Bold Playoff Predictions Based on Nothing

[Beketov 8,960]

Normally I would get my last couple of TPE every week from Trivia but being a good TPE whore I can’t do that if I want those sweet bonus TPEz so here we are, talking about the playoffs. I figured predicting them might as well be a thing I try; theoretically I should know the sim as well as anyone after all right? So let’s get going.

 

Round 1:

 

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Normally I would have said Riga takes this in 6, that’s how I was feeling before yesterday. But nope, those pesky Swiss bastards managed to do the in-thinkable (IMO) and sweep the Reign so there we are; Davos takes it in 4.

 

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Right now this series is sitting tied at 2 a piece. Honestly if I was expecting either series to be a sweep it would have been this one so colour me surprised. Still though, I think the Wolves are playing with their food a bit. So long as Sterling shows up this is Vancouver’s to lose, I’m thinking they take the next two and Vancouver wins in 6.

 

Round 2:

 

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The Titans were pretty dominant over everyone in the regular season but that doesn’t mean much come the playoffs as we all know. Fittingly the only team to actually beat them 4 times, enough to take a playoff series, was Davos. Obviously the Dynamo will cling to this hope and I don’t foresee it being a complete blowout but I don’t think Davison’s play can hold up against Helsinki either. I’m gonna say Helsinki wins it in 6.

 

 vs. 

 

Vancouver May have finished a bit below Calgary in the regular season but don’t let that fool you, they were making huge strides after the trade deadline with Glade really pushing them hard into the post season. Calgary is a strong team but it’s also full of known underachievers in the playoffs (aka everyone from Seattle) so I think they’ll put up a fight but ultimately Vancouver will pull it off in 7.

 

Round 3:

 

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The ultimate battle, who’s cursed more: myself or Beaviss. I think Sterling can realistically get Vancouver this far but he’d have to play like a man possessed to stop the Helsinki offence that steam rolled the regular season (in case you forgot, HSK’s goal differential was 52 points higher than anyone else, 77 more than Vancouver). I think unfortunately for the Wolves Helsinki’s offence will simply be too much to handle and they’ll Finnish (sorry, couldn’t resist) things off quickly with Helsinki winning it in 5.

[Matt_O 897]

Nah I think Malmo is going all the way