Conference:



Wild v. Stars in 4


Hawks v. Blues in 6


Sharks v. Kings in 6


Preds v. Ducks in 6



Eastern Conference:



Islanders v. Panthers in 6


Wings v. Lightning in 6


Flyers v. Caps in 7


Rags v. Pens in 7


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Ah hem.

Oh, very well, then....

It appears that if the Wild win, 3 of us (so far) shall have bragging rights.

But we're still very much a minority, so that does mean that we shall have the bragging rights.

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Who I think will win

Eastern Conference:

Islanders v. Panthers in 6

Wings v. Lightning in 7

Flyers v. Caps in 6

Rags v. Pens 6

Western Conference:

Wild v. Stars in 5

Hawks v. Blues in 6

Sharks v. Kings in 6

Perds v. Ducks in 6

Who I HOPE will win


Eastern Conference:

Islanders v. Panthers in 6

Wings v. Lightning in 7

Flyers v. Caps in 7 for their owner!

Rags v. Pens 6 Kessel deserves this

Western Conference:

Wild v. Stars in 5 Nill is such a fantastic GM

Hawks v. Blues in 6

Sharks v. Kings in 6 there are only 2 teams in the west that can stop the Hawks the Kings are one of them obviously

Perds v. Ducks in 6 Rinne deserves this

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Welp, I had the Rangers upsetting the Penguins, but that won't happen without a healthy Lundqvist. After the first set of games, I'd probably also switch my SJS/LAK prediction to six games, too. But this is what I had going in:

Western Conference:

Wild v. Stars in 4
Hawks v. Blues in 6
Sharks v. Kings in 5
Predators v. Ducks in 7

Eastern Conference:

Islanders v. Panthers in 6
Wings v. Lightning in 7
Flyers v. Caps in 4
Rangers v. Pens in 6

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I think they should re-think how teams get matched up in the playoffs. In the east, there were 5 teams with more than 100pts and 4 of them are playing each other, so guarantee to have 2 of them gone after round 1 (PIT vs NYR) the worst of that. You have 2 - 90pt teams playing each other.

In the west you have the 3rd and 5th place teams in the entire league playing each other (CHI-STL)...while I understand how the matchups are determined, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

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No, doesn't make it interesting all, makes it ridiculous. Why give a weaker team a better chance because two stronger teams go against each other and have one knocked out early?

Just for arguments sake:

Weaker teams? Is that still a thing? The top 5 teams in the Western conference are at a difference of 1-2 points. San Jose (number 6) has only one less win then Chicago (number 3). That would have been the matchup in the old system. Also, in the old system Anaheim (number 4) would be facing LA kings (number 5). But instead Anaheim (number 4) is facing Nashville (number 7) which I guess by your definition is a weaker matchup...

Anyways the way I look at it. It's no longer a cake walk for any team. Every round requires a 100% effort to win. Right now Pittsburg and NYR are playing lights out and its only the first round.

To be honest STL and Chicago has been fun to watch. And the next round will likely be between Dallas and Chi/STL which will be even more fun.

Edited by kickazz

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Any requests for any other glorious Red Wings playoff appearances?

Don't have to make these I'm just more or less reminiscing. Draper's OT goal vs WSH, Maltby's 3 blocks without a stick vs STL, Helm's shift vs Chi, Z's Conn Smythe shift, etc. Dmac's goal in 97 is a no brainer.

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