Incidentally, I came close calling a 4-3 OT win last game. I just picked the wrong team.

I will once again though pick the Canucks tomorrow, especially after hearing the news that Bryan Bickell is out because of a wrist injury. He, Bolland and Frolik have been the Hawks best line since game 4 and that will hurt them alot in the forecheck and physicality departments. In the end it will be the Canucks depth that wins out as I believe they are the fresher team and a confident team, after dominating the way they did in the 3rd and OT of game 6. The Sedins and Jonathan Toews will be the best players on the ice, but it will be an unlikely hero for the 2nd game in a row: Cody Hodgson scores the winner.

Canucks 4, Hawks 2.

There have been 45 prior instances in the NHL playoffs where a higher seed has lost consecutive games by at least 5 goals. The higher seed has won the series in 9 of those 45 instances. Broken down by specific results:

Blown out games 1 and 2: 7 times, 3 wins
Blown out games 2 and 3: 12 times, 1 win
Blown out games 3 and 4: 15 times, 3 wins
Blown out games 4 and 5: 8 times, 0 wins
Blown out games 5 and 6: 10 times, 2 wins
Blown out games 6 and 7: 3 times, 0 wins

That is digging pretty deep to find stats like that.

What a shock...andru picks against the Hawks.

Posted by paul71 on 4/25/2011 10:38:00 PM (view original):
That is digging pretty deep to find stats like that.

Got you even more worried. I'll bet.

Posted by jiml60 on 4/25/2011 10:26:00 PM (view original):
There have been 45 prior instances in the NHL playoffs where a higher seed has lost consecutive games by at least 5 goals. The higher seed has won the series in 9 of those 45 instances. Broken down by specific results:

Blown out games 1 and 2: 7 times, 3 wins
Blown out games 2 and 3: 12 times, 1 win
Blown out games 3 and 4: 15 times, 3 wins
Blown out games 4 and 5: 8 times, 0 wins
Blown out games 5 and 6: 10 times, 2 wins
Blown out games 6 and 7: 3 times, 0 wins

The only stat that matter's tomorrow are "goals" ..............

Perhaps it's the year of the "goats" finally becoming the "heroes". Joe Thornton absolutely took control of the game tonight and scored the overtime winner to finally come through in the clutch for the Sharks. Does Lu finally do the same tomorrow?

Lu is toast.  Read some of the crap in the Vancouver papers.  Hell, the owner is asking for "positive energy" to be sent to his choke artist club.  Any team that has article like this posted about them is done for....

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+getting+help+they+going+into+Game/4672930/story.html

Hawks have this one in the bag.

GL hawks.

Posted by mudbone1969 on 4/26/2011 6:22:00 PM (view original):
Lu is toast.  Read some of the crap in the Vancouver papers.  Hell, the owner is asking for "positive energy" to be sent to his choke artist club.  Any team that has article like this posted about them is done for....

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+getting+help+they+going+into+Game/4672930/story.html

Hawks have this one in the bag.

you mean like the canucks had game 4, 5 and 6 in the bag? No bickell, no kopecky tonight. the canucks depth wins out I think.

 Muddy is pretty confident for a team that had to bl0w the Wild even to get in ..the Hawks were on the outside looking in..thx to the Wild they snuck in ..i discount anything that Jimbo says..its irrevelant ..id rather ask the Guatamalen maid cleaning **** stains from the local motel 6 than anything  swamp person Jimbo says...Here it is ..Luongo is a joke , Sedins are Euro's ,Canucks were over confident after being  up 3-0...Toews is a great Canadian Leader ,Seabrook is a great Defenseman as is Keith..Kane is fuckin American little puke.. the key is the first 10 minutes..if Vancouver comes out and hits every Hawk and drives the Net and plays like they can ..they win..if Vancouver comes out tenative? ..no hitting ,playing to not lose..Hawks win..if it is 0-0 after 1 or tied after 2 ?  get  ur booky on the line and drop huge coin on the Hawks..if this is a close game  or ot ?Hawks win..Canucks get the lead or hammer the Hawks all nite Canucks win...simple as that

  If Canucks lose?... Vigneault should keep his job...Luongo should simply be bought out or traded if you can find somebody to take this anchor off our hands..there is no way we let Schneider walk away..no way! he is our Future..if you find a blockbuster deal for both twins..they have not produced come crunch time they are done here..we want stanley cups not presidents trophies..Kesler stays ,Bieksa stays..people **** all over juice,he is + 3 so far ? unlike the twins -12 combined..BS..Bieksa stays..other than that im ok with the team ..need to change the core

Posted by andru2797 on 4/26/2011 7:25:00 PM (view original):

Posted by mudbone1969 on 4/26/2011 6:22:00 PM (view original):
Lu is toast.  Read some of the crap in the Vancouver papers.  Hell, the owner is asking for "positive energy" to be sent to his choke artist club.  Any team that has article like this posted about them is done for....

http://www.faceoff.com/hockey/teams/vancouver-canucks/Canucks+getting+help+they+going+into+Game/4672930/story.html

Hawks have this one in the bag.

you mean like the canucks had game 4, 5 and 6 in the bag? No bickell, no kopecky tonight. the canucks depth wins out I think.

Be more pessimistic.

You are blocking the author of this post, juiced33.  He knows his team is a bunch of heartless choking dogs and can't compete with a team with a CHAMPION'S heart and desire.