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Will try to update points in this week. Sorry for minor deley. I been glad to follow playoffs again. Last year was first year when i only watched 10 min Recapts and i continued doing that in regular season, but had to take playoff pass and havent regred that. I been following my favorite players and idols. Oettinger (DAL) and Aho (CAR) are my main teams, but also watched all Zucker (NSH) and Rantanen (COL) games too. Has watched all the other series 10 min recapts. Also did watch Toronto vs Boston game seven. I have to say Toronto was bit better in game seven, but they also made costly mistake. Marner got all the blame, but Reilly didnt defence either and it was just good play and you cant blame one or two player for serie loss. I think all other NHL fans say same, you cant use 50% salary to 4 players. You cant blame players or agents for asking maximum moneys, its GM's job to think what is best for team. NSH vs VAN was boring serie to watch, not a lot goals, not a lot offence or physicality and that end in game 4 was epic fail from NSH. I did follow Minnesota before and i had gray hair when Brunette was running our PP and he never did any changes to lineups or tactics. He is great motivator, but his tactical knowledges is poor and he basicly didnt do any lineup changes in serie. Only changes in lineups happened because couple injuries. I think this is end of Saros era in NSH, he havent been able to win any playoff serie yet and he need new team and start. Silovs is good goalie and have star lvl potential. He have done very good and solid job in AHL and EU and World Championship lvls. COL-WPG It was probably most entertaining serie what i watched. A lot goals and WPG wasnt able to change they tactic. It was Bowness last game as Coach when he decided to retire. Bowness was good motivator, but wasnt able to change tactics when it was needed. You cant blame Hellebuyck on giving so much goals, but its bit ironic that he will probably win Vezina as best goalie of the year, when being worse goalie of the playoffs. I understand that in playoffs you only give one indivual and Stanley Cup is main trophy, because in playoffs you play as team, when in regular season you have to please stars more, but how different would be NHL if all the trophies would be given on players who are best in both regular season and playoffs. DAL - VEG This serie got my hearth beating and it was great serie. I become huge Oettinger fan. Followed him since rookie season and i like him a lot. He wasnt sharpest at start of serie, but when it was mattering most he was best goalie of serie and one of main reasons why they did win the serie. I think some love VEG and some hate them being over the cap hit, but they dont broke any rules atm. I have to admire how Nill has been drafting and still keeping team in Stanley Cup race almost every year. Johston has been great and made huge impression to me. I think he will be key role if DAL is able to dropp COL in next round. DAL defence looks a lot more thin without Hakanpää and they basicly played with 5 defender and had to overplay Heiskanen and he did look tired in game 6 and 7. Tanev was great and i did like his game a lot. CAR - NYI Carolina was a lot stronger, and biggest difference was defence group. If Bortuzzo was 7 or 8 defender in St. Louis which dropp out in playoffs, its tell your d-group is thin. Carolina is well balanced team and in my mind biggest question mark on they Stanley Cup run is they goalies. Andersen did look very good in first 3 games, but was shaky in game 4 and 5. I think coaching group made mistake when they didnt give Kochetkov start in game 3 or 4. Roy and Lamiorello will be back in next year. NYI roster is old