Will there be a Cinderella team this year? if so, who?

[BattleLevel]

Jets - Sens final would piss off Bettman, so I'm voting for that.

The amount of whining from hockey media about having to go to Winnipeg and Ottawa to cover games would be significant.

 

[Ratsreign]

Ah yes, makes a huge difference.

Makes the playoffs on last day of season in 2023. Beats the best regular season team of all-time being down 3-1 and advance to finals

While people say Montreal is a year with covid

I don’t consider them a Cinderella team. They underperformed as they learned Maurice systems and dealt with injuries through the first half. The second half they were one of the best teams in the league. The competitive gap between FL and Boston was no where as big as the points separating them. Boston had a couple of key players injured that narrowed that gap even more and influenced the series.

 

[algernon]

Calgary vs Washington with Flames winning on a controversial game 7 goal. Lomborghini becomes a legend.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Habs ain't in the playoffs yet.

But they will be.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

I think Montreal is upsetting Washington in the first round.

 

[ExarKun80]

The team coached by this dude.

 

[BB79]

I think Montreal is upsetting Washington in the first round.

Especially if Washington plays like they did today against Columbus

 

[JKG33]

The way the Canadian sports media talks. The jets are going to be the Cinderella team.
Zero respect

What? The Canadian media is constantly glazing them and especially Hellebuyck

 

[King Woodballs]

What? The Canadian media is constantly glazing them and especially Hellebuyck

lol no they haven’t.

 

[Strangle]

The last time we had one was Montreal in 2020. Do we see another one this playoffs?

To many on here …. The Toronto maple leafs would be a Cinderella team.

So I’m going with the maple leafs

 

[Golden_Jet]

lol no they haven’t.

That’s what I thought, Mike Johnson was talking about that a couple of days ago, and one of Dreger or LeBrun.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Seems hindsight-y. Don’t remember anyone picking them to make a run in 2023, especially drawing a Boston team in round 1 that just set the regular season points record.

The simplest way I can say it is that they had that dog in em. We knew they were talented. Like the LA Kings, seed be damned. If anything, barely making the playoffs was the weird part.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

I don't see an unstoppable juggernaut this year.

Tampa and Colorado seemed to have shored their holes up a bit better than others, but they're pretty far from the juggernaut teams they were when they won their cups.

Vegas slowly hemmoraging their depth year after year. Yeah, they're still a top team, but their goalie is a lot more scouted, and they lost their Conn Smyth / 30 goal scorer.

Oilers and Panthers are in the infirmary and hobbling into the playoffs after a short summer.



If St.Louis makes it to the Conference Finals, I don't think anyone would really be that surprised. But at the same time, if the Caps or Jets gets knocked out in the 1st round nobody would really be that shocked either.

 

[Schennanigans]

Kings could have an easier path to the conference final. They could beat oilers and Vegas this year.

 

[GlitchMarner]

I think Montreal is upsetting Washington in the first round.

I don't see it.

Every time they face TOR, they look bad. But that could just be a match-up thing (TOR has struggled against OTT recently).

I think the Capitals will work them over physically and be too much for them. I can see the Habs winning a couple of games, however.

 

[CarolinaBlueJacket]

Today is the day that the Cinderella Blue Jackets will be eliminated and the Evil Step Canadiens will make the playoffs. Evil triumphs over good today. There are no fairy tales.

 

[RedHawkDown]

My hot take is that Columbus sneaks in past Montreal and makes a hopes-and-dreams-fueled run to the conference finals.

 

[CanadienShark]

Montreal again.

 

[ole ole]

Montreal are a legit Cup contender now with Demidov in the fold.

You forgot the Some will take you serious and attack Hab nation.
On the thread. I think the Leafs take out the Sens but it will be a rough series for them. They Sens are not soft so you can never count them out.
If the Caps are really a top team than they should take care of the Habs but i have heard questions like did they play over their heads this season. If so the Habs would have a chance.

 

[ole ole]

To many on here …. The Toronto maple leafs would be a Cinderella team.

So I’m going with the maple leafs

Cinderella team - team not expected to win
Leafs are not near a Cinderella team.

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

Cinderella team - team not expected to win
Leafs are not near a Cinderella team.

Do you expect them to win?

 

[ole ole]

Do you expect them to win?

The Leafs are not a Cinderella team. If you can't accept than i don't know what to say and yes i expect them to win. Don't you EXPECT them to win?

 

[ThrowDemTongs]

The Leafs are not a Cinderella team. If you can't accept than i don't know what to say and yes i expect them to win. Don't you EXPECT them to win?

Why don't you answer the f***ing question

 

[Finnflash]

No

 

[MardyBum]

Cinderella team - team not expected to win
Leafs are not near a Cinderella team.

Who expects them to win? Certainly not this board.