Playoff Talk-3 to Watch and 1 to miss

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Originally Posted by Vishi05

The series I'm most looking forward (besides Ducks-Sharks of course) to is Boston-Montreal.

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**** the ducks and **** their "fans"

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Originally Posted by UnholyGoalie

I'm definitely interested to watch the Sharks/Ducks series. Isn't this the first time two CA teams have faced each other in the playoffs? The key for SJ is gonna be exploiting the Ducks PK. The Ducks still take many stupid penalties and making them pay for them will make this series much quicker to finish. But they have to survive Anaheim's physical play and no doubt Pronger's boarderline cheap shots. If Pronger gets a suspension, watch for useless, two faced, nut bag Colin Campbell to slap him on the wrist yet again. Can Nabokov handle Perry, Getzlaf, Selanne, and Ryan? Then again, can Hiller/Giguere handle Thornton, Marleau, and Boyle? I'm saying Sharks in 6.

Rangers/Caps: I hate NY and wish nothing but ill for the Rags. Caps in 5.

I'll be watching a lot of Bruins/Habs and rooting for the B's. I expect Boston to romp but I'll be watching to see the fireworks!

Flames/Hawks: I'm rooting for Chicago but this could be a bloody battle. Wouldn't be surprised to see this go 7 games.

Wings/Jackets: I'm rooting for the BJ's but expect the Wings to win. The thing I'll be watching is to see if Osgood lights it up after having a bad season.

Nucks/Blues: How can you not root for the underdog? Plus some Vancouver fans are just as bad as Leaf fans as evidenced by earlier links to their lair. However, I'd expect the Canucks to win in 5, maybe 6.

Devils/Canes: A story of contrasts. Jersey is backing in to the playoffs and Carolina is hot. This could go 7 or only 5. It all depends on how much Brodeur can handle. If he regains his form then NJ is unstoppable. If he struggles then Carolina could take this one.

Pens/Flyers: This is actually the series I may miss the most of since I don't like either team. I used to root for Pitts but Malkin's head hunting and Crosby's whining have gotten to me and I find myself rooting against them. Don't even get me started on the Flyers. I don't know how this series will end up.

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The Kings played the Golden Seals in the 1969 playoffs

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Originally Posted by Hipcheck

As predicted, and even though its game 1-The Devs/Canes was unremarkable. Devils Outshot the canes and there were only 6 minor penalties in the whole game-none of them for roughing or cross checking.

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Until Marty steamrolled Sweet Dougie at the very end of game 1 of the Kings-Leafs series, it was pretty unremarkable too!

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But we'll see!

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Originally Posted by Hipcheck

Are you telling me you think the Devils-Canes is going to be more entertaining then the Ducks/Sharks? Parise is talented but once again-who is he going to battle against the whole series? Is the Parise/Gleason battle going to be all that compelling?

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I don't think anybody was saying the series is more compelling that SJ/ANA or PHI/PIT, but it's not as awful as you were alluding to in the original post. If anything, those were my thoughts about Vancouver/St. Louis, which was still a fun game to watch.

Carolina was one of the hottest teams down the stretch. Getting Erik Cole back really jumpstarted their team. Cam Ward still flies under everybody's radar. Carolina plays a pretty entertaining style and rolls four pretty quick lines. Maybe they don't have the sexiest of names, so I understand not getting amped to watch Eric Staal and Ray Whitney even if he put up as many points as Henrik Zetterberg and Marian Hossa.

I'm willing to call a spade a spade, last year's Devils were pretty boring to watch. This year's group is better though, Sutter needed a year to really implement the system he wanted. Last year he tried to open it up, but we didn't have the right mix of players. Aside from Parise, Patrik Elias is another guy who is pretty skilled. Pretty much put the same numbers as Zetterberg this year as well. Travis Zajac improved by leaps and bounds this year. 62 points, +33, vastly better faceoff skills, and he won't turn 24 until next month. Better year than a sexier name like Chris Drury.

Like I said, I can understand why folks wouldn't watch this series over some of the other ones. But I think a lot of that has to do with reputations, ie Devils are boring to watch, Carolina doesn't have anybody worth watching, neither team has good regular season attendance, etc etc.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but, in the past hasn't there been an official thread for each individual playoff series? :sign_beer:

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Originally Posted by rcc

i'm so excited about sharks/ducks. like, almost too excited. it's going to be awesome.
(i still haven't decided if i'd rather see the ducks lose just due to my knee-jerk kings loyalty or the sharks lose just because it would be entertaining.)

i'm also looking forward to detroit/columbus. and nj/canes.

...but i'll end up watching as many games as i can. :)

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The sharks losing would be quite humorous, given the president's trophy, all the hype, getting over the playoff hump, rob blake, roenick, etc.

however the ducks winning would be quite depressing given the its the ducks.

Heya, Hipsta!

Hope you weren't skipping game 4 of the Carolina-NJ series, up to the last second!

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both carolina wins have been entertaining. this has been one of the more evenly balanced match-ups.

Im sure it was a great game but only 1 penalty in the 3rd? The Hawks/Flames had 2 minors before the puck was dropped and a major between periods.