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

Meh game 1 Leafs looked fine for a bit then shit the bed, they'll be back for the win in game 2 I'm not worried lot's of hockey left

Re: Your NHL first round picks??
 

My Predictions:

East

Lightning in 4
Canadians in 7
Flyers in 5
Leafs in 6

West

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

Would anyone be able to say that in the beginning of the playoffs 2 years ago when Montreal took Boston out first round? :D

Yeah that is definetly true. Thats what I love about playoffs anything can happen. If Theodore gets hot that the habs can easily win some games. But I think it kind of is in the hands of Theadore. Oh yeah good job Sens last night.

East

Lightning 5
Bruins 5
Devils 7
Sens 6

West

Wings 4
Sharks 7
Dallas 7
Flames 6

ohhhh baby im so stoked for game 2 of the canucks game tonight... i just got a canucks flag that will be displayed proudly on the car when we cruise around town

i've got Canucks fever right now... its insane

STARS ARE BACK IN IT BABY!!!!!! Thank you Steve Ott! Man, that was a beautiful shortside goal. Down 3-1 to come back and win it 4-3!! Sweet.

Leafs at it again, Eddie's the man man, Lalime is a bag of shit, can't wait for game 3 Sens are going down

gave away game 3. Hopefully not all the momentum and the series...

Gotta win on Wendesday...

GO AVS!!!

It was a fluke, not to mention goalie interfearence on Dallas' third goal. The refs are almost as blind in the playoffs as they were during the regular season, and they were the worst I've ever seen during the regular season! But nothing we can do about it. The Aves will rise up and win the next two.

Whats up with these people who have there avatars and names and locations devoted to the Colorado Avalanche. Who are these people, and where did you all come from? Anyways, Ya I hope the stars win, but if the avs manage to win the serious than I hope the blues beat SJ, so that there can be a Canucks vs Avs, series in round two, if the canucks beat the flames.
GO CANUCKS.

I know that it's VERY late, but havn't been 'tfp'ing much at all this week. You'll jsut have to trust me on these...
Canucks in 6
Colorado in 6
San Jose in 7
Wings in 6

Devils in 6
Lightning in 5
Ottawa in 6
Habs in 6

And ***GO CANUCKS GO***

wow, I cant believe everyone is calling the Flyers to lose. The Devils arent looking too good lately.

well, hindsight is 20/20. the devils did struggle at the end of the regular season, but with brodeur in net, i had to give them the edge going into the playoffs. it'll be tough for them to win the series at this point, but i still think they're capable of doing it.

They still have a chance of winning it, but it'll be very tough. I hope not though. I'd rather see the Flyers move on than the Devils... but then that's just me.

What I'm curious to see is how the Canadian Matchups work out. Vancouver's lead goalie is out on the DL list for the rest of this series. I hope this gives Calgary enough of an advantage to knock Vancouver out of the playoffs. Then there's the Toronto vs Ottawa matchup which is also tied at 2-2. Those are great games to watch as well, and it will be fun to see how that turns out. I think that both of those matchups will go to 7 games.

Did you guys see St.Louis pick that defensemans pocket and score shorthanded last night? Awesome.

Three shutouts by The 'Bulin Wall.

Hope we can keep it up, send the Isles home early, and rest up for the next round.

Go Lightning !!!

ugh... I HOPE the canucks can win... they looked incredibly shaky in game 4

we'll see how game 5 in Vancouver goes

Wings finally got the puck in the net tonight and stopped giving me a headache 8). Hopefully they can finish the preds off Saturday.

dammit... the canucks just cannot beat kiprusoff

they're going to need to pick it up huge in game 6

So far, the first round has been awesome! Well, the Wings didn't finish off the preds yet, but they will saturday.

Being a Sens fan, I feel your pain with Belfour. Tonight is a big game.

Belfour is the man, Lalime well not so the man, GO LEAFS GO.

The refs tried to give the game to Nashville, but the Red Wings finally emerged victorious. While I really was hoping they could have scored a few more goals, they put on a defensive clinic over the last 2 games that was impressive.

Unfortunately, my 1st round picks aren't lookin as impressive, at least in the number of games its taken teams to win.

I called it! The Colorado Avalanche won in 5! GO AVES!

And to all who predicted Dallas winning, it's time for me to do what I said I would...
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My picks arent looking too good... maybe I can redeem myself second round

ya my predictions are the shits but who really cares about how many games it takes your team to win as long as they win, that's the only thing, If you can't win....CHEAT.

Oh man I can't wait for the Habs Boston game... ohhhhhhh baby

what a first round!!!

Yeah, what a game it's gonna be. It's time for a "Theodore Steal one" kind of game. Montréal is about to explode, everybody in bars last night were on a frenzy. If Ottawa can win tonight, that would be a perfect week-end.

Go Habs Go

I have been calling for the Flyers to win...In fact, I predicted them to win in 5, and they did!

And now, on to Game 7 for the Canadians. GO HABS!!!

I am looking forward to tomorrow night, and if everything works out than Montreal and Vancouver will be moving on. Tomorrow is gonna be awesome.

Still awaiting the Sens result but so far, not so good. If these were placed in Vegas I would only have a possible 2 out of 8 (if the Sens win).

Here are my results...

EAST

Lightning in 5 (correct)
Bruins in 6 (not even close since they did not win)
Devils in 6 (again not close for the above reason)
Sens in 7 (still could happen)

WEST

Wings in 5 (ended up 6 but got the right winner)
Blues in 7 (not close - Sharks in 5)
Flames in 6 (winner correct but 7 games)
AVS in 6 (got it done faster than expected)

Predictions to come for round 2 as soon as we know who is in it but in the West I would like to see an AVS - Flames WCF. Doubt it would happen but I would like to see it. (don't even think I could put it down for the next round predictions)

GO AVS!!!

I picked all the winners (but not all the right number of games) for all 8 except the Canucks....man I was waaaaay off on that one :crazy:

Well not too bad. 6 out of 8 right, at least as far as the teams go.

Too bad about the Sens tonight. It's gonna take more than that to kill the high from the flames moving on to the 2nd round though.

Bring on Detroit. Go Flames!!

Ouch, I only predicted three teams correctly to win the series. That is really really bad. Shall we continue on with are round 2 picks.

In the East:

Tampa Bay(1) vs. Montreal(7)

Philadelphia(3) vs. Toronto(4)

And in the West:

Detroit(1) vs. Calgary(6)

San Jose(2) vs. Colorado(4)

My picks are
Tampa Bay in 6
Toronto in 7
Detroit in 6
San Jose in 7

All the series' are really really hard to choose.

Looks like there is now a post. Oh well just dont mind that.