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Preds blew a 4-0 lead to the Coyotes to end up as the 2nd Wild Card. https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1520272313563947008 https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1520272438751383553
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Kilza posted:Preds blew a 4-0 lead to the Coyotes to end up as the 2nd Wild Card. They also had the RW tiebreaker and just needed one point to make WC1. Somehow they lost in regulation. Well, good luck against Colorado!
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Kilza posted:Preds blew a 4-0 lead to the Coyotes to end up as the 2nd Wild Card. The Coyotes overcame a 0-3 deficit to beat the Stars 4-3 in overtime, then they overcame a 0-4 deficit to beat the Preds 5-4 in loving regulation What the gently caress is this
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i was hoping for Dallas to end up in the Pacific bracket for selfish reasons of being located in western Canada. It's probably a pretty unlikely dream but the idea of the Stars knocking the Flames and Oilers out of the playoffs is just too good  The Flames have ran over the Stars in the games the teams have played each other this year, I don't expect that the Stars will be able to do much more than winning a single game (hopefully they don't get swept). There's a theory that this Dallas team is built for the playoffs, and to be fair they have tended to punch above their weight when they do manage to sneak in.. Maybe they got some of that magic of 2020 left in the tank! Go Stars!
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Apr 30, 2022 11:59
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Duckman2008 posted:Are we doing a predictions thread ? no
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I am already brainstorming a good excuse for why the Leafs lost in the first round again. I am thinking of blaming it entirely on Engvall to keep it fresh.
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I'm optimistic about the Leafs! They can't choke in the first round if they're playing Tampa, because Tampa is a really good team and doesn't have a history of playoff voodoo against Toronto, so it wouldn't count as a choke. Unless they go up 3-1 in the series again. Then I guess it counts. Okay that's probably what's happening then. Sorry in advance 
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Just reminded myself how dumb this playoff format is. First round in the West, in terms of overall ranking within the conference the matchups are: 1 vs 8 2 vs 4 3 vs 7 5 vs 6 It sucks that you have the #2 team playing #4 team, and #5 playing #6 in the first round. Not to mention that in the 2nd round the #1 team will play the #2 team unless one of them gets eliminated first, just because they're in the same division.
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Zat posted:Just reminded myself how dumb this playoff format is. But rivalries !
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Nashville is a really fun team this year and even though the Avs are obviously likely to win the series, it could be tougher for them than people think. Josi/Duchene/Forsberg with Saros in goal plus Granlund/Johansen/Jeannot is a nice group. But yeah Avs are winning.
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fawning deference posted:Nashville is a really fun team this year and even though the Avs are obviously likely to win the series, it could be tougher for them than people think. Josi/Duchene/Forsberg with Saros in goal plus Granlund/Johansen/Jeannot is a nice group. Saros could be injured though….
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Apr 30, 2022 14:23
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Trivia time! Who was in net for Columbus when the Caps played them in round 1 back in 2018? Columbus was up in the series 2-0, game three went to double overtime and the Caps pulled out the victory and would go on to sweep Columbus right on out the door.
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Cartoon Man posted:Trivia time! Who was in net for Columbus when the Caps played them in round 1 back in 2018? Columbus was up in the series 2-0, game three went to double overtime and the Caps pulled out the victory and would go on to sweep Columbus right on out the door. Grubauer
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Between Robertson shooting wide on purpose and scoring on the EBUG anyway and the coyotes charging back to hand the Stars the Pacific, last night was some funny poo poo. Also, Kessel missing the open net on the last game of the season to stay at 399 goals and looking up to the sky like "gently caress, I could have retired". Stars going deep, baby!
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Duckman2008 posted:Grubauer For the Caps he started those first two games then Holtby took over and entered Holtbeast mode all the way to a cup. But who was in net for Columbus?
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Ah, nothing quite like an 830 local start time forced on two central time zone teams by the league while the east coast teams get their normal puck drops
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Apr 30, 2022 15:35
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I’m delighted we actually get moved from the godawful 7pm start to 730pm. That 30 minutes makes a huge difference with the lovely traffic.
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Mike_V posted:Ah, nothing quite like an 830 local start time forced on two central time zone teams by the league while the east coast teams get their normal puck drops Play hockey people want to watch, scrubs.
