Capitals in four
- Joe O'Connor, National Post
- Dan Barnes, Edmonton Journal
- Dave Gross, Canwest News Service
- Dave Waddell, Windsor Star
- The Hockey News
- Pierre LeBrun, ESPN/CP/CBC
Capitals in five
- Scott Morrison, CBC
- François Gagnon, La Presse
- Marc de Foy
- Yvon Pedneault, Journal de Québec/Montréal
- NHL on TSN consensus
- Mike Boone, Habs Inside/Out
- Dave Stubbs, The Gazette/Habs Inside/Out
- Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Post
- Ed Frankovic, WNST Baltimore
- Michael Traikos, National Post
- Allen Panzeri, Ottawa Citizen
- Scott Cruickshank, Calgary Herald
- Ken Warren, Ottawa Citizen
- Cam Cole, Vancouver Sun
- Kevin Allen, USA Today
- Matthew Barnaby, ESPN
- John Buccigross, ESPN
- Scott Burnside, ESPN
- E.J. Hradek, ESPN
- Barry Melrose, ESPN
Capitals in six
- Jean-François Bégin, La Presse
- Jack Todd, The Gazette
- Pat Hickey, The Gazette
- Brian Wilde, CTV Montreal
- Ted Starkey, Washington Times
- John MacKinnon, Edmonton Journal
- George Johnson, Calgary Herald
- Wayne Scanlan, Ottawa Citizen
- Brad Ziemer, Vancouver Sun
- Rob Vanstone, Regina Leader-Post
- Mike Brophy, SportsNet
- Bruce Garrioch, Ottawa Sun
Capitals in seven
- Nobody.
Canadiens in seven
Canadiens in six
- Rick Moffat, CJAD
- Kevin Mio, Habs Inside/Out
- Don Brennan, Ottawa Sun
- Ronald King, La Presse
Canadiens in five
- Nobody.
Canadiens in four
- You know who you are
Totals
- Canadiens win: 5
- Capitals win: 38
- Series goes seven games: 1
Pretty pathetic yelling and screaming about something like this. It's a sport. A sport with people making millions, but a sport none the less. You want to get angry about something worthwhile? Yell and scream about the givernment and how they spend people's money like it's water, because they can always squeeze more out of us for false statements about improving medical care and helping the poor. Don't yell and scream over a game.
I hope this idiot yells and screams himself into a heart attack and with his last breath realizes how stupid that all is....
So much for so-called "experts". It just goes to show that you can't predict diddly squat in the playoffs.
In their defence, sports columnist playoff predictions aren't really meant to be taken seriously. They know the playoffs are unpredictable. That's why they're played, and why they're watched.
Re: Angry caller: Was that the voice of Bob Gainey?
For the record, that caller was right. We won because of Halak and the decision to use Bergeron only on the powerplay.
For what it's worth, on the Ottawa Sun's hockey blog, Don Brennan is saying he had the Habs winning too.
I didn't see the post where he picked it though.
I've updated with the Sun's two picks (Brennan picked Habs in six, the other Caps in six).
I can never hear enough from couch athletes. Would be funny if not so sad & ignorant.
One might argue the fans are owed by these ,(compared to Allouettes), these spoiled overpaid showmen. NOT really TRUE. When they play,they play ~~ really play. Ass sitting, is one of this old man's favourite sports ~ & since I know nothing about coaching, the business end, etc., ~~ I am happy to just be a fan;sorrowful in loss & exultant in victory. I don't yell at those whom I have no say with - except to my wife under my breath. I save my yelling for what I know about and can help with. Hockey is a show & I just enjoy. The caller may be supporting Molson's more then do I. GO HABS GO! Penguins in 5. If you don't,I may shed a tear & will be back nxt yr. If you do, YAY! Keep going fwd. No i in team, means no name calling - at least to me.
I had Caps in five and am darn mad they crumbled. Not that I'm a Canadiens hater, just annoyed with how they squandered their sure place in the series and had to wait for another team to lose their game in order to make the series...
Are you mildly obsessed?
Ronald King (La Presse) had Habs in 6.
It's always been said that, in the playoffs, you can cover up a lot of deficiencies with a hot goalie. Because of Halak, Canadian hockey fans can now enjoy what should be two dynamite series (because the Blackhawks-Canucks is not going to be a slouch in the entertainment department either.)
As for predictions......those are for people in hockey pools. And no offence to the caller getting a coronary but Jacques Martin might be the second or third biggest reason why the Habs are where they are. He's the right kind of coach for this kind of team. Mind you, so would have been Carbonneau or Julien but that's another story.
Actually , Ronald King from LaPresse called the Habs winning in 6
I actually bet on the Habs winning in 7 (only a meal, but I was voting with my heart and my hatred of Ovechkin)
I loved listening to Sal on the Team 990! If it weren't for Sal I don't think the Canadiens would of won. Sal mentioned all the things going wrong for the Habs going into game 3 and in game 7 all the guys mentioned played excellent.
One can't help but notice that you omitted Mayor Tremblay's prediction of Habs in 7.
As a quick aside, what is the source of that phone call?
Apparently it was a call to the Team 990 after the Habs loss in Game 4.
Rick Moffat is a hockey expert? I just sort of thought he was a blowhard who gets paid to say either unintelligent or painfully obvious things on the radio.
Didn't realize Tremblay was a hockey expert. But I'll add it.
Oddly enough, your employer seemed to think that this prediction was notable enough to place it as one of the most prominent items at the top of their home page for several hours on Thursday.
cbc radio played a clip today on home run of L Ian MacDonald calling, at the start of the series, Habs in 7.
Proof experts know shit. :P
That caller rules!
If it's Habs-Bruins in the next round, I'm going to get confused when someone yells "Bergeron sucks" -- which one do they mean?