Stanley Cup Playoffs!

[CornfieldCounty]

The West is going to be one heck of a goalie duel's!

Smith vs. Pekka Rinne and Quick vs. Elliot (Halak is out for games 1 and 2)

[Dotsee]

Ha! Chris Neil is ************ after getting drilled by Del Zotto.

Anyone else find it ironic Neil was complaining about being hit

[Dotsee]

Well Hawks eliminated, mike Smith played fantastic

Now, hopefully the Rangers win in 7...what I really wanna see is neil somehow score the winning goal for the Rangers by scoring an own goal

[Red Reign]

Yeah a real class guy...

Anyone else find it ironic Neil was complaining about being hit

[ColoREDo]

Not to cry over a game won but how exactly was this ruled a goal?

[Red Reign]

Yeah good question....then again the War Room is in Toronto.....

Not to cry over a game won but how exactly was this ruled a goal?

[Dotsee]

Not to cry over a game won but how exactly was this ruled a goal?

I have seen some of the shoddiest, yep, I said shoddiest, officiating from on ice, to the replays, to the suspensions in as long as I can remember

That IS A GOAL...in Soccer, well unless that official from the RSL match is calling it, then he gives Lundqwist a Red Card

[Huskers57]

Not to cry over a game won but how exactly was this ruled a goal?

puck crossed the goal line. That's how it was ruled a goal.

[Skunkman1]

Not to cry over a game won but how exactly was this ruled a goal?

It should not have even gotten this far to rule on! Hank was speared out of the crease right before this happened!!!!

[Huskers57]

It should not have even gotten this far to rule on! Hank was speared out of the crease right before this happened!!!!

but both players were over 6 feet...doesn't satisfy your 7' requirement?

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[ColoREDo]

My prediction:

Rangers 3
Senators 1

[Red Reign]

I do not care what the score is....just win...

My prediction:

Rangers 3
Senators 1

[CornfieldCounty]

West:
#1 Vancouver vs. #8 Los Angeles
#2 St. Louis vs. #7 San Jose
#3 Phoenix vs. #6 Chicago
#4 Nashville vs. #5 Detroit

East
#1 NY Rangers vs. #8 Ottawa
#2 Boston vs. #7 Washington
#3 Florida vs. #6 New Jersey
#4 Pittsburgh vs. #5 Philadelphia

Predictions:

Vancouver in 4 - Quick is over rated and the Canucks are loaded again
San Jose in 7 - St Louis was exposed and ran out of gas at the end of the year - Thorton comes up big for the Sharks
Phoenix in 5 - Toews will not play the entire series and Crawford is no Smith, plus Phoenix has Chicago's number this year going 3-1.
Nashville in 6 - Detroit had an awesome home record, but Nashville was not far behind.. home field is huge in this one.

NY Rangers in 5 - The Rangers have a great D and Ottawa is very porous
Washington in 6 - Surprise, surprise.. defending champs outted in 1st round.. Washington gave Boston all it could handle during the regular season.
New Jersey in 4 - The Devils are playing some very good hockey right now.. Florida, not so much.
Pittsburgh in 7 - This one is tough.. both playing good, but Sid and Malkin put a little something extra in to playoffs.

I was woefully wrong on VAN > LA! While IMHO, Quick is still over-rated, the rest of the Kings stepped up big in front of him!
SJ > STL - Again, not too close on this one, STL looks to be very formidable. We will see how Elliot does in 1 and 2 without Halak for support.
PHX > CHI - Not exactly how I thought it would go with 5 OT'ers and Toews playing, but I was spot on with Crawford is no Smith and Smith was unreal in game 6
NSH > DET - very surprising to see NSH get wins in motorcity.. series vs. PHX is going to be big as both played VERY well on the road.

West predictions:

STL > LA in 6 and staying with PHX > NSH in 7

East tomorrow!

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Rangers will play Washington in the second round if they win tonight....

[Huskers57]

Rangers will play Washington in the second round if they win tonight....

Make that Senators.

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Sneators would not play Washington....

Make that Senators.

[Huskers57]

Sneators would not play Washington....

You're right, Panthers or Flyers.

[Red Reign]

Boyle will not play again....still suffering from a concussion from that cheap hit from Neil....

Callahan sore finger and all will play....

[Red Reign]

FYI

Probable Lines:
Hagelin-Richards-Gaborik
Kreider-Stepan-Callahan
Dubinsky-Anisimov-Fedotenko
Prust-Mitchell-Rupp

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Stralman
Del Zotto-Bickel

Goaltenders:
Henrik Lundqvist - 3-3, 1.82 gaa, .940 sv%, 1 so.

Craig Anderson - 3-3, 2.00 gaa, .933 sv%, 1 so

Opponent Notes:
- The Senators are 0-4 in Games 7s, including 0-3 on the road.

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