Stanley Cup Playoffs 2017

Who cares this year? OK, OK – – Lots of people do.

This will be a dedicated thread to discuss the events of the most exciting tournament in sports. Drop the puck in the comments!* Sportsball comments are also welcome.

*Please don’t drop the gloves.

46 thoughts on “Stanley Cup Playoffs 2017

  1. Ducks/Flames: Ducks in 6
    Oilers/Sharks: Sharks in 6
    Blackhawks/Predators: Blackhawks in 5
    Wild/Blues: Wild in 5
    Canadians/Rangers: Rangers in 6
    Senators/Bruins: Senators in 5
    Capitals/Leafs: Leafs in 7
    Penguins/Jackets: Penguins in 6

  2. Western Conference Playoff Bracket

    Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs — Capitals in 5
    Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets — Blue Jackets in 6
    Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers — NYR in 7
    Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins — Bruins in 7

    Western Conference Playoff Bracket

    Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators — Blackhawks in 4
    Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues — North Stars in 7
    Anaheim Ducks vs. Calgary Flames — Flames in 6
    Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks — Sharks in 5

  3. East

    Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs — Capitals in 6
    Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue Jackets — Pens in 5
    Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers — NYR in 7
    Ottawa Senators vs. Boston Bruins — Bruins in 6

    West

    Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators — Blackhawks in 5
    Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis Blues — Wild Stars in 7
    Anaheim Ducks vs. Calgary Flames — Ducks in 6
    Edmonton Oilers vs. San Jose Sharks – I cannot believe the Oil are in the playoffs!!!! They get smoked in 4.

  4. Some storylines/players/rooting interests:

    Cheering for (conflicts and all):
    -Hometown kid, Auston Matthews (TOR)
    -Ovechkin (WAS)
    -Peter DeBoer (SJ)
    -Dubnyk (MIN)
    -Edmonton
    -Calgary

    Cheering against:
    -John Tortorella (CBJ)
    -Mike Ribeiro (NSH)
    -Kyle Turris (OTT)
    -NYR

  5. LOL Blackhawks!

    Couldn’t happen to a ‘nicer’ fan base either.

    Yes I AM throwing rocks from my glass Avs house! What of it?

  6. So far the Blues and the Preds have been real surprises. Maybe will see catfish being thrown on the ice during the Stanley Cup?

  7. So, very late to the party here.
    I’m still rooting for the Leafs, looks like it will go to 7.
    Penguins in 6.
    Canadiens in 6.
    Senators in 5.

    Sad to see the Flames are out. I’ve never liked the Ducks.
    Oilers in 7.
    Blackhawks sweep in 4.
    Blues in 5.

  8. I was 2 for 8 in the first round. Wow.

    Second round:
    NYR-OTT: NYR in 4 (rooting: Senators)
    WSH-PIT: Penguins in 7 (rooting: Crapitals)

    ANA-EDM: Ducks in 7 (rooting: Oilers)
    STL-NSH: Prednecks in 6 (kinda cool to see either move on, although Mike Ribeiro should get bent)

  9. So I got half right in first round, no better than guessing. Oh well.

    Round 2 Picks:

    Sen/Ran Senators in 6
    Caps/Pens Pens in 5
    Blues/Preds Preds in 5
    Ducks/Oil Ducks in 6

    • Yeah me too. That’s pretty good pn our parts considering.

      Sen/Ran Rangers in 6
      Caps/Pens Caps in 7
      Blues/Preds Blues in 6
      Ducks/Oil Ducks in 6

      I will say those Oil are hard to root against

  10. I see I picked all my round 2 winners correctly, although there were a lot more games than I expected.

    Round 2 Picks:

    Ducks/Preds – Preds in 6
    Sen/Pens – Pens in 7 (Hoping for Sen)

    • Well, hello, Mr. Fancypicks.

      I got 3 out of 4 – – better % than the first round.

      ANA – NSH – – Preds in 7 (rooting for Nashville, except Ribeiro)
      OTT – PIT – Pens in 5 (rooting for Ottawa, except Turris)

  11. So do Canadians hate Ottawa? This is farther than any Canadian team has gotten since the Cafucks and it seems that the fervor just isn’t there. Maybe I’m wrong? Maybe it’s because more than a few Canadian teams made it this year?

  12. I should have posted yesterday – – but I actually got both Semifinals winners right! Go me!

    And I should have posted this before the Penguins won game 1 of the Finals, but I think the Pens take it in 5 games.

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