2024-25 Playoffs Thread - series, opponents, players and team discussion

[Last Rat Standing]

Last time I wished for a playoff opponent was 2016 when I thought the Islanders would be easier than the Rangers, as well as, at the time, a lot less Ranger fans in our barn than Islander fans.

Then Griess goes God mode against us.

 

[Cats711]

Just win the division and beat whatever is put in front of us. Let the rest worry about playing us.

 

[I am not exposed]

Liked all except the last part- goaltending is the least precarious of all! Don't forget the name we were chanting when McDavid's name was called! Our goaltender was robbed of his deserved playoffs MVP trophy the last two years running. Our GM too, but 3 years.
Maybe they don't snub them this time around.

Barkov was our playoff MVP, not Bob,

Bob got outperformed by two goaltenders we faced in the playoffs.

And there was one point in the finals he was letting in every breakaway goal. About 5 in a row lol. It would have been a very weak conn smythe. He was most definitely not robbed.

 

[KW]

I think it would be more interesting if the playoffs weren’t done as Eastern vs Western Conference. What sucks most is that there can never be an East teams SCF or a West teams SCF. Also I think the limited matchups in the first 3 rounds ends up pitting the same teams against each other over and over and over. I get that they want rivalries but the flip side of it is that they repeat constantly so no new rivalries form and also it’s the same old story every year. If the rivals do end up meeting “by chance” it’s that much more special, now it’s predestined pretty much.

JMO. I get that teams play more within division and conference and thus the points rankings at the end of the year may seem unfair, but home ice in playoffs isn’t going to give a series win to a clearly weaker team. I think there are ways to make it work and would make everything more interesting, including who you trade players to.

 

[Vilam]

Hoping for Ottawa just because I think a Tkachuk Bowl series would be damn fun hockey. I'd also happily take the Lightning for the same reason - damn fun hockey. I don't care who we face from a competitive standpoint; I've got confidence in the team.