Stanley Cup 2012: Round II

So… Round One is now done and dusted and we have managed to correctly predict eight predictions out of eight. If you believe that you probably believe Roberto Luongo will be in Vancouver and employed by said franchise next year. If you read our previews you will be well aware we managed to predict two [...]

Stanley Cup 2012: Top Seeds Planted

Friday night saw the Detroit Red Wings experience the indignity of being the first team to leave the Stanley Cup 2012 Playoffs falling by four games to one to the Nashville Predators. If that was a warning to the other ‘more established’ teams in the playoffs it was not heeded. The Vancouver Canucks, facing the [...]

Stanley Cup 2012: Lights out for Detroit

The Detroit Red Wings the team who have had four Stanley Cup successes in the last sixteen years. The team that has reached the last twenty one play-offs and who set the league record for successive unbeaten home games this year are the first team to be eliminated from the Stanley Cup 2012 Playoffs. It [...]

Stanley Cup 2012: The Story so far (Eastern Conference)

All three series in the East have now completed the first return leg for the lower seeded franchise with all but one being a 2-1 advantage to the higher seed. We have seen some close games and some complete blow-outs and that is just the Flyers-Penguins series. Lets have a look at how the games [...]

Stanley Cup 2012: The Story so far (Western Conference)

Every series of the Stanley Cup 2012 Playoffs have now seen the higher seed complete their home matches so we thought now would be as good a time as any to review how the series’ have gone so far and well, wow. That isn’t it readers, much to your delight or chagrin. Every series has [...]