2010 NHL Playoffs Predictions and Comments

[Hollywood]

The Stanley Cup Champions are the Chicago Blackhawks

This thread will now be locked. I will be creating posts about the offseason here in the sports forum and in my member forum. Thanks to all who offered their opinions, and next season I will start a "2010-11 NHL Season Predictions and Comments" thread. Enjoy the offseason!

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PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED TEAMS
(1)WASHINGTON CAPITALS, loss to Montreal 4-3
(1)NEW JERSEY DEVILS, loss to Philedelphia 4-1
(1)BUFFALO SABRES, loss to Boston 4-3
(1)PHOENIX COYOTES, loss to Detroit 4-3
(1)OTTAWA SENATORS, loss to Pittsburgh 4-2
(1)LOS ANGELES KINGS, loss to Vancouver 4-2
(1)NASHVILLE PREDATORS, loss to Chicago 4-2
(1)COLORADO AVALANCHE, loss to San Jose 4-2
(2)BOSTON BRUINS, loss to Philedelphia 4-3
(2)PITTSBURGH PENGUINS, loss to Montreal 4-3
(2)VANCOUVER CANUCKS, loss to Chicago 4-2
(2)DETROIT RED WINGS, loss to San Jose 4-1
(3)MONTREAL CANADIENS, loss to Philedelphia 4-1
(3)SAN JOSE SHARKS, loss to Chicago 4-0
(Final)PHILEDELPHIA FLYERS, loss to Chicago 4-2.

[Tankinx91]

I hate to say it man, but i can't see any team being able to take down Pittsburgh. They're far too talented and are playing with so much intensity. That was an amazing play yesterday by crybaby Crosby to keep the puck out of the net. The only team i would even give a shot at taking down the Pens are the Capitals and the Canucks. That being said i've got the Canucks and Penguins in the stanley cup this year.

[crazycoller]

Red wings all the way!

April in the d!

[Hollywood]

Personally, I'm expecting something different than the last two years. I don't think Pittsburgh will get past the second, if they win this round. Fluery has been really off his game recently, if he performs badly, the Pens are done. The Red Wings? Maybe, they looked hot in the last game, especially Zetterberg.

I'm thinking that Chicago will take the West. Huet is doing really good in net, and their young team guarantees a lot of energy game in and game out. The Sharks are also a possibility, seeing how they were denied in the first round last year.

As for the East, I'm thinking either Philly or the Caps. The Caps are red hot, as always, with Ovie, Semin, Backstrom, Green and Varlamov. Philly has more depth than almost any team in the leauge, with forwards like Richards, Carter, and Gagne, and D-Men like Pronger and Coburn.

Either way, it's going to be a good one.

[The Joker]

Considering how bad the Caps are defensively, I wouldn't be surprised if they get eliminated this round.

Yeah I said it. It might sound crazy, but I think it could happen.

[Hollywood]

Considering how bad the Caps are defensively, I wouldn't be surprised if they get eliminated this round.

Yeah I said it. It might sound crazy, but I think it could happen.

Yeah, it's possible. But I mean, the Caps have plenty of good physical defensemen like Jeff Schultz, Shoane Morrisson and Tom Poti. Then again, the Habs have Hal Gill.

[Bbbbbt]

I'm still going with a Detroit Washington final, but Pittsburgh might sneak in there

[Hollywood]

I don't know. The two comeback teams in the west (the 'Yotes and Avs) are looking pretty good. But I don't expect them to get very far.

[Hollywood]

Looking at it now, I think Pittsburgh has a shot at a 3rd confrence year. Or maybe that's just because the Sens goaltending has returned to being shit.

Either way, The Sens, Habs, Sabres, and Devils are all one loss away from playoff expulsion.

[Hollywood]

As expected, the Flyers eliminated the Devils in game 5. It's dissapointing to see Kovalchuk yet again be denied playoff success.

The Senators will live to see another day, they beat Pittsburgh 4-3 in 3rd OT, and now trail 3-2 in the series.

[kyler]

Well Im in Michigan so Wings all the way. I had high expectations goin ito the playoffs but man they are always so lazy in the first round. very frustrating:mad:

[Hollywood]

Well Im in Michigan so Wings all the way. I had high expectations goin ito the playoffs but man they are always so lazy in the first round. very frustrating:mad:

Yeah, it would be dissapointing to see them drop to a bounceback team like the 'Yotes. Nontheless, I think they will pull through.


