East:
(1)Rangers vs. (8)Senators
(2)Bruins vs. (7)Capitals
(3)Panthers vs. (6)Devils
(4)Penguins vs. (5)Flyers

West:
(1)Canucks vs. (8)Kings
(2)Blues vs. (7)Sharks
(3)Coyotes vs. (6)Blackhawks
(4)Predators vs. (5)Red Wings

My picks:
Rags in 5
Capitals in 6
Devils in 6
Penguins in 7

Canucks in 6
Blues in 5
Coyotes in 6
Predators in 6

Who ya got?

4/9/2012 7:58:40 PM

go pens

[Edited on April 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM. Reason : fuck the flyers]

4/9/2012 9:08:33 PM

4/10/2012 10:03:57 AM

Go Red Wings!

4/10/2012 10:05:01 AM

Go Canes!! Oh wait..

4/10/2012 10:17:51 AM

4/10/2012 12:02:00 PM

Vancouver in 5
San Jose in 7
Chicago in 6
Nashville in 7

NY Rangers in 6
Washington in 6
New Jersey in 4
Pittsburgh in 6

4/10/2012 12:02:43 PM

I think phoenix gets past the first round this year

4/10/2012 1:13:14 PM

My horrible Finals prediction from back in September/October or so is still alive (Kings over Caps in 6), but it won't be after the first round.

As much as I loathe them, the Penguins just look way too damn strong right now to be stopped.

4/10/2012 1:15:45 PM

Rangers in 5
Bruins in 4
Devils in 4
Flyers in 7

Canucks in 6 (I think Quick will steal a couple, but VAN have too much firepower)
Blues in 5
Coyotes in 7
Red Wings in 6

4/10/2012 6:32:53 PM

fuck the bullshit

East:
(1)Rangers vs. (8)Senators in 5
(2)Bruins vs. (7)Capitals in 6
(3)Panthers vs. (6)Devils in 4 LOL panthers
(4)Penguins vs. (5)Flyers in 7, best 1st round series forthcoming.

West:
(1)Canucks vs. (8)Kings in 6 LOL presidents trophy.
(2)Blues vs. (7)Sharks in 5
(3)Coyotes vs. (6)Blackhawks in 6, Let's go Yotes!
(4)Predators vs. (5)Red Wing in 6, nashville to southeast!

[Edited on April 10, 2012 at 9:50 PM. Reason : womp]

4/10/2012 9:43:00 PM

East:

Rags, Caps, Cats, Pens

West:

Nucks, Sharks, Hawks, Preds

I placed a bet in late January $50 each to win $2000 if the Preds or Panthers win the Stanley Cup. Don't see the Cats making it out of the 2nd round, but the Preds have a decent opportunity.

4/11/2012 7:51:49 AM

I'm ridiculously excited to watch the Pens/Flyers tonight

4/11/2012 7:53:57 AM

I suppose I could post this in the NHL thread, but the draft results are in... Canes go 8th.

The Oilers got the 1st overall pick again! 3rd straight year. They should be a nasty team in a couple of years or so.

Craig Button is predicting us to take a defenceman by the name of Trouba. Is Button aware that we are likely overloaded at D? Perhaps he knows that and anticipates us making a trade.

4/11/2012 8:21:41 AM

The more likely scenario is that Craig Button has no idea what the hell he's talking about. Without factoring in our organizational makeup and the fact that JR doesn't usually go D in the first round (yes I realize he did last year), maybe Trouba comes off the board at 8. However in the real world I can't imagine if we stay at 8 that we draft the guy.

4/11/2012 9:11:25 AM

Yea, I think over in the Canes thread I predicted we'd take Faksa out of Kitchener. Chip tweeted the same thing...

You're probably right about Button, he does seem pretty retarded.

4/11/2012 9:21:42 AM

steviewonder's STONE COLD LOCKS, RIGHT 97% OF THE TIME:


READ ON FOR THE STONE COLD LOCKS:

Rangers in 5
Bruins in 7
Devils in 5
Penguins in 7

Kings in 5
Blues in 7
Blackhawks in 6
Red Wings in 6

4/11/2012 12:04:34 PM

Quote :

"Jeremy Rutherford ? @jprutherford Armstrong confirmed on Blues Beat tonight that in West Conf, higher seed has option to pick 2-3-2 series. Might have happened if opp was LA."

wtf

4/11/2012 1:12:13 PM

Even if that's been true for a while, the NHL is such a tradition- and superstition-rich league that no one would ever try it. Can you imagine if a team picked that, split the first two games at home, and then lost all three on the road to lose the series without a chance to come back home? The offending team's management would be the laughing stock of the league for years.

