[Brandon Allin]

East:

(1) New York Rangers vs. (8) Ottawa Senators
(2) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Washington Capitals
(3) Florida Panthers vs. (6) New Jersey Devils
(4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers

West:

(1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (8) Los Angeles Kings
(2) St. Louis Blues vs. (7) San Jose Sharks
(3) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (6) Chicago Blackhawks
(4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

Discuss, talk shit, make your picks, etc. It's go time!

[Broken Parachute]

So pumped.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Should we make threads for each round like we did last year, or will this one be fine?

[lp670sv]

Originally Posted by SwiftSilentDead

Should we make threads for each round like we did last year, or will this one be fine?

I FUCKING LOVE Pekka Rinne. Reminds me so much of Dominik Hasek in all the best ways.

[imagination]

NYR over OTT 4-2
BOS over WAS 4-1
NJD over FLA 4-2
PIT over PHI 4-3

VAN over LAK 4-2
SJS over STL 4-3 (extreme homer pick)
PHX over CHI 4-2
NAS over DET 4-3

[SilenceBrokenTT]

I'll just do first round picks...

East:

New York Rangers over Ottawa Senators in 5
Boston Bruins over Washington Capitals in 4
Florida Panthers over New Jersey Devils in 6
Philadelphia Flyers over Pittsburgh Penguins in 6

West:

Vancouver Canucks over Los Angeles Kings in 5
St. Louis Blues over San Jose Sharks 6
Chicago Blackhawks over Phoenix Coyotes in 6
Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators in 7

[CastlesXClouds]

the sharks can suck my dick

[SwiftSilentDead]

Originally Posted by lp670sv

I FUCKING LOVE Pekka Rinne. Reminds me so much of Dominik Hasek in all the best ways.

He is definitely my favorite goaltender in the league right now. Love watching him and would like to see the Preds win another playoff series. Although, they've got a really, really tough matchup in Detroit so I don't think it will turn out well unless Rinne plays like he did in the Vancouver series last year.

[prospekt]

Rangers in 6
Bruins in 6
Devils in 5
Penguins in 5

Everyone is hyping up the Penguins-Flyers series but I think it's going to be pretty uneventful.

It doesn't matter who Philly starts in net -- the Penguins offense right now is more than they can handle. In terms of the fighting stuff, the Flyers already have too many injuries, so they can't afford to have guys risk suspensions by gooning it up. And it's the playoffs too. Laviolette is not going to let AHL scrubs like Shelley and Rinaldo run wild.

The Rangers are the weakest one seed to come out of the east in a long time. They'll get by Ottawa, but unless they can return to the team they were back around the holidays, their season is over in the second round against the Penguins, Capitals, or Devils.

Washington is fast-moving and underrated, but goaltending injuries will prevent them from beating the Bruins.

The Panthers are the weakest team to make the playoffs from both conferences. If you add up their losses and OTLs, they're the only playoff team (besides LA) that has a below .500 record. By 6 games. The Devils are also underrated and decent this year. Florida really has no chance.

[prospekt]

Originally Posted by SwiftSilentDead

He is definitely my favorite goaltender in the league right now. Love watching him and would like to see the Preds win another playoff series. Although, they've got a really, really tough matchup in Detroit so I don't think it will turn out well unless Rinne plays like he did in the Vancouver series last year.

Isn't Detroit cold and injured this year? From what I've been reading Nashville seems to be the favorite.

[cbronder1]

pens all the way

[brook183]

NHL really needs to change their seeding rules. No way a team should be able to flip between 3 and 8 seeds within a day. Also, my Wings deserve home ice.

[<*)))><]

Wow the east is pathetic compared to the west.

[Chris M.]

Originally Posted by SwiftSilentDead

Should we make threads for each round like we did last year, or will this one be fine?

I'd suggest at least making a Pens-Flyers series thread so they can all go scream at each other in there.

[Healthy Scratch]

Originally Posted by <*)))><

Wow the east is pathetic compared to the west.

and what are you basing that conclusion on?