time roster and Roy is right coach to lead them. I think we might see them in playoffs next year too. Jarvis (Car) has made huge impression to me, i like him a lot already. He is funny outside of ring and doing everything in ice. I always admire those guys who working hard, are modest and give they hearth on game. Round 2. EDM-VAN I do hope Vancouver win, buts its likely too early them to win Edmonton, but they did play very solid d-game against NSH, if they do that and not try to go goal scoring competition they migh upsed Edmonton and go to third round. Skinner is underrated goalie. Ekholm is key what Edmonton need him to be and he make they d-group a lot stonger. Nurse contract cost them some overall wideness, but Van isnt wide either. Dose Demko play in serie is question mark? Healthy Demko can be player who turn serie, but i do believe Silvos will do just fine. Key players from VAN: Silvos and Garland. Key players from EDM Ekholm and Skinner. Prediction EDM 4 - 2 VAN DAL-COL This is very interesting serie for me and i have to say i will cheer Dallas more, because Oettinger is playing in there, but i dont mind Colorado going through either. Even that Oettinger is my idol, i do think Colorado have minor advange. Dallas basicly use 5 defender and in long play off run that not good and give benefit for more rested d-groups. Dallas truly miss Hakanpää. With Hakanpää i would put Dallas favorite. Key on how Dallas can win is in goal. Georgiev is big question mark. In my mind he is not top goalies of league. If Dallas can make this more as goal scoring race, they can win this serie, there is no questions MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar are best players of the serie and top 10 players of NHL. Any other team dont have three top 10 players in they roster, but Dallas have more wide offence group. They can get scoring from three line and fourth line is stronger in defence zone. Hintz have to be better and Depoer have to change Hintz to third line and put Johnston or Seguin to play with Robertson if Hintz continue to strugle. He has been biggest disapointment of the playoffs atm and i do predict he will be traded after season or after next season. Key players from DAL: Johnston and Heiskanen Key players from COL: Lehkonen and Parise. FLA-BOS Game one was already played. Boston did win it and they might run win with they hot goalie Swayman, but i do predict Florida will win serie. I think they are bit more wide group in forwards. Some young Boston players are making breakthrough and they can upsed Florida and win the serie. I wait very even serie. Coach who can react fastest and change tactics when needed will lead team to third round. Key players from Boston: They rookie group Key players from Florida: Lundel and Forsling. Prediction FLA 4 - 3 BOS (Game seven go to overtime) CAR - NYR Game one was already played. This serie will likely decide who go to Stanley Cup finals from east, As huge Aho fan, i ofc cheering Carolina, but i do fear Laviolette a lot, he is in my mind one of best coach all time. He is great playoff coach, he get more out of his players than coaches usually get and thats also been his curse, because you cant get more out of players too long time, so he is not lasting long in his coaching jobs. Goalies are Carolina biggest question mark and in there NYR has levarage on Carolina. I do think we might see Kochetkov at goal in this serie. Both teams have very powerfull and wide forward groups and i did wait Laviolette getting more out of Lafreniere and he did play his best season. Carolina have stronger defender group. This serie will be epic. Key players from CAR: Jarvis and Slavin. Key players from NYR: Lafreniere and they coach Laviolette. Prediction CAR 4 - 3 NYR

