gkaytaz wrote:Hey mlittle any predictions about the possible matchups?
Let's see; where to start, where to start..............
In the West.................
With the division leaders getting seeds 1-3, it's almost a crapshoot as to who the top-3 will be(currently Nashville, Anaheim and Vancouver); winning the division's important because should you fail to collect a division title, you drop from P1-P3 down to P4. If I had to guess, though.....
#8 Calgary vs. #1 Nashville
#5 San Jose vs. #4 Detroit
#6 Minnesota vs. #3 Vancouver
#7 Dallas vs. #2 Anaheim
In the East.....................
The East is another story; it looks like Buffalo has locked up the #1 seed, while New Jersey has locked up #2. There are two battles of note} 1--In the Southeast Division, Atlanta and Tampa Bay are separated by two points, with Carolina just 4 pts. behind. Whoever wins btwn. Atl. and T.Bay gets likely #3, while the loser will likely drop down to #6, and 2--Positions 6-11 are still in flux; right now, seeds 6-8 are Tampa Bay, NY Ranger and Carolina, while 9-11 are Montreal, NY Islanders, and Toronto. Any one of those six could break out and move into #5 or maybe #4(a lot will depend on whether Atlanta or Tampa Bay wins the SE. Likely first-round matchups look like........
#8 Carolina vs. #1 Buffalo
#5 Pittsburgh vs. #4 Ottawa
#6 Tampa Bay vs. #3 Atlanta
#7 NY Rangers vs #2 New Jersey