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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
There's very little about Colorado that scare me. I think I would have picked them if they were part of this poll. I just can't see them winning 4 out of 7 games against us.
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Yeah, I kind of feel Colorado is kind of just a lesser version of us. They don't have or do anything we can't do. This could easily be a sweep like the season series.
Arizona is another team that I just feel has no real advantage over us. Something will have to go terribly wrong to lose to either of those in a seven game series. Goal differential in the season series was 18-6.
Dallas has the goaltending edge and a first line that just owns us, and that makes for a series that could go either way on a few bounces, even if we have the better team overall. We've lost both games agains them too. They make me nervous more than any other team. That said, I feel like we've kind of looked past them in the regular season. That's not going to happen in the playoffs.
If Fleury doesn't steal the series, Vegas has no chance. 8 goals against in four games does not scare me in series length. Stone helps, and playoff experience helps, but the overall gap in team quality is still big. Fleury COULD steal a series though.
I want no part of Minnesota. We'd win, but it'd be a war with guaranteed injuries.
Sharks... Meh. They're my #1 pick to be upset by a lower seed, at least in the West. (The Caps falling in the first round would not surprise one bit either.) I just don't think they have the goaltending or the defense for the playoffs. I could be way off, maybe they tighten up in the playoffs, and they do have a massive edge in experience.