4/11/2012 1:20:48 PM

Rangers
Bruins
Devils
Penguins

Vancouver
Blues
Blackhawks
Preds

4/11/2012 3:09:06 PM

http://www.stevedangle.com/blue-jackets-fans-heartbreak-in-3-2-1

4/11/2012 3:29:12 PM

^^^ Less home team cash coming in for those scenarios as well on average, I would think.

[Edited on April 11, 2012 at 3:33 PM. Reason : money is king]

4/11/2012 3:32:58 PM

No shit. I had no idea that was a thing. Was that part of the CBA in 2005?

4/11/2012 4:26:22 PM

goddammit fuck the penguins

so fucking stacked

4/11/2012 7:53:32 PM

OT

4/11/2012 10:16:17 PM

one of those games...

red wings dominate and will still lose

[Edited on April 11, 2012 at 10:22 PM. Reason : "ess"]

4/11/2012 10:22:47 PM

fuck you shea weber... you are done for the series

4/11/2012 10:42:00 PM

I would hardly call that domination by the Wings. Nashville executed their game plan pretty well and if they had gotten their powerplay going they could have run away with it.

Great opening night so far. Hope this Vancouver LA game can make it 3 for 3.

4/11/2012 10:50:36 PM

Idiot

4/11/2012 11:00:38 PM

Wow Weber really fucked up

4/11/2012 11:01:31 PM

if thats not a minimum 2-gamer then fuck bettman too. little prick has it out for the wings.

*** i know shanahan makes the call but IMO i doubt he doesn't have any communication with bettman about it

4/11/2012 11:16:15 PM

Blues are shockingly small favorites over the sharks so i bet the blues.. which means they are certain to lose first round since i never win at hockey

4/11/2012 11:29:30 PM

Someone post the "we sucked your dick" sign from the Bruins game last night..

4/12/2012 7:52:55 AM

^Was it a real one this time? One was floating around a week or two ago that was a photoshop. Tyler Seguin even called it out on his twitter.

The real sign said something like "We wish we only got two minutes for hooking"

I'm too lazy to find a pic of it. It's somewhere in the NHL Regular Season thread.

4/12/2012 8:19:55 AM

bruins game? last night? was I asleep a day, I thought they play tonight?

4/12/2012 9:50:22 AM

They do, I think he is referring to the photoshopped image from a few weeks ago

4/12/2012 10:44:32 AM

Darren Helm took a skate to the arm last night and lacerated a tendon. Out for the remainder.

Also sounds more and more like Shea Weber will be fined but not suspended.

[Edited on April 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM. Reason : shanahammer]

4/12/2012 11:25:50 AM

Weber should get a few games. I don't care if its the playoffs, that is example 1 of targeting the head.

4/12/2012 11:39:57 AM

BobMac said he didn't think it would be a suspension because Zetterberg wasn't injured on the play and that's what the NHL looks at more...retarded logic, but he also said Weber would get a fine... if no suspension, it better be a substantial fine.

4/12/2012 11:51:30 AM

It can't be more than $2500

4/12/2012 11:52:36 AM

And $2500 it is

4/12/2012 12:49:43 PM

4/12/2012 1:05:08 PM

Rinne, Luongo, and Quick were all excellent last night. Hope for more great goaltending tonight.

4/12/2012 3:12:29 PM

You get an overtime, you get an overtime, you get an overtime!!!!!

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4/13/2012 12:56:18 AM

You get a loss

4/13/2012 1:03:43 AM

[Edited on April 13, 2012 at 1:09 AM. Reason : .]

4/13/2012 1:09:39 AM

Due to the outcry after the handling of the Weber incident, that pane of glass will be receiving a two-game Shanaban.

4/13/2012 4:11:44 AM

4/13/2012 9:40:45 AM

haha im glad im not the only one that immediately thinks of this when i hear his name

4/13/2012 10:09:33 AM

4/13/2012 2:53:39 PM