Ready for the biggest fix prediction of the playoffs

Philly will beat NJ

Now I'm a Philly fan, but they totally shouldn't beat NJ in the first round.
(i.e. Philly's #1 goalie is 33yr old Brian Boucher who didn't start a single game between Dec. 23 and March 16th)

Watch the series and look for:
-Low penalties on Philly...just like last year with the Pens "dramatic" rise to the cup
-High penalties on NJ
-A couple disallowed goals
-Weird calls helping Philly (offsides, too many men, etc.)

This will lead the way to a final four match up of:

Was. vs. Pitt
Chi vs. Det
(the ultimate dream situation for the NHL)

The west is a little different (i.e. doesnt need to be as fixed as the East)
....The NHL wouldn't mind seeing VAN or SJ go far (appease Canada, and not look too fixed "again" with an early exit of SJ)

p.s. Philly wont be happy when in the 2nd round the "penalty tide" sways and all the calls start going Washinton's way...watch for them to lose their temper and hurt someone like Ovechkin or Semin....the guy who hurts one of these guys will be in MEGA crap by the NHL(odds are its Pronger, or Carcillo)

1st round East winners:
Was.
Philly
----------
Buff.
Pitt.

2nd round East winners:
Was.
Pitt.

Now for the West winners:
SJ
Det.
----
Van.
Chi.

Nah, it's gonna be a Jets Vs. Nordiques final, after Winnepeg bumps off the Whalers in the semis.  

If it's so fixed to maximize revenue, why don't we see the same teams in the finals every year. Colour me skeptical

Get off the cheap weed Hippo, you of all people should know the Sens are going all the freakin' way!

Now where did I put my fatty?

Nhl is impossible to fix... the leafs would have won a cup by now if it was fixed... mhmm

Quoted from BIGWIG416

Nhl is impossible to fix... the leafs would have won a cup by now if it was fixed... mhmm

Dirty refs buddy....I'm tellin' ya! Bettman sets which refs do which game...All he has to do is pick the ones that are in his pocket, and Bob's your uncle....the teams he wants to go on, do.

Interesting way to test this bet is to see who reffed the Pittsburg games last year...If those guys are reffing the Philly game, then the fix is in!

http://www.narconon.ca/Cocaine.htm

Quoted from Hippochrome

Dirty refs buddy....I'm tellin' ya! Bettman sets which refs do which game...All he has to do is pick the ones that are in his pocket, and Bob's your uncle....the teams he wants to go on, do.

Interesting way to test this bet is to see who reffed the Pittsburg games last year...If those guys are reffing the Philly game, then the fix is in!

Quoted from McMean

http://www.narconon.ca/Cocaine.htm

Where's Kerry Frazer when you need him!

I gotta say my minds with Hippo though.   Good argument on the Leafs side.

What I find odd is the commentators must be under strick guidelines to not discuss penalty indifference's too much.    Early in the season the Sens were the only team to have 3 or more games where they never had a power play.   Also, just blindly comparing "total penalties" is weak because early penalties / power-plays can give a team the advantage.   I'd love to see kind of stat that measure power-plays awarded while even-strength, within a goal, etc.    

Biased of course, but often-times my home team would be carrying the play in the opening period and then be called on an minor infraction giving the other team the momentum.

All you guys have is cherry picking, that's no evidence.

I agree with Jonny. Assuming there is a conspiracy, the NHL has poorly chosen the supposed beneficiaries. The Leafs market is the biggest in the NHL and they haven't come out on top in years.

Also, consider the fever dream Bettman holds near and dear to his heart for a southern American hockey renaissance. Wouldn't that drive teams like Phoenix and Dallas further up the rigged standings?

Quoted from sentinelking

I agree with Jonny. Assuming there is a conspiracy, the NHL has poorly chosen the supposed beneficiaries. The Leafs market is the biggest in the NHL and they haven't come out on top in years.

Also, consider the fever dream Bettman holds near and dear to his heart for a southern American hockey renaissance. Wouldn't that drive teams like Phoenix and Dallas further up the rigged standings?

Agreed by the conspiracy logic Betteman would have had the Rangers or Islanders or Devils in every other cup final for TV ratings, as well Chicago wouldn't have been away from the playoffs for as long as they had been. It ain't fixed !