NHL Playoffs Opening Night – Open Thread

by on April 11, 2012 in Game Day - 556 Comments

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Will the Flyers/Pens series live up to the hype? Will the Canucks find a way to make us hate them even more?

It all starts tonight. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia square off at 7:30 p.m. on TSN, Detroit and Nashville play their Game 1 at 8 p.m. on CBC, followed by Vancouver and Los Angeles at 10:30 p.m., also on CBC.

What are your predictions for these series? Have you adopted a team for the playoffs?

Remember to get your picks in for the Maple Leafs Hot Stove pool over at CBC before the deadline at 7:30 p.m.

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  • Andrew R

    been saying that for years – yet, they kept all 3 so far.. who knows moving forward though

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  • Kurt!!

    alot can change lupul may be a 3rd liner by then,,,thats why its so importent to draft the best player and not by team needs….that being said i think galchenyuk is the best player and i really hope we get him

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  • Andrew R

    agreed – but, you would need to resign both lupul and kessel.. i dont know man.. doesnt seem likely.. its why I hate the kessel trade. he will be UFA before the team is ready to compete – let alone in the playoffs..

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  • Andrew R

    Id keep him too – crosby, malkin and staal have already proven they are willing to sign cap friendly contracts to keep them together.. I would guess pitts keeps them all – and thats scary for eastern conference teams long term…

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  • Schenn

    What made you think we were talking about Brad Richards??

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  • Schenn

    Why don’t you see Lupul and Kessel resigning?

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  • 4evrblue

    I wonder how long Staal will want to play behind those 2. They could win cups every year but playing behind those two gives a guy little to no real recognition. At some point does he feel like jumping ship to try to lead the way himself?

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  • leafs_17

    cause that’s who i was talking about?

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  • leafs_17

    What made u think we weren’t talking about B Richards?

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  • Kurt!!

    I think staal gets alot of recognition you cant watch a game without them talking about the depth in the middle he gets more attention then most teams 2nd line center

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  • Schenn

    Oh, haha.

    I thought we were still talking about Sundin leaving Toronto for Vancouver and how he said that he loves playing in Toronto and how that means that just because Kessel says he loves Toronoto, doesn’t mean he won’t leave when he becomes a UFA.

    I was saying that Sundin didn’t want to leave, but he wasn’t offered a contract by Toronto.

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  • Andrew R

    only so many $’s to go around..

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  • sniperstar

    Anyone see what Weber did to Zetterberg? Any comments guys?

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  • leafs_17

    we if u believe what Dreger says we offered him a higher annual average then New York.

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  • Kurt!!

    playoff hockey…star on star got no problem with that

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  • Kurt!!

    its playoffs man what can i say….if it was a rat who did it i would be mad but weber has earned the right to set a tone or 2…someone will get him back next game

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  • leafs_17

    In my opinion B Richards went to New York more for the fact that it wasn’t Toronto, he could reunite with Tortorella who he played his best under and best team with a chance at a cup while staying in the East.

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  • Kurt!!

    bitz just leveled someone hard from behind

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  • Kurt!!

    take that over a hit from behind or full elbow tot he face anyday

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