I could honestly see all 4 lower seeds winning in the East -- NJ, TOR, CBJ, PHI
Reasons why I'm changing my pick from Washington to CBJ is:
- Initially had bad feeling about Washington. They always seem to do terrible in the play-offs to begin with.
- Washington is like a wounded duck right now. Albeit they won their division but Holtby for the most part has not been playing well all year and have resorted to playing their back up goalie in game one.
- Columbus is a better team than last year. The addition of Artemi Panarin has and will help them a great deal in this match-up. Over a ppg player being added to this roster will help a lot.
- CBJ has a huge advantage In the goalie department. Bobrovsky is a top 5 goalie imo.
- CBJ defence is improved on last year. Seth Jones has made a huge step forward this past season and should have a great series.
My picks for teams going onto the 2nd round:
Nashville
Winnipeg
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Columbus
Pittsburgh
I could honestly see all 4 lower seeds winning in the East -- NJ, TOR, CBJ, PHI
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All good points. Thanks EB. Atkinson has a 9 game point streak on the go, 13/9 and he's 20/16. If he can keep up anywhere near that level makes a big difference too.
But I'm just having a heck of a time picturing CBJ taking out the Caps even though Caps have disappointed me a couple times last few years.
SOME POOL RULES. Points only (G-1, A-1). One year Hybrid Pool. 3 round draft with balance of roster selected from any undrafted NHLer.. 19F 4 D 2 Rooks SALARIES AND POSITIONS DO NOT MATTER (other than being a F or D). NO Inter-Team Trading, Bench or Minors. Our WAIVER WIRE is ANY player in the NHL who is not Drafted in our league's 3 round draft. Each manager gets 6 ADD/DROPS (TRADES) for the year...any player on roster can be TRADED for any unDrafted F/D/R from ANY NHL team. INJURY RULE "IR". A hurt player can be replaced by another F/D from HIS NHL team and this is NOT considered a trade.. Injured player can be put back on team any time.
SOME POOL RULES. Points only (G-1, A-1). One year Hybrid Pool. 3 round draft with balance of roster selected from any undrafted NHLer.. 19F 4 D 2 Rooks SALARIES AND POSITIONS DO NOT MATTER (other than being a F or D). NO Inter-Team Trading, Bench or Minors. Our WAIVER WIRE is ANY player in the NHL who is not Drafted in our league's 3 round draft. Each manager gets 6 ADD/DROPS (TRADES) for the year...any player on roster can be TRADED for any unDrafted F/D/R from ANY NHL team. INJURY RULE "IR". A hurt player can be replaced by another F/D from HIS NHL team and this is NOT considered a trade.. Injured player can be put back on team any time.