Rangers were the MUCH better team last half of the game.... They keep going same way and it looks inevitable but f*** that...Come on Caps! Do this thing!
Best series of the second round with all the twists and turns that they went thru. And yeah, the difference between Orpik's hot and Kronwall is that he never lept into the player with his skates.
Well, a Rangers-TB conference final and Anaheim still in the west bodes well for one of my hockey pools....... Usually by now all my players are gone because I am the Anti-Kreskin!
Gangrel wrote:Well, a Rangers-TB conference final and Anaheim still in the west bodes well for one of my hockey pools....... Usually by now all my players are gone because I am the Anti-Kreskin!
My brackets are kicking ass as I have all four but Id rather not with the Rangers and Lightning. Really Id rather not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jackb1 is missing this but fletch as this years bandwagon Rangers fan...I hope the Lightning crush you.
I'm not a fan of any team per say, but I like the Rangers the most of any remaining team.
Hockey in Tampa is still weird to me.. I don't see how that state can support a hockey team. Even still, none of these teams can skate with the blackhawks.
Hockey in Tampa is weird so there not going to win.
Rangers are good because they have been around a long time and their Stadium is awesome.
Hawks are awesome because no one wants to offend Native Americans
Ducks aren't going to win because Anaheim is the Tampa of the west.
I'm pulling for a Tampa vs Chicago final. My old college roommate has some connection with Tampa he said he can take me to every game if I want. I've never been to a playoff game, never mind a final. However I think the extended time off is going to hurt the Hawks.
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Danimal wrote:I'm pulling for a Tampa vs Chicago final. My old college roommate has some connection with Tampa he said he can take me to every game if I want. I've never been to a playoff game, never mind a final. However I think the extended time off is going to hurt the Hawks.
No,no, your fine. No one can skate with the Hawks remember.
Danimal wrote:I'm pulling for a Tampa vs Chicago final. My old college roommate has some connection with Tampa he said he can take me to every game if I want. I've never been to a playoff game, never mind a final. However I think the extended time off is going to hurt the Hawks.
No,no, your fine. No one can skate with the Hawks remember.
I take it you're a butt hurt ducks fan? I'm no fan of chicago, but they're the best team by a landslide. Chicago vs NY will appeal to the most viewers. If you think anyone can stop the hawks then you're in denial of how good they are, or you're a fan of another team. Ask pk or 34. They're elite hockey minds. They both have Chicago in the finals.
Danimal wrote:I'm pulling for a Tampa vs Chicago final. My old college roommate has some connection with Tampa he said he can take me to every game if I want. I've never been to a playoff game, never mind a final. However I think the extended time off is going to hurt the Hawks.
No,no, your fine. No one can skate with the Hawks remember.
I take it you're a butt hurt ducks fan? I'm no fan of chicago, but they're the best team by a landslide. Chicago vs NY will appeal to the most viewers. If you think anyone can stop the hawks then you're in denial of how good they are, or you're a fan of another team. Ask pk or 34. They're elite hockey minds. They both have Chicago in the finals.
I'm a Ducks fan, and even I can admit the Hawks scare me (and have before). I'm hoping that Anaheim can withstand the barrage of their top 2 lines. I think the Ducks can hang with them better than either the Preds or Wild, but I'm not confident in a win. It's pretty much the two teams I saw being a real threat in the West.
But to act like Chicago is just going to roll through them is pretty much the opposite of the "butt hurt Ducks fan" comment. They're not exactly an easy out for the Hawks. They're huge, they can skate, and they can forecheck like a beast. But as they showed in the regular season, that doesn't worry the Hawks much.
XXXIV wrote:Either of these series could go either way.
I have it at 51% chance Hawks and 50.5 % chance Lightning.
Definitely. Hawks-Ducks first two lines are heavy loaded, so the series will come down to special teams and a hero from the other two plumbers' line. CHI have a bit more speed and with Crawford back in his old form, I have them advancing but this won't be an easy series.
The experience of the Rangers should put them back in the finals, even though Stamkos is heating up but the key guy for the Bolts has been Nikita Kucherov. King Lundqvist should outplay B. Bishop.
