2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[pmorrow]

General banter for all things happening in the 2023 playoffs. We will see individual threads for each matchup go up once they are locked in. Games expected to start April 17.

Tight battles for the wildcard in both the East and West this year, a nice change from years past.

[Invictus]

Huge game tonight between Calgary and Jets for that last wildcard spot!

[pmorrow]

Huge game tonight between Calgary and Jets for that last wildcard spot!

Indeed


Danny Webster @DannyWebster21
17s
Calgary beats Winnipeg and we have a tie for the second wild card that the Jets hold the tiebreaker on. Nashville trails by 3 points, with a game in hand on Winnipeg and two on Calgary.


Nashville at Winnipeg Saturday night will be a big one.

[berni67]

That Calgary team is playing for their coach !!!!

[2014olympicgold]

East Playoff Spots Probability:
NYI - 75.5%
Panthers - 69.6%
Pitts - 46.9%
Sabres - 7.6%
Senators - 0.4%

West Playoff Spots Probability:
Seattle - 100%
Jets - 65.4%
Flames - 22.0%
Predators - 12.6%

[2014olympicgold]

I personally would love to see a NYI vs Boston 1st round matchup.

[hockeyrobot]

I personally would love to see a NYI vs Boston 1st round matchup.

Just get Boston through round 1 quickly and still healthy and I'm happy.

Have the playoffs started on a Monday before? This feels weird to me.

[2014olympicgold]

Ya I feel like it's typically a Wednesday/Thursday start time to get game 2 on Saturdays.

Very strange that they purposely made the regular season end on April 13th...unless you're NYI or the Flames who end on the 12th...Which makes noooo sense.

You have 16 teams in each conference, they should def have made it where you play 16 games, and have East vs East/WvW games and work backwards to make the numbers work. Very weird situation.

[stevegamer]

I feel like I want to see a Kings-Panthers final with Copley & Lyon in net, respectively. Yes, I'm a bit odd.

[pmorrow]

The Kraks are in

[hockeyrobot]

The Kraks are in

And I was so certain they'd have less than 80 points. Damn.

[berni67]

The Kraks are in

Great job by Francis to build that team. Everyone were disappointed during the Kraken expansion draft.

[hockeyrobot]

Tampa Bay is +120 in round 1.

I'm pretty sure they were around that last year as well.

It's a solid bet for any fan of the Leafs.

[butch]

if the isles make it I'd love to see njd - nyi round 1 with a ''potential'' nyi-nyr second round

lets see if isles can clinch the #1 wc spot first and of course , devils pass canes for division title to set it all up

[Invictus]

Tampa Bay is +120 in round 1.

I'm pretty sure they were around that last year as well.

It's a solid bet for any fan of the Leafs.

I have a lot more confidence in the Leafs to get by Tampa this year than I did last night.