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Guest4178
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 Posted - 04/22/2011 : 09:45:29
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Could this be the year of the favourites winning all of the first round match-ups? (And in stating "favourites," I mean the team seeded higher, with home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.)
It may be a bit premature to predict anything, but I would rather make the statement (and prediction) now rather than later.
Right now, the higher seeded team has either won their series, leads in their series, and is no worse than being tied in their series.
It probably won't finish that way (higher seeded team winning their seried), but it's looking like more "favourites" will move on to the second round than in many years.
Once again, it's too early to be certain, but it's realistic and possible that all eight matchups could go the way of the "favourite!" Wouldn't that be something? I haven't checked, but I'm wondering what the record is for most teams advancing to the second round who were seeded higher? Six? Seven? I'm sure it can't be eight?
I'm not good at putting polls together, but it would be interesting to see what respondents would pick for the number of higher seeded teams moving on to the second round. Right now, I would say six, but if you asked me before the beginning of the playoffs, I would have said 4 or 5, which is usually par for the course. (Or at least, I think it is.)
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Guest7931
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Posted - 04/28/2011 : 11:00:37
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So far, it looks that way. (Year of the favourites.)
The top three seeds in each conference won their first round series, and the 5th seed in each conference came out of top.
It wasn't easy for a few of the higher seeded teams, like Philadelphia, Boston and Vancouver, who needed game seven wins to take their series. (The latter two needing overtime in game seven to win.)
Not sure if it will continue that way, but for the #1, 2, 3 & 5 seeds to come out of each conference is not usual. There's usually more upsets than that in the first round. |
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nuxfan
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Posted - 04/28/2011 : 11:06:19
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It is an odd year, I don't recall this few upsets either - and given the conferences were that much more balanced in terms of skill and points in the season, I expected more.
For the first time ever, no one in my playoff pool lost any players after round 1. |
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Alex116
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Posted - 04/28/2011 : 11:14:49
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Originally posted by nuxfan
For the first time ever, no one in my playoff pool lost any players after round 1.
WTF???? That's either a VERY small pool, or a pool where everyone picks their top 20 scorers for the playoffs (where likely everyone has guys like Ovechkin, Sedin, etc...) |
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Year of the Favourites! 
