Comments on: Playoffs Predictions

By: kamullia

kamullia — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:09:20 +0000

There is some partial truth to your statement, but it is also true that on a given series or night, any one team can be better than THE best.

I simply would rather have the Stanley Cup champion be THE BEST of all, and having proved that against the very best and possibly even outside hostile influences also. I do not care if it is my team or not, but I can tell you that is why the '92 team has the utmost respect from my part.

To have some team "weasel" it's way to a Cup, like some teams have done in the past, simply demeans what The Cup represents, the NHL, it's players, their legacy, and hockey as a whole.

As a serious Pittsburgh Penguins fan, I do not want my team to even be put in the same sentence in an argument, with the word "weasel" and more so when deep down there could be some truth to it. No cup over Nashville need apply.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:26:57 +0000

All I care about is winning the Cup. I don't care which teams we'd have to beat to do it.
If we had to beat the Senators, Capitals, Habs and Predators to do it, I'd be damned happy!

I'd much rather beat the Western Champion who people figure were lucky/hot, than face the supposed elite team that would beat us.

I mean, if the supposed elite teams LOSE to the supposed weak teams, they really aren't all that elite are they!?

By: CofRED

CofRED — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:37 +0000

1 bad call away…

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:12:16 +0000

I completely agree. However, the argument will forever be that there were stronger teams that could have come out of the West and that it very well could have been a tilted final towards the West in both of those years. We have all heard that before, and we will continue to hear it throughout.Personally, I would have loved for the Flames to win that year, and they came so close…

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:08:18 +0000

It has nothing to do with fair, and you are absolutely without a doubt correct that they do not get to pick the team that they would compete against if they make it to the finals. But the point is not if it is fairness or control. The point is satisfaction, which is an entirely personal thing.

What satisfies one person will not necessarily satisfy another, and in that vogue, to me a victory that is fully satisfactory comes when you have proven your mettle against the very best and succeeded. If you go against the best, and beat them, there is a real and full satisfaction to be had, in my views, which as you have voiced before are completely different from yours. From what I have gathered from your views, you would be perfectly fine if it was a Pens/Monarchs Stanley Cup finals.

As to the Lightning and Canes, you do not know what each and every single individual felt, but even if as a whole it was exactly how they felt...that is them, not me. Besides that, the fact will always remain that forever long, both those teams will always have the argument brought up that the teams they faced in the finals were not the best they could have faced from the West, and in my views (and yours since you were the one to breach the subject) there is an absolutely valid argument there.

Bottom line: I would rather the Pens win against the very best if they are going to win it all. I simply fear they do not have what it takes, but you can be sure I hope with all my might that they prove me wrong. Boy how elated I would be if the Pens won the cup this year against the Ducks.

By: CofRED

CofRED — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:42:14 +0000

Lest we forget that by no means did either of those teams have it easy in the finals either. The Flames and Oilers may have been lower seeds, but they certainly gave the Lightning and the Canes all they could handle in the finals, as well as knocking off said "elite" teams en route.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:24:28 +0000

Interesting.

TSN just agreed with me when they had the Final Four as:

Pittsburgh beating NYR

SJ beating Detroit

SJ beating Pittsburgh

Bobby M. did say Habs may make the Conference Finals, only to lose to Pittsburgh. With Pang saying Pens beating the Devils.

Maybe they aren't as dumb as I had thought...lol

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:40:10 +0000

Interesting. This is precisely what I said as well on the Eastern Predictions page.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:39:44 +0000

You are claiming the Penguins hypothetical victory wouldn't be so sweet if it weren't against an elite Western Conference team… but how is that fair since they have NO SAY in who wins the West? I'm sure the Lightning and Canes didn't give a crap that they were playing the Flames and Oilers to win their Cup!

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:37:26 +0000

LOL, I have no idea how that was written down. Yes, I meant the Sens or Flyers.