How Will Nashville do in the Playoffs without Vokun??
401916
They will lose to San Jose. Thornton and Cheechoo are on a tear, and they cannot be stopped. Even if Nashville manages to slow them down, they have players like Patrick Marleau, Milan Mihalek, Steve Bernier, and the Hobi Baker trophy winner Matt Carle. The Nsashville Predators will lose to the San Jose Sharks in 5 games.
133001
They're only 2.5 games out of the eight seed going into tonights games so it's possible.  I don't know if they have it though.  I'd have to say no.  They're just not that good this year.
323138
Honestly, it will be very difficult. The Yankees, Red Sox, and Blue Jays are all gonna take some games from each other this year. to me, Roy Halladay is the best picther is baseball when he is healthy. He does nothing but make guys look stupid when he is on the mound, him and that stinkin palmball that he has completely perfected. NY, Boston, and Toronto all play each other a bunch of times and that will hurt all 3 of them because these are 3 very good teams. TB isnt even that bad offensively what with Huff, Cantu, Gomes, Crawford, Gathright, and Lugo. They have a pretty impressive offensive lineup. The problem with Toronto over the past 5 years has been consistency. Can they play well throughout the entire season? With Halladay, Burnett (who is very good despite the crap you hear about him), and Ted Lilly that gives them a pretty solid starting 3 in a series. Vernon Wells is a stud, Glaus and Overbay are very good hitters, Alexis Rios is also another good young stick in the lineup. Signing BJ Ryan was very big for them since now they have a slam-the-door closer, but the rest of their bullpen is very shaky. I would say they have a chance if Halladay stays healthy, Ted Lilly lives up to his expectations as a good pitcher, Burnett pitches like he did 2 years ago in Florida, and the bullpen comes around. Sure they can contend for the wild card, who knows if they over-achieve they may just win the division, but I highly doubt it. I would say right now they are the 7th best team in the AL behind NY, BOS, CLE, CWS, OAK, and LAA. They would need to overachieve very badly in order to get the WC.
1110945
I think that the Anaheim Ducks are the team to beat next season.  Not only did they resign their leading scorer, Teemu Selanne, but they are loaded with young talent who picked up immeasurable experience in this year's playoffs, guys like Lupul, Penner, Getzlaff, Perry, McDonald, Kunitz, and Beauchemin to name some.  If they can settle on who their number one goalie will be, they will be extremely tough to beat.
368881
Joeys out and the knights struggle without him..but Danny Buderis will get em thru ... knights by 8points
456604
I think the Canucks need to move Morrison.  He has been the 3rd of the three on that line for quite some time.  Bertuzzi can continue to make a large contribution if he and Naslund have a quality centerman.  Even a new right winger would help as Bertuzzi has done well playing center.  I think the canucks just needed to have a full defensive staff and Cloutier back to be back in form.  Jovo added quite a bit of added power and skill when he returned.  He was out most of the season, Salo has been out since the Olympics and Ohlund missed several games after the Olympics.  Auld did an amazing job, but he was a backup goaltender and if Cloutier was there and healthy, they would've had a great 1-2 punch in goal.  There will be changes in the off season with the free agency, but the Canucks can't afford to keep them all with the salary cap.  Even though I think it will be a mistake, I think that the Canucks will have to trade Todd because they will need his high salary to pay players like Jovo in the lineup.
671421
Well, last night's game looked like a completely different series didn't it?\n\nEdmonton was ALL over San Jose from beginning to end.  Rolosson came up HUGE for the Oil and this team is RIGHT BACK IN IT.  \n\nI will cry tears of happiness if the Oilers win the cup this year.  And I think that they can do it!\n\nOilers in 7 baby!!\n\nGO OIL GO!!
300322
They've done a good job during the regular season and I see no reason why this won't continue in the playoffs. Bill Clement and company are polished and professional and I look forward to watching as much playoff hockey as possible for the next couple of months. I hope ESPN is crying in their worthless NBA beer for losing the NHL contract.\n\nGO SABRES!!!
1091885
I dont think that Edmonton will pull it off. The reason I feel this way is the fact that Carolina is going to be out for blood after playing like a bunch of Junior B players. I hope Edmonton wins but I seriously think Carolina is going to take this one. Afterall, they have one of the best home records in the playoffs and they already lost once at home in this series. My prediction is 4-1. As for having to score in the first 5 minutes of the game to have a chance? Come on, give me a break. Look how Carolina came back from the 3-0 deficit in game 1.
