Null's 2003 NHL Playoff Game. -ROUND 1-
 

well unless i messed up. which is always possible.
These are Final.


[WEST]
(1)DAL vs EDM(8)
(2)DET vs ANA(7)
(3)COL vs MIN(6)
(4)VAN vs STL(5)

[EAST]
(1)OTT vs NYI(8)
(2)NJ vs BOS(7)
(3)TB vs WAS(6)
(4)PHI vs TOR(5)


the Current 2002 NNPG (nulls nhl playoff game :P ) Champion = nWoCHRISnWo

RULES:
1 point for every correct pick for a winner of the series.
2 point bonus for picking the correct number of games (bonus only counts if you got the team right.
picks and or changes must be made before the first game of the playoffs. not the first game of the teams playoffs. playoffs period. once a team starts. be it any team. all picks are final.
Point earing may change with each round.

I guess really winning gets you nothing. except known as the champion for next years game. heh.



So my pics are...

Dal over edm in 7
Det over ana in 5
Col over min in 6
van over Stl in 6

East...
Ott over NYI in 4
NJ over Bos in 5
Was over TB in 6
Tor over Phi in 5

I'll make my picks when the regular season is actually over!

i just said that ya goof. im just setting it up now so i dont have to type it all later :P

besides Vancouvers game. does any of the rest that are still going acutlaly matter?

Nope.

Actually, I'M the one who won this thing last year. :)

And anyways, the Vancouver game is done and the series you have up there are all right, so here goes:

West~

Dallas over Edmonton in 6
Detroit over Anahiem in 5
Colorado over Minnesota in 6
Vancouver over St. Louis in 7

East~

Ottawa over New York Isles in 6
Boston over New Jersey in 7
Washington over Tampa Bay in 6
Toronto over Philadelphia in 7



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Well there could be some pretty intense first round series... the Oilers and the Stars ALWAYS produced some awesome series, and after playing eachother eight billion times, they just plain hate eachother. Then there's Minnesota, who I don't think anyone wants to play in the first round. They could really suprise some people, but Colorado is pretty strong. Vancouver and St. Louis should be pretty exciting, watch for Bertuzzi vs Pronger. In the East, I picked my first upset with Boston over Jersey. It all depends on Boston's goaltender (Sheilds has a SWEET mask eh?). I also picked Toronto over Philly in what could be called an upset, but I see them as pretty equal. That should be one sweet ass series anyway, LOTS of physical goodness. Washington over Tampa Bay could be considered an upset as well, but it's not like Tampa Bay should be in third place anyway... And Yashin returns to Ottawa... But will get stomped all over. :)

I had the balls to pick three teams who were lower than their opponents. Do YOU?

Dallas over Edmonton in 6
Detroit over Anaheim in 6
Colorado over Minnesota in 7
Vancouver over St.Louis in 6

Ottawa over NY in 5
New Jersey over Boston in 7
Tampa Bay over Washington in 6
Philly over Toronto in 7

~West~

Dallas over Edmonton in 5
Detroit over Anahiem in 5
Colorado over Minnesota in 4
Vancouver over St. Louis in 6

~East~

Ottawa over New York Isles in 7
New Jersey over Boston in 6
Washington over Tampa Bay in 5
Toronto over Philadelphia in 7



What chris said. :D .... Um, I just don't think Edmonton is strong enough to last more than 5 games against Dallas. Anahiem in the playoffs? Not for long... Minnesota is gonna get beat in 4, but they will be great games... And go Vancouver! I would pick St. Louis, but I want to see a Canadian team advance!

Ottawa vs. New York Islanders will be a low scoring series, and it will be a long 7 games... New Jersey will be Boston, just because I don't think that Boston is ready yet. They will get 2 wins, but that just won't cut it. Tampa Bay sucks, lol... Washington will beat them quite easily...

And for the most anticipated first round playoff game of this year : The Leafs will win, but it will be the toughest round they will have to play (besides the Cup Finals of course.)

~West~

Dallas over Edmonton in 5
Detroit over Anahiem in 4
Colorado over Minnesota in 5
Vancouver over St. Louis in 6

~East~

Ottawa over New York Isles in 5
New Jersey over Boston in 5
Tampa Bay over Washington 6
Toronto over Philadelphia in 7

gak...that Van vs LA game really pissed me off.

WEST:
Dallas over Edmonton in 6
Detroit over Anaheim in 5
Colorado over Minnesota in 6
Vancouver over St Louis in 6

EAST:
Ottawa over NYI in 5
New Jersey over Boston in 5
Washington over Tampa Bay in 6
Toronto over Philly in 6

Providing that Toronto can get back some of their injured players before the playoffs begin, I'm sure they'll do just fine.

[WEST]
(1)DAL vs EDM(8)
-Dallas in 5. Should be some hard fought games, but Dallas is the better team by a visible margin

(2)DET vs ANA(7)
-Detroit in 4. Ouch...sorry Ducks fans

(3)COL vs MIN(6)
-Colorado in 5. Peter Forsberg for the Hart!

(4)VAN vs STL(5)
-Vancouver in 6. Osgood won't be able to stop the big line, but St. Louis will hang on for 6 games

[EAST]
(1)OTT vs NYI(8)
-Ottawa in 6. The Islanders have the better mental and physical toughness, but the Sens have a hell of a lot more talent

(2)NJ vs BOS(7)
-New Jersey in 7. I anticipate a really good series, and I can see this one going either way...making this the hardest prediction

(3)TB vs WAS(6)
-Tampa Bay in 6. Ick. This should not be a playoff series.

(4)PHI vs TOR(5)
-Toronto in 6. Toronto will win this tough, low scoring battle.

Well based on what has happened in previous years I can tell you all this. The Flyers are most likely not going to make it to the second round because they suck ass in the playoffs and it pisses me off......every year.

Yeah, I hear that bro...Though, we've been scoring like crazy since the Amonte trade and our defense and play on the road has been solid all year, hopefully Hitchy can get us pumped for the playoffs and we can actually win...

Hopefully not, for Dougy's sake.

GO LEAFS GO!!!


A-Mog with the hat trick... Good stuff Leafs! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, at least the Flyers have surpassed their playoff scoring total from last year. :unsure: