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Post by SteveUL on Mar 20, 2012 12:56:48 GMT -4
I disagree ... I doubt many CB fans are predicting a win over SJ. This series simply could go either way ... nobody is going way out on a limb to pick Moncton. If Halifax had done better in the season series vs Moncton then it might change the opinions ... but they didn't. They struggled in the face of tight checking. I think Halifax is taylor-made for Moncton. You guys don't play a strong defensive game ... and are not that good on the back-end ... and your goaltending is mediocre. With our less than mediocre offense ... those are the best weaknesses to allow us to stay in the series. If Moncton doesn't exploit those weaknesses ... then the series will be over in short order. I think Halifax will make some adjustments as the series moves along and Moncton's defensive game won't be such a factor. But ... Flynn can adjust also. But I am thinking of changing my prediction to a Halifax win ... more of a superstitious thing. CB vs SJ is a bit different lol. Bottom line is if we were playing Gatineau or Bathurst or VD, I doubt every Moncton poster is picking that 11 seed. I know you guys match up pretty well against us, but you keep saying "No way should a 11 seed beat a 6 seed"... then you go and agree with every Moncton poster that Moncton will win. I know you will twist this again, but you go from stating you are the underdog and shouldn`t win - to stating why you will win and predicting a win. I think everyone feels this could possible go either way - I doubt anyone would be shocked if Moncton won the series. Much like when we beat you as the 14 seed against 4 a few years back. Sometimes there are circumstances that go beyond the standings, that indicate a series win isn`t a given. I bet if we go back to the predictions in 07, most Moose fans predict a moose win too. Thats all I`m saying, is that it takes a pretty lopsided matchup to predict against your team. It could go either way ... I guessed on one way ... you guessed on another. I know Moncton can win ... I know Halifax can win ... I picked Moncton. Its a guess ... playing a contest ... nothing more. But 11th should never beat 6th. The last time 11th beat 6th ... everybody called it a huge failure ... including Moose fans ... Moose fans still bring it up to this day.
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Post by Reesor on Mar 20, 2012 13:06:07 GMT -4
CB vs SJ is a bit different lol. Bottom line is if we were playing Gatineau or Bathurst or VD, I doubt every Moncton poster is picking that 11 seed. I know you guys match up pretty well against us, but you keep saying "No way should a 11 seed beat a 6 seed"... then you go and agree with every Moncton poster that Moncton will win. I know you will twist this again, but you go from stating you are the underdog and shouldn`t win - to stating why you will win and predicting a win. I think everyone feels this could possible go either way - I doubt anyone would be shocked if Moncton won the series. Much like when we beat you as the 14 seed against 4 a few years back. Sometimes there are circumstances that go beyond the standings, that indicate a series win isn`t a given. I bet if we go back to the predictions in 07, most Moose fans predict a moose win too. Thats all I`m saying, is that it takes a pretty lopsided matchup to predict against your team. It could go either way ... I guessed on one way ... you guessed on another. I know Moncton can win ... I know Halifax can win ... I picked Moncton. Its a guess ... playing a contest ... nothing more. But 11th should never beat 6th. The last time 11th beat 6th ... everybody called it a huge failure ... including Moose fans ... Moose fans still bring it up to this day. See that situation is why I'm afraid to say anything that borders "trolling". Sure I had a bad day last Thursday. But most of the time, those situations come back to bite me in the ass. I could mention Bathurst's collapse last year at every opportunity. But knowing my luck, the same thing would happen to the Moose this year and it'd be shoved in our faces for eternity.
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Post by elementz on Mar 20, 2012 13:08:45 GMT -4
But 11th should never beat 6th. The last time 11th beat 6th ... everybody called it a huge failure ... including Moose fans ... Moose fans still bring it up to this day. Considering it was a 4 game sweep with a team loading up for a run....of course it was a huge failure. If the Moose lose in 7 games, I wouldn't consider it a huge failure given the young team led by 16 year olds....but at the sametime, I won't be surprised if they make it to the final 4 either.
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Post by SteveUL on Mar 20, 2012 13:11:36 GMT -4
CB vs SJ is a bit different lol. Bottom line is if we were playing Gatineau or Bathurst or VD, I doubt every Moncton poster is picking that 11 seed. I know you guys match up pretty well against us, but you keep saying "No way should a 11 seed beat a 6 seed"... then you go and agree with every Moncton poster that Moncton will win. I know you will twist this again, but you go from stating you are the underdog and shouldn`t win - to stating why you will win and predicting a win. I think everyone feels this could possible go either way - I doubt anyone would be shocked if Moncton won the series. Much like when we beat you as the 14 seed against 4 a few years back. Sometimes there are circumstances that go beyond the standings, that indicate a series win isn`t a given. I bet if we go back to the predictions in 07, most Moose fans predict a moose win too. Thats all I`m saying, is that it takes a pretty lopsided matchup to predict against your team. It's a no lose situation for Cat fans. Win, and you knocked off a higher seed due to well executed game plan, and/or Halifax choking when it matters. Lose, and they lost to a higher seed, which was expected. Meanwhile it's a no win for Halifax- lose and its a choke, win and it's expected. I call bullshit to all of that though. This series can go either way. I don't see a favorite here. I'm predicting Moncton because they completely dominated Halifax 7-1 in the last meeting, and Halifax seemed to have no answer for their top line, or Roman Will. I know that was only one game, but I'm trying to find legitimate excuses for Halifax to get crushed like that and I cant find one. The legitimate excuse is you guys played the night before ... and we didn't ... it makes a difference. But it won't be an issue in the playoffs ... we both play the same schedule ... same amount of rest. I don't expect any 7-1 games ... unless it is you guys pounding us. I think we'll see four 3-2 games in this series ... one game will be a little lopsided in favour of Halifax ... two games will go to OT ... just my guess of course. Our 1st line may be better than any line you roll out ... not by much ... but your 2nd and 3rd lines are significantly better offensively than ours and that is where the game may be won and lost. I expect you will have Critchlow and Cuzner maybe out against the Saulnier line ... we'll have our checking line out against your top line ... and your 3rd line will probably dominate ours.
