Habstown Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 so does this mean it's guaranteed were either facing one of these teams Boston... Ottawa.... Flyers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 so does this mean it's guaranteed were either facing one of these teams Boston... Ottawa.... Flyers? oui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAussiePosse Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Dammit, Ottawa is in. Dude, we want Ottawa in, providing they lose in the first round (preferably to us). No Alfredsson, no Fisher would make it a lot easier on our Koivu-less squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneHABSfan Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Dude, we want Ottawa in, providing they lose in the first round (preferably to us). No Alfredsson, no Fisher would make it a lot easier on our Koivu-less squad. I wanted all Ontario teams out to shut up the obnoxious fans of Leafs and Sens. Now the crybaby fans and centralized Ontario sports media will tell us that Senators will crush the East. Oh well, another month of ignoring Ontario sports as the Sens should be out by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 Koivu-less squad.Koivu will play in game 1. As a matter of fact, Renaud Lavoie has reported that all injured Habs players will be back for game 1 of playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 1. Pittsburgh * 81 47 102 2. Montreal * 81 46 102 3. Washington * 81 42 92 4. New Jersey 81 45 97 5. NY Rangers 81 42 96 6. Boston 81 41 94 7. Ottawa 82 43 94 8. Philadelphia 81 41 93 9. Carolina 82 43 92 Here are the "official" standings. Why on earth a game in hand places a particular team ahead of another is beyond me. Why is Carolina in 9th and the Caps in 3rd if Carolina has more W's? I understand that it's "the fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage)" but until the Caps get one more remaining point it's kind of moot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I hope Calgary loses. Agreed, they lack class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 BTW - if you want the playoff tree banner to be at the top of each page you must set the options to "Linear" view. It's too bad it doesn't appear at the top of the page normally but whadda ya do? I suppose I could repost the image as a new post as time goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneHABSfan Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Agreed, they lack class. The players???? If you guys keep trying to put out those Flames with hate, it might come back to errrr.. bite yer in da butt. I'm pulling for the Habs and AVS of course. :hlogo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 in the east: Pittsburgh VS Philadelphia Montreal vs Boston Washington vs Ottawa new york vs new Jersey( 4th and 5th places to be determined by their last game on sunday) this will make for interesting matchups in the first round !! Let the real season begin !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 If Philly wins, then don't the Sens play the Pens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAussiePosse Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Yep, if Philly wins, it'll be a Sens-Pens match-up. Meanwhile, we need to fight off the Bear Scare.. I'm glad we don't have to fight Philly because their special teams could have handled our special teams, and without our PPGs, we're not that great of a team. That said, as much as we want to beat Boston quickly and look ahead to who we play in round 2 (if we finish 2nd, it's the Caps or NJ/NY, if we finish 1st, it's NJ/NY or a low-seeded dark horse), we have to physically push our heads back to concentrate on this round. It was well noted that our young roster may find themselves swept up in an emotion of pride and feel they deserve to waltz through four rounds to win the 25th cup in 100 years, and that could cost us the first series. But I'm hoping that Hamrlik (who has played in the playoffs or four different teams) and Brisebois (who doesn't necessarily have to play, but was there in '93) and Dandenault (with his three cups) can talk some sense into our defence (Komisarek, O'Byrne, Gorges and Streit) and continue blocking shots for our goalies, who, we sometimes forget, are the youngest tandem in the league. I'm hoping too that Kovalev and Koivu can talk to our top two lines, reign in the expectations of the Kostitsyns, Plekanec, Grabovski, Latendresse, even Higgins and Ryder, and remind them that what will clinch the Bruins series is secondary scoring. And finally, the key part of our survival of the upcoming Bear Scare, are our grinder/shutdown lines. Smolinski has been great of late, and his faceoffs will be essential against Savard (who is a whiz). Begin, Kostopolous, Lapierre will all need to be aggressive, get under the skin of Chara and especially Thomas, and draw a few penalties. This is a team who, when they were fighting to clinch a playoff spot, went 2-5-4, which tells us that they (a.) can't hold on to leads late in games (our specialty; see: NYR), (b.) can't finish when the pressure's on, and/or (c.) don't have a winning mentality. They also are low scoring, with 5 goals in the final 4 games, and will likely hope to hold onto one-goal leads. But there is no doubt they'll play the underdog