Speculation: Hawks vs. Preds 1st round

[ndgt10]

If Hawks beat Detroit Saturday in regulation they get 5th seed.

What would you put our chances at to beat Preds in series?

25%?

[madgoat33]

78.45% assuming bolland and toews are back

[Cullksinikers]

50% chance of winning the series.

[LandofLincoln]

Originally Posted by ndgt10

If Hawks beat Detroit Saturday in regulation they get 5th seed.

What would you put our chances at to beat Preds in series?

25%?

45% Blackhawks win the series

[HawksFan74]

Originally Posted by ndgt10

If Hawks beat Detroit Saturday in regulation they get 5th seed.

What would you put our chances at to beat Preds in series?

25%?

Why don't you list playoff percentages for every possible match up since we have no idea?

I'm pretty sure they won't above 30% when you do.

[ndgt10]

Originally Posted by HawksFan74

Why don't you list playoff percentages for every possible match up since we have no idea?

I'm pretty sure they won't above 30% when you do.

Hawks/Kings: Hawks 80%
Hawks/Sharks: Hawks 44%.
Hawks/Coyotes: Hawks 90%
Hawks/Preds: Hawks 25%.

[Blackhawkswincup]

Hawks need to stay out of box (Preds PP kills us)

[LandofLincoln]

against
Predators 45%
Wings 55%
San Jose 60%
Phoenix 55%
L.A. 55%
Dallas 65%

[IU Hawks fan]

Originally Posted by ndgt10

If Hawks beat Detroit Saturday in regulation they get 5th seed.

What would you put our chances at to beat Preds in series?

25%?

You are the biggest Negative Nancy

[BBH]

Originally Posted by IU Hawks fan

You are the biggest Negative Nancy

Well you hate me!

[HawksFan74]

Originally Posted by ndgt10

Hawks/Kings: Hawks 80%
Hawks/Sharks: Hawks 44%.
Hawks/Coyotes: Hawks 90%
Hawks/Preds: Hawks 25%.

That makes sense. Considering all these games would be without home ice, there is not that much of a difference.

Preds - 48%
Sharks - 55%
Kins - 52.35%
Coyotes - 60%

25% is still a joke. Hawks have a ton of playoff experience. Bring Tazer back and I like our chances against anyone in the 1st round. I would give the Hawks the edge on any team with home ice.

[MagicSlap*]

Projections like these are absurd, it's always 50/50. It's playoff hockey.

[Cashville]

I want 2009/10 revenge! Beat DET on Saturday!

[HawksFan74]

Originally Posted by Cashville

I want 2009/10 revenge! Beat DET on Saturday!

Game 5 that year may have been the best game I have ever been to. I'll do a repeat of that.

[BBH]

I think our chances are 50/50 like Culliksinikers said. Against the Sharks 60/40 if we can solve The Octopus. Coyotes 45/55. Kings 40/60.

[darkcaptain86]

Originally Posted by Cashville

I want 2009/10 revenge! Beat DET on Saturday!

We'll gladly beat them in OT for you on saturday

[LandofLincoln]

Originally Posted by darkcaptain86

We'll gladly beat them in OT for you on saturday

A win in OT would give the Wings a point for the OT and we would finish 1 PT behind the Wings ... I think you know this and I like the sarcasm!!

[UsernameWasTaken]

I'll go with "too close to call". I love our offense (when it's 5 on 5) and I'm mostly fine with our defense, most of the time... it's definitely a winnable series...but who knows???

[FakeKidPoker]

Is that right?

What is the first tiebreaker? Season series? Or games won in regulation OT? I thought Detroit has that...

[LoveYouRyanNash]

Originally Posted by MagicSlap

Projections like these are absurd, it's always 50/50. It's playoff hockey.

Agree with this 100%. Our Blackhawks can win these rounds! Come on boys, LET'S GO HAWKS!

[BronYrAur]

Originally Posted by Blackhawkswincup

Hawks need to stay out of box (Preds PP kills us)

Hawks need to stay out of the box against any team because the team's PK is abhorrent. Yeah the PP has sucked and people complain about that to no end. The ineffectiveness of the PK is what is going to do this team in.

Hawks will most likely be 6th so I don't understand why the speculation would be Hawks/Preds. How likely is it exactly that the Hawks beat the Wings in regulation at Joe Lewis? Not very.

[Chris Hansen]

Originally Posted by FakeKidPoker

Is that right?

What is the first tiebreaker? Season series? Or games won in regulation OT? I thought Detroit has that...

Games won in regulation or overtime.

If the Hawks win in OT/SO, they end up with 1 less point than the Wings.
If the Hawks win in regulation, they end up with 101 points, the same as Detroit. Both teams would have 39 wins in regulation/overtime, so the next tiebreaker after that is the season series (which Chicago has already won)... and thus the Hawks would get the 5th seed ahead of the Wings.

[LandofLincoln]

Originally Posted by BronYrAur

Hawks need to stay out of the box against any team because the team's PK is abhorrent. Yeah the PP has sucked and people complain about that to no end. The ineffectiveness of the PK is what is going to do this team in.

Hawks will most likely be 6th so I don't understand why the speculation would be Hawks/Preds. How likely is it exactly that the Hawks beat the Wings in regulation at Joe Lewis? Not very.

I disagree I think the Wings will rest everyone important, and the Blackhawks will accidentally win. The best thing the Hawks could do is kick the puck in there own net a few times.

[UsernameWasTaken]

Originally Posted by MagicSlap

Projections like these are absurd, it's always 50/50. It's playoff hockey.

This is a good response!

In my non-HFBoards life, I'm a lawyer and do litigation...when clients ask my what their potential risk is, the answer many of us lawyers in my field are forced to give is "you've got a 45, 50, or 55% chance...and at this point I"m not sure which one it is".

[committedindian86]

Originally Posted by Cashville

I want 2009/10 revenge! Beat DET on Saturday!

I wouldn't mind driving back down to Nashville to outnumber the Preds fans 2-1 again