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Post by hfxfan09 on Mar 20, 2012 15:05:49 GMT -4
Should be a dandy series, I'm sticking with Halifax in 7 interestingly enough I saw on twitter today that Moncton wanted to change the dates of the first round!
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Mar 20, 2012 15:10:18 GMT -4
But 11th should never beat 6th. The last time 11th beat 6th ... everybody called it a huge failure ... including Moose fans ... Moose fans still bring it up to this day. Considering it was a 4 game sweep with a team loading up for a run....of course it was a huge failure. If the Moose lose in 7 games, I wouldn't consider it a huge failure given the young team led by 16 year olds....but at the sametime, I won't be surprised if they make it to the final 4 either. If he was referring to the Bathurst series of last year... then yeah I stand by that as a collapse. They were planning on a deep run, and they got swept. If Moncton sweep us, then yes thats a big collapse. If they win in a long series, I won`t be too shocked. And neither should all the Moncton fans picking Moncton to win the series in 6. While we finished 6th, we stuck to the rebuild plan, and actually traded away a 19 year old and added an 18 year old. The success is great, and hopefully we will have a long run, but its the next 2 years we are building towards. These playoffs will be the learning experience. I do think we should win in 6. Moncton will get a couple games from us on the back of Saulnier line and Will... but we should be able to outscore them over a 7 game series.
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Post by fireball on Mar 20, 2012 15:19:21 GMT -4
Too many pessimistic fans for Halifax on this board !! Too much depth in Halifax,they will take it in six games. Lighten-up Halifax,the kids are playing,not a bunch of uptight fans ! Lol
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Post by catnut on Mar 20, 2012 15:22:46 GMT -4
Should be a dandy series, I'm sticking with Halifax in 7 interestingly enough I saw on twitter today that Moncton wanted to change the dates of the first round! Yes they wanted to play it in August, when McKinnon and Fucale will likely be gone to the U18 tournament, your Euros will still be in Europe and all our players will be healthy.
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Post by Reesor on Mar 20, 2012 15:38:45 GMT -4
Sounds like Frk might not be ready to go Friday as per Matthew Wuest's Tweet. Now it's Frk and Hannay questionable and Ashley out for sure.
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Post by jimmy on Mar 20, 2012 15:44:46 GMT -4
Sounds like Frk might not be ready to go Friday as per Matthew Wuest's Tweet. Now it's Frk and Hannay questionable and Ashley out for sure. It is only going to get worse ... Saulnier and Trask are sharpening up their elbow pads as we speak ... and I suspect by the time the series is done you guys are really going to like Ross Johnston - the last few weeks he is turning into a physical force - he is huge and just starting to learn how to use his body with a bit of a mean streak. ;D
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Post by Reesor on Mar 20, 2012 15:51:40 GMT -4
Sounds like Frk might not be ready to go Friday as per Matthew Wuest's Tweet. Now it's Frk and Hannay questionable and Ashley out for sure. It is only going to get worse ... Saulnier and Trask are sharpening up their elbow pads as we speak ... and I suspect by the time the series is done you guys are really going to like Ross Johnston - the last few weeks he is turning into a physical force - he is huge and just starting to learn how to use his body with a bit of a mean streak. ;D We seem to play better without a full lineup. Definitely played better during that Oct-Dec stretch when we had a ton of injuries. Should clarify on Frk. Wuest mentioned he wasn't taking contact during practice. He didn't mention if he was wearing a no-contact jersey, and it can only be encouraging that he's out there practicing with the team. Edit: Now both Gillard and Hannay are taking part in full practice. All it took was for me to jump the gun and everyone gets healthy. ;D
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Post by Darkside on Mar 20, 2012 16:08:59 GMT -4
Frk is practicing, and doesn't seem to be in a no contact jersey, just not taking part in contact drills.
I don't think he'd be on the ice if there were concerns or symptoms of another concussion. I can only be optimistic about that tweet.
Nice to see Hannay practicing. Hopefully his conditioning is well enough to play. It would be nice to go into the playoffs with Abeltshauser/Hannay, Gillard/Lewis, Duke/Hardie.
Which would enable us to re-unite the CCR line to match up against the Saulniers. I find Cuzner has kind of been lost in the shuffle since Randell went to D. He's the type of guy that could be huge in the playoffs if we get him back on his game, being a pesky spark plug every shift.
No news is good news on the MacKinnon front as well.
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Post by auntjude on Mar 20, 2012 18:33:29 GMT -4
Love it! LOL.
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Post by CrazyJoeDavola on Mar 20, 2012 19:10:26 GMT -4
All I ask is that the coaching staff develop a defense against that damn "down low/cross crease" PP play that the Wildcats do over and over and over lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2012 19:12:41 GMT -4
KA - Hannay Gilard - Lewis Duke - Hardie Drooool.... Not drool because it's chalked full of stars, but because this may be the 1st game this season with all 6 starting D healthy Last time I saw Gillard play, some wild bull came charging in from the blueline and put him out... I hope we don't play that guy this weekend
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