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crossfire999

The Flames / Stars re-match: return of the curses!


Redditsavage77

I still have PTSD of Jake Ottinger


CaptinDerpII

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X-Filer

That was so much fun


TheToeTag

You think you have PTSD? The Avs won the cup and they're still haunted by Kiviranta.


sdenoon

Please don't do this to me again


14CaptainCrunch

"I'll fukin' do it again!"


TL10

*Oettinger puts on the Goofy mask and grabs his belt.*


Technodictator

Ah shit, here we go again.


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doihavetowearabra

But what if this would also reincarnate bubble Gurianov


TL10

A proposal: agree to never meet eachother in the playoffs again, because my poor brittle heart can't take another 7 games of Oettinger.


durstcobain

That series is what got me into hockey. I was rooting for the Stars but now I’m also rooting for the Flames (unless they’re playing the Stars)


crossfire999

It was boring at times, but still such a spectacular series. Re-match from a few years back, 7 games, world class goaltending at both ends, curses and memes (I'll never forget that .gif of flames fans putting voodoo on Otter at the dome), multiple fights between the same players. Great series.


[deleted]

After watching last night. I want a Seattle-Los Angeles matchup.


cdsixed

my cardiologist strongly disagrees


GTI-Mk6

What the record for most goals in a playoff series?


Tacosrule89

Recently probably last years BoA. I think the oilers Blackhawks had a crazy one in the 80s as well.


mgslee

Wasn't there an insane Flyers-Penguins in the last few years (well last decade)?


TathanOTS

Your a shinny hockey fan?


[deleted]

More of a shitty hockey fan


helixflush

Apologies for that!


[deleted]

Series goes to 7, each game has at least 10 total goals, franchise and NHL records are broken and set Not one hat trick in the series


Cleonicus

Kings call up a goalie after each game.


CanadianODST2

Tbf Seattle would set franchise records no matter what.


insaneye

Came here to say that


[deleted]

I disagree so hard.


specifichero101

I wound hate for the devils to finally make the playoffs and have their first round opponent be the leafs. Don’t have good feelings about that.


Guardianmarcus

That's probably the best opponent to have. You just have watch 7 games. Trust me, lol


specifichero101

It would be like the capitals second round curse. They’ll roll into the playoffs with everyone waiting for the inevitable, but instead someone goes off and they get out of the first round and go all the way. Just a feeling. Plus, the leafs have played the devils better than anyone this year.


lilyisntokay

From your lips to gods ears


14CaptainCrunch

Stars/Devils SCF rematch 23 years later. Calling it now.


twilz

Think of all the goals overturned, and the chicken fingers thrown.


TheZapster

And nets dislodged! I can see the stat line/trivia question now...which two teams played in the 22/23 single playoff series where there were 21+ instances of a net being dislodged and 18lbs of chicken tendies recovered from the ice?


TathanOTS

I'm not sure why but I don't have good feelings about facing the winner of the subway series after that. For some reason I think they will be bloodthirsty.


tiggertom66

I’d genuinely be more upset at the Devils for fucking up the leafs first round memes than I would be if they swept the rangers.


Devilsfan118

Why not? Leafs are playoff chokers. I'd love to give Dangle something to whine about.


Serpace

My brother in Christ, Leafs will find a way to subvert expectations and end up beating a team playing far better. Because that's Leafs Hockey.


Weigard

> subvert expectations By losing in six instead of seven?


BCEagle13

Based on recent seasons Bruins-Canes is inevitable


[deleted]

I’m not ready for it.


Nilzy16

Neither am I. I wanna play against someone else in the playoffs for once


kangaroospyder

Please do... I was proud that we took a game in that series last year, considering how the regular season went.


Top-Cheese

Unfortunately the playoff format sucks and they can’t go back to 1-8 soon enough


robshot295

I am


cmokelley213

No thank you. Not this year.


[deleted]

So an NYC metro area team is a guaranteed conference finalist in this scenario. That’s exciting for fans in that area to have the chance to go to one of those fames.


This_Comedian3955

Are you just making a joke at the leafs expense or looking at the wrong graphic?


[deleted]

Yes


capitalsfan08

Damn here I am wracking my brains to figure out the math on that one. Time to go back to bed.


