NHL 2023 Stanley Cup Playoff Prediction Thread

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > NHL 2023 Stanley Cup Playoff Prediction Thread

«‹›8 »

Propaganda Hour: Aug 25, 2008; after editing wikipedia as a joke for 16 years, i ve convinced myself that homer simpson's japanese name translates to the "The beer goblin"

Round 1 is OVER. Get your brackets in for Round 2 starting tomorrow!

edit: Hell yeah, perfect snipe

# ? May 2, 2023 03:48

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? Jun 1, 2024 10:45

Jehde: Apr 21, 2010

Panthers in 4
Hurricanes in 7
Golden Knights in 6
Stars in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 03:48

Koopa Kid: Aug 21, 2007

Leafs in 5
Devils in 6
Knights in 6
Kraken in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 03:52

Mr. Kite: Aug 28, 2004; SHUT UP AND PLAY HOCKEY

Mr. Kite posted:

Leafs in 6 Perfect
Devils in 7 Perfect
Knights in 5 Perfect
Oilers in 6 Perfect
Stars in 7 One off
Bruins in 7 One off
Islanders in 7 Two off
Avalanche in 6 Two off

I'll take it.

Panthers/Leafs: Leafs in 5
Devils/Canes: Devils in 6
Stars/Kraken: Stars in 4
Knights/Oilers: Knights in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 03:53

Darude - Adam Sandstorm: Aug 16, 2012

Oilers 6
Leafs 6
Devils 6
Dallas 5

# ? May 2, 2023 03:53

Ginette Reno: Nov 18, 2006; How Doers get more done; Fun Shoe

Panthers in 6
Devils in 6
Kraken in 7
Oilers in 6

e: I got every East series right and 3 of 4 I got the games correct on. I was off by one game on the Canes/Isles series.

In the West, I got 3 of 4 series correct but I didn't get the games on any of them

# ? May 2, 2023 03:54

heehee: Sep 5, 2012; haha wow i cant believe how lucky we got to win

heehee posted:

cheers op

Round 1
Eastern Conference
Boston Bruins (A1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - panthers in 7
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A3) - leafs in 6
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New York Islanders (WC1) - hurricanes in 7
New Jersey Devils (M2) vs. New York Rangers (M3) - devils in 5

Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - kraken in 7
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) - stars in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Winnipeg Jets (WC2) - knights in 4
Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (P3) - oilers in 4

Round 2

Leafs vs Panthers - Leafs in 7
Hurricanes vs Devils - Devils in 5

Kraken vs Stars - Kraken in 7
Knights vs Oilers - Oilers in 7

Round 3

Leafs vs Devils - Devils in 4

Kraken vs Oilers - Oilers in 4

Finals

Oilers vs Devils - Oilers in 7 (15 goals scored)

sadly gonna stick to these round 2 predictions

# ? May 2, 2023 03:54

Mind_Taker: May 7, 2007

Devils in 6
Maple Leafs in 7
Stars in 5
Oilers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 03:56

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Round 2

Leafs vs Panthers - Panthers in 7
Hurricanes vs Devils - Devils in 6

Kraken vs Stars - Stars in 5
Knights vs Oilers - Oilers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 03:59

T-Bone: Sep 14, 2004; jakes did this?

Devils in 6
Leafs in 6
Stars in 6
Oilers in 6

the 6s!

# ? May 2, 2023 03:59

Eric the Mauve: May 8, 2012; Making you happy for a buck since 199X

I'm super happy with my 2-6 first round performance!

Panthers over Maple Leafs in 7
Devils over Hurricanes in 5

Kraken over Stars in 6
Knights over Oilers in 4

# ? May 2, 2023 04:01

Do not even ask: Apr 8, 2008

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Cats in 4
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - Devils in 6

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Stars in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Knights in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 04:01

ImplicitAssembler: Jan 24, 2013

So, I got 4 winners correct, all with the right number of games and 4 complete misses.?!?

