Your NHL first round picks??
 

EASTERN CONFERENCE [Final Placements]

(1) LIGHTNING vs ISLANDERS (8)

(2) BRUINS vs CANADIENS (7)

(3) FLYERS vs DEVILS (6)

(4) MAPLE LEAFS vs SENATORS (5)

WESTERN CONFERENCE [Final Placements]

(1) RED WINGS vs PREDATORS (8)

(2) SHARKS vs BLUES (7)

(3) CANUCKS vs FLAMES (6)

(4) AVALANCHE vs STARS (5)

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My Predictions:

East

Lightning in 5
Bruins in 5
Devils in 6
Leafs in 7

West

Wings in 5
Sharks in 5
Canucks in 6
Avalanche in 7

*East*
Tampa in 6
Montreal in 6
New Jersey in 7
Ottawa in 6
*West*
Detroit in 5
San Jose in 7
Vancouver in 6
Dallas in 7

East:
Lightning in 5
Bruins in 7
Devils in 6
Sens in 7

West:
Wings in 6
Blues in 7
Flames in 7
Avs in 7

East:
Tampa in 5
Boston in 7
Jersey in 7
Ottawa in 5

West:

Detroit in 5
San Jose in 7
Vancouver in 6
Dallas in 5

lightning in 6
bruins in 5
devils in 7
senators in 7

red wings in 5
sharks in 5
flames in 7
av's in 6

East

Lightning in 6
Habs in 7
Devils in 7 (what a matchup this gonna be!)
Sens in 6

West

Wings in 5
Sharks in 5
Flames in 6
Avs in 6

Looking forward!

East

Lightning in 5
Bruins in 6
Devils in 6
Sens in 7

West

Wings in 5
Blues in 7
Flames in 6
Avalanche in 6

East

LIGHTNING in 5
BRUINS in 7
DEVILS in 4
MAPLE LEAFS in 4


West

RED WINGS in 4
SHARKS in 6
FLAMES in 7
STARS in 5

I love the match-ups in the first round. Habs-B's, Flyers-Devils, Avs-Stars -- the first round might actually be worth watching.

I am in total agreement....

However, I would not be shocked if none of the series turn out this way. The first round is going to be a killer round to watch. There are some great matchups all the way around. Any team in the playoffs could beat one another.

This should be a memorable Cup Series and remember, it could possibly be the last one for a while with the lockout looming....

East
Lightning in 6
Canadiens in 7
Devils in 5
Senators in 6

West
Red Wings in 4
Sharks in 6
Canucks in 4
Avalanche in 7

Lightning in 5
Montreal in 6
Philly in 6
Sens in 7

Detroit in 5
Sharks in 4
Flames in 6
Dallas in 7



Go FLames!!

LIGHTNING in 5
BRUINS in 7
DEVILS in 5
SENS in 6


West

RED WINGS in 5
SHARKS in 5
FLAMES in 6
STARS in 5

Playoff time, yeah!!

East

Lightning in 5
Bruins in 6
Brodeur, I mean the Devils in 6
Leafs in 7

West

Wings in 6
Sharks in 4
Flames in 7
Stars in 6

wow.... almost NOBODY is pickin the nucks over the flames

time will tell i guess

Tampa in 4
Montreal in 6
Philly in 7
Ottawa in 7

Detroit 5
SJ in 4
Vancouver in 6
Stars in 7

Lightning- 5
Habs- 6
Devils- 5
Leafs- 4

Preds- 7
Sharks- 5
Canucks- 5
Stars- 7
and the cup goes too..........................
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lightning 5
bruins 4
devils 5
leafs 6

wings 5
sharks 4
CANUCKS 5
stars 7

ihave but one pick the nhl goes under next year

If you think the NHL is going under next year you need some help, if you meant a lock-out then you are on the right track.

Everybody so far has picked my Lightning ....

If this were a football pool I would pick the Isles just on principle.



