2018 Stanley Cup Predictions ?

[Drek]

I'm just happy the Maple Laughs failed in spectacular fashion. I have a healthy hate for a few teams but Toronto fans have to be the most self-important, entitled, obnoxious fans in the world. I can't stand them...

Edmonton fans are pretty brutal too so I enjoyed their horrendous flop season this year. Lol

 

[Man Mountain]

Double M, deserves an honorable Mention, on his Picks too !

You just picked the wrong Darkhorse ?
Too much faith, in the Capitals history, of choking in the Playoffs ? LOL

Cheers

Yes, I admit that was part of it. Too many past play off pools where I picked the Caps to go far only to be burned by them

For round 2, I'll say...

Penguins over Capitals
Sharks over Vegas
Predators over Jets (but I'd love to see Winnipeg go further)
Lightning over Bruins

 

[Man Mountain]

Oh yeah...

Every time Kyle Bukauskas shows up during a game, I think I'm about to get Rick rolled...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

:bounce:

 

[Mr Quim]

Oh yeah...

Every time Kyle Bukauskas shows up during a game, I think I'm about to get Rick rolled...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

:bounce:

That's Hilarious !

He reminds Me more, of a young Stan Makita ?

Now, that's showing my Age ?
LOL

Cheers

 

[apl16]

Stan the Man was one of the most underrated players!!!

 

[badbadboy]

Stan the Man was one of the most underrated players!!!

Playing second fiddle to Bobby Hull will do that to a player. Makita was the playmaker.

 

[87112]

Are you guys watching the Pred Jets games. The 1st 2 games are at a breakneck speed. Thats the NHL of today.
Can't stand that divers on the Preds teams.

 

[badbadboy]

3-3 hockey is soooo boring.

So I flip over to Pens Caps Game.

3-3 again!

Anyone catch OV's go ahead goal?

Tonight's games are insane!

 

[Mr Quim]

3-3 hockey is soooo boring.

So I flip over to Pens Caps Game.

3-3 again!

Anyone catch OV's go ahead goal?

Tonight's games are insane!

Two great Game 3's Tonight !

Capitals are really testing the Penguins' Metal ? LOL

Ovi & Syd, Shoot-Out at the O.K. Corral !

Cheers

 

[Mr Quim]

And quite the See-Saw Battle, between the Jets & Predators !

What an unbelievable come back, by the Jets ?

Cheers

 

[Mr Quim]

Monday, there could be some History made...

Go Jets Go !

Cheers

 

[Mr Quim]

Wow..., Sharks done like Dinner, Surf & Turf in San Jose !

It's a Game of Inches, and 4 Posts didn't help their cause ?
I would have Bet, 7 Games for sure ?

Viva Las Vegas, as the King, would Sing !

And now, who's going to be their Dance partner, for the next Round ?

Go Jets Go !

Cheers

 

[storm rider]

Wow..., Sharks done like Dinner, Surf & Turf in San Jose !

It's a Game of Inches, and 4 Posts didn't help their cause ?
I would have Bet, 7 Games for sure ?

Viva Las Vegas, as the King, would Sing !

And now, who's going to be their Dance partner, for the next Round ?

Go Jets Go !

Cheers

Uh Yeah....."Sharks will drown Vegas in 6 games" was your prediction......I hope....I truly hope you dont manage peoples retirement savings for a living.

Stanley Cup final will be Vegas VS the Penguins or the Capitals as Vegas will chew through the Jets like a cheap Vegas buffet.....the team is comprised of 24 players that were chucked to the gutter and they gelled and they also got pissed off about being cast aside.....4 fucking shut outs by a single goalie....a SWEEP of a team that won the Stanley Cup in the last 5 years.

The players of Vegas have the HUNGER and the DRIVE and they want that fucking cup......they want to hoist it and do laps with it and hopefully that night end in wicked debauchery.......would be funny as hell to see the Stanley Cup wagered on a craps table at say Ceasars LOL........C'mon give me the fucking point I need an 8.....give me a HARD 8 as the multitude are cheering around the table.

SR

 

[badbadboy]

Wow..., Sharks done like Dinner, Surf & Turf in San Jose !

It's a Game of Inches, and 4 Posts didn't help their cause ?
I would have Bet, 7 Games for sure ?

Viva Las Vegas, as the King, would Sing !

And now, who's going to be their Dance partner, for the next Round ?

Go Jets Go !

Cheers

Did you see Teemu Selanne in the audience? 47 years old now and looks pretty young still. Nice to hear the fans cheer for him.

 

[Mr Quim]

Round 2 starting Today !

Hockey Superstars Showdown...
Syd the Kid vs The Great 8 !
Penguins & Capitals
Should be close, but, I think the Penguins have the depth to take it in 6 Games .

Knights & Sharks
Vegas is living the Dream !
That should continue, and I think, They'll drowned the Sharks in 6 Games .