Leafs in 5
Devils in 7
Kraken in 7
Knights in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 04:03

Ergo Propter Hog: Jul 21, 2014

Devils in 5
Leafs in 6
Kraken in 7
Oilers in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 04:06

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Devils in 6
Leafs in 5
Stars in 6
Knights in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 04:09

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

Maple Leafs in 5
Hurricanes in 7
Kraken in 6
Oilers in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 04:11

GuavaMoment: Aug 13, 2006; YouTube dude

Kraken in 7
Oilers in 6
Canes in 6
Panthers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 04:19

DO YALL WANT A BOXC: Jul 20, 2010; HAHA! WOOOOOOO WOOO!; Fun Shoe

DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:

Eastern Conference
~~Boston Bruins (A1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Bruins in 6~~
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A3) - Leafs in 6
~~Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New York Islanders (WC1) - Islanders in 7~~
~~New Jersey Devils (M2) vs. New York Rangers (M3) - Rangers in 5~~

Western Conference
~~Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Colorado in 5~~
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) - Stars in 7
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Winnipeg Jets (WC2) - Golden Knights in 6
Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (P3) - Oilers in 5

~~Bruins vs Leafs - Leafs in 6~~
~~Rangers vs Islanders - Rangers in 4~~

Golden Knights vs Oilers - Oilers in 6
~~Avalanche vs Stars - Avalanche in 6~~

~~Leafs vs Rangers - Rangers in 6~~
~~Avalanche vs Oilers - Oilers in 6~~

~~Oilers vs Rangers - Oilers in 6~~

bracket got blown up, especially in the East. so now:

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Florida Panthers -- Leafs in 5
Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey Devils -- Devils in 6

Dallas Stars vs. Seattle Kraken -- Stars in 7
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Edmonton Oilers -- Oilers in 5

Devils vs Leafs -- Leafs in 6
Oilers vs Stars -- Oilers in 6

Leafs vs Oilers -- Oilers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 04:27

BitBasher: Jun 6, 2004; You've got to know the rules before you can break 'em. Otherwise, it's no fun.

Kraken in 7
Knights in 7
Devils in 7
Leaves in 7

Liver damage chaos hockey let's goooo!

# ? May 2, 2023 05:08

Angry Asian: May 24, 2006; *BOOMSHAKALAKA*

Panthers in 5
Canes in 6
Kraken in 6
Oilers in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 06:23

Ginger Beer Belly: Aug 18, 2010; Grimey Drawer

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Maple Leafs in 6
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - New Jersey Devils in 7

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Seattle Kraken in 7
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Edmonton Oilers in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 06:31

Mike Works: Feb 26, 2003

I predicted Toronto and Florida winning, I don't need to predict anymore.

# ? May 2, 2023 07:04

kalensc: Sep 10, 2003; Only Trust Your Respirator, kupo!
Art/Quote by: Rubby

kalensc posted:

BOS in 5
TOR in 7
CAR in 5
NJD in 7

COL in 5
MIN in 7
VEG in 6
EDM in 5

lol
Off by 1
Off by 1
Yeah!

lol
lol
Off by 1
Off by 1

TOR in 6
NJD in 7
DAL in 6
VGK in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 07:40

T-Bone: Sep 14, 2004; jakes did this?

waiting on those fartadamus picks

# ? May 2, 2023 08:24

QuasiQuack: Jun 13, 2010; Ducks hockey baybee

Florida in 6
New Jersey in 7
Dallas in 5
Vegas in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 09:44

taco show: Oct 6, 2011; motherforker

Wow bruins and Avs hosed me. Worth it for the comedy

Panthers in 7
Kraken in 6
Hurricanes in 6
Oilers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 09:53

AntiDepressor: Jun 3, 2011

Panthers in 7
Canes in 6
Oilers in 6
Stars in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 11:09

fartknocker: Oct 28, 2012; Damn it, this always happens. I think I'm gonna score, and then I never score. It's not fair.; Wedge Regret

Panthers in 6
Hurricanes in 7
Kraken in 7
Oilers in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 11:21

Duckman2008: Jan 6, 2010; TFW you see Flyers goaltending.; Grimey Drawer

Lol I came here to be the one person picking Cats in 4 and 2 people beat me to it.

Panthers in 4

Hurricanes in 5

Stars in 6

Knights in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 12:05

ThinkTank: Oct 23, 2007

Panthers in 7
Devils in 6

Stars in 6
Oilers in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 12:06

Wonderllama: Mar 15, 2003; anyone wanna andreyfuck?

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - leafs in 5

lemme go wash my hands real quick

...ok

Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - Devils in 6

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Stars in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Knights in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 12:07

aejix: Sep 18, 2007; It's about finding that next group of core players we can win with in the next 6, 8, 10 years. Let's face it, it's hard for 20-, 21-, 22-year-olds to lead an NHL team. Look at the playoffs.

That quote is from fucking 2018. Fuck you Jim; Pillbug

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Leafs in 7
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - Devils in 5

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Kraken in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Oilers in 7

# ? May 2, 2023 13:53

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
manipulatin' you since the start!
All so I can something,
something X-Blade!

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

Eastern Conference
Boston Bruins (A1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - ~~Bruins in 5~~ lmao
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A3) - ~~Bolts in 7~~
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New York Islanders (WC1) - Hurricanes in 7 (and every game will be boring af)
New Jersey Devils (M2) vs. New York Rangers (M3) - Devils in 7

Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - ~~Colorado in 5~~ lol
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) - Stars in 7
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Winnipeg Jets (WC2) - Golden Knights in 6
Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (P3) - Oilers in 6

Not too terrible, got two on the nose.

Panthers in 6
Devils in 7
Stars in 5
Oilers in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 14:14

El Gallinero Gros: Mar 17, 2010

Panthers in 6
Canes in 6
Stars in 5
Oilers in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 15:10

Star: Jul 15, 2005; Guerilla war struggle is a new entertainment.; Fallen Rib

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Maple Leafs in 6
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - Carolina Hurricanes in 7

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Dallas Stars in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Edmonton Oilers in 6

# ? May 2, 2023 15:33

CBJSprague24: Dec 5, 2010; another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

CBJSprague24 posted:

Alright, I seem to remember doing reasonably alright with this last year in spite of watching basically no regular season action, so dehumanize yourself and face to the correct picks:

Eastern Conference
Boston Bruins (A1) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - ~~Bruins in 5~~
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (A3) - ~~Lightning in 6~~ I should've had more faith in the Leafs.
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New York Islanders (WC1) - Hurricanes in 6 Hey, got one!
New Jersey Devils (M2) vs. New York Rangers (M3) - ~~Rangers in 6~~ God damnit, Rags, I almost picked New Jersey in 6 but thought playoff experience would win out.

Western Conference
Colorado Avalanche (C1) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - ~~Avalanche in 4~~ Whoops.
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Minnesota Wild (C3) - Stars in 6 Another one!
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Winnipeg Jets (WC2) - Knights in 6 Right team, wrong games
Edmonton Oilers (P2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (P3) - Oilers in 5 See Vegas.

Eastern Conference
Toronto Maple Leafs (A2) vs. Florida Panthers (WC2) - Leafs in 6
Carolina Hurricanes (M1) vs. New Jersey Devils (M2) - Devils in 7

Western Conference
Dallas Stars (C2) vs. Seattle Kraken (WC1) - Stars in 6
Vegas Golden Knights (P1) vs. Edmonton Oilers (P2) - Oilers in 6

666 and the Devils. :devil:

# ? May 2, 2023 15:40

Cocaine Bear: Nov 4, 2011; ACAB

Leafs in 5
Devils in 5
STARS IN 4
Vegas in 5

# ? May 2, 2023 15:45

rex rabidorum vires: Mar 26, 2007; KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN KASPERI KAPANEN