SERIES G TIME (ET) #3 VS. #6 NETWORKS
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 9 P.M. PHOENIX AT CHICAGO CNBC, TSN
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012 8 P.M. PHOENIX AT CHICAGO CNBC, TSN
*SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
*MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 TBD PHOENIX AT CHICAGO TBD
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 TBD CHICAGO AT PHOENIX TBD
SERIES G TIME (ET) #3 VS. #6 NETWORKS
THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 9 P.M. PHOENIX AT CHICAGO CNBC, TSN
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012 8 P.M. PHOENIX AT CHICAGO CNBC, TSN
*SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2012 10 P.M. CHICAGO AT PHOENIX NBC SPORTS NETWORK, TSN
*MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012 TBD PHOENIX AT CHICAGO TBD
*WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 TBD CHICAGO AT PHOENIX TBD
Well for one, I think the Canucks would fare well against the hawks, barring a 3 game breakdown like last year, and I think AV has Luongo on a much shorter leash this year with Schneider's emergence.
But moreover I just love the rivalry and the intensity. I don't think fans of either team can say they don't look forward to Hawks-Nucks showdowns.
Pretty overwhelming poll results. Slow start to the series then the Hawks pick up speed and dominate.
BOLD PREDICTION:Our powerplay nails it this series.
If this happens, this team will be exponentially more difficult to play against these playoffs. I think if the PP can even be average (which would be an upgrade from where it's been all season) it makes them very dangerous.
I'm going with Hawks in six. Phoenix is solid but ultimately I think the Hawks prove to be too much for them offensively, hot Smith or not. I feel good vibes about this team going into these playoffs. I didn't feel that last year, I do this year. No rhyme or reason for that but just a feeling, especially if Toews is able to come back. If he's able to make it back, his time off could prove to be a blessing in disguise. He'll be that much more fresh and less worn down as the playoffs continue on, theoretically.
I'm still surprised (I guess I shouldn't be) how much stock people everywhere put into regular season series results. They have little bearing on what a playoff series match up is going to be, especially if any of the games went into a shootout.
I'd love to see the stats of how playoff series differed from regular season series in the same seasons between teams since the lockout. I'd be willing to bet there's little correlation between the two. Hawks-Wings in the 2009 playoffs comes to mind immediately. That Hawks team won the season series against the Wings and had a pretty good regular season against them but we all saw what happened come playoff time. It's a whole different game, especially if teams have a lot of untested playoff players.
And I'd be saying this regardless of match ups, has nothing to do with Hawks-Phoenix per say, just more generally speaking. If the Hawks were facing Detroit I wouldn't be saying they were going to beat them simply because they went 4-2 against them this regular season. That alone is not an indicator, in my opinion, of how a playoff match up is going to shape up. Just my thought on that matter.
EDIT: Just for kicks I looked at what the season series was in 2009-2010. Coyotes went 3-1 against the Hawks that year. Does anyone honestly think the Coyotes beat the Hawks in the playoffs that year if they face each other? Highly doubtful. To boot, they swept the Sharks who beat the Wings who beat the Yotes in five games that playoff year. Just for kicks.
Last edited by Blue Liner: 04-08-2012 at 03:25 PM.
This is the best possible schedule. The only thing that would make it better would be if the times for games 3 and 4 were switched.
We have a capability of having 7 *home* games this series, which I doubt we could possibly have facing any of the other teams, so we have that going for us. I bet there are at least a few thousand Hawks fans in the stands in Phoenix.
Does anyone think the Hawks will do City Roadwatches for the first round?
EDIT: Just for kicks I looked at what the season series was in 2009-2010. Coyotes went 3-1 against the Hawks that year. Does anyone honestly think the Coyotes beat the Hawks in the playoffs that year if they face each other? Highly doubtful. To boot, they swept the Sharks who beat the Wings who beat the Yotes in five games that playoff year. Just for kicks.
We took the Wings to seven games in the first round of the 2010 playoffs.
Otherwise your analysis is pretty much correct, but what else do folks really have to go on?