Uh Yeah....."Sharks will drown Vegas in 6 games" was your prediction......I hope....I truly hope you dont manage peoples retirement savings for a living.

Stanley Cup final will be Vegas VS the Penguins or the Capitals as Vegas will chew through the Jets like a cheap Vegas buffet.....the team is comprised of 24 players that were chucked to the gutter and they gelled and they also got pissed off about being cast aside.....4 fucking shut outs by a single goalie....a SWEEP of a team that won the Stanley Cup in the last 5 years.

The players of Vegas have the HUNGER and the DRIVE and they want that fucking cup......they want to hoist it and do laps with it and hopefully that night end in wicked debauchery.......would be funny as hell to see the Stanley Cup wagered on a craps table at say Ceasars LOL........C'mon give me the fucking point I need an 8.....give me a HARD 8 as the multitude are cheering around the table.

SR

That's an interesting comment ?

I don't think it was my Forecast of the Sharks - Knights series that was off ?
But, more your comprehension skills of interpreting what I predicted, that seems to be lacking ?

You may want to revisit, what my Prediction was ?

Although, I still probably won't be your Financial Planner, as I fucked up, on the ultimate Stanley Cup winner !

It went 6 Games, but, Washington finally exorcised their Playoff Demons !

What can I say, I'm All-In now, on my Dark-Horse !

Go Jets Go !

Cheers

P.S. I look forward, to your sensational Round 3 Predictions ?

 

[ddcanz]

The Preds made the final last year. Without Ryan Johansen if I remember correctly.
They added Hartnell, Turris and Bonino this year to help out- along with Ryan Hartman for some gritty 2-way depth. And don't discount Mike Fishers role and contribution to this group.
The Jets are the pick from the heart for many.
But use your heads, people.
Unless Rinne lays an egg, Smashville will be meeting the Golden Knights

 

[storm rider]

Vegas gets the Stanley Cup is my prediction.It is a team made up from "cast offs"....24 players that were told "you mean nothing and are expendable".....pretty bad decision on Fluery the goalie who has 4 shut outs.

Vegas is a team DRIVEN by hunger and hunger gets it done.

I say Vegas steamrolls the next team for the conference in 5 and takes the Cup in 6.They SCRUBBED the Kings in a SWEEP and then mopped up the Sharks in 6 with a start of a 7-0 demoralizastion in game 1.

Fuck the stats....fuck the promise.....and fuck the hype and the predictions of the "experts".........24 players have gelled and have become a wicked team and they are HUNGRY......if they decide to spend the night taking turn PISSING into the Stanley Cup when they have won it...that is their choice and it has been done before.

SR

 

[chuckertmg]

The Preds made the final last year. Without Ryan Johansen if I remember correctly.
They added Hartnell, Turris and Bonino this year to help out- along with Ryan Hartman for some gritty 2-way depth. And don't discount Mike Fishers role and contribution to this group.
The Jets are the pick from the heart for many.
But use your heads, people.
Unless Rinne lays an egg, Smashville will be meeting the Golden Knights

It would be hard for a real hockey fan to pull for Nashville. When they score the first goal they line up four across the blue line, one at centre and clog up the neutral zone in a way that brings back horrific flashbacks of the 94/95 New Jersey Devils, with their defensive "mid-ice trap" that nearly killed off hockey as a spectator sport.

If the Jets score first you'll see a faster and much more entertaining game on Thursday.

And Rinne has layed an egg regularly through this series. Saros has actually played very well each game Rinne was pulled.

 

[87112]

If the Jets lose I probably won't watch any more games this year. Not feeling any of the teams left. So true about Nashville, they have the potential to play fast. They destroyed the Ducks in the playoffs 2 years in a row playing fast and what happened now? They decided to bore the opponent to death.

 

[ddcanz]

It would be hard for a real hockey fan to pull for Nashville. When they score the first goal they line up four across the blue line, one at centre and clog up the neutral zone in a way that brings back horrific flashbacks of the 94/95 New Jersey Devils, with their defensive "mid-ice trap" that nearly killed off hockey as a spectator sport.

If the Jets score first you'll see a faster and much more entertaining game on Thursday.

And Rinne has layed an egg regularly through this series. Saros has actually played very well each game Rinne was pulled.

Define "real hockey fan".
The Preds can play it any way you want it. Fast up-tempo and fore checking for puck possession is pretty damn good hockey in my books.
They are 6th in GPG at 3.33, slightly behind the 'Peg's 3.45 in these playoffs.
They were League #7 overall with 267 Goals for. (Jets were tied for #3 with 277)
They were tied for League #3 Goal Differential with +56. (Jets were #2 with +59)
They were League #1 in Goals Against with 211 (Jets were #4 with 218)
And their D is one of the best- if not THE best- top to bottom.
Suggesting they are just a trapping team is off side.

The Jets are a really solid team that matches up extremely well, and they are definitely capable of knocking Nashville out.
But If had to put money down it would be on the Predators