Anybody goin' to the games ?

Got my tix for Thurs at the Ice Palace. :) :)

no sliet jay


a lock out dam near killed baseball and that was the biggest sport at the time



a lock out will kill five to ten teams in the nhl dont belive me wait and see

I dunno, a few less teams would be ok with me.

Man, Silent Jay, you are the biggest jinx ever. You broke two of the biggest rules a fan has about his or her team going into playoffs. For one you never ever predict a sweet. And secondly you never have any pictures of your team with the cup. Tsk tsk. I hope the leafs lose in 4 just to smite you.

Nashville, Carolina, Phoenix...

*East*
Lightning in 5
Bruins in 6
Devils in 6
Leafs in 7

*West*
Wings in 7
Sharks in 5
Flames in 7
Stars in 7

you must have made up these rules yourself because pics of the Leafs and the cup are everywhere open your eyes, are there not pictures of the Canucks with the cup,..... oops I forgot why are there no pics like that again.......oh yeah they've never won the cup thats where these rules came from a disgruntled fan with not much sense. I really don't care about your stupid little rules, nor do I believe
I don't believe that a lockout will kill any teams, but I also think the NHL would be better without so many teams and the talent spread so thin, I mean come on there are some terrible players in the league today who wouldn't have gotten a second look 15 or 20 years ago, and that is what causes the stupid plays and the lack of respect that the NHL has today, but just watch suddenly plays that would have resulted in penalties in the regular season suddenly have a blind eye turned to them in the playoffs, the refs and the NHL and the talentless players of the NHL are the cause of the NHL's demise, not a lockout not anything else. Oh yeah I hardly doube the loss of 5-10 teams will kill the NHL or put it under as you put it.

can't wait to check this thread after the 1st round to see how many peeps are wrong on callin' the flames over the canucks

eh, i prefer not to shoot my mouth off

stranger things have happened and i dont want to be eating my hat when the first round is over.

but that being said... GO NUCKS!!! GAME 1 TONIGHT

Oh yeah and one more thing I forgot to let you know count the Cups in the pic and figure out how many Cups the Leafs have won and tell me if the numbers are similar. Thanks I'm done.

I'm going to laugh in so many of your guy's faces when the Stars get knocked out of the playoffs by my Aves in 5 games.

Thanks to the eastern papers saying that it's going to be an upset. Think again, "experts".

Yeah "Kipper" isn't exactly playing stellar, and Clouthier is playing decent, but it is only the first game, so anything can and will still happen.

I do gotta give it to Cloutier tonight. He's doing pretty good.

I cannot believe the score so far. 5-3. Unreal. If it wern't for all these shitty penelties we've been taking we'd be right in this. Don't count us out yet though, we'll be there to the end.

Go Flames!!!

I'm way too superstitious, so there is no way I'm braggin, but I thank god Detroit took care of business tonight. I couldn't handle losing to Nashville because Vokoun went Giggy on 'em. Just getting that first win under their belt should boost their confidence, especially Legace, who played an awesome game tonight.

I think in the past three days i've seen almost every possible spelling of Cloutier

there is no 'h' in there people!!!

;)

anyways, yes, these playoffs are shaping up to be very tight, the refereeing is strict, which is not necessarily a bad thing because it makes each team play more disciplined.

here's to hoping the rest of the playoffs are a success

yeah but what can you do with spelling his name, I'm just glad they aren't talking about a russian there would be a lot more spellings then.

I notice a lot of people picking the Senators over the Leafs, which is funny, considering expectations of a Senator's victory up here in the nation's capital is at an all time low.

And for those that say "Leafs in 4", don't get so cocky. The Senators aren't that pathetic against the Leafs.

And I'd give my predictions, but Dr.Who already said exactly what I was thinking. :D

I agree with Dr. Who quite abit to, but I just honestly can't say Montreal beating Boston four times.

Im loving the Sens beating the Leafs... keep it up