The Official 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[DaRK]

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The Sharks just need to make the Cup Finals for once.

[TracerBullet]

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East

Montreal in 6
Boston in 5
Washington in 7
Pittsburgh in 5

West

Chicago in 5
Anaheim in 5
Vancouver in 6
Los Angeles in 6


Go Habs!

[Redacted01]

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I just pick winners. A series people think is done quick often takes longer and vice versa.

#1 Pittsburgh
#2 Montreal
#3 Washington
#5 Toronto (yes, I said Toronto...).

#1 Chicago
#2 Anaheim
#6 San Jose
#5 LA

Hope you guys like some California hockey.

[ImTellinTim]

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#1 Pittsburgh vs. #8 NY Islanders Pittsburgh in 6
#2 Montreal vs. #7 Ottawa Ottawa in 7
#3 Washington vs. #6 NY Rangers Washington in 5
#4 Boston vs. #5 Toronto Toronto in 7

#1 Chicago vs. #8 Minnesota Chicago in 4
#2 Anaheim vs. #7 Detroit Detroit in 6
#3 Vancouver vs. #6 San Jose San Jose in 6
#4 St. Louis vs. #5 Los Angeles Los Angeles in 5

Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa Pittsburgh in 6
Washington vs. Toronto Washington in 7

Chicago vs. Detroit Chicago in 5
Los Angeles vs. San Jose San Jose in 7

Pittsburgh vs. Washington Pittsburgh in 6
Chicago vs. San Jose Chicago in 6

Gary Bettman's Wet Dream Chicago in 6

Playoff MVP - Kaner

Spoiler

Boy, is the TV deal ever better than the last time the Wild were in the playoffs. FSN didn't even pick up a couple of the games, so we had to search around to find a bar that had the right satellite package to get the Anaheim feed. Our caravan finally found a place 10 miles out of town.

[slickdtc]

EAST

MTL over OTT
TOR over BOS
PITT over NYI
WSH over NYR

WEST

STL over LA
SJ over VAN
CHI over MIN
ANA over DET

I've got Washington and Toronto as my sleepers to go further then expected.

[gopher_guy]

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Pittsburgh in 5
Montreal in 7
Washington in 5
Boston in 6

Chicago in 6
Anaheim in 5
San Jose in 7
Los Angeles in 6

[RoundingThird]

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1st Round:
Penguins in 4
Canadiens in 6
Rangers in 7
Bruins in 6

Blackhawks in 5
Red Wings in 7
Canucks in 6
Kings in 7

Conference Semis:
Penguins over Rangers in 6
Bruins over Canadiens in 7

Blackhawks over Red Wings in 6
Canucks over Kings in 6

Conference Finals:
Penguins over Bruins in 7
Blackhawks over Canucks in 6

Stanley Cup:
Penguins over Blackhawks in 7


I am rooting for the Bruins to go all the way though...

[Bmore Irish]

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Washington has been playing a special kinda season here for a while. Seems like the Caps and Rangers have had a nice little playoff rivalry of late, and last year was just heart breaking, but I think Ovie is playing too much like an MVP to not get revenge. Plus actually having two legitimate scoring lines and a healthy team should be enough to get by. Cardiac Caps, boy.

[DaRK]

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1st Round:
Penguins over Islanders in 6
Canadiens over Ottawa in 7
Caps over Rangers in 5
Bruins over Toronto in 6

Blackhawks over Wild in 6
Red Wings over Anaheim in 6
Sharks over Canucks in 7
Blues over Kings in 7

Conference Semis:
Penguins over Bruins in 6
Caps over Canadiens in 7

Blackhawks Red Wings in 5
Sharks over Blues in 7

Conference Finals:
Penguins over Capitals in 6
Blackhawks over Sharks in 6

Stanley Cup:
Blackhawks over Penguins in 7

My picks. Probably not even remotely right.

[rdnk]

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Red Wings over Detroit in 6

Stanley Cup:
Blackhawks over Penguins in 7

My picks. Probably not even remotely right.

Of course not, you picked both 1 seeds.

[DaRK]

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Of course not, you picked both 1 seeds.

Edited. xD

And yeah, I fully believe in Chicago but I'm a little doubtful of Pittsburgh, but eh just for fun I went with both.

[SidVish]

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I've got my tickets for game 1 at the UC tomorrow night. Can't wait.

[DrJones]

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1st Round:

Blackhawks over Wild in 6
Red Wings over Anaheim in 6
Sharks over Canucks in 7
Blues over Kings in 7

Conference Semis:

Blackhawks over Blues in 5
Sharks over Red Wings in 7

Teams re-seed after the first round. If CHI, DET, SJ, and STL all win their series, the second-round matchups would be Chicago vs Detroit, St. Louis vs San Jose.

[DrJones]

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Since predicting the NHL playoffs is nothing but rank guesswork these days (Money99 nods grimly), I'm making my picks based solely on the following:

1. Is an Original Six team playing a non-O6 team?
2. If yes, pick the O6 team.
3. If no, pick the team I don't want to see win.

Blackhawks over Wild in 5
Red Wings over Ducks in 6
Sharks over Canucks in 7
Blues over Kings in 5

Penguins over Islanders in 6
Canadiens over Senators in 7
Rangers over Capitals in 7
Bruins over Maple Leafs in 5

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Blackhawks over Red Wings in 4
Blues over Sharks in 6

Rangers over Penguins in 7
Bruins over Canadiens in 7

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Blackhawks over Blues in 6

Bruins over Rangers in 7

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Blackhawks over Bruins in 6

[BlueNGold]

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OTT over MTL in 7
TOR over BOS in 6
PIT over NYI in 4
WSH over NYR in 7

CHI over MIN in 5
ANA over DET in 6
VAN over SJ in 5
LA over STL in 4

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PIT over OTT in 5
WSH over TOR in 4

CHI over LA in 7
VAN over ANA in 6

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WSH over PIT in 7

CHI over VAN in 5

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WSH over CHI in 6