Stanley Cup Playoff Pick 'Em 2008

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah, but the Sharks are basically walking on water right now.

Given, it's the playoffs so anything can happen, and given, it's the Flames and they have some talent, but I really don't know.

Don't get me wrong, I'd be eternally grateful to see SJ get knocked off early, but I'm not counting on it.

[Asher]

Yeah, me neither.

Here's Ross McKeon's analysis:

(7) Calgary Flames-(2) San Jose Sharks: Does anyone else see this as potentially the most grueling, physical, hard-fought opening-round series of the eight? Does anyone else see this as the potential for the most likely upset?

Jarome Iginla, Dion Phaneuf, Miikka Kiprusoff, Robin Regehr and Mike Keenan are about the Stanley Cup playoffs. Owen Nolan, Kiprusoff, Wayne Primeau, Mark Smith, Darryl Sutter and Rich Preston all were recently with San Jose. Motivation galore.

On the other side, the Sharks looked to be to most primed team heading into the playoffs, only having a streak of 20 straight games with at least a point (18-0-1-1) snapped two games ago. Brian Campbell has added a dimension that was missing, and now the Sharks play the way their general manager Doug Wilson and coach Ron Wilson had in mind at the start of the season.

What should prove to be an epic battle starts with games on back-to-back nights in San Jose on Wednesday and Thursday, and includes three games in four nights at the outset before playing out with two days off between potential Games 5 and 6.

[snoopy369]

Re: Stanley Cup Playoff Pick 'Em 2008

Detroit in 5
San Jose in 5
Colorado in 7
Anaheim in 6

Montreal in 4
Pittsburgh in 5
Washington in 5
New Jersey in 7


Eastern Conference Champions: WASHINGTON
Western Conference Champions: SAN JOSE
Stanley Cup Champions: ALEXANDER OVECHKIN (ie, Washington)

[Asher]

How many games, snoopy, HOW MANY GAMES?

[snoopy369]

44, by my count. You know there's a calculator comes free with every Windows OS, right?

[Asher]

You have the backbone of DanS.

[snoopy369]

If only I had the wallet of DanS...

[Spec]

Originally posted by Spec
Detroit vs Nashville: Detroit in 6
San Jose vs Calgary: San Jose in 6
Minnesota vs Colorado: Minnesota in 7
Anaheim vs Dallas: Anaheim in 6

Montreal vs Boston: Montreal in 4
Pittsburgh vs Ottawa: Pittsburgh in 6
Washington vs Philadelphia: Washington in 5
New Jersey vs NY Rangers: New Jersey in 6


Spec.

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Spec, pick the Eastern&Western Conf. champions and the Stanley Cup winners.

Eastern Conf: Montreal
Eastern Conf: Anaheim

Champions: Montreal in 7.

Gotta be positive.

Spec.

[gjramsey]

why not.....

Detroit vs Nashville
Detroit in 7

San Jose vs Calgary
San Jose in 6

Minnesota vs Colorado
Minnesota in 6

Anaheim vs Dallas
Anaheim in 5

Montreal vs Boston
Montreal in 5

Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
Pittsburgh in 6

Washington vs Philadelphia
Washington in 5

New Jersey vs NY Rangers
New Jersey in 6

Eastern Conf: Pittsburgh
Eastern Conf: San Jose

Champions: San Jose

[Ninot]

Detroit vs Nashville
Detroit in 5

San Jose vs Calgary
San Jose in 5

Minnesota vs Colorado
Colorado in 6

Anaheim vs Dallas
Anaheim in 6

Montreal vs Boston
Montreal in 4

Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
Pittsburgh in 7

Washington vs Philadelphia
Washington in 6

New Jersey vs NY Rangers
New Jersey in 7

Eastern Conf: Montreal
Eastern Conf: San Jose

Champions: Montreal (How could I not?)

[snoopy369]

San Jose for Eastern Conference Champions

[Cavalcadeus]

Out West
Detroit vs Nashville
Detroit in 6

San Jose vs Calgary
San Jose in 7

Minnesota vs Colorado
Colorado in 6

Anaheim vs Dallas
Anaheim in 5

The East
Montreal vs Boston
Boston in 7
If the habs had played anybody else I would have put them through to the conf finals but they got the Bruins and now its payback time for the 2004 playoffs

Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
Pittsburgh in 5

Washington vs Philadelphia
Washington in 7

New Jersey vs NY Rangers
New Jersey in 6

Champs
Western Conf: San Jose
Eastern Conf: Pittsburgh

Champions: San Jose

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Cavalcadeus

Montreal vs Boston
Boston in 7
If the habs had played anybody else I would have put them through to the conf finals but they got the Bruins and now its payback time for the 2004 playoffs

HAAAAAAHHHHHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Have you watched any of the Habs-Bruins games this year?

[Cavalcadeus]

Almost every one.
They have had the Bruins number all season but the playoffs are a different animal. The last 2 games weren't too bad overall and we can only get healthier with savard, bergeron, and alberts coming back to the line up. And i've got a feeling that Thomas will stand on his head this series. They just need to take the first game to prove that its not going to be a walk in the park for the Habs.
And I can't go against my team in the playoffs. Gotta have faith

[Ninot]

Are you P.J. Stock?