My Playoff Predictions 2008!
Tuesday · Apr 8 · 2008 | 3:38 PM PDTNobody asked me but I write a hockey blog and I'd be odd-man out if I didn't post my ill-informed predictions for the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs. So prepare yourselves. By no means am I any sort of authority on analysis of the league (I only know my Lightning) so take it for what it is. And what can I say? I love the playoffs!
Without any reasonable explanation or rationale whatsoever, my picks are as follows.
CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
Montreal vs Boston
Canadiens in 4; Come on, you've seen their regular season record right?
Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
Penguins in 5; The Sens get one win, if that. Damn Pens are just too strong.
Washington vs Philadelphia
Capitals in 6; The Flyers were the worst team a year ago by a lot. Strides? Yes. But not leaps and bounds.
New Jersey vs NY Rangers
Rangers in 7; Tough one but I envision a long series with a tired Brodeur at the end.
Detroit vs Nashville
Red Wings in 5; You don't barely make the playoffs then knock out a club with 54 regular season wins.
San Jose vs Calgary
Sharks in 6; The Sharks will win the Cup.
Minnesota vs Colorado
Avalanche in 6; Just a gut call. No evidence to back it up.
Anaheim vs Dallas
Stars in 7; Champion schmampion.
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Montreal vs NY Rangers
Canadiens in 6; The Rangers will fall apart after the first round.
Pittsburgh vs Washington
Penguins in 5; The series of the year featuring Sid versus Ovie but I give it to Crosby and his cohorts.
Detroit vs Colorado
Red Wings in 6; I love it any time these two get together. Wings are powerful, though.
San Jose vs Dallas
Sharks in 4; The Sharks will run away with it.
CONFERENCE FINALS
Montreal vs Pittsburgh
Penguins in 7; Kind of cliché to go with Nos. 1 and 2 but I have no choice.
Detroit vs San Jose
Sharks in 5; Risky bet but there's a history of upset here.
STANLEY CUP FINALS
San Jose vs Pittsburgh
Sharks in 7; It'll be a hard-fought battle to the bitter end but my money's on them this postseason. But I admit the triangle theme is weird.
So there it is. Oh and don't bother emailing or commenting to say how wrong or stupid I am. I already know it.
Feel free to add your predictions below in the comments. I'm considering posting polls for each series to see what the majority are predicting. If this is something you guys are interested in, let me know. Playoffs start tomorrow. Get excited!
Reader Comments (35)
they get re-seeded by seed, not by record
by the way Chris, that new "big" thing is so tantalyzing that is the next thing i am looking forward to
figured id let people know the season series
east
Montreal 7-0-1 over boston
Ottawa 2-1-1 over Pitt
Philly 2-1-1 over was
Rangers 7-0-1 over the devils
west
Detroit 5-3 over nash
Calgary 3-1 over sharks
Wild 4-3-1 over Avs
Dallas 5-2-1 over Anahiem
i dont know if any of this matters, but we could see some upsets
EAST
[1]Habs in 5
[7]Sens in 6
[6]Philly in 5
[4]Devils in 7
Habs over Sens in 6
Philly over NJ in 6
Habs over Philly in 5
WEST
[8] Preds in 6
[2] Sharks in 5
[3] Wild in 6
[5] Dallas in 6
Wild over stars in 6
Sharks over PReds in 5
Sharks over Wild in 7
CUP FINALS
Habs over Sharks in 7....OT winner in Game 7 Scored by Josh Gorges...Biting his former team in the ass
oh god i hope your predictions are accurate
yeah the sharks did upset the wings
but did u see their collapse against them last year?
Eastern Conference
MTL vs BOS
Montreal in 6 The Habs are good this year.
PIT vs OTT
Pittsburgh in 5 Crosby, Malkin, Hossa, et al...too strong
WSH vs PHI
Washington in 6 Ovechkin likes to shoot. He also likes to score.
NJD vs NYR
New York Rangers in 4 Sorry, Marty, not your year.
Western Conference
DET vs NSH
Detroit in 5 Any game the Wings was caused by a mistake by the Wings not a success by their opponent.
SJS vs CGY
Calgary in 5 Sorry, but I just don't think that Joe Thornton will be able to keep his cool all the way through this series and keep his passing ways up.
MIN vs COL
Colorado in 7 A long, hard series. Winner will have a hard time in the next round no matter what.
ANA vs DAL
Dallas in 6 The Stars will finally come out of their playoff rut. They lead the season series 5 to 3 and are coming off an impressive final stretch.
"east"
MTL vs BOS - MTL in 4
PIT vs OTT - PIT in 5
WSH vs PHI - PHI in 6
NJD vs NYR - NYR in 5
"west"
DET vs NSH - DET in 5
SJS vs CGY - CGY in 6
MIN vs COL - COL in 6
ANA vs DAL - DAL in 7
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MTL vs PHI - PHI in 7
PIT vs NYR - PIT in 7
DET vs CGY - DET in 5
DAL vs COL - DAL in 6
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PHI vs PIT - PHI in 6
DET vs DAL - DAL in 7
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PHI vs DAL - PHI in 7
The HABS are NOT going to the finals. Bottom line.
Why all the lack of respect for the Wings? Has anyone won as many games or playoff games in the last 10 years? How can anyone just write them off?
Wings will beat the Penguins in 6.
fl1psk8er77 is the closest by far...
but I predict the Flyers beat Pens in 6 (maybe 7 if Pens are lucky)
Red Wings beat Stars in 6
then finals I pick Flyers over Red Wings in 7 (no repeat of 1997!)
hmm, the playoffs are going my way... 9-0 when i've went to games this season...