pilldoc Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Discuss Nashville vs. Chicago here. Regular season series (Blackhawks lead 3-1-0)Oct 18, 2014 Nashville 1, Chicago 2 (OT)Oct 23, 2014 Chicago 2, Nashville 3Dec 6, 2014 Chicago 3, Nashville 1Dec 29, 2014 Nashville 4, Chicago 5 (SO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 WOW what a tough one. I went Hawks in 7 because of postseason experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 WOW what a tough one. I went Hawks in 7 because of postseason experience. My reasoning somewhat as well. Neither of these teams were particularly impressive down the stretch, but those things being equal (and despite the fact that I still think the Preds are a pretty 'complete' type team) I go with the proven commodities that are the Chicago Blackhawks. Say what anyone wants about the Hawks, they are a good team who can play any style you want, and even without Patrick Kane are one dangerous team. Unless the Preds sleepwalk through this, anything less than 6 games either way would be disappointing....though I think the 6 game series goes Chicago's way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Hawks in 5. Pekka Rinne....great regular season goalie, the playoffs...a different beast entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I went Preds in 7 because of Rinne. But I fear @jammer2 might be right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Gonna go Predators in 7. Agree with @jammer2 regarding Rinne and playoffs. However, all season long the Predators have played very well and surprised many. Granted they have hit a small slide here in the last few weeks. Wonder what the status of Kane is at the start of the series. I think the Hawks coulg very easliy miss not haveing him on the ice. Forsberg has played lights out. No reason to stop now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 hawks win .,. Kane comes back in the second round to help push them to their third cup in 5 years. screw bill poile , and peter laviolette. i like the pred but i think the hawks are better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Hardest series for me to predict. But Preds in 7.Kane just coming back from a broken clavicle and cleared for full contact just today. Richards not in good shape either. On the other hand, Preds struggled down the stretch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 @J0e Th0rnton Not only were the Preds as a team shaky, Rinne was uncharacteristically lacking concentration and letting in some pretty soft goals. He will have to be a wall for the Preds to have any real chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 You could write "A Tale of Two Seasons" about Rinne. Early on, he was great enough to be neck and neck statistically with Price. There was a point that I would have taken Rinne as my Vezina winner. But when he faded, the team faded. He's going to have to return to early season form for the Preds to have a chance. I predict he won't. The series will be closer than it might otherwise be because Chicago's not at the top of their game right now either, but that won't be enough to swing it to Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanyan Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Almost as tough to call as Blues and Wild, but I think the Hawks will take this in 7 games. This series is all about road wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Hawks in 5. Pekka Rinne....great regular season goalie, the playoffs...a different beast entirely. Completely agree. I don't think Nashville has enough scoring depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackStraw Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Wow, hekuva a game. I don't know who Scott Darling is but he sure was fantastic. And Seth Jones is damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Chicago simply knows how to win, period, end of discussion. When it matters the Hawks have another gear. Down 3-0 they managed to climb back in and win in double overtime. Unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Chicago simply knows how to win, period, end of discussion. When it matters the Hawks have another gear. Down 3-0 they managed to climb back in and win in double overtime. Unreal. and that is why they have 2 Cups in the last 5 years..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Looks like Fisher might have aggravated whatever kept him out of the last two games of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Deflating. The one word right now that I believe has to describe not only the Preds, but their fanbase as well. Chicago Blackhawks or no, if you are Nashville and built up a pretty commanding 3-0, have a pretty good overall team on the ice and a goalie like Rinne in net, you simply expect to win the game. Bottom line. Obviously, the Hawks are a winning club, a winning organization and have several clutch performers on the team, but Nashville, whether physically or mentally, let off the gas....maybe that expectation to win got the better of them given their lead.....and let the Hawks right back in that game. Preds needed to put boots to throats after putting up 3 and they simply didn't.As a few posters mentioned already, Rinne needs to be Vezina caliber Rinne no matter what.That wasn't the case last night......but still, the Predators, as a team, simply didn't play with the same tenacity and killer instinct that they built their lead up with for the entirety of the game. All the Preds can do now is start Game 2 with the same mindset they started Game 1 with....only this time continue to play each and every period, each and every shift, like the game is 0-0 and they are pushing for the lead goal....regardless of score. Good luck with that, Nashville...as you have now given a championship caliber team like Chicago some major momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waverider Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The loss of Shea Weber was huge in game 3 for Nashville and their young defense was totallyexposed by Chicago's forwards (Toews, Hossa and Kane especially). Unfortunately for the Predators, Weberwill be out of game 4 and I can only see the Blackhawks doing much of the same as in game 3. Nashville's goaltending hasn'tbeen stellar and Pekka Rinne can't be 100% fit as he's looked anything but a Vezina Trophy Finalist since coming back from injury. Some writers also sense that this series could be headed further in Chicago's favor too. I predict a convincing Chicago win and pushing the Predators to the brink of elimination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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