NHL 1st Round 2013 playoffs

[Gil T.Azell]

Here is the schedule so far
My Predictions in Bold


(1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (8) New York Islanders – TSN
Game 1, Wednesday 5/1, 7:30pm
Game 2, Friday 5/3, 7:00pm
Game 3, Sunday 5/5, 12:00pm
Game 4, Tuesday 5/7, 7:00pm
Game 5, Thursday 5/9, 7:00pm
Game 6, Saturday 5/11
Game 7, Sunday 5/12

Pens in 5

(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (7) Ottawa Senators – CBC
Game 1, Thursday 5/2, 7:00pm
Game 2, Friday 5/3, 7:00pm
Game 3, Sunday 5/5, 7:00pm
Game 4, Tuesday 5/7, 7:00pm
Game 5, Thursday 5/9, 7:00pm
Game 6, Saturday 5/11, 7:00pm
Game 7, Sunday 5/12

Habs in 6 Boooooooo

(3) Washington Capitals vs. (6) New York Rangers – TSN
Game 1, Thursday 5/2, 7:30pm
Game 2, Saturday 5/4, 12:30pm
Game 3, Monday 5/6, 7:30pm
Game 4, Wednesday 5/8, 7:30pm
Game 5, Friday 5/10, 7:30pm
Game 6, Sunday 5/12
Game 7, Monday 5/13

Rangers in 6

(4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Toronto Maple Leafs – CBC
Game 1, Wednesday 5/1, 7:00pm
Game 2, Saturday 5/4, 7:00pm
Game 3, Monday 5/6, 7:00pm
Game 4, Wednesday 5/8, 7:00pm
Game 5, Friday 5/10, 7:00pm
Game 6, Sunday 5/12, 7:00pm
Game 7, Monday 5/13, 7:00pm

Goonins in 6 ( I hate both teams so Boooo x 2)

(1) Chicago Blackhawks vs. (8) Minnesota Wild – CBC
Game 1, Tuesday 4/30, 8:00pm
Game 2, Friday 5/3, 9:30pm
Game 3, Sunday 5/5, 3:00pm
Game 4, Tuesday 5/7, 9:30pm
Game 5, Thursday 5/9
Game 6, Saturday 5/11
Game 7, Sunday 5/12

Hawks in 5 Boooooo

(2) Anaheim Ducks vs. (7) Detroit Red Wings – TSN
Game 1, Tuesday 4/30, 10:30pm
Game 2, Thursday 5/2, 10:00pm
Game 3, Saturday 5/4, 7:30pm
Game 4, Monday 5/6, 8:00pm
Game 5, Wednesday 5/8
Game 6, Friday 5/10
Game 7, Sunday 5/12

Wings in 6

(3) Vancouver Canucks vs. (6) San Jose Sharks – TSN
Game 1, Wednesday 5/1, 10:00pm
Game 2, Friday 5/3, 10:00pm
Game 3, Sunday 5/5, 10:00pm
Game 4, Tuesday 5/7, 10:00pm
Game 5, Thursday 5/9, 10:00pm
Game 6, Saturday 5/11
Game 7, Monday 5/13

Sharks in 6 ( I don't think AV has them playing and can't motivate them to play, look at that melt down last night)

(4) St. Louis Blues vs. (5) Los Angeles Kings – CBC
Game 1, Tuesday 4/30, 8:00pm
Game 2, Thursday 5/2, 9:30pm
Game 3, Saturday 5/4, 10:00pm
Game 4, Monday 5/6, 10:00pm
Game 5, Wednesday 5/8
Game 6, Friday 5/10
Game 7, Monday 5/13

Kings in 7

 

[BigFoot]

Pens in 5
Sens in 7
Rangers in 6
Bruins in 5

Hawks in 4
Wings in 7
Canucks in 6
Kings in 6

 

[tomalak301]

Blackhawks vs. Wild - Hawks in 5
Ducks vs. Red Wings - Wings in 6
Sharks vs. Canucks - Sharks in 6
Kings vs. Blues - Blues in 7

Penguins vs. Islanders - Penguins in 5
Ottawa vs. Montreal - Habs in 6
Rangers vs. Capitals - Capitals in 7
Bruins vs. Maple Leafs - Bruins in 5

 

[BigFoot]

^ The upside of the Canucks vs. Sharks series is that at least one of us will be happy after round 1.