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[Kahn]

Sabres are going to comeback I predict. With the way the played in Game 5 last night and the way Tukka Rask failed in net. That said something. This young goalie the Bruins are trying to push to be great will not take them to the finals. I promise you this. Alas, Rask is but a young netminder and will eventually be great. Better than Miller I predict.

I hope Buffalo wins Game 6. I will go ballistic if they don't.

Caps-Habs series will end in Game 6. I still predict the Caps winning it all. With the way the Pens are playing they won't get passed the second round. They just look bad and "Sid the kid" doesn't look so much like a kid anymore.

I predict the Yotes' will make it passed the Wings. I also think the Avs and Sharks will go to Game 7. Sharks will prevail though. Even if the Avs had the strength to beat the Sharks they won't get far. I have a feeling Phoenix can go far. Really far.

[Hollywood]

Well, the Avs yet again have dissapointed me. They made a huge improvement season-wise, but playoffs wise.....barely. Maybe it's not having Joe Sakic, I don't know. But their younger players really came out this year, Duchene is up for the Calder.

Another much improved team, the Sens, also dissapointed in the playoffs. Their goaltending fell apart in game 4, and they put in Leclaire, who did pretty well. However, we all pretty much knew they were no match for the Pens.

The Devils had a pretty good season overall, even though Kovalchuk dissapointed quite a bit goal-wise. Playoffs? They fucked up. Simply put, the Flyers were believed to have no chance going against Broduer without Emery or Leighton. Martin Broduer's time in the NHL is ticking down, and they need to draft a good goalie in this year's draft.

I'm expecting the Blackhawks to beat the Preds, the Wings beating the 'Yotes, Caps beating the Habs, 'Nucks beating the Kings, and the Sabres beating the B's.

We'll see.

[WaahZombie]

i would love to see the pens lose, because i want to see everyone in this town go crazy. i hate it, they always make a big deal out of it.. all the pens fans here in the burgh really made me hate them.. tis sad. but oh well.
anyways i want boston to beat buffalo and destroy the pens. and then the canadiens will win in 7 against the caps. and also, since my avalanche are now out, i think the coyotes should win, itd make for a good story. but i think the blackhawks are too strong.
the pens willl sadly reach the stanley cup against the blackhawks. and the hawks will win. hands down! :)

[Hollywood]

Well the Sabres are now eliminated, they played a good game, but just not good enough.

The Predators also played a close game, but were eliminated by the Blackhawks, as expected.

And finally, the Kings have been knocked the fuck out. Good news for my Ducks, we can now keep rubbing our Stanley Cup in their faces.

[Hollywood]

Well, unfortuantly for Phoenix hockey, their team is now eliminated. Almost the same post-season outurn, except this time, they won't get a high draft choice.

Just one game left in the Semi-Finals, the Habs and the Caps.

[Hollywood]

Considering how bad the Caps are defensively, I wouldn't be surprised if they get eliminated this round.

Yeah I said it. It might sound crazy, but I think it could happen.

Looks like you were right. Mike Green's little fuck-up turned in to a late 3rd period goal, giving the Habs a 2 goal lead, and winning the game 2-1.

I have updated the match-ups for the quarter-finals. They start tommorow, it should be just as exciting.

[Hollywood]

Alright, if we don't start posting here soon, I'm just going to let this thread die. There's no point in me updating if no one is going to read.

[Jess]

Go Penguins

[Kahn]

I am reading it Tyler...

[Hollywood]

I am reading it Tyler...

Good. I was just making sure people were still viewing it.

[kyler]

I must say I was surprised at the Caps elimination, they really outplayed the Habs. Not a huge fan of Ovechkin because of some of his antics but I would have liked to see what he could do in the finals I mean he is an awesome player.

As for my Red Wings, they struggled again getting out of the first round. They are having some severe defensive breakdowns, the Sharks really lit them up for those 2 minutes scoring 3 goals and never looked back. I am still confident they will eliminate the Sharks though. :yeah:

[WaahZombie]

at least the habs won today!! xD

[icililim]

FLYERS Please win this for us

[Hollywood]

FLYERS Please win this for us

I am rooting for the Flyers in that series all of the way, but damn I miss Pronger.

[Night_Hawk]

Go Sharks!!!!

[Mitch14]

well, i hope the habs make a comeback, tonights game was pretty good, except they lost

[Darkhorse]

Monteal is going all the way

[Kahn]

San Jose will, and I stress this, win the series in Detroit. They have a stranglehold over this series and Detroit's two year reign of the Western Conference is finished. Lets go Sharks!

