Nevermind their standings. Personally i think the Sharks kick asss. Thorton is tied for the lead in points and is gunning for 100 assists for the season. Cheechoo is one goal behind Jagr and Marleau is crazy and would be insane if he had a good winger with him.
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san jose will be the dark horse of the west in the playoffs.  on paper the wings are the best.  how they hold up in the playoffs is a different story.  you have a good point about thorton.  he is good.  i hope they face the wings in the playoffs.
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Oilers are on fire with Dwayne Roloson leading the way.  Probably the best move all season by any team.  The sharks aren't playing their best hockey and the Oilers have a very good chance at winning this series
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Well they all seem to be having their good and bad games, but the Habs are definitely picking up their game this year.  Toronto sucks as usual, and don't get me started on the Sens...how embarrassing...For a team that was predicted to win the Cup last year, scoring under .500 already isn't a good sign.  I guess it's too early to tell.
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I'm very upset to see thhe great season down the drain. but hopefully this will teach them a lesson for next year. I'm not gonna make excuses here, just facts. Lets see, Edmonton, first off, did one hell of a job. Pronger played like he needed to and Roloson showed up hungry. The Wings went in overconfident I think and Edmonton stunned them for the first 2 and 1/2 games with their great teamwork, goaltending, and lets not forget that tricky neutral ice trap style defense that worked out great. Detroit was not slow at all. In every game since game 2, Detroit controlled the tempo, had way more ice time in the offensive zone, and nearly doubled Edmonton in Shots on goal. The wings did great, they got great scoring chances but just weren't finishing on them. Stevie Y and Lang were in the trenches of every play of their shift. Zetty scored at least one goal every game. Maltby did one hell of a job blocking the passing lanes and forceing turnovers on the power play. Shanny had many of opportunities. It's not that we didn't play well. We had the chances, but just could not convert them into points. Now don't get me wrong on this next part, I like Manny Legace a lot, but every game, he allowed over his goals per game average and in nearly every game he allowed 2 goals within the first 10 shots and one game where he allowed 2 goals within the first 7 shots. Ya can't do that in the playoffs. They couldn't pull him and let ozzy play, cause ozzy was injured. I think Manny is an excellent goaltender, but he just had a really bad playoff run. Possibly due to inexperience. I just hope they don't fire manny for it. He got us the Presidents Trophy and he's been one hell of a backup for the past few seasons. lets not forget when we had Hasek and Kujo, Legace was third string and both Kujo and Hasek were injured and Manny played nearly as many games as Dom and Kujo combined, and we won the presidents trophy that year too. I say keep Manny, he just needs more experience as a starter. Hats off to Edmonton for a series well played. they won fair and square. All except for the third goal that was reviewed in game 6. It was def hit down with a high stick that the refs didn't call and then a very controversial kicking motion. but oh well. Maybe next year for the Wings. (((( KEEP MANNY LEGACE ))))
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the leafs all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry Georgie, not this year. My pick is Anahiem. Gigure, Pronger=Stanely Cup. Detroit is my second pick though.
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The kings need more from their forwards defense is good.. last nights game against the sharks was played excellent by the kings frolov scored twice thats a good sign. if they keep playing like they did last night they will make it to the playoffs no doubt.
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Sens, Thrashers, Lightning, Leafs, Stars, Ducks
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I watched the game last night with the coyotes I think that SJ was playing better but just not putting the puck in the back of the net many great scoring Chance but not many goals. Cujo has also has a 30-7-0 record against the sharks so I don't see a change in that unless the sharks step it up a notch. I like what I saw of the sharks but if they want to win they need to keep crashing the net and stop with the bad turn overs. also stop giving away odd man rushes. As for the chances of making the play-offs not to good a lot of teams in the running will have to drop the ball for this to happen. Go Leafs and Canadians and ottawa :)
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if san jose beats edmonton, then there will be a dog fight in the west between the ducks and the sharks.  i think the ducks might win.  buffalo is hot so whoever plays them in the finals better be hot too. their goalies get better every game.  i pick sharks or ducks to win.
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I like anaheim too, but my fav team is guess what?? AVS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They will beat the Ducks, and if you want to cheer both, well, how easy can that be? U can actually live thru a goal scored without being frustrated!!!!
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The Redwings have really no choice but to keep Legace in goal.  Osgood is injured and Howard does not thave much game experience let alone playoff experience.  Legace can't be the total reason the Wings are playing lousy.  He has been very average and needs to step up his game but he needs some offensive help as well. I do feel the Wings need to be hungrier at playoff time and maybe the President's Trophy is more of a curse than a blessing.  When you have your division/conference wrapped up so early hard to keep the competitive edge.  Keep the faith they have two games to go and stranger things have happened in the playoffs!
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Rumor is it's a separated shoulder.....Regardless we are without his talent for about 10 days.\n\nWe did manage to set a new road win record for the start of the season tonight with a win against the Rangers---if that's any consolation.\n\nThe Leafs played great, no question about it on Saturday.  Makes you wonder where they are a lot of the "other times".  I really wanted to see them beat Belfour on Thursday but they were just flat as pancakes.
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HOCKEY ROX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nGO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!\n\nLeafs suk!!!\n\nGO lf LEAFS GO lf\n\n\nOLE OLE OLE OLE,  OLE,  OLE!!!!
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Bad refs!! (Just kidding)\n\nUmmmm - We don't know. Personally - I looked at every single aspect (including ownership Bill) \nPhila has made a lot of changes in every different catagory.\nEsche has to go and he wants to go. / Nittymaki is a backup goalie who'se only playing because Esche's heart is not in Phila.\n\n*I'm only now beginning to agree that Hatcher has to go. / An enforcer was called up from the minors today and that's a damn-good indication that they're looking to get rid of their old enforcer - Hatcher.*\n\n**Peter did not skate tonight - he has the flu. The flu?\nOK - With-that Phila played their best game in a long long time... so this might be an indication of some captain-conflicts within the team.... / I have said since the season began that Gagne should be captain but Gagne held-out for more $\n*Peter is also having reoccuring ankle problems and the Flyer's new GM stated today that he's not untradable. / At the end of the season he's free-picking for any team.\n\nIn short - I don't know..\nBut I can say that I love these kids and I'm proud of them.
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The Oilers for sure, they are not an 8th place team. They have just as good a chance as any, especially if they knock off Detroit. Then everyone will jump on the bandwagon.
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The Sabres are definitly a great hockey team and I think they have been the best team in the league since november. Obviously alot of things have chage lately, in my opinion the players have lost their focus with their leader the coach worried about his little girl. If the Sabres play as well as they did the last five month they will be better than the Senator this year and they will win the Stanley Cup (Maybe that is too much). My point is, I am not sure that the Senators is a better team as of right now, they may have a better record due to their great start but as of today, I think the Sabres have a better chance to beat them in the playoffs. Just watch!!!