04-08-2019, 06:40 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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I have a better chance of winning the Powerball lottery than the Jackets have knocking off TB.
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04-08-2019, 03:03 PM
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#42
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Calgary
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Tampa has just put up the most dominant season in the salary cap era. I don't think the Blue Jackets can win a series against this juggernaut, but I do think they surprise people and put a scare in the Lightning. I expect Tampa wins in 5 closely contested games.
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04-08-2019, 03:15 PM
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#43
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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It would be amazing to see CBJ win this one. The franchise is nearly twenty-years old and has never played in the second round.
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04-08-2019, 03:15 PM
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#44
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
I have a better chance of winning the Powerball lottery than the Jackets have knocking off TB.
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No. You do not.
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04-08-2019, 03:17 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
No. You do not.
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Lol, ok. I can do black and white. I think the odds of the Jackets winning are very very slim. Not really expecting someone to take a statement like that as a literal thing.
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04-08-2019, 04:46 PM
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#46
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It'd be so sweet if CBJ can do it in 4 or 5 games, but 7 would be just as nice! Go with the huge underdog on this one.
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04-10-2019, 05:19 AM
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#47
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Franchise Player
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...-blue-jackets/
All times Mountain
Wednesday, April 10 at Tampa Bay on SN360, USA, and TVA Sports 1700h/5:00 pm
Friday, April 12 at Tampa Bay on SN360, CNBC, and TVA Sports 1700h/5:00 pm
Sunday, April 14 at Columbus on SN360, NBCSN, and TVA Sports 1700h/5:00 pm
Tuesday, April 16 at Columbus on SN360, CNBC, and TVA Sports 1700h/5:00 pm
Friday, April 19 at Tampa Bay on TBA
Sunday, April 21 at Columbus on TBA
Tuesday, April 23 at Tampa Bay on TBA
Blue Jackets: 47-31-4, 98 points (fifth in the Metropolitan Division and eighth in the eastern conference)
Lightning: 62-16-4, 128 points (first in the Atlantic Division and eastern conference)
Regular-season series: Lightning won 3-0-0 (BJs 0-3-0) Games were on October 13, January 8, and February 18.
This is the first time these two teams have met in the playoffs.
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04-10-2019, 08:08 AM
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#48
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I could see the BJs pull this one out. They have underperformed all year and have a lot of talent. This is a team that's capable of winning this series. It's not my base case. But I don't think it's a small probability event either.
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04-10-2019, 08:31 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GullFoss
I could see the BJs pull this one out. They have underperformed all year and have a lot of talent. This is a team that's capable of winning this series. It's not my base case. But I don't think it's a small probability event either.
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Elvis has a better chance of coming back IMO.
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04-10-2019, 08:53 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Calgary
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Does everyone forget how unbelievably good TB have been this season? And how absolutely average Columbus has been? There is 30pts between them! This is not close. Not at all. TB in 4... 5 if Bob plays lights out.
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04-10-2019, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VilleN
Does everyone forget how unbelievably good TB have been this season? And how absolutely average Columbus has been? There is 30pts between them! This is not close. Not at all. TB in 4... 5 if Bob plays lights out.
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There was 33 points between Washington and Montreal in 2010, and then Washington got Halak'd. I do think this Tampa team is far better than that Capitals team so Bobrovsky stealing the series isn't likely, but if somehow the Jackets win it won't even be the biggest upset of the last 10 years
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04-10-2019, 09:07 AM
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#52
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VilleN
Does everyone forget how unbelievably good TB have been this season? And how absolutely average Columbus has been? There is 30pts between them! This is not close. Not at all. TB in 4... 5 if Bob plays lights out.
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People love upsets, and upsets happen with some frequency. I don’t think anyone is dismissing Tampa’s achievement, but anything can happen in the playoffs and it would be fun and amazing to see CBJ advance against these odds.
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04-10-2019, 09:10 AM
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#53
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GullFoss
I could see the BJs pull this one out. They have underperformed all year and have a lot of talent. This is a team that's capable of winning this series. It's not my base case. But I don't think it's a small probability event either.
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There's a considerably higher chance that the Avalanche upset the Flames than Columbus upsetting Tampa Bay. Considerably higher! I would bet every last penny I have on the Lightning getting into the 2nd round. Don't confuse what you hope happens with what you think is a real possibility.
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04-10-2019, 10:00 AM
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#54
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
People love upsets, and upsets happen with some frequency. I don’t think anyone is dismissing Tampa’s achievement, but anything can happen in the playoffs and it would be fun and amazing to see CBJ advance against these odds.
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Definitely, upsets are great. But from what I’ve seen of both teams, I can’t imagine this one being close. CBJ hasn’t seen the second round, I highly doubt this will be the year it happens.
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04-10-2019, 10:03 AM
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#55
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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I wonder if there is a line for losses by TB in the playoffs and what it would be
O/U 6.5?
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04-10-2019, 10:08 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Tampa can be beaten. But I wouldn't expect it in the first round.
Not against a mediocre team.
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04-10-2019, 10:20 AM
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#57
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Acerbic Cyberbully
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: back in Chilliwack
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Tampa can be beaten. But I wouldn't expect it in the first round.
Not against a mediocre team.
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Some teams do flip a switch when the playoffs start, and CBJ feels like a team that could do it. They are a good team; a deep team that disappointed this year, and they play in front of a marquis goalie.
The Blue Jackets come in with a chip on their shoulder, nothing to lose, and dragons to slay. Entering UFA Bobrovsky will want to correct his post-season history. The team has a long, sad history of heartbreak. No one is giving these guys a chance in this series, and when you have as much talent as Columbus does that can be enough to push them over the top.
I think Tampa wins this series, but I bet it goes six or seven games. I sure as hell will be cheering hard for Columbus. Kiss my ass, TB.
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04-10-2019, 02:44 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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I would bet on literally any other eastern team against the Jackets. They're only in the playoffs because everyone else in the east were kind of bad this year.
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Sure, they'll put up a fight, and first round matchups often go long because the losing side has a lot of energy to grind some wins.
Yeah yeah every team gets hot sometime and they could flick a switch... But with half their key players already one foot out the door? That would be pretty unheard of.
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04-10-2019, 02:47 PM
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#60
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Textcritic
Some teams do flip a switch when the playoffs start, and CBJ feels like a team that could do it. They are a good team; a deep team that disappointed this year, and they play in front of a marquis goalie.
The Blue Jackets come in with a chip on their shoulder, nothing to lose, and dragons to slay. Entering UFA Bobrovsky will want to correct his post-season history. The team has a long, sad history of heartbreak. No one is giving these guys a chance in this series, and when you have as much talent as Columbus does that can be enough to push them over the top.
I think Tampa wins this series, but I bet it goes six or seven games. I sure as hell will be cheering hard for Columbus. Kiss my ass, TB.
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Between this and your hate of the Sharks and Jets, I'm beginning to really, really like you.
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