What is an intriguing Stanley cup matchup that you could see happening…

[boredmale]

Maybe I am biased but the Islanders vs anybody else

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Edmonton v Washington

 

[NVious]

Toronto Edmonton winner gets McDavid

 

[Duke74]

Toronto vs. Edmonton would break the servers.

 

[Ratsreign]

Jets vs Panthers , and not only for the Maurice connection, although that would certainly add to the story.

Flames go on some incredible (incendiary?) run from a wildcard and face the Panthers. That Final would be the cherry on top of a lot of crazy

 

[HockeyVirus]

I can see Edmonton but Toronto has basically no chance.....Florida will turn it up a notch and come out of the East setting things up for a rematch.

It's the playoffs baby. Anything can happen. The Panthers could be upset round 1 in another bracket.

 

[robertocarlos]

detroit - colorado for ol times sake

Colorado sends out the South Park pee-wees.

 

[Jetcetera]

This season really has no front runner or two to win the cup. Every team has their warts:

Vegas in a current slump, lost their conn smythe winner
Edmonton goaltending and defence are concerning
Dallas with injuries and are they really winning a cup with a 9.5 mil caphit benn and seguin?
Colorado depth issues have them a wild card team currently
Winnipeg has been great but their playoff history and defence depth would be concerning

Florida taken a step back with a short summer in consecutive years and a few players gone
Carolina suspect goaltending and inconsistent play always a bridesmaid and never a bride in the east
Washington the best team this year in the east but a slow and old ovie and overachieving capitals team, people just waiting for the clock to strike midnight
New Jersey is a young promising team and will eventually get their, but just like Tampa and Colorado before them, it took them years to figure it out, New Jersey has more learning to do
Toronto an underachieving core and pathetic playoff resume, they always have a punchers chance but get knocked out in heart breaking fashion.

So that leads me to Vancouver and NYrangers. Both fighting for their playoff lives, but maybe this JT Miller trade helps both clubs. Vancouver has a good team. If bubble demko is back, EP can play very good with excellent defence and boeser can find his timely goalscoring again, it’s not a shock to think the Canucks could reach the finals. They were up 3-2 on Edmonton. With better injury luck and a lucky bounce like a bieksa stanshion could see them in the cup final.

New York rangers have a good team to, they just won the presidents trophy last year, adding a sheep hearder like Miller into a ranger locker room full of sheep might be what the doctor ordered. Shesterkin has always been world class in the playoffs.

My prediction is a Vancouver vs NYRangers cup final and what a final that would be, a rematch from 1994. Miller vs EP40, demko vs shesty, Hughes vs fox. Whose with me?

That's a hot take considering both those teams are more likely to miss the playoffs than make it

 

[centipede2233]

That's a hot take considering both those teams are more likely to miss the playoffs than make it

I agree, but like I said, Vancouver and NYRanger showed they were very good teams last year, the JT miller trade might have greatly benefitted both. We will see

 

[StickShift]

Vancouver-Edmonton WCF and Toronto-Ottawa ECF

The NHL and PA would retract their cap projections for the next three years so quickly.

 

[Drake1588]

I'm having a really hard time trying to think of a worse team than Vancouver that has made the finals.

The answer to this is always the immediate post-expansion St. Louis Blues (1968-1970), the all-expansion West Division champion for three years running.

They were swept in the Final in all three years.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

Caps vs Leafs would be a quick series for Washington.

 

[BagHead]

I want Wild vs. Leafs, two franchises who can't win a round go all the way. Whichever franchise wins the Cup people will talk about how their opponent was easy so the Cup win is diminished. Whoever loses the Cup will be ridiculed for losing to a weak team, and called chokers. Two will enter, both will lose!

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Premature thread.

Ask me again after the TDL.

JT Miller, Mikko Rantanen, Martin Necas, Filip Chytil, and Marcus Pettersson have all been traded already. Plus solid depth pieces like Hall, Farrabee, Frost, Eller.

Holding out to see where Brock & Brock land?

Caps vs Leafs would be a quick series for Washington.

I would certainly be intrigued if they somehow managed to meet in the SC Final

 

[Joe Sakic]

I'm also voting for Oilers - Leafs. God that would be something. The fans, media, etc everything in Canada would just be absolutely bonkers.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

If not Florida-Vegas rematch, then Oilers-Leafs for sure just for the spice

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

I would certainly be intrigued if they somehow managed to meet in the SC Final

The Leafs last won a third round in the NHL playoffs in 1932 and have never played in the forth round.

Good luck on that SCF wish.

 

[castle]

Oilers vs leafs would be fascinating not only as fan but due to the Canadian media hype and this forum would be hilarious for two weeks. I would hope the mods are paid as that final would not worth it lol

Maybe just easier to temporarily disable any member who has posted in the Oil or Leafs from posting in the main boards.

 

[McFlash97]

People remember the toxicity between Edmonton and Vancouver in the 2nd round. Just multiply it by 10.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

JT Miller, Mikko Rantanen, Martin Necas, Filip Chytil, and Marcus Pettersson have all been traded already. Plus solid depth pieces like Hall, Farrabee, Frost, Eller.

Holding out to see where Brock & Brock land?

Teams at the top have yet to make any moves.

 

[Martin Skoula]

The Leafs last won a third round in the NHL playoffs in 1932 and have never played in the forth round.

Good luck on that SCF wish.

If you had to guess, what % of your posts involve the Leafs? Obviously above 50% but do you think like 75, 80, 90?

 

[chaser17]

Edmonton vs Toronto would solve world hunger

 

[Leafs87]

Edmonton - Toronto

Just due to how much pure rage there would be and how epic both the winning celebration and losing riot would be.

Forcing not Edm/Tor fans to pick a side would be hilarious.

Being a leafs fan currently living in Alberta this would be a dream. Can’t lie I sort of bandwagoned the Oilers last year. Also my last year in Alberta before going back to Toronto so this would be epic for me

 

[HockeyWooot]

VGK vs WSH- rematch of the prior finals, Thompson facing his former team. With the year he’s having would love to see Ovi win another cup before all said and done.

Vegas look good again this year so decent chance of making the finals.

Winnipeg is probably my pick of the west the though.

 

[Mogo]

It's the playoffs baby. Anything can happen. The Panthers could be upset round 1 in another bracket.

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