[Hollywood]

Monteal is going all the way

I wish I could agree with you, but I just don't know. I'm really rooting for the Habs in this one though. Keep your fingers crossed.

San Jose will, and I stress this, win the series in Detroit. They have a stranglehold over this series and Detroit's two year reign of the Western Conference is finished. Lets go Sharks!

Thank god, it's about time, huh? What a fucking waste for Detroit, Phoenix would've done better.

[Kahn]

I wish I could agree with you, but I just don't know. I'm really rooting for the Habs in this one though. Keep your fingers crossed.



Thank god, it's about time, huh? What a fucking waste for Detroit, Phoenix would've done better.

I know. Jesus I was so pissed at last years Cup. Same teams.. Again. Boring. I was hoping Phoenix and L.A would advance. Wouldn't that have been something?

[Hollywood]

I know. Jesus I was so pissed at last years Cup. Same teams.. Again. Boring. I was hoping Phoenix and L.A would advance. Wouldn't that have been something?

I would have went mental if the Queens would've advanced. Of course, this is coming from a hardcore Ducks fan.

I would've loved to see the Wings go home crying by being beaten by the Yotes. Then again, I hope that the rumors are still true about re-relocation back to Winnepeg.

[Whisper]

http://twitchy67.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/canucks.jpg
I don't know much about the game
But I like the Canucks

[Hollywood]

Well there goes the Wings, it's not like we didn't see that one coming. Now I'm hoping that my Chicago vs. Philly prediction still stands.

[Night_Hawk]

Sharks!

[ThUnDeR]

My belated eastern Conference bets quarterfinal bets. Montreal wins Game 7. they have the momentum now. and Philly wins game 6 but Bruins win Game 7

[PatrickZii]

Wings got shafted by the officials. That's all I have to say.

Go Habs!

[Hollywood]

Wings got shafted by the officials. That's all I have to say.

Wait how the fuck.......never mind. Still, the Wings played well.

[Tankinx91]

http://twitchy67.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/canucks.jpg
I don't know much about the game
But I like the Canucks

Hey look It's Luongo the overrated. 'Nucks got outplayed bad, I'll take the hawks in 6 games against the Sharks.

[Hollywood]

If you watched tonight's MTL vs. PIT game, you witnessed the very last game to be played at the 42 year old Mellon Arena. A sad day it is for Penguins fans.

The Penguins, in my opinion, got full of themselves. They had it, and they blew it. Montreal now has a chance to head to the finals for the first time since 1993. Congrats to the Habs, and see you next year Pens, in the brand new Consol Energy Center.

EDIT: I also forgot to mention the Blackhawks beating the Canucks. My prediction still stands!

[PatrickZii]

Habs all the way baby!!!

[Hollywood]

TRADE: The Phoenix Coyotes have traded away prospect Jared Staal to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for the 'Canes 5th Round choice in 2010. Jared's older brother, Eric, is the captain of the Hurricanes. Jared will more than likely play in Carolina's system next season.

If he isn't signed by June 1, he will be required to re-enter the NHL Draft this year.

[PatrickZii]

Out of all four brothers, I hear Jared could be the best. Good move for Carolina.

[Hollywood]

Out of all four brothers, I hear Jared could be the best. Good move for Carolina.

He's defiantly the underdog. It would be great to see two brothers playing on the same top line. This is years in the future though.

[Kahn]

Funny. Irony has gotten the best of the Bruins. Possibly a bad omen, yet sweet justice was served. The Bruins skated out with a 3-0 lead over the Flyers. Well.. Turns out the game ended just like the series. The Flyers scored the next 4 goals to win the game, and they won the last 4 games to win the series.

See ya next year Bruins fans!

Lets go Philly!

[Hollywood]

Funny. Irony has gotten the best of the Bruins. Possibly a bad omen, yet sweet justice was served. The Bruins skated out with a 3-0 lead over the Flyers. Well.. Turns out the game ended just like the series. The Flyers scored the next 4 goals to win the game, and they won the last 4 games to win the series.

See ya next year Bruins fans!

Lets go Philly!

Yup, I love seeing teams full of themselves getting knocked out. Go Hawks and Flyers!

[Hollywood]

I'm holding on to my prediction of a Chicago against Philly final, and the Hawks taking the Cup. The Habs are another team I really want to see get the Cup, the Sharks? Not so much. We'll see.

[PatrickZii]

I like Philly, but I just can't bring myself to root for them over the Habs. That and I think it will be hilarious if Hossa loses three years in a row in three finals.

[Hollywood]

I like Philly, but I just can't bring myself to root for them over the Habs. That and I think it will be hilarious if Hossa loses three years in a row in three finals.