 

[tomalak301]

^ The upside of the Canucks vs. Sharks series is that at least one of us will be happy after round 1.

That is true. This is flourished into a great rivalry (I would say even better than Sharks/Ducks) and I can't wait to see this series go long. The only non-biased reason I'm picking the Sharks is because I trust Niemi more than I trust Schnider or Luongo. It's going to be a battle of the goaltenders, as the playoffs typically are.

 

[BigFoot]

^ Yeah it should definitely be a fun series.

 

[Danny99]

Blackhawks vs. Wild - Hawks in 5
Ducks vs. Red Wings - Ducks in 7
Sharks vs. Canucks - Sharks in 7
Kings vs. Blues - Kings in 7

Penguins vs. Islanders - Penguins in 5
Ottawa vs. Montreal - Habs in 7
Rangers vs. Capitals - Capitals in 7
Bruins vs. Maple Leafs - Bruins in 6

I'm really hoping the Leafs can get by the Bruins, but I'm not optimistic.

 

[BigFoot]

Oh man, this is hilarious... and make sure you watch all of it.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3P2Xei364HY[/yt]

 

[Pegaritaville]

I see nobody is picking the Wild to beat Chicago: No surprise there. I'm glad the Wild made the playoffs, but considering all the money they spent, I expected better than the #8 seed.

 

[tomalak301]

I see nobody is picking the Wild to beat Chicago: No surprise there. I'm glad the Wild made the playoffs, but considering all the money they spent, I expected better than the #8 seed.

I kind of expect the wild to really be an under the radar 5th seed next year. Yeah they spent all that money to get Suter and Parise, but there was also a lockout and no training camp. Give them a full season and I expect them to be very much improved next year.

 

[Sigokat]

I'm going for my Hawks to win it all!!

And Game 1 against the Wild was good (what I saw of it due to the time difference) and I give massive respect to Goaltender Harding of the Wild to play like he did that night after being thrown in at the last minute and also have MS.

 

[Ashu]

^ The upside of the Canucks vs. Sharks series is that at least one of us will be happy after round 1.

There is nothing happy about that series It's all saddness and gloom!

 

[BigFoot]

^ Well, I was definitely sad and gloomy at the end of the game.

 

[TheSeeker]

Wow. Eller just got smoked. Blood on the ice and they took him off on a stretcher. Hope he's ok.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

Dirty hit or no?

All the angles I saw it looked like the elbow stayed in, he didn't leave his feet...

 

[TheSeeker]

It looked like a clean hit to me and virtually every hockey analyst on TV, including Kerry Fraser, yet the league still suspended him two games.

 

[Danny99]

Hopefully the Leafs will decide to not play like a Peewee squad against the Bruins tonight in Game 2. That was a painful game to watch on Wednesday.

 

[Redsskull]

Dirty hit or no?

All the angles I saw it looked like the elbow stayed in, he didn't leave his feet...

If I'm Eller, I'm pretty pissed at the guy just tossed me the puck where I had no where to go with it but down.

 

[the 4th hanson bro]

It looked like a clean hit to me and virtually every hockey analyst on TV, including Kerry Fraser, yet the league still suspended him two games.

That's penalizing the result instead of the hit/ intent and that's just stupid. But with all that blood pouring on to the ice, you knew there would be a suspension out of it.

 

[TheSeeker]

Well that was quite the tilt in Ottawa tonight. 236 penalty minutes.