If the Playoffs Started Today

[ritari330]

Not the Rags! Not the Rags!

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

We'd have some darn good match-ups.

#1-8: Vancouver vs. Chicago------Philly vs. Buffalo
The West match-up here would be EPIC. I think most Nucks fans would agree, they'd love to clown stomp the Hawks after the past few postseasons. The East match-up would be interesting, with it probably coming down to goal-tending.
#2-7: Detroit vs. Anaheim-------Washington vs. New York Rangers
Both of these would be awesome as well. If there's a match-up that would favor the Ducks, it'd be this. That's not a knock on the Wings, but a testament to their injury situation. That all changes if Howard can heal quickly.
#3-6 San Jose vs. Nashville-------Boston vs. Montreal
In the West this would be another great match-up. San Jose is a perennial choker with a better goalie this year, and Nashville is well overdue for some postseason success, along with being perhaps the hottest team in the league right now. The East...well, it's self explanatory, although Montreal is really struggling now.
#4-5 Phoenix vs. Los Angeles-------Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay
The West match-up is a division rival one, but with Phoenix being very streaky and LA now being very...injured, it'd be a tight series. The East match-up is...kinda lackluster unless Sid returns and it becomes Crosby v. Stamkos. As a Pens fan I'd welcome it, because Tampa has been up and down all year.


IS IT PLAYOFF TIME YET?!

Pretty clear from this that the West is Best and the East is LEAst.

 

[elocomotive]

Pretty clear from this that the West is Best and the East is LEAst.

That's what we hear every year, but the Beast has won 4 of the last 7 Cups over the Worst.

 

[Darkstone42]

I'm not concerned with match-ups yet because the Stanley Cup Playoffs are always awesome anyway. =)

 

[pixburgher66]

This would be especially weird since (if memory serves) a Crosby and Malkin led team has never won the division.

This will bring up the old "Crosby is not even the MVP of his team" talk at the Swamp. Except instead of Malkin, trolls will now reference Tyler Kennedy.

Nah, everyone forgets the first Cup run year (07-08) where we won it. Clinched it on the last home game of the year against Philly, then played Philly again for the last game of the year and 'threw the game' so we didn't play them first round...so the swamp said.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Pretty clear from this that the West is Best and the East is LEAst.

I'm reporting you to a mod !!!!

 

[Automattic]

Me thinks the whole league is gonna find out that the Wings will be pretty damn healthy come playoff time. They appear to have mananged most(all?) injuries from throughout the season very well and I also think they might have lucked out on the timing of everything. Ozzie is still a question mark, but hey, it's Detroit. We could put a used parking cone in front of the net and win, right?

 

[SLY]

West is best, hahahahahaha...

 

[Automattic]

West is best, hahahahahaha...

Juiceboxes are cool, but wait until you drink from a CUP.

 

[elocomotive]

We could put a used parking cone in front of the net and win, right?

A cone seems too easy to beat you. How about we at least spot you the box the goal came in?

 

[Automattic]

A cone seems too easy to beat you. How about we at least spot you the box the goal came in?

I'll do one better. We'll win this bitch with Joey MacDonald!

 

[ELYEAH82]

This would be especially weird since (if memory serves) a Crosby and Malkin led team has never won the division.

This will bring up the old "Crosby is not even the MVP of his team" talk at the Swamp. Except instead of Malkin, trolls will now reference Tyler Kennedy.

The Pens won the Div in 08 and were the 2 seed.

 

[elocomotive]

The Pens won the Div in 08 and were the 2 seed.

That's pretty weak. Caps are about to get their 4th straight division win, which we all know is the ultimate accomplishment in hockey.

 

[sherbert1421]

A cone seems too easy to beat you. How about we at least spot you the box the goal came in?

nah this is better and will probably have better rebound control than howard does :biggrin1:

 

[elocomotive]

haha! I was actually looking for an image of that, but couldn't find it! Then I found the box pick and it struck me that it was actually a little more humorous. Ah well...

(When we return to "Beyond the Posts," eloco has a near fatal car crash and stumbles down the road of addiction...)