Ballsy Predictions - 2020 Playoffs Edition

Rules: You get to make EXACTLY ONE prediction about the 2019-2020 New York Rangers Playoffs. It must be less than obvious.

 

Most off-the-wall truth at the end of the postseason wins nothing rep. Yes — I am asking for incredible foresight here, seeing as few as five days in the future or as many as 2 months.

 

Oh, and no repeat predictions. If someone beats you to the punch, so be it.

 

I'll start: Kakko will score more points in the playoffs than he did thus far in 2020.

Tony DeAngelo wins the Conn Smythe.

 

 

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Marc Staal scores three series winning OT goals.

 

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Brendan Smith will be the team’s best defender.

Fast leads team in playoff points

 

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The Rangers will reach the ECF on the back of Shesterkin. He’ll then go down with injury/poisoning by Henrik.

Lundqvist will put in two series of heroic performances to lead the team to the promised land and finally get his cup.

Kakko leads the team in points.

 

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Lundquist wins Conn Smythe.

Gauthier leads the team in goals.

Buchnevich leads the team in goals.

 

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Jesper Fast leads the team in points as we make the finals

Jesper Fast leads the team in points as we make the finals

 

Taken.

Kreider catches fire and leads team in goals.

Shesterkin wins his first 3 starts vs. Carolina, 2 of them being shutouts.

Ok. Shesty gets a game winning goal.

Buchnevich scores 13 goals in the playoffs, including two series winning goals. One of which will be against the Canes.

Ok. Shesty gets a game winning goal.

 

If we get a goalie goal from a Rangers goalie, omg

This is all nonsense hockey that shouldn't be getting played. Preseason was a month away. We've had more off time then an offseason has and now we're going to have teams play one preseason game and then decide the cup? That would be like starting a season with the playoffs. Asinine. My ballsy prediction is the Rangers lose two more of these joke games to the Canes and then win the draft lottery to at least get something useful out of this debacle.

In that spirit, I predict SportsNet viewership in Ontario @ 14 people for the SCF after the Leafs are put out, who, as of Saturday, had three hardcore fans in my group of friends who didn't even know who they were playing lol.

Panarin makes a cameo appearance in game 3

Shesty will NOT lose a game in the entire playoffs

JD and Gorton agree that the Quinn/rookie coach experiment is over, time to get a coach that can win a Cup.

JD and Gorton agree that the Quinn/rookie coach experiment is over, time to get a coach that can win a Cup.

 

No...Quinn will get at least two more years. It's not even on the table right now.

No...Quinn will get at least two more years. It's not even on the table right now.

 

it should be on the table though. All the signs are there.

it should be on the table though. All the signs are there.

 

I think it's fair to judge some of his coaching decisions, I have, but what good of a roster has he really had to work with? He's coached the team in a year where everyone knew where they would be bad, and another where they slightly exceeded expectations while still mostly being bad, and still got to play in the postseason when they otherwise might not have. The coach isn't the biggest issue. Very far from it.