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[Hank]

Originally Posted by Peter Forsberg

Flyers with 103 points should not be playing a team that has 108points. Play some weak Southeast div team. NHL playoffs is Effed up.

Come on man... Where is your confidence? It's only a 2 1/2 game difference. Pretty well matched in my opinion.

Season Series:
Philly (4) Pens (2)
Caps (3) Bruins (1)
Senators (3) Rangers (1)

[WashCaps]

Originally Posted by Peter Forsberg

Flyers with 103 points should not be playing a team that has 108points. Play some weak Southeast div team. NHL playoffs is Effed up.

Don't all major sports (NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL) seed there playoffs teams based on Division winners. Didn't the Falcons have a better record then the Giants last year yet have to play in New York since the Giants won the division and two years ago the Saints had a better record then the Seahawks yet had to play in Seattle since they won the division.

Over the last ten years doesn't the Southeast have as many Stanley Cup Champions as the Atlantic (T.B./Carolina vs. Pittsburgh/N.J.). And wasn't it a Southeast team last year within a game of going to the Stanley Cup and no Atlantic teams were in the Eastern Conference Finals.

I don't think there is a fair way to seed teams unless they just get rid of all divisions and go strictly by points, but by doing that every team would have to play the same number of games against every other team.

[Peter Forsberg]

Originally Posted by WashCaps

Don't all major sports (NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL) seed there playoffs teams based on Division winners. Didn't the Falcons have a better record then the Giants last year yet have to play in New York since the Giants won the division and two years ago the Saints had a better record then the Seahawks yet had to play in Seattle since they won the division.

Over the last ten years doesn't the Southeast have as many Stanley Cup Champions as the Atlantic (T.B./Carolina vs. Pittsburgh/N.J.). And wasn't it a Southeast team last year within a game of going to the Stanley Cup and no Atlantic teams were in the Eastern Conference Finals.

I don't think there is a fair way to seed teams unless they just get rid of all divisions and go strictly by points, but by doing that every team would have to play the same number of games against every other team.

Didn't the Craps have the most points in the NHL in 09/10 and lose to the Canadians? Flyers in 07/08 Pens 08/09. SE division is weak no matter how you look at it. Florida is terrible and won the weak SE div with 94 points. Devils finished with 102points and finished 4th in the East. Not even close.

[Peter Forsberg]

Originally Posted by Hank

Come on man... Where is your confidence? It's only a 2 1/2 game difference. Pretty well matched in my opinion.

Season Series:
Philly (4) Pens (2)
Caps (3) Bruins (1)
Senators (3) Rangers (1)

It is going to come down to Goaltending once again.

[WashCaps]

Originally Posted by Peter Forsberg

Didn't the Craps have the most points in the NHL in 09/10 and lose to the Canadians? Flyers in 07/08 Pens 08/09. SE division is weak no matter how you look at it. Florida is terrible and almost won that weak @ss div.

Your right about the Caps losing. My response wasn't a Caps vs. Flyers type response. This year, the Caps don't benefit, its Florida that won the Southeast.

Yes, this year teams from the Atlantic suffer the way the seeding goes. Whats the fair way to fix it with the seeding since all teams don't play all the teams the same amount of time. But the same seeding structure for hockey applies to the other professional sports too.

[Hank]

Penguins, Flyers renew rivalry as playoffs begin

PITTSBURGH (AP)—Scott Hartnell can feel the animosity the second the Philadelphia Flyers forward skates onto the ice at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center.

“There’s a lot of hatred by the city against us,” Hartnell said. “We thrive off that.”

If the Flyers want to survive their first-round matchup with the Penguins, they don’t really have a choice.

“It’s going to be a bloodbath,” Hartnell added, with a grin.
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As usual.

The typical venom between the rivals will likely only escalate this time around. Pittsburgh has won each of the previous two playoff meetings, using victories in 2008 and 2009 as springboards to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Penguins, Flyers renew rivalry as playoffs begin - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Peter Forsberg

You are a complete idiot. The NHL protects Crosby and you have the nerve to call us crybabies. The biggest effin diver in the game. Schenn barley touched him and he took a dive. The knee on knee hit againts the Rangers was dirty. Today ronaldo hit a Crybaby Pen from behind which yes should have been a 2min penalty and he get a major and thrown out of the game. Eff off Cindy. You're team crys more then anbody. Not to mention Cindy and Malkin get away with slashing and hookin all the time. Crosby play an enitre season you $ussy.

Trolly troll spews nonsense yet again. Go whine to someone else who might actually think you know something about hockey.

[Peter Forsberg]

Originally Posted by Baz

Trolly troll spews nonsense yet again. Go whine to someone else who might actually think you know something about hockey.

Yep I know nothing about the game. I know Cindy is a @uss and should play an entire season like everyone else.

[Sweet 16]

Well, not surprisingly, nhl.com has predicted the Pens to win the Cup. Before the playoffs have even started. But they're not biased, nooooooooooooooo.

Why Pittsburgh will win the Cup - Penguins vs Flyers - 2012 Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals

NHL.com predicts 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Expert Picks - 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs

So, we should probably just skip all this playoff nonsense and give it to them and be done with it.

[Peter Forsberg]

Originally Posted by Sweet 16

Well, not surprisingly, nhl.com has predicted the Pens to win the Cup. Before the playoffs have even started. But they're not biased, nooooooooooooooo.

Why Pittsburgh will win the Cup - Penguins vs Flyers - 2012 Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals

NHL.com predicts 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs - Expert Picks - 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs

So, we should probably just skip all this playoff nonsense and give it to them and be done with it.