Nice! Should be awesome. Good luck. I know the Caps won all 4 games against the Canes this season, but each game was close. 6-5 in the shootout, 3-1, 4-1 and 3-2. I plan on going to either Game 1 or 2. Not sure yet til I see the schedule.
2019 Playoff Predictions: 1st Round and the Stanley Cup Winner: East: Tampa Bay Lightning over Columbus Blue Jackets in 6. Boston Bruins over Toronto Maple Leafs in 7. Washington Capitals over Carolina Hurricanes in 5. New York Islanders over Pittsburgh Penguins in 7. West: Nashville Predators over Dallas Stars in 7. Winnipeg Jets over St. Louis Blues in 6. Calgary Flames over Colorado Avalanche in 5. San Jose Sharks over Vegas Golden Knights in 7. (Toughest series to predict, I have now picked against Vegas in all 5 of their playoff series) Stanley Cup Final: Nashville Predators over Washington Capitals in 7. (My exact pick from last year. )
Isles over Pens in 6 Canes over Caps in 5 Bolts over BJ’s in 4 Bruins over PJ’s in 3 (that’s how bad they’ll beat them) Preds over Stars in 5 Blues over Jets in 7 Knights over Sharks in 6 Flames over Avs in 6 Isles over Knights for the Cup.
This quote is funny in multiple ways. Love it. Cracked me up. This one not as funny. That would be awful! Crazier things have happened to the Caps in the playoffs, but I think a Canes win would take 6 or 7. A Caps win might take that too.
Isles over Pens in 7 Caps over Canes in 6 Bolts over Jackets in 5 B's over Leafs in 6 Preds over Stars in 6 Jets over Blues in 6 Flames over Avalanche in 5 Sharks over Knights in 7
Crazy thing about the Canes is the last 3 times they made the playoffs - they lost in Conference Finals, Won Cup and Lost in Cup finals. This group obviously has nothing to do with those teams except the Captain is now the coach and his linemate JW is now the captain. Sometimes thing that happen with teams transcends the players Indiviudually. History tells us the Canes go far when they make it. CAPS STILL ARE THE FAVORITES BUT WE ALL KNOW HOCKEY AND THE CANES GOALIES GHAVE BEEN STELLAR. I LIKE THE ISLES,BOLTS AND LEAFS IN EAST AND PREDS, BLUES, FLAMES AND VEGAS IN WEST
Braden Holtby is pretty good himself. Can't wait til Thursday. You are right, I have watched a lot of hockey. Anything can happen. Tampa Bay has been the best team by a mile this season, but Columbus upsetting them would not shock me. Hockey is tough. The Canes could definitely beat the Caps. You need to be good, but you also need luck to succeed in the playoffs.
Crazy game. I knew CBJ was capable of beating the Bolts, but not like that. Must win for Tampa in Game 2.
That game should have been 10-0 Bolts. There is no way Columbus can continue to play that bad defensively and win the series, their goalie will have nothing left or might end up hurt.
Reason told me to take the Sharks in the West, I just didn’t want to pick them. If they get decent goaltending they could roll right through the conference.
Tampa is soft and it showed last year against the Caps and it’s showing again this year. They rely too much on skill and expect the other team to wilt. Where was Kucherov last night? A ghost like he was in the ECF last year
Tampa is a highly skilled team, the amount of chances they had to put game away was insane. They will win first round but I don’t see them winning a grind it out series vs Caps or Bruins.
The Blue Jackets are a really skilled team. They were the one team I was hoping the Caps would avoid in Round 1. Panarin, Atkinson, Duchene, can score, the D is solid, and Bobrovsky is a good goalie. Not a fair or ideal match-up for a #1 seed who dominated the league this year. I think Tampa is fine if they can win Game 2, but this is a tougher series than people realized. You are right though, if CBJ keeps playing like that on D, it will be Bolts in 5 still.
Good luck with the Caps tonight. Although not as talented as CBJ the Canes are a good team. They have been playing good hockey for a while to get back into the race and clinch a playoff spot. The Caps are the better team and have more depth but it should be a good series. Caps in 6.
Yep. That too. Yeah, the Canes are good. I went to a game of theirs a couple weeks ago. The Caps won all 4 games against them this year, but they were close. A bounce here and a bounce there and the Canes could win the series for sure. I just preferred that match-up slightly to playing CBJ.