Dallas, Minny, or San-J???
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Dallas, Minny, or San-J???
Seeing as it looks like one of these, who would you rather face in the first round?
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Re: Dallas, Minny, or San-J???
Given how solid the West has been this season. I don't think there are any gimmes among these eight playoff bound teams. I could realistically see any one of them becoming conference champion. You can say what you want about the CBA, but it did deliver parity as promised . . .Madcombinepilot wrote:Seeing as it looks like one of these, who would you rather face in the first round?
Still, if I've absolutely gotta pick a preferred first round opponent, I suppose I'd root for the Stars - as we all know that Turco folds like an cheap Albanian suit during the playoffs.
Detroit would be a pretty good match-up for us as well.
The only team that I think we match up poorly against is the Ducks. Over seven games their size and physicality would wear us down. All the more reason to take the Northwest Division so as to avoid Burkie's big boys.
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Re: Dallas, Minny, or San-J???
I'll agree with all of this. Every team just looks scary as hell. The only thing though playing Detroit is we just would not want that kind of travel in the first round or so.Meerschaum wrote:Given how solid the West has been this season. I don't think there are any gimmes among these eight playoff bound teams. I could realistically see any one of them becoming conference champion. You can say what you want about the CBA, but it did deliver parity as promised . . .Madcombinepilot wrote:Seeing as it looks like one of these, who would you rather face in the first round?
Still, if I've absolutely gotta pick a preferred first round opponent, I suppose I'd root for the Stars - as we all know that Turco folds like an cheap Albanian suit during the playoffs.
Detroit would be a pretty good match-up for us as well.
The only team that I think we match up poorly against is the Ducks. Over seven games their size and physicality would wear us down. All the more reason to take the Northwest
Division so as to avoid Burkie's big boys.
I'll pick Dallas too, but they could just as easily win it all too... damn.
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Dallas here as well... I can already hear the crowd chanting
"TURRRR-KOOOAH, TURRRR-KOOOAH"
Although I agree we should match up well with any team we face.
I do fear the wild more than the ducks for some reason - must be that Kool-aid in Minnie that freaks me out.
"TURRRR-KOOOAH, TURRRR-KOOOAH"
Although I agree we should match up well with any team we face.
I do fear the wild more than the ducks for some reason - must be that Kool-aid in Minnie that freaks me out.
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I would love for the Canucks to face Dallas...travel is not horrible (Detroit)...& the Canucks match up well against them...we both have goalies out to prove something too....all the games between them have been one goal games...wait a minute..all the games against all the teams in the league have been one goal games....
I would love for the Canucks to face Dallas...travel is not horrible (Detroit)...& the Canucks match up well against them...we both have goalies out to prove something too....all the games between them have been one goal games...wait a minute..all the games against all the teams in the league have been one goal games....
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Let the Ducks lose against the Sharks.
I voted just for the voting for Dallas just because of Turco but i guess we'll play the Wild. No problem, we had them once in the pocket and this time we'll do the rest. (I know they have a different team now, but we also.)
My general opinion is anyways that you have to beat anybody.
I voted just for the voting for Dallas just because of Turco but i guess we'll play the Wild. No problem, we had them once in the pocket and this time we'll do the rest. (I know they have a different team now, but we also.)
My general opinion is anyways that you have to beat anybody.
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I voted Minny. I think we are a better team than they are,and even though they realy hate us and will crank it up against us (specifically), I think we can beat them.
Turco has our number (we have beat him what, 3 times in the last 3 years or something wierd??) and San J should scare the crap out of anyone.
Turco has our number (we have beat him what, 3 times in the last 3 years or something wierd??) and San J should scare the crap out of anyone.
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I picked Minny too, they've been playing on a high on the return of Gabby and their unexpected goalie tandem of Backstrom and Harding(?), which by the way kinda fell apart last night against the Flames. Plus I think we can match them physically, whereas Dallas and San Jose are both deeper and bigger teams. I don't really care either way, I'm just too frickin stoked for Canucks PLAYOFF HOCKEY!!!!!
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I voted Dallas too, but then realized that my eral answer might be SJ... the Canucks have generally played the Sharks better than the Stars, who kind of seem to have the team's number.
Interesting factoid: these three teams are all very connected. The Dallas Stars are the Minnesota North Stars. The San Jose Sharks are a scion of the Minnesota North Stars (owners were forced to sell the team rather than move them to San Francisco, but they got to keep a lot of the players). The Minnesota Wild replaced the Minnesota North Stars.
Interesting factoid: these three teams are all very connected. The Dallas Stars are the Minnesota North Stars. The San Jose Sharks are a scion of the Minnesota North Stars (owners were forced to sell the team rather than move them to San Francisco, but they got to keep a lot of the players). The Minnesota Wild replaced the Minnesota North Stars.
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