Apr 14 2009
Hockeyhead’s NHL Playoff Predictor: If you don’t like it, you can lick it
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks. That’s your Stanley Cup Final according to Hockeyhead. We’ll let the play of those two teams explain why we’ve chosen them to square off in the big dance. What we can offer you right now though is a reason why the 14 other teams in the playoffs won’t make it.
Boston Bruins: They’re big, scary, loaded with skill, and historically bad versus the Montreal Canadiens in the playoffs. Oh, and Marc Savard is terribly one-dimensional and only excited about skating the warm-up on national television without his helmet.
Montreal Canadiens: Let’s be serious, they’re going to need a miracle to beat the Bruins. Mathieu Schneider’s gear being in Boston does not constitute a miracle.
Washington Capitals: Jose Theodore.
New Jersey Devils: Brodeur was a bag-of-holes down the stretch. You never, ever, ever count the Devils out, but it’s a steep up-hill battle for them this year.
Carolina Hurricanes: The NHL’s hottest team went 13-3-2 to finish the season, they were nearly unbeatable after re-acquiring… Erik Cole? They could make a surprise appearance in the Eastern Conference Final, but we’ve already seen their best this season.
New York Rangers: They have a few of the pieces required to make a substantial Cup-run. Decent offense, great goaltending, but Wade Redden isn’t going to win shit.
Philadelphia Flyers: Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see Scott Hartnell grow a bushy red beard to match that curly mop, but the Penguins are going to take care of them.
San Jose Sharks: The one true wild-card in the West. History says that Joe Thornton and crew disappear in the post-season, but Rob Blake, Dan Boyle, and Brad Lukowich have got the bling to make you think otherwise. Claude Lemieux.
Anaheim Ducks: Fuck off.
Detroit Red Wings: The road to the Stanley Cup always goes through Detroit, you can get there from Canada via the Windsor tunnel, or through the gaping holes in Detroit’s net.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Mason and Nash are awesome, no argument here, but just making it to the post-season was success. Don’t get greedy Hitchcock, you’ll put North America to sleep.
St. Louis Blues: Luongo.
Chicago Blackhawks: Someday soon there will be a rematch of the 1992 Stanley Cup Final, just not this year.
Calgary Flames: They have zero powerplay goals in their last 42 chances. Mike Keenan hates powerplays, and goalies, and seeing people succeed.
Anaheim Ducks: Fuck off.
Don’t hold back, dude……tell us how you really feel.
http://hockey-sense.today.com/2009/04/15/nhl-playoff-preview-round-1-part-1/
Quack. Quackery, that’s what the whole organization is. I hates it, I does… with furious anger.
Ducks, ducks are for hunting, but just on Nintendo.
My favourite part is that you completely ignored Vancouver. I feel the same way about the Canucks as you do about the Ducks.
Actually, if you read the first paragraph of the post, you would know how I feel about Vancouver.
They’re going to the Finals brother. Hockey teams shouldn’t be called “Ducks”. No matter how mighty they may be.
Ah, so you’re a Canucks fan? Sorry, I’ll talk slower.
Actually, I climbed aboard the bandwagon. I did so with about a week left in the regular season. MY TEAM is the Oilers, so I’m living vicariously through better teams!
I actually don’t mind the Oilers and would much rather see them do well than the Canucks. As a Flames fan, I know that I’m supposed to hate them, but they’re an underdog team that is easy to like.
I don’t hate the Flames as an Oiler fan. It would be different if I was in Edmonton I imagine… I could work up a good hatred for Calgary’s white-collar oil executives I’m sure.