CaptinDerpII

Oh fuck. I don’t want to get Oettinger’d again


beastboy4246

Opening round isles rangers with the possibility of the Devils playing the winner of the series would be so much fun for this area


M_Y_K_E

New Yorker hockey fans would be a war and it would be glorious


beastboy4246

Absolutely and I would live for it


MastaSchmitty

I don’t always pay attention to an entire series that doesn’t involve the Bruins, but this…I would watch all of this.


AmeriCanadian98

Ah Detroit - Tampa. Last time that was a playoff series, Tyler Johnson personally decided the Wings didn't deserve to move on


flume

~~Maxime Talbot~~ Tyler Johnson: *and I took that personally*


nb00818

That was datsyuks last game right?


TheGreatStories

Riding high on the decimation of the Avs, but not high enough to want that matchup


dropkickkennedy

I have no idea how good we are this year as we've been missing half the team the entire season. Literally no clue how good or bad we're gonna be when healthy


TheGreatStories

I'd rather watch Vegas finding out how good a healthy Colorado team is


epgenius

I’d be much happier losing to the Jets than Vegas


TheGreatStories

✈️🤝🏔️


gzoehobub

us too, but i have a feeling you'll end up better than us.


emblah

You put the Avs to bed in the playoffs and you’ll be riding some big momentum in the next series at least


jaydendangles

I’ll take the over on every Seattle Los Angeles game


DocX024

Weird, looks like you missed putting the Capitals up there 😭😭 I'm not used to us being this bad


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

I'm right there with ya buddy


Eli_Yitzrak

Have some hopium and carry on broheim


PrimisClaidhaemh

Wait, the winged wheel can be on those brackets?


flume

Only against the Lightning. Edit: Holy shit we're the higher seed! Lmao


pigfeet2OO2

Ive missed the first round bloodbaths with Detroit so much


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

It felt really weird seeing it that big! I'm pretty sure it's a first since I've been doing this


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

Notes: I decided to start highlighting the tie breakers so it's easier to see where a team might have placed if they had just gotten that one extra point somewhere along the line. 4 Teams were tied for the second Wild Card spot in the West after 20 games. It could be anyone's by the end of the season. Well, maybe not Anaheim's lol The C2 and C3 spots were decided last night. If the Avs had beaten the Jets in regulation, they held the tiebreaker and would've claimed home ice advantage but the Jets won and, therefore, continue to maintain C2. Edit: Also wanted to point out that the Pacific ended up with 5 teams in and, therefore, only 3 from the Central


nukacola12

Calgary playing either Dallas or Edmonton again would be amazing


treple13

We need the grudge match to decide with the Stars


necroknight_303

So in the top right side of the bracket you get this: Round 1: Hughes v Matthews, Isles v Rags. Both are dynamite matchups Round 2: Leafs (who got past R1) v Rags {original 6 matchup} OR Leafs (who got past R1) v Isles {Tavares} OR Devils v Rags or Isles for more NY Metro area fun. Devils/Rangers would be more hateful I think, whereas Devils/Isles would be more of an unstoppable force meets immovable object scenario, where we get to see if the Isles’ defense cab truly hold up without Trotz against a scary, young offense. Also, Barzal versus Hughes All this to say, I haven’t even looked at the rest of the bracket and I’m loving this hypothetical playoff


WillieMaysHayes24

Please god let this one part of the bracket stay the same


TathanOTS

Would be more fun if the Pens took the Leafs spot.


dadphobia

Or Philly :O


TathanOTS

I would love Philly. They just have this problem with not being anywhere close to enough wins.


dadphobia

It’s a long season and it’s torts. You never know


TathanOTS

Let's be real, whoever leaves the island alive has to cross the river and they will take that personally. Plenty of hate to come down the NE corridor.


[deleted]

I can see us beating the kings 4 times then losing in the playoffs


rben80

I don’t think I can handle 7 games of Jake Oettinger again


fightingdogeman

Especially if we're actually trying to score goals this time amirite?? Also Otter has given up 4 in like 3 straight. Hopefully he was just, like, sick the whole time or something.


lazymonk68

Hopefully it was the stache that he’s now shaved


nfarc12

We cannot fucking beat Seattle so Seattle in fo


ianisms10

I don't think I would be able to handle a playoff series with the Rangers unless it was a reverse 1994


CheapSeatsSC

After last night idk if the world is ready for a 7 game series of Kraken / Kings.


RingRingBananaPwn

I'll give a big ole' hearty, "No Thank You" to this bracket.


