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NHL 2012: The Chase for the Cup

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Can anyone recall such a crazy beginning to a Stanley Cup Playoff?


We could have both Canadian teams eliminated after the first round :D

continue the Canadian team drought!!
 
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Gurtholfin said:
True, but that doesn't explain why this year seems so much more universally vicious than any recent year. There was no specific disciplinary system in years past and you didn't see this.

I mean, when's the last time you've even seen so many playoff fights? Usually all of this disappears once the playoffs start.
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Part of it is that the division teams with that natural rival hatred are matched up in the first round.
 
bronconick said:
You know, the team defending Rinne might know about it too and not only may be defending against it, but they may have worked on it with him since he left the farking AHL, given that he hasn't been exposed as a minor league goaltender by the entirety of the NHL.
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I present to you game two as exhibit A.

That, and it's the same shoulder he was stabbed in Finland. No amount of re-hab will recover that shoulder 100%.
 
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The effort in these playoffs has been elevated to the highest level I've seen in quite some time; that's why there's nothing better.
 
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Shanny was on WFAN a little bit ago. He said if Alfie plays tonight he'll consider reducing Hagelin's suspension.

What a joke of a league.
 
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Based on Bradley-Terry rankings (i.e., KRACH) found here, the updated (after 4/15) most likely outcomes are:

West: LAK in 4 (44.0%), STL in 6 (27.5%), CHI in 6 (19.8%), NSH in 5 (29.5%)
East: NYR in 6 (28.1%), BOS in 6 (21.9%), NJD in 6 (22.3%), PHI in 4 (54.0%)

Overall winning probabilities:
West
VAN 9.8% - LAK 90.2%
STL 72.5% - SJS 27.5%
PHX 47.5% - CHI 52.5%
NSH 75.0% - DET 25.0%

East
NYR 74.2% - OTT 25.8%
BOS 57.9% - WAS 42.1%
FLA 41.2% - NJD 58.8%
PIT 4.5% - PHI 95.5%

As always, KRACH is not a perfect predictive system. In fact, it's not predictive at all; it's retrodictive. Home-ice advantage, momentum, and the like can not be accounted for reliably, so they are ignored.

Notes: LA joins Philly in the potential sweep club, and with yesterday's games they each have a 90%+ chance of winning. An LAK sweep was actually the least likely outcome of that series. In any case, it's not over until you win four times and the Flyers and Pens may just kill each other before they have a chance to finish another game.
 
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It would be a dream come true if Vancouver, Pittsburgh, and Detroit all went out in the first round.
 
JF_Gophers said:
It would be a dream come true if Vancouver, Pittsburgh, and Detroit all went out in the first round.
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It also shows how interference is back in the league in a big way because those three teams are built for the post-lockout speed and finesse game. Not the trap/interference/clutch-n-grab.
 
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aparch said:
It also shows how interference is back in the league in a big way because those three teams are built for the post-lockout speed and finesse game. Not the trap/interference/clutch-n-grab.
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That might be true with some teams, but LA just stopped 41 shots the other night. That doesn't say clutch n grab to me.
 
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The Kings are a woefully underrated team. Since the Carter trade, they've dominated puck possession at a rate no one has matched for a full season since the lockout. They've just been in the bottom 5 in shooting percentage 3 of the last four years. Throw in one of the Sedin's out and this isn't shocking.
 
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bronconick said:
The Kings are a woefully underrated team. Since the Carter trade, they've dominated puck possession at a rate no one has matched for a full season since the lockout. They've just been in the bottom 5 in shooting percentage 3 of the last four years. Throw in one of the Sedin's out and this isn't shocking.
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Not to mention their goalie is the most underrated player in the league.
 
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Bruiser Carkner gets one game for a premeditated assault on Boyle, and skill player Hagelin gets three for a reckless hit on Alfredsson? That's ridiculous.
 
bronconick said:
The Kings are a woefully underrated team. Since the Carter trade, they've dominated puck possession at a rate no one has matched for a full season since the lockout. They've just been in the bottom 5 in shooting percentage 3 of the last four years. Throw in one of the Sedin's out and this isn't shocking.
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People under rate them because their offense is so weak. Were they one of the bottom scoring teams in the NHL this year?
 
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