The Shrine

I meant to do this earlier.

My picks:

FIRST ROUND

East
Montreal v Boston -> Montreal
Pittsburgh v Ottawa-> Pittsburgh
Washington v Philly -> Washington
New York Rangers v New Jersey-> New York

West
Detroit v Nashville -> Detroit
San Jose v Calgary -> San Jose
Minnesota v Colorado -> Minnesota
Anaheim v Dallas -> Anaheim

SECOND ROUND

East
Montreal v New York -> Montreal
Pittsburg v Washinton -> Pittsburgh

West
Detroit v Anaheim -> Detroit
San Jose v Minnesota -> San Jose

THIRD ROUND

East
Montreal v Pittsburgh -> Pittsburgh

West
Detroit v San Jose -> San Jose


FINAL

Pittsburgh v San Jose -> Pittsburgh




Although, I'll of course be pleasantly surprised if Detroit takes it all. I'll really be happy if Detroit, or either Montreal or Pittsburgh takes it. The Canadiens are really exciting to watch this year, and Kovalev's comeback is something they really needed. Pittsburgh is also a really exciting team to watch. Malkin is a fucking star.

So being in the Washington area (soon Washington itself) its been hard to not jump on the caps bandwagon. The capitals turnaround is nothing short of amazing. Add that to the fact that the wizards are in the playoffs (which i dont think both teams have done since the 80's) and its been a fun town to be around as far as sports (and the opening of the new Nats stadium).

Maybe being the hottest team in the NHL will create some huge upsets in the playoffs.

It's all thanks to Ovechkin.

I forgot to add, any comments by Sine or Ish are not welcome in this thread.

Black Lotus wrote:It's all thanks to Ovechkin.

I forgot to add, any comments by Sine or Ish are not welcome in this thread.

I dont see how he doesnt get MVP.

I don't think the penguins will make it out of the 2nd round. They're just lucky that they're playing a terrible Senators team.

While it's true that Ottawa both sucks, and sucks even more with their injuries, I believe Pittsburgh has what it takes to go the length. If the first game was any indication, Gary Roberts can really lead this team where Crosby cannot.

Flip wrote:

Black Lotus wrote:It's all thanks to Ovechkin.

I forgot to add, any comments by Sine or Ish are not welcome in this thread.

I dont see how he doesnt get MVP.

Count on it. First player to score over 60 goals in 12 years, I believe.

One more thing before I leave this alone for a bit: CBC's broadcasts are way better than the ones featured on TSN. The TSN feeds for the playoffs are from Versus, formerly OLN in the states... drowsy announcers, bad lighting (could be the arenas themselves) and poor microphone placement. You can hear so much more of the crowd on the CBC broadcasts than you can on TSN/VS.

High Definition hockey FTMFW.

wow dude you have my exact list of predictions.....excet I hat san jose winning the final......and VS is the worst thing to happen in the US in the the history of hockey....yes...worse than the strike and todd bertuzzigate combined....

fuck I hate not being able to watch my sharks and having to listen to it on the game radio.....

anyone want to teach me how I can watch the streaming video on CBC.....stupid region lock

I was going to post the link, but I guess if you can't watch the CBC feed outside of Canada it's pointless. Anyway, it's 1-0 for San Jose right now.

Black Lotus wrote:I was going to post the link, but I guess if you can't watch the CBC feed outside of Canada it's pointless. Anyway, it's 1-0 for San Jose right now.

I know I gots the radio but I hate not having the game.....woooo 2-0....I just find it funny that we have the exact same picks right to the end except for the champ.....26 shots in the second and 20 seconds left.....insane outshooting...that's terrible play...I wish I could watch to see if it actually was good play vs. bad play

Montreal vs Anaheim in the finals.

Detroit loses in the first round.

Barret wrote:Detroit loses in the first round.

Go fuck yourself blue, Bort.

Philly ALL THE WAY BABY! GO FLY BOYS!

Figures the one game I go to this season was their 10th loss in a row. Cause philly teams are never known to choke

Flip wrote:

Black Lotus wrote:It's all thanks to Ovechkin.

I forgot to add, any comments by Sine or Ish are not welcome in this thread.

I dont see how he doesnt get MVP.

He will, guaranteed.

The best thing about the last couple of months and this playoffs is the utter destruction of the Sens. It took them beating a Leafs squad missing everyone to even make the playoffs. They don't win that game and they're out. And they fucking stank up the joint yesterday. Oh man, I love it. How's that Alfuckssen leadership now?

I think the Rangers are far better than people give them credit for. I agree with Lotus' predictions except I'd take the Rangers over the Habs with Pittsburg beating them then losing to San Jose in the Cup finals.

Zeus wrote:

Flip wrote:

Black Lotus wrote:It's all thanks to Ovechkin.

I forgot to add, any comments by Sine or Ish are not welcome in this thread.

I dont see how he doesnt get MVP.

He will, guaranteed.

The best thing about the last couple of months and this playoffs is the utter destruction of the Sens. It took them beating a Leafs squad missing everyone to even make the playoffs. They don't win that game and they're out. And they fucking stank up the joint yesterday. Oh man, I love it. How's that Alfuckssen leadership now?

I think the Rangers are far better than people give them credit for. I agree with Lotus' predictions except I'd take the Rangers over the Habs with Pittsburg beating them then losing to San Jose in the Cup finals.

I just love watching the sens take it in the ass....not to mention their brawlers getting their asses reamed by skill guys...that was great.....Fuck the sens....

Oh and Nabby is fucking insane...

My Predictions...

1st Round West

Nash over Detroilet
Sharks over Flames
Wild over Avs
Ducks over Stars

1st Round East

Habs over Bruins
Pens over Sens
Flyers over Caps
Rangers over Devils


2nd Round West

Sharks over Nash
Ducks over Wild

2nd Round East

Habs over Flyers
Pens over Rangers


3rd Round West

Ducks over Sharks

3rd Round East

Habs over Pens

Cup Finals

Ducks over Habs