I truly believe this series will be decided by coaching and the quick adjustments necessary. Based on years of experience, you would have to go with Paul Maurice. I hope I am wrong.
From most previews I read the Jets are being picked.
Personally here is how I see it:
Forwards=wash. Both teams boast a strong big 4 up front. Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm vs Schiefele, Wheeler, Laine, Connor.
Defense=Calgary. Flames have a better, deeper blueline
Goaltending=Winnipeg Helleybuck is clearly better than either Flames goalies but Calgary can absorb an injury better as they have 2 very capable options. Winnipeg not so much
My bias has me predicting a Flames win but this series can go either way depending on how each teams top players play
From most previews I read the Jets are being picked.
Personally here is how I see it:
Forwards=wash. Both teams boast a strong big 4 up front. Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm vs Schiefele, Wheeler, Laine, Connor.
Defense=Calgary. Flames have a better, deeper blueline
Goaltending=Winnipeg Helleybuck is clearly better than either Flames goalies but Calgary can absorb an injury better as they have 2 very capable options. Winnipeg not so much
My bias has me predicting a Flames win but this series can go either way depending on how each teams top players play
This is exactly how I see it as well. I suspect most pundits who are picking Winnipeg are doing so because of goaltending. But I also tend to think that this is the biggest mystery for every team heading into the play-in: with so much time off and without the long runway to get into playoff game-shape, which goalie will hit the ground running?
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"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
Although, if I'm honest, I don't believe anyone has ever (non-sarcastically) called me sexy.
As long as nobody has called you #### city, Canada's embarrassment, or an irrelevant wasteland better suited as a garbage dump, you're probably still a cut above.
As long as nobody has called you #### city, Canada's embarrassment, or an irrelevant wasteland better suited as a garbage dump, you're probably still a cut above.
If they have... well... my condolences.
I don't think I've ever heard any Canadian city being labelled "Canada's embarrassment". Or "irrelevant wasteland"
I'm assuming these are clumsy jabs at Winnipeg. Great work buddy.
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I'm sure it's hard to keep up with the conversations outside of Winnipeg when y'all only got dial-up internet a few years ago.
Wait until you get a load of smartphones. They're wild, man.
I don't even know how to respond to this. Like, what?
I'm sure it's hard for you to write that response because of the incredible squirrel problem Calgary has. Like, get with it Calgary! I can't drive 10 mins without seeing overturned trucks from the hoardes of squirrels.
^^ That makes as much sense as saying internet in Winnipeg is slower than Calgary. Like pretty brutal dude. Stick to the classics the yokels in this province understand: Winnipeg is cold, has mosquitos. We vote for communists like Trudeau. Cman.
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^^ That makes as much sense as saying internet in Winnipeg is slower than Calgary. Like pretty brutal dude. Stick to the classics the yokels in this province understand: Winnipeg is cold, has mosquitos. We vote for communists like Trudeau. Cman.
And their hockey team is ####.
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Originally Posted by woob
"...harem warfare? like all your wives dressup and go paintballing?"
I don't even know how to respond to this. Like, what?
I'm sure it's hard for you to write that response because of the incredible squirrel problem Calgary has. Like, get with it Calgary! I can't drive 10 mins without seeing overturned trucks from the hoardes of squirrels.
^^ That makes as much sense as saying internet in Winnipeg is slower than Calgary. Like pretty brutal dude. Stick to the classics the yokels in this province understand: Winnipeg is cold, has mosquitos. We vote for communists like Trudeau. Cman.
The joke is that Winnipeg is 25 years behind the rest of the world. Am I surprised someone from Winnipeg struggles with any basic joke even slightly more complex than "IT'S COLD THERE"?
This is exactly how I see it as well. I suspect most pundits who are picking Winnipeg are doing so because of goaltending. But I also tend to think that this is the biggest mystery for every team heading into the play-in: with so much time off and without the long runway to get into playoff game-shape, which goalie will hit the ground running?
I assume coaching as the other category has consensus going to Winnipeg. Who knows, maybe Ward is a genius playoff adjusting coach, no one knows. I hope so!
I think the series could go either way. It's actually the most evenly matched play-in round of them all I would say. Should be exciting.
The joke is that Winnipeg is 25 years behind the rest of the world. Am I surprised someone from Winnipeg struggles with any basic joke even slightly more complex than "IT'S COLD THERE"?
Just jokes man, no “takes.” Lighten up. I would have thought a Winnipegger would have thicker skin, since it’s so cold there (that one’s for you).
Either way I’m just glad we can poke fun at Winnipeg and you’re happy to try to figure out the jokes in front of us. Should be a very entertaining series on CP lol.
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