Who do you think is the best NHL team?
448843
put your money on the favorite. detroit red wings.
502276
The Buffalo Sabres are the team of destiny. They are a collection of so-called "nobodies" who are setting the hockey world on fire. The Sabres are young, talented, fast-skating, hard-working and best of all, they are a team with a capital T. As you suggested in your comments, they have balanced scoring lines, a solid defense and a red-hot rookie goaltender. I honestly believe they can and will win the Stanley Cup -- and my God, do the long-suffering sports fans of Western New York ever deserve that!\n\nLET'S GO BUF-FA-LO!!!
534198
They are the best and shall win the Stanley Cup!\n\n\n\nLet's Go Buf-fa-lo!!!\n\n\n:)
470572
Ottawa Senators, why I think the Senators will win the 2006 stanley cup is because, they are a very fast offensive team, there goaltending has been it's strongest than it's ever been, and there defencemen line up is very positional and is always working harder than any other player on the ice I also want to predict that the stanley cup series round will be Ottawa and calgary the sens will take it in 6 games LoL !!!
502723
hello....the sens are gone...the best team is the one that wins the cup..
525196
It had to be San Jose. I think they needed to resolve their goaltending problem (2 sterter-level goalies signed long-term) before that series started. If anything, they learned a lesson about relying too much on your top line. San Jose has the best top line in the NHL, but it wasn't enough. Detroit spent the year in a VERY weak division, so when the heat turned up, they melted. San Jose was battle-tested, and failed. That's more eye-opening to me.
354231
the red wings of course
615882
The Buffalo Sabres!:)\n\n\n\nLet's Go Buf-fa-lo!!!
1119121
erm, difficult, really love the vancouver chanucks, toronto maple leaves, calgary flames, mighty ducks, san jose sharks, new jersey devils and montreal canadiens. but that doesn't mean i don't like any other teams,..... i heavn't really made up my mind yet
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I'd love to say the Flyers, but down 2-0, that doesn't look to be the case.\n\nOut of the East- presently you have to look at the match-ups as follows:\n\nTop seed Ottawa losing a close one, not drilled Tampa Bay.  TB no longer with a top rated back stop can be counted out.\n\nWith a 2-0 lead, Montreal holds on against the higher rated Canes with solid goaltending.\n\nThe Devils OWN the series against the Devils\n\nThe Sabres will hold on against the Flyers with their speed.\n\nTherefore- 2nd round match-ups make for:\n\nOttawa versus the lowest remaining seed- Canadians\nand Sabres versus the Devils.\n\nMy pick would be Ottawa and the Devils, with the Devils playoff savvy and defense beating the Sens with a non-top ranked backstop (with Hasek maybe a different story).\n\nNow let's move to the West---\n\nDown 2-1, the Wings will come back against the Oilers.\n\n#2- Dallas looks to be on the outs against the Avs.\n\n#3 Calgary will take the victory up 2-1 against the Ducks\n\nand #5 Sharks will hold on against the Preds.\n\nThat leaves the 2nd round match-ups as...\n\nWings versus Avs- GREAT match-up!  Wings prevail.\n\nCalgary versus the Sharks.  Gotta go with Mikka and the Flames.\n\nThat means a Western Final of Detroit versus Calgary.  Mikka doesn't do it again this year and the Wings march on to get ROMPED by the Devils and Brodeur.\n\nI HATE the Devils!
345269
Big 'Canes fan so for me it's the 'Canes and Habs, but overall I'd say it's a tie between Rangers/ Devils and Flyers/Sabres, out west the best first round series is Ducks/Flames.\n\nIt will be Detroit and Carolina in the Cup finals, Carolina in 6.
908922
my favorite team is the Detroit Red Wings.because the entire organizations commitment to winning is second to none.
576623
The Chicago Black Hawks have been the nicest for 50 years.\n\nNow, if only the team could play as good as their sweaters look, maybe a dynasty could be born.\n\nSheesh, last Stanley Cup win, 1961.
442495
One of the best runs in NHL history.\nI've been a loyal Devils fan almost all my life. Now I live here in Anchorage, AK- where the Devils are a local favorite because of Scotty Gomez. Tons of fellow fans around make it really fun to go to the bar and watch them play. Hockey is taken pretty seriously up here. The talk around town is that the Devils have a good enough team to  take The Cup this year. Especially after this recent 12-0 run. My girlfriend is a Avalanche fan, so we plan on watching ALOT of playoff hockey soon.\nLETS GO DEVILS
887087
Sens, Thrashers, Lightning, Leafs, Stars, Ducks
407695
Ottawa.  They have the best offence and the best defence.  Scored the most goals and had the biggest differential of goals for vs. goals against = +103.\n\nDetroit may have ended the season with more points but they are in the weakest division in the NHL and got to play Columbus, Chicago, and St. Louis 8 times each.  They are old and it will show as the playoffs continue.
1174654
Best team as in current team. \nIf yes then my vote would go to Detroit Pistons. No matter they lost to Heats in the divisional playoff finals but they have The Best defense (remember a certain Ben Wallace). And the offense is considerably decent. Though the mavericks have impressed a lot this season but still it has to be pistons anyday as of now\n\nPS: wish Lakers get some strength so that they become the best team. Kobe is just too good