Saturday, April 07, 2007

Western Conference Playoff Matchups

EDIT: The western conference is all set now, and because I am such a Hockey Numbers fan, I'm linking to JG's calculated "odds" for each western series. He does an excellent job excluding results from games against non-playoff teams in his stats:


Here's the matchups:

1. Detroit Red Wings vs. 8. Calgary Flames
JavaGeek's "odds": Detroit 62%

2. Anaheim Ducks vs. 7. Minnesota Wild
JavaGeek's "odds": Anaheim 58%

3. Vancouver Canucks vs. 6. Dallas Stars
JavaGeek's "odds": Vancouver 51%

4. Nashville Predators vs. 5. San Jose Sharks
JavaGeek's "odds": Nashville 52%

Anyone want to make some early predictions?
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14 comments:

  1. Sean Zandberg4:09 PM

    Ducks against the Wild? Shit! That screws up my playoff pool roster!

    That's a tough call.

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  2. Temujin4:35 PM

    I agree with Zany... gads, that should probably be the WCF match-up!

    I think the Flames (8), Ducks (2), Canucks(3), and Sharks (5) will win, setting up the second round to look like:

    Ducks (2) vs Flames (8)

    Canucks (3) vs Sharks (5)

    Setting up the Canucks vs the Ducks in the WCF, and a chance at redemption for my ill-advised T-shirt bet!

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  3. J.R.5:04 PM

    Not an easy match-up among them.

    - Detroit, Anaheim, Dallas and San Jose move on.

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  4. Miss. Scarlett9:22 PM

    Okay, I've thought about this long and hard and the hamster powering the complicated calculating machine I've got going has come up with:

    Flames, Ducks, Canucks and the Sharks moving on.

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  5. Anonymous11:24 PM

    offhand i'd say calgary, minnesota, vancouver and nashville make it through. the wild then beat the predators, willie mitchell beats iginla in a fight again and it's vancouver vs minnesota in the wcf, demitra/gaborik/rolston prove to be more powerful than the sedinbots this year; lemaire also proves again that he is the best coach in the league.

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  6. PJ Swenson10:55 AM

    Detroit, Anaheim, Vancouver, and San Jose.

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  7. Roy12:41 PM

    Noah is a genius!

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  8. JavaGeek7:29 AM

    I'm stealing your awesome explanation of my little images. Thanks.

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  9. RudyKelly8:26 AM

    I'm going with Detroit, Anaheim, Dallas, and San Jose.

    So, congratulations to Calgary, Minnesota, Vancouver, and Nashville on making the next round.

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  10. Anonymous10:08 AM

    Detroit, Anaheim, Vancouver, San Jose

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  11. Bethany12:33 PM

    Alright here's what I'm going with Detroit, Anaheim, Dallas, San Jose...and the only reason I say Dallas is well I love Luongo and hate Turco but Turco does have a LOT more experience in the playoffs than Luongo...so maybe it will be Turco's year to win a series...but that's a tough one.

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  12. Sean Zandberg1:48 PM

    "Flames, Ducks, Canucks and the Sharks moving on."

    I agree with Sherry.

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  13. Daniel Aronen3:45 PM

    I am making my picks based on my expert knowledge and analysis methods. I created a program that did 7 coin flips for each series. Where it went over 4 wins for one team, I am truncating the results.

    Flames in 6
    Wild in 6
    Canucks in 7
    Sharks in 7

    So there you have it.

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  14. Anonymous8:05 AM

    sharks win.

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