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Playoff Matchups

East

#1 Pens vs #8 Isles

#2 Habs vs #7 Sens

#3 Caps vs #6 Rangers

#4 Bruins vs #5 Leafs

West

#1 Blackhawks vs #8 Wild

#2 Ducks vs #7 Red Wings

#3 Canucks vs #6 Sharks

#4 Blues vs #5 Kings

As a Pens fan, I'm a little relieved and a little disappointed that we're not playing the Sens in the first round. I'm disappointed because it would have been a heated series with the Cooke-Karlsson deal, but that's the same reason I'm relieved. That type of stuff seems to take the Pens off their game (see: last year).

Some fun matchups in the first round. Bruins need to get their sh#t together, having lost 7 of their last 9 games.

Y'all will have fill me in on the West playoffs, since I haven't seen much of those teams, other than the Blackhawks highlights every night. I'm assuming they should breeze by the Wild.

Here's a handy TV schedule of the first round:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/2013-stanley-cup-playoff-first-round-tv-schedule-034013168.html

 
Odds to win the Stanley Cup:

Pittsburgh Penguins 7/2

Chicago Blackhawks 15/4

Boston Bruins 17/2

Anaheim Ducks 12/1

Montreal Canadiens 12/1

Los Angeles Kings 14/1

St. Louis Blues 14/1

Vancouver Canucks 14/1

San Jose Sharks 16/1

Washington Capitals 16/1

New York Rangers 18/1

Toronto Maple Leafs 20/1

Minnesota Wild 22/1

Detroit Red Wings 28/1

Ottawa Senators 28/1

New York Islanders 40/1

http://www.sbnation....enguins-in-2013

 
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I follow the western conference almost exclusively and can't tell you much about the eastern except that Pittsburgh is pretty solid. As for the west:

Chicago is the best team, but not completely unbeatable as the media wants you to believe. I think the west goes through them, but it will be a challenge. I believe all the higher seeds win easily except the 4/5 series. I think la/stl will be a great series if stl wins game 1. If they lose, it very well may be over in 4.

Having said that, I am a blues fan and will be just behind the glass for game 1. Hoping payback is in order for the kings. The worst thing about going to a playoff game is missing the other games. The Stanley Cup Playoffs r awesome tv.

 
iamthenorm said:
I follow the western conference almost exclusively and can't tell you much about the eastern except that Pittsburgh is pretty solid. As for the west:

Chicago is the best team, but not completely unbeatable as the media wants you to believe. I think the west goes through them, but it will be a challenge. I believe all the higher seeds win easily except the 4/5 series. I think la/stl will be a great series if stl wins game 1. If they lose, it very well may be over in 4.

Having said that, I am a blues fan and will be just behind the glass for game 1. Hoping payback is in order for the kings. The worst thing about going to a playoff game is missing the other games. The Stanley Cup Playoffs r awesome tv.
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Best playoffs in the 4 major professional sports, hands down..

And as a parting gift, my Av's get the 1st overall pick... yay

 
I thought that I heard this morning that this is the first time since 1996 that the Original Six have all made the playoffs.

 
Well, just home from the stl/la game. This was an amazing game. Lots of hitting. I think this series will take lots out of both teams. I thought I saw there were almost 80 hits in the game. But what a giveaway by quick. Happened in the end I was sitting, and saw the whole debacle. What a fun game to watch. Blues deserved to win, but la never was out of it. Still can't get over the ending.

 
iamthenorm said:
Well, just home from the stl/la game. This was an amazing game. Lots of hitting. I think this series will take lots out of both teams. I thought I saw there were almost 80 hits in the game. But what a giveaway by quick. Happened in the end I was sitting, and saw the whole debacle. What a fun game to watch. Blues deserved to win, but la never was out of it. Still can't get over the ending.
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That was a crazy ending and going to be one of the better series of the 1st round. It's awesome you got to go, lucky bastard...

 
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