Blackhawks / Lightning Prediction Thread

[MsMeow]

I am picking the Hawks but I'm fine with whoever wins. I love Toews and even though Timonen has been terrible, I'd love to see him get a cup. On the other hand, I love Stamkos, too. I am hoping for a great final. Seeing the Rangers and Ducks lose was the best part for me.

 

[Telos]

Heart says TB in 6, Head says Chicago in 5.

Came here to say exactly this. I hope Tampa wins it, but it is hard to argue against the Hawks in this matchup, though anything can happen in a series and it can easily sway the other way.

 

[gtwyc]

i think tampa has a good chance of winning cause they're offense is explosive… didn't DL talk about how after losing in the wcf in the lockout season the only way to beat chicago is outscore them? and tampa can definitely outscore chicago. hedman is gonna have to match keiths play. heart says tampa wallet says chicago. i think it goes 7.

 

[TheSentinel]

Hoping this goes to 7 for entertainment value, GF and I are united in rooting for the Bolts, rooting for the same team is a rarity until she sees the error in her dux loving ways.

 

[gnarls barkley]

to me, it really depends on two things:

will we see the Bishop of game 7s or will we see the Bishop who let in 5 goals in multiple times?

and secondly, can CHI shutdown TBL's offense enough for the above to actually matter?

 

[KINGS17]

Chicago in 6, and that will make it look closer than it actually will be.

 

[Reclamation Project]

I wonder if the Kings even watch the SCF and use it as motivation. Probably not.

 

[mrkolice]

I wonder if the Kings even watch the SCF and use it as motivation. Probably not.

in a recent interview during conference finals Kopi admitted that he doesn't, quoting: "well i'm not getting up in the middle of night to watch that..."

 

[Reclamation Project]

Yeah, but he was on the other side of the planet though. A little different.

 

[mrkolice]

true, games start at 2 am here

 

[Choralone]

I'm all in. (6)

 

[Reclamation Project]

I bet you are.

 

[kingsholygrail]

My prediction is whoever wins game 1 will be declared the HF Boards Stanley Cup Champion.

 

[mrkolice]

i have a question: how do you compare Coop vs Q? their strongholds, soft-spots...? i have a feeling that their fight will be uberimportant, so much contrast in their coaching philosophies.

 

[Ron*]

Q is a ****ing genius. If you didn't know it before game 7 against the Ducks, you know it now.

 

[mrkolice]

huh, that sounds like darryl sutter answering

 

[Ron*]

Okay, I will lay it out for you.

BB never saw the line-change strategy from Q coming. He got hit by a freight train. Having Toews jump on and off the line with Kane got BB all discombobulated. He did that at infrequent and staggard times throughout the game; BB could never match him up.

****ed BB up big time. ANA couldn't recover from the early goals and that was all she wrote.

 

[The Night King]

My prediction is whoever wins game 1 will be declared the HF Boards Stanley Cup Champion.

And a new Jonathan Toews thread will be needed.

 

[mrkolice]

thx. imo BB made it look easy for Q. i guess forcing getzlaf against toews was sick, kesler should take it over and do the main job, plus line-mixing by the hawks shouldn't come as a surprise really. still a smooth execution, hat tip. my respect for Q was firm before that, our last series one year ago was epic including both coaches, while BB, well, outcoached again and again. what do you think about cooper?

 

[KopitarFAN]

I'm sure others have noticed this, but Brian Boyle is like the anti-Hossa, goes to the finals with NYR, signs with Tampa and goes back.