Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:36 pm  

thenewguy wrote:

Big trouble for the Rangers. Carolina with a game in hand play tonight against our conquerers, the Thrashers. However they also play tomorrow against Tampa Bay so that may possibly work in the Rangers favour, however Carolina NEED to lose tonight for us to stand any chance of getting in the playoffs.

And if we do, it won't get any easiers; the oppo will be the #1 seeded Caps. Really hope Tortorella has got them fired up against the Devils tomorrow afternoon. Should be a barnburner of a game. Devils have absolutely nothing to play for, but I'm sure they would like nothing better than to stop an old rival getting into the playoffs.

Hurricanes batter the Thrashers 6-1 to take charge of 8th place. All or nothing for the Rangers, Carolina has to lose to get a playoff place. Exactly the same situation as last year.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:07 pm  

Rangers leading 4-2 after 2 periods, going well so far, especially after being 2-1 down.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:56 pm  

thenewguy wrote:

Rangers leading 4-2 after 2 periods, going well so far, especially after being 2-1 down.

Rangers win 5-2, they have done their job, now it's up to Tampa Bay to do us a favour and beat Carolina.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:39 am  

thenewguy wrote:

Rangers win 5-2, they have done their job, now it's up to Tampa Bay to do us a favour and beat Carolina.

Tampa thrash Carolina 6-2 and the Rangers make the 8! Phew!

Next up though, the #1 ranked Caps. Gonna be a tough series of 7.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:57 pm  

Chicago lose to the Wings and now need Minnesota to beat Dallas later on or the defending champs won't be defending the cup in the playoffs.I can't see Dallas losing as they've been playing well for a few weeks and the Wild will be looking forward to the beach or the golf courses instead of playing hard tonight.

[Chris71]

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:22 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Chicago lose to the Wings and now need Minnesota to beat Dallas later on or the defending champs won't be defending the cup in the playoffs.I can't see Dallas losing as they've been playing well for a few weeks and the Wild will be looking forward to the beach or the golf courses instead of playing hard tonight.

Looks like our prayers were answered last night and we owe the Wild a big one for beating Dallas.

Lets hope we can start a fresh and pick up the game, Canucks is a big ask this season, still its play off hockey so anything can happen.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:27 pm  

Chris71 wrote:

Looks like our prayers were answered last night and we owe the Wild a big one for beating Dallas.

Lets hope we can start a fresh and pick up the game, Canucks is a big ask this season, still its play off hockey so anything can happen.

Thank chuff for that.

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:30 pm  

Big thanks to the Wild last night,they could easily have not bothered but I watched it on ESPNA and it's the best i've seen them play in a long while,if they had played like that all season they'd have been in the playoffs themselves.

May I just point out that at the start of the season I predicted a Washington/Vancouver final and both teams finished top of their conference.

Here are the playoff matchups and my predictions.

East

Washington/New York Rangers (Washington win in 6 games)
Philly/Buffalo (Philly win in 5)
Boston/Montreal (Boston win in 6)
Pittsburgh/Tampa (Tampa win in 6)

West
Vancouver/Chicago(Van win in 6)Hope i'm wrong but I think they've got more depth in scoring than the Hawks plus there's no big Buff this year to get inside Luongo's head.
San Jose/LA (SJ win in 5)
Detroit/Phoenix(Det win in 4)
Anaheim/Nashville(Anaheim win in 7)

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:18 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Big thanks to the Wild last night,they could easily have not bothered but I watched it on ESPNA and it's the best i've seen them play in a long while,if they had played like that all season they'd have been in the playoffs themselves.

May I just point out that at the start of the season I predicted a Washington/Vancouver final and both teams finished top of their conference.

Here are the playoff matchups and my predictions.

East

Washington/New York Rangers (Washington win in 6 games)
Philly/Buffalo (Philly win in 5)
Boston/Montreal (Boston win in 6)
Pittsburgh/Tampa (Tampa win in 6)

West
Vancouver/Chicago(Van win in 6)Hope i'm wrong but I think they've got more depth in scoring than the Hawks plus there's no big Buff this year to get inside Luongo's head.
San Jose/LA (SJ win in 5)
Detroit/Phoenix(Det win in 4)
Anaheim/Nashville(Anaheim win in 7)

Blackhawks to win in 6.

[Chris71]

Re: NHL Season 2010/11 : Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:58 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Big thanks to the Wild last night,they could easily have not bothered but I watched it on ESPNA and it's the best i've seen them play in a long while,if they had played like that all season they'd have been in the playoffs themselves.

May I just point out that at the start of the season I predicted a Washington/Vancouver final and both teams finished top of their conference.

Here are the playoff matchups and my predictions.

East

Washington/New York Rangers (Washington win in 6 games)
Philly/Buffalo (Philly win in 5)
Boston/Montreal (Boston win in 6)
Pittsburgh/Tampa (Tampa win in 6)

West
Vancouver/Chicago(Van win in 6)Hope i'm wrong but I think they've got more depth in scoring than the Hawks plus there's no big Buff this year to get inside Luongo's head.
San Jose/LA (SJ win in 5)
Detroit/Phoenix(Det win in 4)
Anaheim/Nashville(Anaheim win in 7)

East

Washington/New York Rangers (Caps win in 6 games but wouldnt rule out a suprise)
Philly/Buffalo (Philly win in 5)
Boston/Montreal (Boston win in 5)
Pittsburgh/Tampa (Tampa win in 6)

West
Vancouver/Chicago(Chicago win in 5)
San Jose/LA (SJ win in 5)
Detroit/Phoenix(Det win in 6)
Anaheim/Nashville(Anaheim win in 6)

Think the Hawks can take the Canucks in 5 if I'm honest & a little hopeful, mind you the only worry is the Canucks have to win a series against us at some point. We could always use Bickell or Dowell to do the same job as Buff did last year and crashing the net a few times and rattling Luongo.

We need Bolland & Brouwer back as soon as possible as both are missed when out. Hopes are that Bolland will be okay but Brouwer still doubtful for the series but travelling so fingers crossed.