card, and that idea will be seconded by most of the idiots like Cherry or ESPN. We can't allow ourselves to be made into (or believe we're) Goliath. We need to play above the hype. (We're currently facing 9:1 odds to win the Cup). Now, let's cheer on those Phillies, because it's been close to 25 years since we last won the Eastern Conference. Edited April 6, 2008 by TheAussiePosse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneHABSfan Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Habs proved they can beat anyone in the east this year. I believe the record against the laughs was 4-3-0-1 this year. Considering playing Habs is the Leafs only chance of Stanley Cup - Like Glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) cool Edited April 6, 2008 by Athlétique.Canadien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 It's official MTL - BOS PIT - OTT WSH - PHI NJ - NYR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 If - MTL beats BOS - OTT upsets PIT (could happen) - WSH beats PHI Then MTL vs OTT in 2nd round. That could be a rough one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Let it begin Edited April 10, 2008 by Athlétique.Canadien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForumGhost Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 I like that... No matter what, 2 of our 4 problem teams (Pens, Sens, Rags and Devils) get eliminated 1st round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Eastern Conference 1st Round (1) Montreal vs (8) Boston -- Montreal in 4 (2) Pittsburgh vs (7) Ottawa -- Pittsburgh in 6 (3) Washington vs (6) Philadelphia -- Philadelphia in 6 (4) New Jersey vs (5) NY Rangers -- NY Rangers in 6 2nd Round Montreal vs Philadelphia -- Montreal in 5 Pittsburgh vs NY Rangers -- Pittsburgh in 7 3rd Round Montreal vs Pittsburgh -- Montreal in 7 (Home Ice advantage pays off here) Western Conference (1) Detroit vs (8) Nashville -- Detroit in 4 (2) San Jose vs (7) Calgary -- San Jose in 7 (3) Minnesota vs (6) Colorado -- Colorado in 5 (4) Anaheim vs (5) Dallas -- Anaheim in 6 2nd Round Detroit vs Colorado -- Colorado in 6 San Jose vs Anaheim -- Anaheim in 6 3rd Round Anaheim vs Colorado -- Colorado in 6 Finals Montreal vs Colorado -- Montreal in 5 Conn Smythe - Mike Komisarek whoohoo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Its really interesting matchups in the East. Except for Montreal-Boston, the 3 other series could really go either way. Ottawa and Philly have both reasonable chances to win their series, or at least push it to 7 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 Eastern Conference 1st Round (1) Montreal vs (8) Boston -- Montreal in 6 (2) Pittsburgh vs (7) Ottawa -- Pittsburgh in 6 (3) Washington vs (6) Philadelphia -- Philadelphia in 7 (4) New Jersey vs (5) NY Rangers -- New York in 6 2nd Round Montreal vs Philadelphia -- Montreal in 7 Pittsburgh vs New York -- New York in 6 3rd Round Montreal vs New York -- Montreal in 6 Western Conference (1) Detroit vs (8) Nashville -- Detroit in 5 (2) San Jose vs (7) Calgary -- San Jose in 7 (3) Minnesota vs (6) Colorado -- Colorado in 6 (4) Anaheim vs (5) Dallas -- Dallas in 6 2nd Round Detroit vs Colorado -- Colorado in 7 San Jose vs Dallas -- San Jose in 6 3rd Round San Jose vs Colorado -- San Jose in 6 Finals Montreal vs San Jose -- Montreal in 6 Conn Smythe - Carey Price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikz Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I like the Flames' chances against San Jose The Ducks-Stars series look promising too !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAK Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 I like the Flames' chances against San Jose The Ducks-Stars series look promising too !!!! God I hope Calgary loses. I really don't want to see a Keenan coached team win ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Goalies matchup: Price (2.56 .920) vs Thomas (2.44 .921) : Habs have had Thomas' number this season and Price has stepped up since Huet's gone. Edge Price Fleury (2.37 .920) vs Gerber (2.72 .910) : Fleury bounced back from injuries with a strong end of the season while Gerber faltered. Edge Fleury. Huet (2.32 .920) vs Biron (2.64 .917) : Huet was great down the stretch for the Caps, but so was Biron. Edge Huet Brodeur (2.18 .920) vs Lundqvist (2.24 .912) : Brodeur is Brodeur. Edge Brodeur. Hasek (2.17 .900) vs Ellis (2.34 .924) : Two guys going opposite ways. Slim edge to Hasek because of experience. Nabokov (2.15 .909) vs Kiprusoff (2.69 .906) : The starter vs his ex backup, 77 & 76 games in regular season. Edge none. Backstrom (2.31 .920) vs Theodore (2.43 .910) : A late bloomer vs an ex-MVP. Edge Theodore because of pressure experience. Giguere (2.12 .922) vs Turco (2.32 .909) : One of the most underrated goalie vs one of the most overrated. Edge Giguere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAussiePosse Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Goalies matchup: Nabokov (2.15 .909) vs Kiprusoff (2.69 .906) : The starter vs his ex backup, 77 & 76 games in regular season. Edge none. You're telling me the GAA difference isn't enough for an edge? As much as I love Kipper, Nabokov has been solid all season long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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