Speculating on first-round opponents

[richardhodges]

Vancouver Canucks Playoff Chances - Sports Club Stats

According to Sports Club Stats, it will be a team from the Pacific division.

Can't really say any of those teams scare me, though none will be easy.

If I had to rank them for preferability... Phx/LA/Dal/SJ?

[TheFlyingV]

I'd take PHX/DAL/LA/SJ, for some reason the Sharks still seem scary to me if they "wake up" out of their slumber.

[gugster]

Dallas and LA scare me the most.

[richardhodges]

Phoenix would be boring but also pretty easy. Think a lesser Nashville.

[TheFlyingV]

Yeah I'm slowly becoming comfortable with Phoenix as a first round opponent as well, but it would just be such a boring match-up. I'm so picky.

[richardhodges]

That site is giving the Canucks a 66% chance to win the West now.

[gugster]

I don't wanna face Dallas just because they've had Luongo's number this year and the fact the back and fourth travel to Texas is the last thing this team needs.

[TheFlyingV]

Yeah, the pain of the last playoff series against the Stars was enough to never want that to happen again. Damn you Marty Turco, damn you to hockey hell.

[richardhodges]

oh god yeah that was a sludgeshow.

also i just remembered smolinksi used to be a canuck

[TheFlyingV]

I vividly remember watching the Canucks get shut out and walking out of a Boston Pizza just blown away at how boring the game was. NEVER AGAIN.