NJTank Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 http://sportsecyclopedia.com/tank/nhl2011/nhl11playoffsrd1.htmlComments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Than != Then.Also, learn how to use a semicolon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePonderer Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'm glad you took the Preds. Because 9 out of 10 times you make a prediction, it ends up being wrong. Go Ducks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogodude90 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'd like to hope you are wrong about the Caps. How often does the same 1st place team in the conference, get upset by the 8th seed, two years in a row? (That's not really a rhetorical question, and I would figured you would know the answer to it. Forgive me if this has happened more than I think it has, especially if its in the NHL, because I don't follow it very closely.) I think the Rangers will put up a great fight, but I'm predicting Caps in 6 for that series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'd like to hope you are wrong about the Caps. How often does the same 1st place team in the conference, get upset by the 8th seed, two years in a row? (That's not really a rhetorical question, and I would figured you would know the answer to it. Forgive me if this has happened more than I think it has, especially if its in the NHL, because I don't follow it very closely.) I think the Rangers will put up a great fight, but I'm predicting Caps in 6 for that series.I would agree with you put those two 7-0 and 6-0 games scare me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There's your answer fishbulb:http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=527347 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I'd like to hope you are wrong about the Caps. How often does the same 1st place team in the conference, get upset by the 8th seed, two years in a row? (That's not really a rhetorical question, and I would figured you would know the answer to it. Forgive me if this has happened more than I think it has, especially if its in the NHL, because I don't follow it very closely.) I think the Rangers will put up a great fight, but I'm predicting Caps in 6 for that series.I would agree with you put those two 7-0 and 6-0 games scare me.Caps are a different team. Caps dominated the Penguins in the regular season the year we lost to them in the playoffs. Regular season results do not matter much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogodude90 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There's your answer fishbulb:http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=527347Wow, that's way higher than I expected. I'm pretty sure it's a lot lower in the NBA. I wonder why that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There's your answer fishbulb:http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=527347Wow, that's way higher than I expected. I'm pretty sure it's a lot lower in the NBA. I wonder why that is.More parity?8 seeds virtually in the playoffs for the last few weeks of the season and came in on a roll?There is no NBA equivalent of a hot goalie?Home court means more than home ice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 There's your answer fishbulb:http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=527347Wow, that's way higher than I expected. I'm pretty sure it's a lot lower in the NBA. I wonder why that is.More parity?8 seeds virtually in the playoffs for the last few weeks of the season and came in on a roll?There is no NBA equivalent of a hot goalie?Home court means more than home ice?Not to mention 8 seeds in the NBA are regularly under .500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yeah, the NBA's talent is so top-loaded that by the time you get to the 15 and 16th best teams you have some pretty crappy basketball teams that get included in the tournament just because. Every once in awhile one will fall into a matchup with a 1 seed where the pairing actually benefits them (Golden State-Dallas for example). The NHL is more spread out so the 15 and 16th best teams are still pretty capable hockey teams. I would not call the Chicago Blackhawks a bad hockey team, but the Indiana Pacers are a bad basketball team. Just one more reason hockey is better than basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnclearInitial Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 is this the year that San Jose learns the way to San Jose?What the hell does this mean? Sharks players haven't learned their way through the Bay Area yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogodude90 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Yeah, the NBA's talent is so top-loaded that by the time you get to the 15 and 16th best teams you have some pretty crappy basketball teams that get included in the tournament just because. Every once in awhile one will fall into a matchup with a 1 seed where the pairing actually benefits them (Golden State-Dallas for example). The NHL is more spread out so the 15 and 16th best teams are still pretty capable hockey teams. I would not call the Chicago Blackhawks a bad hockey team, but the Indiana Pacers are a bad basketball team. Just one more reason hockey is better than basketball.Everyone keeps talking about the Pacers, but what about the Western Conference? The Hornets are the 8th seed and they are 46-35. Also, I think there is such a thing as things being too evenly spread. If there are too many upsets, not only does it lead to less excitement about upsets in general, but it leads to crappier teams advancing. That's kind of why the NCAA basketball tournament sucked this year. It was too easy for the underdogs to get ahead. Upsets in the NBA are so much more magical (like the Golden State one in 2007) because they are rarer and therefore more memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 is this the year that San Jose learns the way to San Jose?What the hell does this mean? Sharks players haven't learned their way through the Bay Area yet? I fixed it. I meant to stay Stanley learns the way to San Jose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the admiral Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Also, I think there is such a thing as things being too evenly spread. If there are too many upsets, not only does it lead to less excitement about upsets in general, but it leads to crappier teams advancing. That's kind of why the NCAA basketball tournament sucked this year. It was too easy for the underdogs to get ahead. Upsets in the NBA are so much more magical (like the Golden State one in 2007) because they are rarer and therefore more memorable.Exactly. It was cool when the Sharks played the Blackhawks in the conference final last year, because they were far and away the best two teams in the superior conference, and every game was hockey played at its absolute highest level by both teams. On the Eastern side, it eventually became pretty clear how outmatched the Canadiens were. The other good thing about the NBA over the NHL is that the NBA regular season can tell you who's good and who's bad. Does anyone really think the breakdown of the seeds in this year's draw accurately reflect how good the teams are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Also, I think there is such a thing as things being too evenly spread. If there are too many upsets, not only does it lead to less excitement about upsets in general, but it leads to crappier teams advancing. That's kind of why the NCAA basketball tournament sucked this year. It was too easy for the underdogs to get ahead. Upsets in the NBA are so much more magical (like the Golden State one in 2007) because they are rarer and therefore more memorable.Exactly. It was cool when the Sharks played the Blackhawks in the conference final last year, because they were far and away the best two teams in the superior conference, and every game was hockey played at its absolute highest level by both teams. On the Eastern side, it eventually became pretty clear how outmatched the Canadiens were. The other good thing about the NBA over the NHL is that the NBA regular season can tell you who's good and who's bad. Does anyone really think the breakdown of the seeds in this year's draw accurately reflect how good the teams are?That is the result of the NHL giving points for OT losses in the past decade. The result is that points for the lower seeds have been inflated over time, while the point total for the #1 seed has remained constant (sans for that 131 that DET put up in 1995-95).Here is a Western Conference breakdown in the era before the OTL point through the 2009-10 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the admiral Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I know all that. The Blackhawks "backed in" with 97; they actually have 87. Pythagorean expectation is 94. They're not just a crappy 8 seed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Round 2http://sportsecyclopedia.com/tank/nhl2011/nhl11playoffsrd2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 the No. 8 seed has upset the No. 1 seed nine times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 Conference Finalshttp://sportsecyclopedia.com/tank/nhl2011/nhl11playoffsconfinals.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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