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Originally Posted by flashfire
the west is a million times better yet you have almost all east teams...Sens ran over everyone in the east and got KILLED in the finals. Detroit and SJ would have also killed them obviously.
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Well the simple fact is no matter how good the west is... only one team will come out of it! & I'm 80% sure that team will be San Jose so thats the only pick i need to make. The west to me really isnt that strong... sure the teams are good.. but the east has made alot of ground lately with good pickups and being able to keep there good players. I really think an east team is going to take it this season.
& as for the leafs to be honest... no one can give a actual opinion on them, because there is to much love and hate on them. just because they have such a huge fan base and as much money as they do. I put them at 5 on my list.. so I'm not saying they will definitely win the cup! You know what I will for sure tell you they will make playoffs though. They picked up an amazing goalie in toskala which will take the weight of an already good goalie Raycroft. So that there gives us a pretty decent 2 goalie tandem much like SJ had last year. I know I will take heat for saying that just because people love to hate the leafs but it's true. Then on top of that we picked up bell.... sure he had a bad season previously but he has the ability to put up some good points on the second line and is an improvement on oneil. As well sundin actually will have someone on his wing that can pot in the puck in Jason blake... I call that a huge improvement.