[Tournament] 2007-08 NHL season discussion thread

My question to all is: who is your Hart trophy candidate for MVP? Evgeni Malkin has made a strong case for himself, but if the Capitals do end up making the playoffs it's all Ovechkin's fault. He's going to be the first player to hit 60 goals since 1995-96 (Mario Lemieux, 69) and one of an increasingly short list of players to notch 100 points in a season (as sad as that is). He's quickly becoming the Wayne Gretzky of this generation.

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Originally Posted by BucPride

Dope, if my Bolts somehow take the divison, I will go apeshit. We've played like complete shit all year and I dont see us even coming close short of us winning all our remaining games.

I should note that I confused the Canes for the Bolts in making my standings and just noticed it.

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I can easily see the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals. Everyone else in the conference is mud.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I just hope beating the Flyers doesn't mean we'll have to face them or the Caps in the next round.

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Penguins clinch at least the 2 seed. It's looking like the Penguins and Flyers will be seeing a lot of each other in the near future.

I was speaking idiomatically.

God, the end of the season just DRAAAAAAAAAAAGS. Anyone else dying for the playoffs to begin?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Good lord, the NHL must have read my predictions and said, "You know what? LET'S DO THE OPPOSITE." Carolina's losing, Philly's winning, Boston's winning...and I didn't say anything about the Rangers but I thought they'd be winning and they're not.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Denicalis

BOSTON CLINCHES! BOSTON CLINCHES!

They won't be around long. Sorry.

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Well, with the Penguins loss to the Flyers just now, here are the Eastern Conference seedings:

#1 Montreal Canadiens vs. #8 Boston Bruins
#2 Pittsburgh Penguins vs. #7 Ottawa Senators
#3 Washington Capitals vs. #6 Philadelphia Flyers
#4 New Jersey Devils vs. #5 New York Rangers

Montreal vs. Boston will be entertaining, but I don't think the Bruins have a chance at all. I would be scared of the Senators but they're missing Daniel Alfredsson so that shouldn't be as tough a matchup as usual. I think Washington will cruise through the Flyers and the Devils won't have much issue with the Rangers.

The Western Conference will be decided later tonight, but all that's to be decided is who will be seeds 5-7.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Here's the Western Conference playoff tree:

#1 Detroit Red Wings vs. #8 Nashville Predators
#2 San Jose Sharks vs. #7 Calgary Flames
#3 Minnesota Wild vs. #6 Colorado Avalanche
#4 Anaheim Ducks vs. #5 Dallas Stars

Knowing little to nothing of the Western Conference, I see no reason the top four teams can't win their series, with the exception of what I will anticipate to be a competitive Wild/Avalanche series.

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Disses go to the NHL for their poor US television schedule. I'll only be able to catch the Penguins TWICE in the first round. But I'll be able to watch at least 3 games of every other series (including the local Bruins games). Really clever guys.

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Games tonight:

NYR@NJ G1 (TSN)
OTT@PIT G1 (CBC, Versus)
COL@MIN G1
CGY@SJ G1 (Versus)

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Pens win so easy a caveman could've done it.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'M NOT HERE TO PLEASE YOU, TRITOCH!

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Penguins and Capitals win in a pair of thrillers. Marty Gerber saw 54 shots and stopped 50.

FELIPE NO

Ovechkin is cute. Literally bounces off the walls.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ray Emery was between the pipes for Game 3. Martin Gerber looked as rattled as possible after giving up that 4th goal.

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Originally Posted by Angel Of Light

Denicalis must of been having a fucking orgasm yesterday evening after boston winning in overtime last night. If you ask me I think Boston might give montreal a good run for their money.

Boston isn't a playoff team because they can't win games. They are a playoff team because their chemistry sometimes makes big plays and Tim Thomas can be lights out at times. However, I think they've only momentarily thrown the monkey off their backs. If they do come back to win the series there will be riots in Montreal and cheers in whatever city plays them next because they're still not going to go all the way.

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Never happening again without a 2 minute unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

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I'd love to see the Pens in Bruins in round 2, but it will NEVAR HAPPAN.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

(Sens in 7, HOLLA!)

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How ya doing, buddy?

It's OK, we won't have to deal with them much longer (24 hours).

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I guess someone forgot to tell the makers of the video that the 300 Spartans got totally dominated in the end.

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Crosby scores GAAAAAAAAAME

I was speaking idiomatically.

Looking like Rangers in round 2. Not looking forward to that, honestly.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

Jagr

Him coming back to Pittsburgh for a playoff game will be LULZ.

FELIPE NO

I'm getting the feeling that the Bruins might have their Montreal monkey in sights.

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Shitty refs in Philly. Two goalie interference calls that shouldn't have been made, and now, in OT, they were going to call a high sticking call on Semin but they didn't, but stopped play anyway.

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Ovechkin blows a defensive assignment on Knuble and that's the game.

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Originally Posted by Denicalis

Not over yet yo.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!

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Yup, looking like Penguins-Rangers/Canadiens-Flyers now.

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