One reason why your team will go deep and one reason why they won't

[DingDongCharlie]

Oilers

Deep run. God mode for McDrai

Early exit is about a dozen issues but all will come down to goaltending.

For whatever reason, players come to Edmonton to be absolute passengers.

 

[Paper]

Wolf

Not making playoffs

 

[Prairie Habs]

Habs

Win: 6th best record in the league since the carrier trade back in December. Likely to be underestimated by whoever we play

Lose: doesn't look like we'll be able to play to play the leafs in the first round anymore

 

[Kevinsane]

Jets: will go far if they treat the first three playoff series like games 82 through 94 of the regular season.
Won’t: If anyone tells them why they keep playing the same team four times.

 

[bleedthenorth]

McDraisaitl

Skinner

 

[JoeSakic13]

Oilers:
Go deep - E. Kane returns
Go not deep - E. Kane is too beat up to play his game

Although I’ll admit there’s a chance that the Oilers go deep again this year; it doesn’t live and die with Kane.

 

[hangman005]

Will: The refs are afraid of my onlyfans.

Wont: The refs are into my onlyfans.

 

[trick9]

Depth.

Lack of superstar.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Florida

Will: Tkachuk is 100% healthy when playoffs start, Marchand fits in perfectly, Bob is a wall again.

Won’t: Guys aren’t healthy, played a lot of hockey the last 2 years and the wear is too much.

 

[AnomX]

Leafs - is first round considered "deep"?

Asking for a friend.

 

[joestevens29]

Oilers are two fold.

Team actually has to show up to games and give a fack. If they get lazy and play uninspired hockey like they did to start the year or after the 4 nations cup then it won't matter if McDavid and Drai are putting up record numbers.

Goaltending is also a potential issue as it should get tougher to outscore your opponents in the playoffs when your goalie isn't playing well.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Go Deep - The Oilers depth players elevate their play like they did in the playoffs last year.

We lose early - If Stu Skinner plays like he has for most of the year.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Will: Team of Destiny

Won't : Not playing the leafs for a free second round appearance

 

[Connor MethDavid]

Leafs, because they've played lazy in March and have likely given up the Division #1 spot. They've decided losing against Florida or TB in the first round is preferable to playing against a WC team.

 

[CatscratchFever]

Deep: Experience, style, leadership, and coaching.
Not: Injuries, fatigue, and bad luck.

 

[jungles]

Jets -

Will: Hellebuyck
Won't: Hellebuyck

 

[57special]

JEE, Brodin and Kaprizov come back fully rested, reigniting the team's offense and beefing them up defensively.

Players above come back, look rusty, still not fully healthy, and the aging Spurgeon has a nagging injury. Before you know it, they have lost in the 1st round, again.

 

[Castle8130]

We won't

Connor Bedard and Kevin Korchinski are a combined -145 in their first two pro seasons (and counting)

 

[Sniper99]

Leafs:

Win: The core finally shows up for a full playoff. (Not betting the farm on it)
Lose: Same old same old.

 

[johnnyonthspot]

Sens

Will, because we're the f***ing best

Won't? That sounds like doubt. Only fools doubt. We're the f***ing Eastern Conference Champs this year

No chance Sens beat the Leafs

 

[johnnyonthspot]

Jets

Will- Connor and Ehlers show up, Helly plays like it is regular season

Won't - If we get Playoffbuck and Connor/Ehlers no show

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Kings

Will: emergence of Byfield's two-way dominance at C finds the team 5-1 with the "HFKings dream lineup" that includes benching Lewis and playing Clarke/other kids reasonable minutes has them working with a balanced lineup that has, for the first time in a long time, a legitimately deadly scoring line (Byfield-Fiala-Kempe/Laferriere) and great depth (Turcotte-Jeannot-Helenius is WORLDS better than Lewis-anything). Kuemper is playing like a Vezina finalist. D-pairs have finally found their fit with Doughty slowly rounding into form and for the first time in his career we CAN balance out minutes amongst pairings (but we won't, lol). Hope springs eternal, dare to dream.

Won't: these guys turn into deer in headlights the moment they see ANY kind of adversity, choking is in our DNA. Oilers in 4. Reality is a bitch, buy good whiskey.

 

[RogerRoger]

Deep run: taxes

Out early: too much hockey in the past few years

 

[Random schmoe]

Caps good: Great scoring depth, good D top to bottom.

Caps bad: They need to stop waiting until the 3rd period to pick up their game and put opponents away. That will likely become harder in the playoffs.

 

[Sensatauro]

No chance Sens beat the Leafs

Did I stutter?