324377
I think they will take it this year. First off this is probably going to be Yzermans last year and all of his teammates know that and will want to send him off on top like Bowman 4 years ago. second they have 7 or 8 20 goal scorers this year, and you can take any player on that team and put them on any other teams first line and they will fit in. third the 6 Swedes enough said. fourth Pavel Datsyuk, better player than Sergei Fedorov could ever dream of being. and finally with Draps and Malts on the penalty kill. Detroits gonna have 2 partys to throw this spring, the Wings and the Pistons
520940
The better question is how will Huggins' new team do????
655519
Well, Moon, as it's still only the first round, it is far too early to tell. That said, I do like what's been happening so far. As correctly predicted here, the loathsome fat-cat red wings of dread detroit -- the #1 seed in the playoffs -- were unceremoniously dumped by the underdog Edmonton Oilers last night in six games! WOOHOO!!! Also, over the weekend, the Colorado Avalanche took out the hated dallas stars, another favourite, so again: WOOHOO!!!\n\nWhen my glorious Buffalo Sabres remove the utterly hateful philistinia floaters tonight (or Thursday night, either way, they go), the happiness trifecta will be complete and my three most hated NHL teams will have been eliminated in one fell swoop (I'll save that last WOOHOO!!! for later, lol). I love nothing more than to revel in the victory of the good and triumph in the defeat and abject humiliation of the evil -- and this applies to EVERYTHING! :)\n\nBut I digress... One reason these could be the greatest Stanley Cup playoffs of all time is that we missed out on ANY hockey all of last year because of the NHL lockout. Hockey came back in its full raiment of glory this season with rules changes which have directly correlated with a vastly improved on-ice product. Hockey has never been so good! Another reason -- indeed, THE reason! -- this could be the greatest playoffs ever is that my Sabres are so awesomely talented that they could conceivably go all the way and WIN Lord Stanley's Cup! Were that to happen -- and it's far too early to say now -- I would die and go to heaven on the spot! (OK, not literally... I don't even believe in heaven.) ;)\n\nAs for my expectations, well, I'm quietly confident my Sabres will continue to advance after defeating those despicable goon flyers tonight in their hellhole home in philistinia (Can ya tell I hate that godforsaken place and their truly horrible people?). But can they go all the way? In the East, where my Sabres play, Ottawa and New Jersey will be tough opponents and they may have to defeat both to continue (Carolina is struggling badly with Montreal and I'm not worried about facing either of them). If they can get out of the conference, I like their chances in the Cup Final, no matter who they face from the West. But again, all that is a long way away...\n\nLet's Go Buf-fa-lo!!! Let's Go Buf-fa-lo!!! Let's Go Buf-fa-lo!!! :)
202100
I'm afraid I'm going to have to say zero. They didn't utilize this years trade deadline through some misguided belief that they could make a cup run this year with the team they have. The team is aging and prospects are poor.
599385
I think it's going to game seven, which is a toss up. But then, Carolina could take it in six in light of the injuries...jcass, I think you have it twisted. Let's not forget that Buffalo would not even be here if it were not for the key injury to Ottawa, aka Hasek. Ottawa handled Buffalo all year, but they were lucky enough to run into a rookie goalie in the playoffs.\n\nUndeserving Oilers? Remind me who beat the President's Trophy winner in 6 games? And who came back from 2 games down to beat the hottest team in the NHL going into playoffs in 4 straight (barring possibly New Jesrsey)? Who is up 3 games to 1 against the team that battled the Flames to a first round defeat and swept the Avalanche (another one of the 3 hottest teams in the league going into the playoffs)? Who fought wars all year just to make the playoffs in the toughest divison in the NHL? If there has ever been a team more deserving of a Stanley Cup than the Edmonton Oilers, I have not heard of them.
124409
Out of the West, the Red Wings should get into the Finals. Dallas goalie Marty Turco has only beat the Wings once, and that was in a shootout. His record against Detroit is like 1-5-1. Its bad. Detroit has handled Nashville nicely in the past week. The only team Detroit has to worry about is Vancouver because for some reason they just know how to beat Detroit. The east is a bit more difficult this season. Philadelphia has not won a game in Detroit in like 14 years, so if they make it to the finals, Detroit would win. I dont know how they match up against the Senators because Detroit and Ottawa do not play this season. Carolina matches up well against Detroit. The Devils also match up well. I do think though the Red Wings will win it because im from Detroit.
1063048
A LOT! they will lose because Roloson is out.\n\nCarolina in 6... I'm calling it
460710
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.