Playoff Prediction Project Part 3
Jonathan Willis
May 14 2011 10:45AM
It’s time for the conference finals. In the East, Dwayne Roloson has been arguably the best player of this post-season, back-stopping the Lightning to a third-round battle with the Boston Bruins. Out west, it’s a championship of chokers as the much-maligned Canucks will face the San Jose Sharks.
Canucks Top Predators, Advance To Conference Finals
Jonathan Willis
May 09 2011 11:06PM
With the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators, the 2010-11 season is already one of the three most successful in franchise history. Only twice before have the Canucks advanced as far as the third round – the first time in 1981-82, where they were swept in the Finals by the New York Islanders powerhouse, and then again in 1993-94, which culminated in heartbreak as the New York Rangers won a seven game series for the Stanley Cup.
Before we move on to the third round, however, I thought it would be worth looking at a couple of things that interested me from the second round.
“Without The Slightest Contribution”
Jonathan Willis
May 06 2011 10:22PM
I’ve been delighted to see how three games can change the perception of a player. The Ryan Kesler bandwagon is in full swing, with the shutdown of the Toews line approaching the status of legend and his recent outburst against the Predators erasing the memories of his offensively inept first round against Chicago.
The flip side, at least in some quarters, has been the disparagement of the Sedin twins (pictured above).
The Playoff Prediction Project, Round 2
Jonathan Willis
April 27 2011 09:32PM
The first round of the playoffs is over, and it was a doozy. The best part is, there are three rounds to go, and the hockey isn’t likely to get any worse as time goes on.
After the jump, it’s time to make Round Two predictions.
Storylines: Alex Burrows
Jonathan Willis
April 27 2011 12:24AM
There was absolutely no shortage of angles to take in the wake of tonight’s game, although my favourite might be the game that Alex Burrows had. From highs to lows, nobody encapsulated the emotional swings in the game the way that former ECHL’er did.
