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NHL Playoffs 2012: Last-Minute Seeding and Standings Scenarios With the 2012 NHL playoffs lapping at the shores of our excitement, it's time to break down the last-minute seeding and the final standing scenarios. The playoff participants may be set, but the contention for where the team will land and who they will face off against has come down to the last night of the season. A schedule full of games across the NHL has every team prepping for the big run ... NHL Playoffs 2012: Vancouver Canucks vs. LA Kings Series Preview The first-place (and Presidents-Trophy winning ) Vancouver Canucks (51-22-9) will be battling the eighth-place LA Kings (40-27-15) in the first round of the 2012 NHL playoffs.  On the surface, a No. 1 vs. No. 8 matchup and a 16-point difference might seem to greatly favour the Canucks, but these two teams are actually pretty evenly matched.   The Kings underperformed all year, and had to squeak ... NHL playoffs: Who can finish where? By the time 15 games have been completed in the NHL on Saturday, who finishes where and who plays whom will have been decided. NHL playoffs will be a fresh start for Capitals The Capitals ' season hasn't been smooth or predictable. Nothing, including the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, has come easily. But with a 4-1 win over the Rangers on Saturday to close the regular season, Washington gets to wipe the slate clean. Read full article >> NHL Playoffs 2012: Why the Capitals Spell Doom for a Top-Seeded Opponent Nobody wants to be the team that has to face the Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs this year, no matter what seed Washington ends up with. The Capitals, by their standards, are having a down season. After years of coasting into the playoffs as the leaders of the Southeast Division, Washington had to work harder—a lot harder—for admittance this year. The Caps didn't ... NHL Playoffs 2012: Martin Brodeur and Goalies Who Must Shine in Postseason With high-powered offenses such as Pittsburgh and Boston among the leading contenders heading into the NHL playoffs, the postseason won't lack for scoring. Of course, that just means the goaltenders who do step up on the road to the Stanley Cup will deserve even more accolades than usual. This trio of netminders will be facing extra pressure to succeed if their teams are to avoid a quick ... NHL Playoffs 2012: Tyler Seguin Is Excited to Play Larger Role for Boston Bruins Tyler Seguin enters the 2012 NHL playoffs as one of the most important Boston Bruins players in their Stanley Cup defense, and he's ready for this challenge as well as the pressure that comes with it. "I'm very excited to get ready for the playoffs, and participate in the playoffs in a but different of a role," said Seguin after Thursday's 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins . Last year, Seguin ... NHL Playoffs 2012: Unheralded Players Sure to Star in Postseason The 2012 NHL playoff field is set. Each playoff team has their strengths and weaknesses, their star players and their role players. Household names are expected to perform in the postseason. It is the role players who will make or break their respective teams' Stanley Cup dreams. These five players will break out in this year's NHL playoffs.   Patrik Berglund, C, St. Louis Blues Berglund must ... Canadians to get hairy for NHL playoffs OTTAWA, April 4 (UPI) -- With NHL playoffs days away, Canadian hockey fans are being encouraged to get hairy and grow beards to raise funds for heart and stroke research. NHL playoffs: Canucks should start Luongo, says Schneider Cory Schneider knows who should start Game 1 of the playoffs. And it's not him.Just makes you like him even more, doesn't it?Call the Canucks' goaltending a blessing or a controversy. With another 50-win season, a shot at repeating as Presidents' Trophy winners and seven straight wins, it has needled more toward godsend this season than anything.But what it's not is a problem. Not yet, anyway.A ...
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