Kind of snickering in the D.C. area only because the Redskins are the only team the area cares about. Watched the area news this morning and when they discussed sports; RGIII was the first order of business then the Caps win. I'm happy for both now knowing that we do have RGIII but laughing that this is typical of our town.
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I think this is Alfie's last year. not too many players in the last 15 years or so can say they played their entire career with one team.
meh..the panthers did better then anyone expected...I didn't expect them to win anything...now to the good stuff..the Heat should destroy the crappy Knicks
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It's interesting that 6 of the 8 first round series were won by the lower seed teams.
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Well for the panthers they are in a weaker division so evn if they were higher in seeding they only had 94 pts where the devils had 102, so the devils were the better team. Panthers had a good year I was surprised they took their division, the others well flyers/pens were a toss up, the flyers did win the season series 4 games to 2. th uis just didnt play well, vancouver is a playoff fraud for the most part
Thats the thing about the NHL Playoffs...the seeding can be really off sometimes. Boston, Philly, NJ, NY, and Pitt were all better than the Panthers and yet Florida got the 3 seed because of where they play. That said, I think the NJ/Florida series was the most exciting of the first round. Everyone seems to think the Cup is going to come out of the East but there are 4 other teams that think they can win. If you listen to what some of the Rangers said, it's like they already won. They're not taking them seriously. I still think the Rags are going to win because Holtby looked really shaky at times especially in Game 7 against Boston and Ovechkin doesn't seem to be the player he was a few years ago. I'm rooting for the Caps but I think the Rangers will win. Philly's had some time off and the Devils have won some big time games late so I'm hoping that'll be an advantage for the Devils. NJ is a huge underdogs going into this series but I think that's a mistake since they play Philly well and there's such a huge rivalry there (and both teams seem to genuinely hate each other.) I can totally see both series going 7 games again.
In the West, I really like the way LA played against Vancouver and Quick looks good. The Blues are dangerous and that series can go 7. As for Nash/Phoenix, that has got to be the least intriguing matchup. Predators/Coyotes doesn't exactly scream NHL rivalry and I really don't pay attention to either team but going by what I saw in the first round I think the Predators are a better team overall so I'll give them the advantage.
Soooo.....My Round 2 Picks
Ranger over the Caps in 6 (although I can totally see the Caps surprising NY)
Devils over Philly in 7
LA over St Louis in 6
Nashville over Phoenix in 5
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I want the Knicks to loose in 4 and just be done. I'm so sick of hearing about them. I read up top how Washington has their sports mixed up with all the focus on the Skins while the Caps are the team making some noise but it's like that here too. Rangers win Game 7, Devils win Game 7 in Double Overtime, Yankees play Detroit for the first time since they were ousted in Game 5 in last years Playoffs but BOTH radio stations open drive time with the Knicks again. Really? I can't find anyone that gives a rats rump about the Knicks. There's no buzz here about them and while you see tons of Yankees, Rangers, Devils, even Mets jerseys the stations here insist on talking about what seems to be a really average team that underachieved and is lucky to be in the playoffs. I turned the radio on today to get some local breakdown of what were two thrilling NHL games last night and all I here about is Stoudemire's bulge (in his back) for an hour and a half followed up by what happened in the NHL draft.Originally Posted by toys2cool
..the Heat should destroy the crappy Knicks
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Ok i'm back. I was pretty sick for a while. Round 1 was an amazing round. Excited for the east to get round 2 started today. Rangers better fear the Capitals as they are hot right now. And Jersey should match the Flyers well. True test will be the Flyers power play vs the Devils PK. And you have to love divisional rivalry series.
The Nashville/Phoenix game last night was a great start to Round 2. All that pressure in OT from the Predators you thought for sure they would get one in but Mike Smith stood on his head and blocked shot after shot and the Coyotes score with a one timer off the face off. OT playoff hockey is awesome. Every time a stick touches the puck you hold your breath.
Rangers got their first win today over the Caps. The Refs missed two blatant penalties that would have gone against the Rangers but the 5 on 3 that Washington couldn't convert on really shifted the momentum of the game. If Semin is going to take stupid penalties the way he did today, it's going to be a really short series.
LA took the Blues by surprise too. Quick is really good and is opening some eyes in the playoffs.
What'll be interesting about the Devils/Flyers series is if NJ's PK is going to return the way it was in the regular season or if it'll be as anemic the way it was against Florida. Philly's got so many scorers, Brodeur better be vintage but the key for the Devils is to keep it 5 on 5. For Philly, I think it'll be interesting to see if Giroux can continue to play at such a heightened level or if he comes back down to Earth a bit, Ultimately for them it comes down to which Bryzgalov shows up...he's like the little girl with the curl...when he's good he's really good, but when he's bad, he's really bad. Being they're such rivals and the teams are so equal, I think that's the series that becomes the most compelling in Round 2.
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Decent opening game today. I am still jacked up from beating the crybabies in the last round. I didn't feel the flat out hatred from the coach down to the waterboy of the penguins. Even though they are a rival, i just didn't feel that today against your devils. We shall see what happens on Tuesday. Someone needs to bone crunch someone into the boards. The dislike is there, it's just dormant right now.
So i can't pick the Coyotes/preds series with the Yotes up 2-0 already. But i think the Blues will win in 7, Flyers win in 5, and as much as it kills me Rangers in 6 maybe 7.
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