Who will be favored?

[YardRat]

Who do you think will be favored to win the Eastern Conference finals?

Have the Sabres convinced enough of the pundits that they should be considered the better team in the next round, or will they still be looked at as an underdog against Carolina or New Jersey?

[BlackMetalNinja]

Re: Who will be favored?

Buffalo will not be favored against either team, I'd put money on that.

[gannd]

Re: Who will be favored?

No way, buf has proved themselves. I'd bet big money in Vegas on you guys if I was in vegas.

[shelby]

Re: Who will be favored?

ODDS TO WIN THE 2006 STANLEY CUP

All bets are action AS LONG AS A CHAMPION IS CROWNED SOMETIME IN 2006 (regardless of when season starts, length of season, or playoff format).
All bets are action regardless of team relocation(s), name change(s), or division/conference realignment(s).
Name	Open	Current
NJ DEVILS	14/1	35/1
SJ SHARKS	15/1	6/1
EDM OILERS	22/1	7/1
ANA DUCKS	35/1	9/5
BUF SABRES	60/1	9/5
CAR HURRICANES	60/1	5/2
Updated: Sat, May 13 10:51 p.m. EDT

http://www.vegasinsider.com/u/futures/NHL_1214.cfm

[YardRat]

Re: Who will be favored?

NJ's out of the equation...

Carolina won three of four against Buffalo...

Carolina #2 in East, with best home record.

I say Carolina will mostly be favored, but a few of the media 'experts' will pick the Sabres

[MTBillsFan]

Re: Who will be favored?

Guarenteed that we're not favored. I can hear the pundits now, Miller is inexperienced and we're too young and Ruff is balding... yada yada yada. It will come down to Miller Vs. Ward.
Games in which pulled during playoffs - Ward 1....Miller 0
Hobbe Baker Awards won Miller 1 Wade O

GO SABRES!!!!

[pjw]

Re: Who will be favored?

Carolina, should be favored. More points, same amount of wins.
besides we have done well in the underdog role

[JD]

Re: Who will be favored?

Not that it matters, but earlier I was in the NHL.com chatroom and Carolina fans were actually putting their money on Buffalo to take the series in 6. Alot of the other fans in the room agreed. I asked Carolina or Buffalo... 14 people said Buffalo, 4 said Carolina.

[Meathead]

Re: Who will be favored?

am i reading that correctly or does it say car and bflo have the lowest odds meaning theyre cup favorites

[pyrrhonist]

Re: Who will be favored?

I would actually prefer Buffalo be the underdog.

[Ingtar33]

Re: Who will be favored?

Carolina is going to be brutal... they match us well.

They play much better team defense then any remaining team in the playoffs (or any team we played thus far for that matter)... and they have a few players who are fast enough to expose us when our D pinches (as our D always pinches this might become a problem)

That said, the Sabres will probably be able to control the pace of the games far better then they did against Ottawa, as the Hurricanes... while sporting a handful of ultra speedy burners are on average a slower team then the Sens.

After watching parts of a few of the games the Cane's played in the playoffs thus far, the thing that sticks out is that they will have difficulty coming back if we ever get a two goal lead... as their defense are only average to bellow average passers, which makes breaking any form of trap nearly impossible.

They will not have Ottawa’s problems with scoring, or spotty defense, however their goaltending is off and on, and looks better due to their strong defense then it actually is.

I'll be a homer and pick the Sabres in 7

That said, if we can slip past Car, we should have no problem with anyone in the west, as no one left over that side of the country is half as good as either Ottawa or Carolina.

[PUCKER]

Re: Who will be favored?

Probably the Canes,but Id rather the Sabs be the underdog anyway.