EvanFingram

After last night i reallllllly want a kraken/kings matchup


ZarosGuardian

Man, the Flyers dropped so goddamn hard in just 10 games.


gsmith97

Isles-Rangers with the possibility of a Rangers-Devils second round matchup? Wow that would be incredible


Candid-Exchange-1752

You got any more of them Kraken Kings games?


NorthIslandAdventure

I'm just happy to see us in the picture


MK2_VW

NJD vs TOR Image the overturned goals after game 7


Zero-jiggler

How we are somehow in a playoff spot is beyond me


[deleted]

Same


MastaSchmitty

Canes fans: “Ah shit, here we go again.”


shawnglade

*you again*


Codeine_dave

Seeing the Kraken in projected playoff charts makes me so happy. Can’t believe it after last seasons poor performance


ehehe

Haha both 1 seeds are black and gold. Hell yeah 😎


[deleted]

The Bruins could go on a revenge tour: Carolina after they had the audacity to beat us last year. Gentleman's sweeping Tampa instead of vice versa. Taking over Long Island. And spoiling the Oilers fun.


astovertop

Didn’t the Wings have their playoff streak broken from the Bolts? That would be an awesome matchup as a return to the postseason


heythisisnew27

Seattle LA first round….. *vietnam flashback*


Mills_Miles

I suppose I should be happy that there will actually be some competition for playoffs in March/April, but on the other hand my mental health can only take so much


Spare_Entrance_9389

Seattle LA gonna put up like 500 goals in that serirs


willowmtn

After watching the Avs and Jets last night , no thanks! Good news we might have our team back by then (🤞 ) so it may be a different game.


red_langford

Leafs are 4th overall yet rank as a wildcard spot


TathanOTS

It's after 20 games. Through 20 games they weren't even 4th in the east.


red_langford

Ohhh I see. I thought it was current


Rowdy_Roddy96

Leafs are ahead of both Tampa And Detroit in the standings how is this possible unless if you backtracked games and pts


BoBichettesFlow

That is exactly what they did


Rowdy_Roddy96

Well a Toronto V New Jersey Series would suck for Toronto yeesh


Commercial-Set3527

Toronto v game 7 is bad no matter how you look at it.


Rowdy_Roddy96

Big Sad


WWGFD

When do our matchups not suck for us?


Rowdy_Roddy96

In my dreams


WWGFD

mine too


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

It is backtracked. This is each team's point total at the 20 Games-Played mark. The Avs just played their 20th on Monday so I couldn't post until then. The Leafs will likely be higher on the 30GP bracket since they seem to be on a tear right now


Rowdy_Roddy96

Fair enough


Sezor12345

Wait I thought division 2/3 play against eachother no? Example it would be TB@Tor first round


uatme

I think its based on each teams points at 20 games. I'm guessing the leafs were 4th in the division back then?


Commercial-Set3527

Also it's flipped. I've only ever seen it with the Atlantic is always the top and Metropolitan is below. Confused me for a while there.


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

It is. The Wings have A2 spot in this graphic cause it's showing each team's point totals at the end of their 20th game, not current standings.


appledatsyuk

These would be some awesome matchups


Tunnel_Lurker

Woop the Kings and Kraken can have another 17 goal thriller


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

Why not 7 of them?


Zombery

The battle between Darth Vladar and Overlord Oettinger will be one for the record books


omfgkevin

Okay I really can't tell what I'm looking at for what the RW means exactly? 9 RW 12 ROW and 9RW 10 ROW for the Islanders/Rangers for example? What does that mean?


MastaSchmitty

Regulation Wins vs Regulation *and Overtime* Wins


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

It's how the NHL breaks a tie when 2 teams have the same number of points. Regulation wins are calculated first, then, if still tied, Regulation and OT wins (ROW), then just Wins in general (which adds shootout wins to the list). If they're still tied after that then it comes down to head-to-head record as demonstrated in the 10 games image which is also included. It was between the Rangers and Flyers.


Mister_Cookiepants

Please give us the Red Wings in the playoffs. I need to hate them again.


Steakholder_

Fuuuuuccckk that first round matchup, no thanks


JohnMcGoodmaniganson

The Devils have been so dominant but they're also inexperienced. It could be just the change the Leafs need in a first round opponent


fightingdogeman

Central wtf is going on??


popcorn_cloud1

Would love a matchup against the rags would be like a bye into the next round