Heaps of shit is Hockey

[Curtis, baby]

It's that time of year

Tampa Bay in 5
Toronto in 7
Carolina in 7
Pittsburgh in 6

Dallas in 7
Winnipeg in 7
Calgary in 4
San Jose in 6

[flip]

Tampa Bay
Toronto
Washington
NY Islanders

Nashville
St Louis
Calgary
Las Vegas

every series will go 6 games

Nashville over NYI in the Cup

[flip]

Stanley Cup prediction?

[Curtis, baby]

Winnipeg beats Carolina in the Final

[Curtis, baby]

Actually you know what, before the season and I said San Jose over Pittsburgh and I'm gonna stay with that. I reckon those explosive offences can score their way out of any goaltending issues they might have

[Curtis, baby]

@flip @FLABREZU others here who love puck??

Who are your ten favourite hockey players of ALL-TIME?

Mine:

1. Martin Brodeur
2. Pavel Bure
3. Sidney Crosby
4. Bobby Orr
5. Scott Stevens
6. Nico Hischier
7. Ilya Kovalchuk
8. Pavel Datsyuk
9. Adam Oates
10. Patrik Elias

Hischier continues to rise!

[FLABREZU]

calgary 6
vegas 6
nashville 6
winnipeg 7

tampa 5
toronto 6
washington 5
pittsburgh 7

winner? tampa

[Curtis, baby]

Nashville over NYI in the Cup

we're a week in and this is the only cup prediction still possible lol

2nd yr in a row i'm horrible at this. my glory days (2015-2017) are OVER

[letthelosermelt]

That Columbus team looks pretty great. I wonder if getting to the conference finals or Stanley cup finals changes the minds of the players who are basically committed to leaving in the offseason.

For tonight I hope that the Avs can take a stranglehold on the series and of course that the Leafs lose.

[Curtis, baby]

Cheering against the Leafs and Flames? Are you from Vancouver or something?

[letthelosermelt]

Yes, also, here were my predictions for the first round:
Colorado in 6
Vegas in 7
Nashville in 5
Winnipeg in 7

Tampa in 5 (lol)
Boston in 6
Washington in 4
NYI in 6

[letthelosermelt]

Both one seeds fall in the first round for the first time ever! Hockey playoffs are crazy!

[Curtis, baby]

woo-hoo! i won't go 0/8!!

[flip]

i hope no one here is betting on sports for a living - first round results:

bure: 3
flip: 2
flabrezu: an impressive 0
letthelosermelt: 3

and our cup predictions are failures too, tho i still have the islanders and bure has the sharks (and sort of the hurricanes)

[flip]

boston in five
nyi in six

st louis in seven
san jose in six

updated cup prediction: islanders beat the blues

[liquidnature]

i hope no one here is betting on sports for a living

speaking of, how about this james holzhauer chap eh?

[john ryan]

Only watch playoff hockey, and I don't know shit, but Islanders over Avalanche in 6 for the cup. That sounds fun.

[Curtis, baby]

Bruins 5
Canes 6

Sharks 4
Blues 6

[letthelosermelt]

Boston in 6
Blues in 7
Hurricanes in 6
Sharks in 5

Whoa, twin picks

[FLABREZU]

columbus 7
st louis 6
nyi 6
colorado 6

FUCK boston

[john ryan]

Flabrezu gets it. You always go with the 2 lowest seeds that are hot as hell.

[flip]

i hope no one here is betting on sports for a living - first round results:

bure: 3
flip: 2
flabrezu: an impressive 0
letthelosermelt: 3

bure and letthelosermelt were perfect this round, adding our totals for two rounds:

bure: 3 + 4
flip: 2 + 3
flabrezu: 0 + 1
letthelosermelt: 3 + 4

[flip]

i've got st louis and carolina this time

[kanafani]

GO BRUINS BABY!!!!!

Lol just kidding, never seen a hockey match in my life.

[Silga]

never seen a hockey match in my life.

Me too, I don't think I ever watched an entire game.

Hockey is not popular in Lithuania, although I see a resurgence lately. Last year Lithuanian national team won Division 1B group in world cup with the help of two former NHL players Dainius Zubrus and Darius Kasparaitis.

[Curtis, baby]

Well Sjs in 7 naturally, that seems to be the theme of this year (recall the 2014 playoffs when LA won 3 straight 7-game series only to trash the lowly eastern conference rangers in 5 fame)

I've been thinking long and hard about the east all day. I decided to put no money on it. That's how torn I am. But I feel like I gotta go with my gut, and my gut says Carolina in 7

[FLABREZU]

st louis in 6
carolina in 7 (justin williams scores the gwg in ot)

[flip]

adding totals for all three rounds:

bure: 3 + 4 + 0
flip: 2 + 3 + 1
flabrezu: 0 + 1 + 1
letthelosermelt: 3 + 4 + n/a

i got st louis for the cup in 6 games

[Curtis, baby]

Pit 7
Bos 7

Tor 5
Edm 6

Car 5
Tbl 6

Col 6
Vgk 7

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Preyoffs division winners: pit, tor, tbl, col

Cup winner: pit

My preseason Cup winner prediction was tbl

[flip]

just picking winners:

STL
MIN
NYI
WAS

TOR
EDM
NAS
FLA


nashville beats st louis for the cup