Detroit vs Nashville - 2008 NHL Western Conference Quarter-Finals

[Bogey Man]

Team............... GP Wn Ls OT Pts
Detroit Red Wings.. 82 54 21 07 115
Nashville Predators 82 41 32 09 091


Season Series:
Nov 07 Det-3 Nas-2
Nov 22 Det-2 Nas-3
Dec 10 Det-2 Nas-1
Feb 12 Det-2 Nas-4
Mar 09 Det-4 Nas-3
Mar 15 Det-1 Nas-3
Mar 20 Det-6 Nas-3
Mar 30 Det-1 Nas-0


Detroit won season series 5-3-0
Detroit out-scored Nashville 21-19

[NastiMarvasti]

This could be the upset of the first round. I'll go balls out here and say Nashville in 7.

[Watti]

I'd love to see Nashville take Detroit out, but no... Detroit in 5.

[gescom]

Detroit is beat up and they have tons of trouble against the teams in their division... they've been long written off as too old, but they're the f***ing Red Wings, as usual. better Predators teams couldn't get past the first round and this lesser version ain't going to either.

Detroit in 5

[Hockey Girl]

Detroit in five.

There's no way Nashville gets past the first round. I think any other team would have a chance at eliminating the Wings, who have been wildly inconsistent the last part of the season. I just don't see Nashville being good enough to do it.

[Defgarden]

It's not even going to be close. Barry Trotz deserves a few votes for the Jack Adams but Babcock will prove why he's going to win it (Or rather, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, et all will prove it for him).

[spjon25]

Detroit in 1...

They will be so damn intimidating and overpowering that Barry Trotz will wave the white flag and say I give up...Now back to reality

Detroit over the last few years has had some trouble in the first round. It will be interesting to see what the Mason/Ellis tandem can do in net. Also, if Radulov plays his balls off and puts up some points it could become interesting...on the other hand

Detroit has a proven playoff player in McCarty. Lidstrom is as solid as ever on the blueline, and I believe that this will be the year Datsyuk comes out of his playoff goal scoring shell.

I say Detroit in 5

[Telefunken]

This is the only one I'm calling for a sweep.

[BadIdea]

Detroit in 6

[wngr2552]

Wings are going in not healthy.. and Nashville plays them hard.
But the Red Wings are a hard team to play in the playoffs..

So I am going to pick the Wings in 6

[VegasHockey]

Knowing how Detroit can be in the playoffs sometimes, Nashville winning wouldn't be a huge surprise but still, I'm going with Detroit in a sweep.