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Kilza posted:Preds blew a 4-0 lead to the Coyotes to end up as the 2nd Wild Card. I know Turner and ESPN were to each get half the matchups in the first round, but why are the networks alternating the series? I was expecting ESPN to get Series X and TBS/TNT to get Series Y. Cartoon Man posted:For the Caps he started those first two games then Holtby took over and entered Holtbeast mode all the way to a cup. But who was in net for Columbus?  He's going to be the biggest variable for Fancy Cats.
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i hope corey perry sustains a delightful injury in these playoffs
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FCP is in Tampa? And he put up 40 points? Fantastic. Hope he continues to be a finals good luck charm.
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where is the prediction thread so I can post Pens in 5
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fawning deference posted:Nashville is a really fun team this year and even though the Avs are obviously likely to win the series, it could be tougher for them than people think. Josi/Duchene/Forsberg with Saros in goal plus Granlund/Johansen/Jeannot is a nice group.
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I will do the Red Xs again this year. I've posted in the predictions thread a format that would make it easier for me to enter and some bonus point questions. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=4000767&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post523144168
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Nashville is starting David Rittich. I think the avs might be ok
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mennoknight posted:Nashville is starting David Rittich. I think the avs might be ok Yikes
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Who will stats the statsmans? It is I Remember this from pre-season? https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1445453055642664960 There is only 1 game left between two garbage teams that suck, but i have gone ahead and mathed out some stuff. WPG and SEA still have a game, but everybody's off in the same direction, so it will change little.  A negative means under-estimation, positive over-estimation The wisdom of the crowd beat the numbers men. Seattle and Philly, and Montreal are the biggest disappointments Calgary, New York, and Florida the biggest surprises Everybody thought Arizona was going to be bad and they still sucked harder than expected.
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fermun posted:Avs will be fully healthy for the first time this season for Game 1, but Nashville is the team that makes me most worried about that staying the case as Nashville lays 30.1 hits per game (1st) compared to the Avs 21.5 hits per game (24th). Then again that's why Nashville averages over 12 minutes 30 seconds of PIM per game (1st) compared to Avs 9 minutes (12th), so maybe the Avs will get some advantages from powerplays. Honestly, after last night I’m sure the Avs have a couple guys that will be fine to injure some Predators just fine. That was some nasty, but watching it back I’m less surprised that this is the result. https://twitter.com/nhlplayersafety/status/1520467491063050242?s=21&t=6jbkZCfOekQ2jvk7rk0i7A
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Powershift posted:Who will stats the statsmans? It is I This feels very much like the stats are not there yet in order to be predictive
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The models might do a bit better if you compared (perhaps just 5v5?) goal differentials instead, but then that's their fault for trying to predict point totals including loser points and probably doing a very half-assed job accounting for coaching and goaltending.
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This is not true, hockey has been 100% solved except goaltending, which is unsolvable and explains 100% of all deviation between jfresh's predictions and actual results
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With all the first round games being on ESPN (and TBS), are those networks actually producing the broadcasts for all the games? Or are they just rebroadcasting the RSN feeds until the second (or third?) round? EDIT: And I assume, just like with NHL.tv, the cord cutters are screwed and none of this will be on ESPN+?
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there's a couple really good streaming sites i use now that lazyman and bilasport are dead, pm me if you want em  nhlgames works but it sucks imo
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OldSenileGuy posted:With all the first round games being on ESPN (and TBS), are those networks actually producing the broadcasts for all the games? Or are they just rebroadcasting the RSN feeds until the second (or third?) round? MSG is doing all of the rangers first round Games
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OldSenileGuy posted:With all the first round games being on ESPN (and TBS), are those networks actually producing the broadcasts for all the games? Or are they just rebroadcasting the RSN feeds until the second (or third?) round? Cord cutters need ESPN subs to get all the games that weren’t on the RSNs anyway. TNT games you get screwed on though and I’m loathe to trade in the RSN announcers for the not good ones on the national channels regardless. At least Doc did a great job up until this point, but there’s no great national announcer at the moment.
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Get Arlo White
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I think I'm rooting for Calgary because I liked Calle Jarnkrok. Excited for my first NHL playoff experience!
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