Hockey

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Here are the playoff matchups for the first round of the 2010 post-season!

EAST:

(1)Washington VS (8)Montreal

(2)New Jersey VS (7)Philadelphia

(3)Buffalo VS (6)Boston

(4)Pittsburgh VS (5)Ottawa

WEST:

(1)San Jose VS (8)Colorado

(2)Chicago VS (7)Nashville

(3)Vancouver VS (6)Los Angeles

(4)Phoenix VS (5)Detroit

[smc]

Originally Posted by shadows

Here are the playoff matchups for the first round of the 2010 post-season!

EAST:

(1)Washington VS (8)Montreal

(2)New Jersey VS (7)Philadelphia

(3)Buffalo VS (6)Boston

(4)Pittsburgh VS (5)Ottawa

WEST:

(1)San Jose VS (8)Colorado

(2)Chicago VS (7)Nashville

(3)Vancouver VS (6)Los Angeles

(4)Phoenix VS (5)Detroit

I'm still in shock that the Bruins came in 6th! I'm still in shock that I saw the team score 3 short-handed goals in 64 seconds!

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Originally Posted by smc

I'm still in shock that the Bruins came in 6th! I'm still in shock that I saw the team score 3 short-handed goals in 64 seconds!

Boston was the most consistent of the bottom three teams the past few games and they won when they had to. I feel bad for Montreal as they are in for a very tough series against Washington.

Boston has the best chance of the three bottom seeds as they can definitely beat Buffalo. True, Buffalo has Ryan Miller to rely on, but Boston has Rask to rely on as well. I don't expect any high-scoring games, but I do expect some exciting hockey!

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Originally Posted by shadows

Boston was the most consistent of the bottom three teams the past few games and they won when they had to. I feel bad for Montreal as they are in for a very tough series against Washington.

Boston has the best chance of the three bottom seeds as they can definitely beat Buffalo. True, Buffalo has Ryan Miller to rely on, but Boston has Rask to rely on as well. I don't expect any high-scoring games, but I do expect some exciting hockey!

Young Rask has become a Bruins favorite. Sales of this poster are off the chart at the Bruins team store.

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Originally Posted by smc

Young Rask has become a Bruins favorite. Sales of this poster are off the chart at the Bruins team store.

And the freaking Leafs trading him away to get Andrew Raycrap.

[GRH]

I was glad to see Montreal get the single point they needed on Saturday. Then it was nice to catch the Bruins final regular season game of the year.

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Originally Posted by GRH

I was glad to see Montreal get the single point they needed on Saturday. Then it was nice to catch the Bruins final regular season game of the year.

And both of those teams are in the playoffs. I'll bet that you are quite happy that they don't play each other in the first round.

This isn't a pie-in-the-sky moment, but Montreal can beat Washington if they play the proper kind of game. They need stellar goaltending(obviously) and they need to make sure they do not take any unneccessary penalties. Oveckin and Semin were pretty much invisible in the Olympics as they did not get a lot of PP opportunities and they were facing a great defense.

Montreal has the goaltending(when they are on, they're on), but they need better discipline and they need to improve the defense. If they can do this, they have a chance to upset the mighty Capitals. It won't be easy be any stretch of the imagination, but it can happen. That is one of the things that is so great about playoff hockey. One moment, one momentum shift, and the entire series can change. You never know what can happen.

Boston plays Buffalo. I think Boston can beat Buffalo, but they have to make sure they shoot as many pucks as they can towards Ryan Miller. He wasn't the MVP of the Olympics for nothing, after all.

[Tbone]

Originally Posted by shadows

Here are the playoff matchups for the first round of the 2010 post-season!

EAST:
(2)New Jersey VS (7)Philadelphia

This series could see one of the upsets. My Flyers have a great record against the Devils this season, five wins and only one loss. I expect the regular season dominance of the Devils to continue.

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Originally Posted by Tbone

This series could see one of the upsets. My Flyers have a great record against the Devils this season, five wins and only one loss. I expect the regular season dominance of the Devils to continue.

The Flyers got off to a good start. They beat the Devils 2-1 to take Game 1!

In the other game that has been completed, the Senators beat the Penguins 5-4. Even though Pittsburgh only had 21 shots, they got 4 goals. Neither goalie was stellar, and Pittsburgh's defense forgot to show up.

I still think that the Penguins will win the series, but it will probably take 6 or 7 games to do it.

For the games still being played:

Colorado is leading 1-0 over San Jose after 2 periods of play.

Phoenix is leading Detroit 3-2 with 14 minutes left in the third.

[Tbone]

Originally Posted by shadows

The Flyers got off to a good start. They beat the Devils 2-1 to take Game 1!.

I predict the Flyers to continue this season's dominance of the Devils and take the series 4-1.

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Originally Posted by Tbone

I predict the Flyers to continue this season's dominance of the Devils and take the series 4-1.

I'm looking forward to your oncoming clash with dauls with regards to this.

[ila]

I can't believe that the CBC wouldn't show the Montreal - Washington game tonight. Instead they chose to show the Boston game.

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Originally Posted by ila

I can't believe that the CBC wouldn't show the Montreal - Washington game tonight. Instead they chose to show the Boston game.

It may have been due to who held the rights to that particular game. It could have gone to the highest bidder or something like that. I was at work, so I don't know if this is what happened or not, but perhaps the Montreal game was shown on either TSN, SportsNet, or even Fox?

At least you should be happy with the result.

[Tbone]

Originally Posted by shadows

I'm looking forward to your oncoming clash with dauls with regards to this.

Lost game 2 to the Devils 5-3 tonight.

Wasn't a great to start to the game by the Flyers, conceding a short-handed goal after only 2:45 of the first period.

Back home to Philadelphia for wins at Wachovia Center in Games 3 and 4 next.

[dauls]

Devils lost 3-2 in OT to the Flyers tonight. The Devils conceded the winner 5-seconds after David Clarkson's penalty had expired.

How can you expect to win when you're outshot by 34 to 19. I'm getting a bad feeling about this series.