The Official 2012 NHL Playoffs Thread

#1 NY Rangers vs. #8 Ottawa Senators
#2 Boston Bruins vs. #7 Wash Capitals
#3 Florida Panthers vs. #6 NJ Devils
#4 Pittsburg Penguins vs. #5 Your Philadelphia Flyers


#1 Vancouver Canucks vs. #8 LA Kings
#2 St Louis Blues vs. #7 San Jose Sharks
#3 Chicago Blackhawks vs. Phoenix Coyotes
#4 Nashville Predators vs.#5 Detroit Red Wings

Games start tomorrow April 11th and will be televised on the NBC network which will include CNBC and the NBC Sports Network.

 

My first round prediction......................not that anyone gives a shit..


Rangers
Bruins
Devils
Flyers (total homer pick, Pens will probably win)

Canucks
Blues
Blackhawks
Red Wings

 

Rangers
Caps
Devils
Penguins

Canucks
Blues
Coyotes
Preds

 

if Detroit is healthy they are virtually unbeatable. The question is, will they be healthy.

 

Give me the Nordiques to win it all.

 

Preds Wings and Flyers Pens are the runaway best series in the first round on paper. Will be interesting to see whether Detroit can put it together on the road. My fandom tells me Preds in 6, my head says the series goes 7 either way, but I have no idea who wins it.

 

I say:

Rangers
Bruins
Devils
Pens

Canucks
Sharks
Hawks
and I will refrain from making a for sure pick in the last one.

 

epic [Ban Me] move by Weber at the end of the game. that's not going to sit well.

 

I would agree with it put this way..............

 

it was beyond a douche move.

that's bordering on Bertuzzi and Hunter levels.

 

it was beyond a douche move.

that's bordering on Bertuzzi and Hunter levels.

 

I'll just repeat what I said after Haynesworth-Gurode: [itch bay] had it coming.

Yes, this is tongue-in-cheek. Though only just.

 

yeah, Pierre Turgeon and Steve Moore had it coming too.

 

Aaaand the guy reviewing it will be Red Wing lifer Brendan Shanahan. [uck fay]ing fantastic. I'm hoping this is just a one-game thing.

 

Pretty extreme comparisons, no?

 

I'm at work and missed it, but I have a hard time believing it was nearly as bad as the Bertuzzi thing. That was flat out assault

 

[video=youtube;XiMgjO0EgtE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XiMgjO0EgtE[/video]

 

It didn't seem to injure Zetterburg, which is one difference. I suspect he was trying to milk it a bit, which is probably fair. It was definitely gratuitous, but it was magnified by the fact that it came after the whistle.

Not sure how one would be able to tell the difference from video whether or not it was largely embellished or full-on face smash. Or all points between. Guessing that the presence of blood would be a likely indicator, though.

 

I would start by taking off my Pretatard colored glasses.

 

Not sure why anyone would be able to say with a straight face that this doesnt warrant a one game suspension. When you grab a guy by the helmet and smash his face into the glass, there is no room for any justification imo. Its so far outside the game of hockey that it isnt even close. I say this as a life long Red Wings hater.