canucks411 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 With the standings being the gong show they are, it is in the Canucks best interest to finish 2nd. If we finish 1st and LA manages to beat Chicago we are stuck playing the winner of Detroit / Nashville. If we finish 2nd we would play LA. This is assuming we get out of the 1st round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danthecanucksfan Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 nothing that you say will change the out come of the standings, so shut it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blipstir Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 This. I'd rather the Nucks secure home ice advantage throughout the playoffs and take their chances on whoever they might face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puckluv Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 nothing that you say will change the out come of the standings, so shut it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understand Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 As long as we don't play the Boston Bruins and Tim Thomas in the playoffs, we can beat any team no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_pwnzor Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 But we won't! Haha! We're gonna finish first, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{nhl} Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 As long as we don't play the Boston Bruins and Tim Thomas in the playoffs, we can beat any team no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotafan Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 looking past the first round wouldn't it be nice to have home ice advantage in the Stanley cup finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I don't believe in trying to plan these things and, in doing so, playing with fate....you play your hardest and let things develop as they will. That mentality shows weakness and fear - to win this thing, you must welcome all teams and feel you can beat them. That confidence is a necessary ingredient to success, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolan Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Bleh thanks TS for getting the thread with the poll AND an explanation of the whole situation locked for your two line rant. It would be freaking stupid to finish 2nd in the west because you never now what way it will breakdown, if the 3rd seed is so weak it will get taken out by the 6th and we will have to play the lower seed any ways. There's a good chance the blues could lose their first round match-up and the 6th seed win. So not only is this thread title pointlessly wrong, but now we don't have a quantified amount of what people think... If you view this /topic/326612-do-we-really-want-to-win-the-west/#entry10522660">http://forum.canucks.../#entry10522660 you can see that most people thought 1st is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsandlak83 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 finishing first is critical to ensure home ice advantage. Not only for the possible 7th game but also to start the 2 games at home. I don't think that we can reliably predict who will win certain matchups (last year LA without Kopitar gave SJ a good run and SJ at any seed is still dangerous in my opinion). Either way, we will avoid playing St. Louis until the Western Conference Finals (if they make it), and this is important because they are an extremely physical team. That being said, I would love a Chicago in the second round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understand Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 aaaa I think someone forgot about Pittsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 i take first in a heartbeat, no one likes sloppy seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancouverdepression Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 ideal Canucks finish: 1) Vancouver 2) St. Louis 3) San Jose 4) Detroit 5) Chicago 6) Nashville 7) Los Angelas 8) Pheonix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 No but there are definetely easier and harder ways. Detroit or Nashville is a harder way. Last year one of the reasons we made it to the finals was that we got to play 2 lower seeded teams. San Jose had to battle it out with Detroit and had nothing left once they reached the conference finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 2nd seed upsets are more common than 1st seed in the first round. at least from what i've heard. so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 If it comes down to 1 vs 2, I would rather be the 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 With the standings being the gong show they are, it is in the Canucks best interest to finish 2nd. If we finish 1st and LA manages to beat Chicago we are stuck playing the winner of Detroit / Nashville. If we finish 2nd we would play LA. This is assuming we get out of the 1st round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai604 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Holy crap, someone makes a thread about this every ???? day. It's not a novel idea, it's been discussed to death, and it's not even a good idea. frack How many times must it be said that the 6th seed could very well beat the 3rd seed? Too many what ifs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{nhl} Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 No team can match Bruins's toughness in the playoffs...and TIM THOMAS. We don't afraid of speed or skills, coz we have tons. We the BIG, BAD, BRUINS can manhandle us like they did last year. Please NO MORE BRUINS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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