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2016 Playoff Thread

Habitants87 said:
You go with the pundits, and the average fan about who wins between st louis and Chicago and the vast majority takes Chicago, it's hard to put st louis in the contender category.

That's just my opinion of course. I guess I shouldn't judge them though, the pundits had Anaheim in a cakewalk as well.
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I'm not sure why you're bringing up the "pundits". The opinions of most people in the hockey press aren't exactly widely referenced or respected around here.

But you are welcome to your opinion, even if it is an embarrassingly homerish one with no coherent argument in support of it.
 
LeafGm said:
I'm not sure why you're bringing up the "pundits". The opinions of most people in the hockey press aren't exactly widely referenced or respected around here.

But you are welcome to your opinion, even if it is an embarrassingly homerish one with no coherent argument in support of it.
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I added the average fan as well, even in the predictions here had Chicago over st louis.

Not many contenders have more than half of people picking the team they are up against.
 
Habitants87 said:
I added the average fan as well, even in the predictions here had Chicago over st louis.

Not many contenders have more than half of people picking the team they are up against.
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So, St-Louis is not a contender because not too many "average fans" or "pundits" are picking them to win, after they finished 2nd overall in the league and were unfortunate enough to be rewarded with a match-up against the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round. Meanwhile, the West is wide open for the Preds because...reasons.

Is that really the argument you're going with here?
 
Habitants87 said:
I added the average fan as well, even in the predictions here had Chicago over st louis.

Not many contenders have more than half of people picking the team they are up against.
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Unless they're facing a team with 3 Cups in 6 years... Chicago is always going to be the favourite heading into a series.

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Habspatrol said:
Unless they're facing a team with 3 Cups in 6 years... Chicago is always going to be the favourite heading into a series.

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true enough

their concern is complacency and the belief they can turn it on when necessary

Granted they were down 2-0 to St Louis one year and won anyway.
 
LeafGm said:
So, St-Louis is not a contender because not too many "average fans" or "pundits" are picking them to win, after they finished 2nd overall in the league and were unfortunate enough to be rewarded with a match-up against the defending Stanley Cup champions in the first round. Meanwhile, the West is wide open for the Preds because...reasons.

Is that really the argument you're going with here?
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The west is wide open for anyone, I'm not saying the preds. No favorites, anyone can take it in my opinion between the sharks preds stars and blues(if that's how the series end up)

I wouldn't say st louis is the clear cut favorite out of that group.
 
Habitants87 said:
The west is wide open for anyone, I'm not saying the preds. No favorites, anyone can take it in my opinion between the sharks preds stars and blues(if that's how the series end up)

I wouldn't say st louis is the clear cut favorite out of that group.
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You are exhausting.
 
PKForce81 said:
The issue the Ducks are having is that they're playing against a team that is both big and mobile(something they aren't quite as good at imo..they would love a smaller team or a bigger team that can't skate as well). I don't think they have a shot at beating the Preds but they'll probably win 1 game.

Preds on the other hand it's a perfect matchup for them even though overall they don't have as much talent.

Any of the other teams with more skill and speed(and some of them have decent size as well) and they're pretty much done.

Really enjoyed Isles win over Panthers(great comeback by Islanders). I think they have a shot at winning that series if they can just tighten up a bit defensively.
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Some of Anaheim's best players are starting to look past their primes.
 
LeafGm said:
Nobody's disputing that Nashville may be a "fun" place to visit or live.

I'm just a little confused by the attachment a Canadian who cheers for the Habs and lives in Canada seems to have for the place and its hockey team.
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Nashville is fun for a weekend. They're a hick red state who think it's a great idea to be able to kick gay people out of stores now.
 
Quite a turn of events last night. The "not a contender" Blues go up 3-1 in their series against the defending champs, and the mighty Nashville Predators have their series lead cut in half by a 3-0 shutout loss on home ice.
 
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