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Its been great playoffs. I been watching all Carolina, Dallas, Nashville and Colorado games and 10 min recapts from rest of the series. Vegas looking strong, but i do believe Oettinger. He is first and only second goalie after Niittymäki who is my idol. I did love to follow Bäckström and Koskinen careers too and enjoyng to watch Fleury in Wild now. Today is Hockey day, i watched Nashville and Colorado games and now waiting to watch Carolina live game

We had a lot fun. @Raziel Was best Raziel killer and bott slayer, so botts decided to just stay home flying and relaxing. 😂 Gameday is still on at jay2. Have fun and thanks for all the hosts and planning team.

These are @D..X Playoff predictions. 16. Dallas 15. Carolina 14. Edmonton 13. Rangers 12. Florida 11. Vegas 10. Vancouver 9. Colorado 8. Tampa 7. Boston 6. Winnipeg 5. Toronto 4. Nashville 3. LA 2. Washington 1. NYI

Playoffs will start today. So here comes mine 16. Carolina 15. Dallas 14. Colorado 13. Florida 12. New York Rangers 11. Edmonton 10. Nashville 9. Boston 8. Vegas 7. Los Angeles 6. Vancouver 5. Winnipeg 4. Tampa Bay 3. Toronto 2. New York Islanders 1. Washington I do think current format what NHL use is bad. How many Toronto vs Boston series we have seen in first round? Or how many Edmonton vs LAK we have seen? I dont think its fair system, because some divisions are a lot stronger. Example in my mind Toronto had to beat a lot stronger teams than Edmonton. I did like 1vs8 (old) system more. But i think NHL should use Europe system. Where winning of regular season truly have impact. Now i dont think Dallas is happy to face Vegas in first round? In EU system winner would meet team who is at 16 position (last playoff position). So now we would have Rangers vs St. Louis Blues (Washington season would end in regular season) Dallas vs New York Islanders Carolina vs Vegas Winnipeg vs Tampa and so on... I think those would be good series too. Now NHL think that making bigger rivalries is right way. Yes that mean we see best hockey in first round. How many times we have seen series to go game seven in first round? Comparated to Stanley Cup finals or Conference finals, where we see 4-0 or 4-1 series. If you watch history and biggest rivalries, those did born when teams was playing in later rounds, those Toronto vs Boston series did happen in Stanley cup or Conference finals in past and those did born those rivalries, not playing in first round. Its not fair to fans or to players that you dropp out in first round, when you should dropp out in Conference finals or Stanley Cup finals. I think two best teams should see in Stanley Cup finals, but now its possible that best teams see in first or second round and winner of that serie often has win Cup in past years. I understand this system you can have "bigger underdog" to go Stanley Cup finals, but no matter what system, there always come those miracle stories and runs to Cup. To win Cup you have to win every team, and its no matter who you face, but to face biggest challange in Stanley Cup finals rather than first round is better for everyone. Thats how i believe. Example Toronto, i think in other system, they wouldn't dropp out in first round in so many years, probably in second or third round and some years in finals, and for fans, organisation and players, its better to have long runs and not dropp out in first round. And no i am not Toronto fan, i just use them example, because they division been very hard last 5-6 years. Imagine Stanley Cup finals between Rangers and Islanders or Calgary vs Edmonton, or Toronto vs Montreal or Pittsburgh vs Flyers. Now those cant happen. I understand that there might be travel issues, but those can be always solved.

Nice its tomorrow I did put reminder for myself in my phone and will try to come there. Lets have some fun 😄

Congratulations mate! I hope i can see your Playoff prediction soon Thank you for all the hard work and dedication towards.

I wish Cygnosic come to Finland some day. Artist is great and last year he was my most listened artist/band. When this album came, this was first song and its my favorite, that moment when you here first song of album and its hits to you is priceless, we was doing food with my gf and we did listen album first time and this song did hit me hard. Cygnosic has very special meaning for me, it was music what was playing when i did go to see my gf first time, its music what we was listening when we was moving together and we both love this artist.

I had this one long long time, but now i had to change it. Granlund and Kunin are my biggest idols and when Granlund was voted as San Jose Sharks player of the year, i had to put him as my desktop screenshot. Kunin and Granlund has been playing same team three time. First in Wild, then in Nashville and now in San Jose. I was so so glad when Granlund and Kunin both was named as Alternate Captains of San Jose this year. When you are fan, its strange how much happiness every accolade what your idol get can bring to your life. Usually fans are more happy on accolades than player themselfs.

Hey, in past we had playoffs pools going in here clan. Then many of us got busy, but i think we can let and try it again. Its fun and give more excitement for the playoffs. I will copy and past Meow old post here, where he explain how everything works. There is still about two week left regular season. So i will post this bit early. You have time till playoffs start. You can wait till regular season end, before sending your predictions. We can also discuss here on coming playoffs. I will try to remember bump this topic once season is ended and i can calculate points. I can do it in google Sheets and if anyone have google account and is willing to help me, let me know in pm. Thank you! Here is rules and infos. Thank you @meow Past years winners 2018 @L3ftY. 2017: @Letdown 2016: @L3ftY. 2015: @hobbit Here's how it works: We give a rank to each teams from 1 to 16 16 = the team you think has the best chance to win the Stanley Cup 15 = the team you think has the 2nd best chance to win the Stanley Cup ... 1 = the team you think has no chance to win the first round After each round, you are awarded points using the rank you gave to the winning teams 1st round = rank x 1pts 2nd round = rank x 2pts 3rd round = rank x 4pts final round = rank x 8pts Example: I give Chicago a rank of 14 and they lose in the 3rd round. 1st round = 14 x 1 = 14 pts 2nd round = 14 x 2 = 28 pts 3rd round = 0 pts final round = 0 pts So Chicago gave me 42pts. We do this with every team and add up all the points. You can post your picks here or send them to me by PM if you don't want everyone to copy you before playoffs starts. I will post everyone's picks together when the playoffs begins. You have until *INSERT STARTING DATE OF PLAYOFFS* (until the first game starts) to send me your picks or make changes to them. Let's try to get every hockey fan in this pool. The more the merrier! Good luck to everyone!!