Posted on 08/10/2020 8:00:14 AM PDT by airborne
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Philadelphia Flyers (1) vs. Montreal Canadiens (8)
Tampa Bay Lightning (2) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7)
Washington Capitals (3) vs. New York Islanders (6)
Boston Bruins (4) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (5)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Vegas Golden Knights (1) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (8)
Colorado Avalanche (2) vs. Arizona Coyotes (7)
Dallas Stars (3) vs. Calgary Flames (6)
St. Louis Blues (4) vs. Vancouver Canucks (5)
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The Penguins got old. Their top players - Crosby, Malkin and Letang - are all in their mid-thirties.
They won 3 Stanley Cups and that is an awesome record considering many teams see their top players come and go without making it to the top.
So Montreal and Chicago have the potential to end up Playing the 5th, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seeds from their respective conferences.
And then they could meet each other.
Odds of that happening . . .
This is how marxism wins.
I’m right there with you!
The guy literally dropped the ball!
The guy literally dropped the ball!
I still think that the NHL is less scripted than the other major sports.
I am just so happy this season to be hoping for the Stanley Cup and not a first round draft pick for a change!!!!
Go Avs Go!
Yes, go Av’s! We’re a contender this time!
We really are. Dont count us out. I have us playing the flyers in the final (and winning, naturally)... hows your bracket?
I'm so glad the NHL is doing this. This year has been such crap, it'll be great to see the Cup hoisted!
Go Av's!
When we were really broke there was always this one...
The virus is bad enough in itself but our overreaction is way worse.
The NY Post mimicked my “frozen envelop” theory...
There might not be a frozen envelope involved, but conspiracy theories abounded after the Rangers won the NHL Draft lottery Monday night and with it the right to select consensus top pick, heralded Canadian left winger Alexis Lafreniere.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/10/nhl-draft-lottery-sparks-rangers-alexis-lafreniere-conspiracy-theory/
Some of the comments noted that “the Rangers ball looked heavier “.
I was watching the whole time, for the Penguins ball and for any ball seeming to be higher or lower than the rest.
None of that happened. But its fun to see all the “experts” weigh in about how a ping pong ball “looks” heavier.
I didn’t really have a team at first (early 80’s) but the Flyers was on most because of my location.
When Hextall went after Chelios (he went after a few others too) I decided to become a Penguins fan.
They sucked for a long time until Mario but to this day I’m a diehard hockey fan who likes the PA team 4 hours away and hates the team 90 minutes away.
The Avs have a real chance. But the Bruins? Did you see them in the round-robin? They looked disinterested and slow. Heck, my Caps looked like trash and still beat the Bruins. Based on how they’ve played so far, I’d lean towards TB or *gag* Philtha-delphia...
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