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

[Perfect Stu]

GO LEAFS GO

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Well three of the four away teams won so far.

Jersey/Boston- I watched some of it, pretty boring stuff here. I hate New Jersey games for the most part. I think Thornton got hurt, I don't think he's injured badly or anything though. Brodeur plays good as usual and Langenbrunner got two goals, continuing Nieuwendyke's and his hot streak over the last month or so.

Ottawa/Islanders- I just saw the hilites. Not too suprising that Islanders won so convincingly, but I still expect Ottawa to come back strong next game and play like everyone knows they can. They'll still win the series.

Toronto/Philly- I saw a short bit of the game and all the hilites. Looked like an awesome physical game with lots of goals. Already people are starting to get injured... Whoever comes out of this series (Toronto) is gonna LIMP out. I think Leafs have a good chance of playing for the Cup. Mogilny with the trick!

Oilers/Stars- EDMONTON WINS! EDMONTON WINS! EDMONTON WINS!

GO OILERS! GO LEAFS! GO SENATORS! AND tomarrow, GO CANUCKS!

[Seth]

Anyone else set up their shrine yet? I've got a canucks diddy in my room...along with other canadian team stuff. Candles and such.


Canucks tomorrow...it's going to be a crazy game.

*drinks some blood*

[Seth]

Wow....that game sucked. Oh well, game 2 saturday.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Well holy ****, other than New Jersey every upper seed lost game one. Who'd have guessed that?

And who else saw the Ducks vs Wings game? TRIPLE ****ing Overtime, Detroit had like 60+ shots, they were getting outplayed, outhit, outworked, everything, but J.S Giguere was in the ****ing zone. Then Paul Kariya scores after over 100 minutes of action, SWEET stuff.

Detroit in 4. Ouch...sorry Ducks fans

Detroit over Anahiem in 4

Go Ducks!

[Seth]

Ya, Detroit dominated that game....but giguere was on fire. Sweet for ducks though.

[mickydaniels]

I don't know too much about this season but I actually think at least half of the higher seeds will lose in the first round, like the 98 season.

[Joeiss]

Ducks are still gonna lose though.

[Seth]

I think it's just a coincidence that the higher teams lost their first games. There's still a lot of hockey left to play in the 1st round.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Well for some teams like Ottawa and Vancouver, I think the pressure was just too much in their first games and they'll definitely get better. Colorado wasn't terrible, it's just that Minnesota is a good team and they played the way they usually do, got a few PP goals and once they get the lead, they will win. Detroit ran into Giguere, if not for an absolutely spectacular game from him, then Detroit wins this game in regulation. Philly is pretty much equal to Toronto in my view, so I don't see that as an upset and nor do I see Philly coming back and beating the Leafs, but it wouldn't be too suprising. And Dallas, they just got outworked by the Oilers.

[Null]

actually its quite common the lower place team takes game 1. Happens quite a bit.

this the first time i seen so many lose game 1 at once. but still.

Quite often its a wakeup call for the higher place team, its like slappin the monster in the face and saying Hey, Wake up!

As for detroit. We learn to live with it and not really be bothered by it at all.

In all 3 years the wings have won the cup... 97 98 03 ..... They have trailed in at least 1 series during thier playoff run. sometimes like last year. they've trailed in 2 rounds. sometimes its kinda needed to keep the fire going.


But thats not to rule a lower place team out at all. Any team has the chance to beat the other in hockey. much the reason why i think the Hockey playoffs are more interesting then others. anything can happen

[Null]

Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
And Dallas, they just got outworked by the Oilers.

Trends in hockey have a weird way of working themselves. Oilers seem to relish in being the 8th place team and taking out the 1st...... Expecially when the 1st place team is either Dallas or Colorado.

[Dragon-Fly]

Dal-Edm: Dallas in 7
Van-St-L: St-Louis in 6
Detriot-Anaheim: Det in 5
Col-Min: Minn in 6

Ott-Isl: Isl in 6
Bos-Nj: Bos in 7 (though if they loose game three their out)
Phi-Tor: Tor 6
Tb-Wash: Tb in 6

Who ever says Nj has already won, since their leading 2-0, they should be ashamed, because it's not over till it's over.

[nWoCHRISnWo]

Originally posted by Dragon-Fly
Who ever says Nj has already won, since their leading 2-0, they should be ashamed, because it's not over till it's over.

Uhh nobody said that... And it's not over until it's over for EVERY team, not just Boston.

And after seeing them go down 2-0 to Jersey, you still actually THINK they'll win? I think it's more a case that you WANT them to win... I never understood that, why do people always PREDICT their team to win, like ALL the time? A prediction is who you actually honestly THINK will win, usually people say "but I'm biased" and that doesn't make sense to me. How does liking one team make it more likely that they are gonna win? Like the Toronto fans that "predict" they'll win the cup ever year. I wonder how many actually think they will win the cup? I love Edmonton, but I know the chances of them beating Dallas aren't that great so I predicted Dallas to win the series.

I know this is just for fun, but still...

[The Germanator]

The Flyers looked mighty good in game 2. I'm confident that they can also take both games in Toronto, but we'll see.