Originally posted by Flameback
What are your predictions?Division Winners:
Atlantic- Philadelphia
Northeast- Buffalo
Southeast- Washington
Central- Chicago
Norhtwest- Vancouver
Pacific- Los AngelesConference Winners:
East- Pittsburgh
West- Los AngelesStanley Cup Winner:
Pittsburgh
Finally, a man with accurate vision. The, Pens are stacked. Even with numerous key injuries they were still able to fluctuate between 1st and 2nd.
Originally posted by Flameback
What are your predictions?Division Winners:
Atlantic- Philadelphia
Northeast- Buffalo
Southeast- Washington
Central- Chicago
Norhtwest- Vancouver
Pacific- Los AngelesConference Winners:
East- Pittsburgh
West- Los AngelesStanley Cup Winner:
Pittsburgh
Why do you have Buffalo on top in NE instead of Boston, or even the Leafs?
At the time I knew it was a reach but thought they had a chance to surprise some teams, mainly relying on strong goaltending from Ryan Miller and a decent offense. I do believe it would still look like a respectable pick if not for the Miller head injury. Before the injury (around November 12th I believe), Buffalo was only one point behind Toronto for first place and 6 points up on Boston. Then when the injury occurred, unsurprisingly Buffalo fell apart. Those are the breaks when predicting.
I will say that Boston has looked very impressive since that same time. It would be hard to go against them now.
Well, i guess i'm done with Hockey, now. The Pens are just doing shit. It shocks me how much they have in common with the Steelers right now. Both teams can beat mediocre or bad teams but when it comes down to winning the games that really matter or RIval games, they muck it up. As a Penguins fan i guess it's good to know now that they aren't going to make it so, come playoff time, i wont be sitting around in anticipation waiting for something that is impossible. When you can't or don't want to beat the rival teams you, can't and don't deserve to win a a championship...,pissed off at the Pens right now. Last year they muff all Rival games and this year...,same thing. I dont want to take anything away from the players because there are players that i notice which have a strong foot behind their pedal each night, such as, Malkin, Staal, Asham, Neal and Fluery.
It's amazing. Been a fan of theirs for 15 years and it still hasn't sunk in. It's happening so fast. They basically limped into the playoffs losing the last 2 games of the season. I was just hoping that they'd win a game or 2 off of the Canuck's before getting knocked out. It really feels incredible that I'm going to get to root for them in the stanly cup final.