What are some of your favorite Playoff Series?
 

Some of mine are:

2002 Red Wings vs Avalanche
2006 Hurricanes vs Oilers
2011 Canucks vs Blackhawks
1994 Rangers vs Canucks
1974 Bruins vs Flyers
2003 Devils vs Ducks
2004 Lightning vs Flames

2011 SCF
2012 ECF
2010 Flyers v Bruins

2008 Bruins vs Canadiens
2011 Bruins vs Canadiens
2011 Bruins vs Lightning
2011 Bruins vs Canucks

2002 isles leafs should be on every one's list

That was a hell of a series.

Isles/Leafs most definitely.

2010 Flyers vs Bruins...best 7 games of hockey I've ever watched.

Also 2011 Bruins vs Lightning

2002 Montreal vs Boston
2003 Anaheim vs Detroit (all Giguere)
2004 Montreal vs Boston
2009 Pittsburgh vs Detroit
2010 Montreal vs Washington (personal favorite)
2011 Montreal vs Boston
2011 Chicago vs Vancouver
2012 New York vs Washington

Bruins vs Lightning in 2011

Do you.. watch other teams? Ever?

Despite the outcome, I think the Sens and Sabres in 1997 is my favourite. It was the first time I was truly emotionally invested in a playoff series, and it was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Y'know, aside from watching the Sens lay an egg on home ice in game 6, then Ron Tugnutt's glove disintegrating in overtime of game 7.

Two teams I couldn't give less of a crap about, so I never saw a second of that series. Not even by accident. I missed out.....

2008 Sharks vs Stars
2004 Flames vs Canucks
2004 Flames vs Red Wings
2012 Flyers vs Penguins
2011 Bruins vs Lightning
2012 Kings vs Canucks

I re-watched the whole 2007 SCF... jesus, that was some hockey. Got goosebumps watching Game 5.

Other faves:

2010 Caps vs Habs
2010 Bruins vs Flyers
2010 Blackhawks vs Flyers
2011 Canucks vs Blackhawks
2012 Coyotes vs Blackhawks

How has the 2009 Penguins vs. Capitals not been brought up yet? Game 7 was lopsided, but the first six games was some of the most dramatic hockey I've seen.


So many "moments" in that series. The dueling hat tricks, Varlamov's absurd stick save, the Ovechkin knee-to-knee hit on Gonchar, the Penguins winning two OT games by deflecting pucks off of Caps defensemen, etc.

2010 Montreal vs Washington
"Ohhh! Halak! Not giving an inch!"

2012- Philly vs Pittsburgh

The 2002 Islanders-Leafs was the best in my memory. I still remember that penalty shot.

2011 Bruins Playoff run if that counts.

Hurricanes/Devils 2009 gave me some of the most dramatic mood shifts of my life. The series had a GWG with 0.2 left, no repeat winners until Games 6 and 7, five one-goal games, and two overtimes. Oh, and it features the craziest Game 7 ending I've seen in quite a while. At the time NO ONE payed attention to this series, but it may have been the most exciting round of hockey in the 2009 playoffs

2009 Pittsburgh vs Washington - One of the toughest offensive duels in recent memory...

1994 Sharks vs Red Wings is what got me into hockey. Loved the sport ever since. Forgot how unreal of a save that was by Irbe til I just saw it again. Fedorov would have gotten a nice suspension in today's NHL for that one too :laugh:






Still trying to forget the tennis series the following year...

That series was insane. No kidding, I believe Halak in this series was the most dominant a goalie has been in the playoffs since Giguere in 2003. He was just unreal. Everytime you thought he was out of position, he would just stretch his arm or his leg to make un unreal save.

Generally, the Montreal Boston series are always very entertaining. Except 2009, we got destroyed by the bruins...

Thanks jerk.
Ha... I almost got on the Canes bandwagon after that when the beat the Bruins in similar fashion. They had something special that year.

My favorite series is probably Ottawa/New Jersey from 2003. That was the most stressful hockey series of my lifetime.

1993 - Kings/Leafs
1994 - Sharks/Wings
1994 - Canucks/Flames
1997 - Oilers/Stars
1997 - Wings/Avalanche
2002 - Isles/Leafs (maybe the best of the bunch)
2003 - Anything with Giguere
2008 - Sharks/Stars
2011 - Canucks/Blackhawks
2011 - Sharks/Wings

1994 Rangers Canucks
1996 Wings Blues
1997 Wings Avs
2001 Avs Devils
2002 Isles Leafs
2002 Wings Avs

Probably a few I'm forgetting.

2011-Vancouver vs Chicago IMO one of the greatest playoff series of all time