Yeah that would suck pretty badly, just in the wrong place at the wrong time, all of the time.

[Tankinx91]

You know i would love it if Philly won it all just so i could say to all the rags fans i know "Hey look isn't that the team that beat you for the last playoff spot in the conference?"

[Uprising]

Was going for my team the Vancouver Canucks :'(
Now I believe its gunna be the Sharks and the Habs

[Jacob1993]

I really wasnt too excited about the NHL Playoff's until now. There is just something magical about the Flyers.... To be down 3-0 in a best of seven series and comeback to force a game 7. Then to be down 3-0 in that game 7 and win 4-3...Im gonna say it will be the Flyers all the way :D

[BWilson94]

Blackhawks all the way baby!

[PatrickZii]

Go Habs Go!!

[kyler]

Boy these are tuff series to predict but I think the blackhawks will get their shit together an beat san jose and I think montreal is so fired up they will beat philly. since my red wings are out i have to say im just happy to see 4 new teams with a chance at the cup.

[Hollywood]

...i have to say im just happy to see 4 new teams with a chance at the cup.

Same here, the same old same old gets.....old. Happy to see some new teams get a shot at it. Go Blackhawks (at least until my Ducks get their shit back together).

[Uprising]

Anyone but the Blackhawks! Sorry but they knocked out my Canucks :(

[Tankinx91]

I've got to say that the Flyers have made me a believer. I'm rooting for the Flyers all the way. (Even though they're in my division)

[Hollywood]

Well, good news today for Panthers fans. Dale Tippet, the former Blackhawks GM, has been hired to be the new GM of the Panthers. Tippet was the guy that completely turned around Chicago, drafting guys like Kane and Toews, trading for Havlat and Sharp, and signing Hossa and Niemi.

Hopefully, the Panthers will be on track soon.

[Uprising]

Maybe its the Ducks thet need him most with Niedamire and Selanne possibly leaving

[sportsguy1997]

The sharks are off to a slow start, but they are my team. Go sharks!!!!

[Hollywood]

Maybe its the Ducks thet need him most with Niedamire and Selanne possibly leaving

We don't have to build from scratch. Tippet is more of a foundation-up kind of GM. Bob Murray is giving us enough to the point where I think we'll be back on track next year.

Niedermayer and Selanne are rumored to retire every year. I just don't worry about it because it never seems to happen. When it does, then we will have enough rookies and salary cap to make up for them.

[Hollywood]

Wow. I have to say I was expecting much more from San Jose than.......nothing. Holy hell, what a dissapointment. Nonetheless, MY PREDICTION STILL STANDS! Philly better win their series.

[Uprising]

Go 'Habs. I need one of my teams in.

[Hollywood]

The Stanley Cup Final is.......Chicago vs. Philly, I cannot believe that my prediction lasted this long. Now my Stanley Cup prediction goes to Chicago. Go Hawks!

Also some big news for Tampa Bay, NHL legend Steve Yzerman has become the GM of the Lightning. Congrats to them, what a great move!

[Tankinx91]

Go Blackhawks!! Post your final series predictions, I got the hawks winning in 6 games.

[Icilim]

Flyers go flyers

[The Joker]

What a crazy game!

[Hollywood]

This one went into OT, and the Flyers took it 4-3. Sucks, I wanted to see the Hawks get a 3-0 lead. Oh well, one more game in Philly and then back to the Windy City. Go Hawks.

[Hollywood]

Goddamn it. The Hawks D just......fuck. Hjalmersson starts of the game by tripping on his balls and giving away the puck, they completely miss Giroux standing right by the net, and then Keith slips and gives away the empty-netter. Great.

[Hollywood]

Almost there.

One more win. Just one more. That's it. Go Hawks.

[kyler]

Man I wish Chicago hadn't gone and inspired Pronger like this on game day...:mad:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Chicago-Tribune-would-like-you-to-meet-Chrissy-?urn=nhl,246557

[Hollywood]

Man I wish Chicago hadn't gone and inspired Pronger like this on game day...:mad:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Chicago-Tribune-would-like-you-to-meet-Chrissy-?urn=nhl,246557

Oh good. Now he's been challenged. I'll go ahead and hand this game to Philly.

[Hollywood]

The Blackhawks are the Stanley Cup Champions!

ALSO NOTE: I will have this thread locked on Friday. Get your opinions in now or head to the thread I created here in the Sports forum about the Hawks to discuss further.

[Kaius]

:locked: after op request