1. Bruins
2. Leafs
3. Panthers
4. Devils
5. Lightning
6. Coyotes

imo

well you got the defending champions in the Bruins so that's gotta be top of your list

for me I would go Bruins first with the Maple Leafs second. the rest of the teams you can just toss in a hat and pick em out. Coyotes have some decent players but no stars, no clue how the Panthers have gotten themselves to where they r, good star power on the Lightning, and the Devils r just a boring ass team imo. i guess the quality of the opponent doesn't matter too much when you have to auto factor in the worst team in the Eastern conf. lol

 

Originally Posted by DBo Fo Sho

i guess the quality of the opponent doesn't matter too much when you have to auto factor in the worst team in the Eastern conf. lol

haha, ya Canes are terrible, we just wanna see some quality play with our team being so bad.... ok so its between the Bruins or the Leafs with the Bruins in the lead as of now, keep the opinions coming, good stuff

Not trying to be a dick or massive homer, but if you go to the leafs game there will probably be a lot of leaf fans there, I know it bugs some people to see their home arena full of the visiting team's fans.

That said still sfobv go to the leafs game

Leafs travel well and they get the arena pumping. I'm sure it's more so here since Detroit is a border city with Canada but games are always a little more fun with those silly cannuckians in town. If you're just looking for the best opponent it's bruins in a no-brainer.

I am sorry you are limited to a Canes game as they are one of the worst teams to watch in the league this yr.

Now that we have NHL again...
1)Bruins - Defending Stanley Cup Champs, playing well
2)Lightning - Lecavalier, Stamkos, St Louis, etc.
3)Panthers - Division game, exciting young team
4)Devils - Henrique, Kovalchuck and Parise, skilled line, fun to watch (the other night anyway)
5)Coyotes - each of you can have your own row. (maybe every game is like this though?)
6)Watch game on TV
7)Leafs - bad team and over rated, cya on the links come April (like the Manitoba Kid though, get well Reimer)

"if you go to the leafs game there will probably be a lot of leaf fans there, I know it bugs some people to see their home arena full of the visiting team's fans."
How my hate for Leafs was born.

Local airline Porter has regular flights into Raleigh for decent rates. Avaialability of Canes tix on the day of, plus low cost of flight and tix, means it's occasionally cheaper to go to Raleigh to watch the Leafs than to go to toronto to do it. You will see a fair number of Canadians at the game, trust me. Especially if it is a Saturday night game.

 

Originally Posted by SpankyHamm

Bruins - the old Bruins/Whalers rivalry revisited.
Coyotes - since these are both former WHA teams
Lightning - fun team to watch
Leafs - to see if people boo during the Canadian National Anthem
Devils - maybe Snooki or Jay-Z will be attendance?
Panthers - Carolina already has a bad Panthers team.

Clearly someone has not watched the lightning play in a while. They SHOULD be fun to watch but they're just not.

Panthers are really fun to watch this year and you can probably get better seats at a cheap price.

 

Originally Posted by JaySpo

Was reading through this thread and am glad that somebody finally said this. I'm surprised at how many people said they are still a fun team to watch with that terrible 1-3-1 trap they play.

That being said I'd go
1. Boston or Toronto - Boston if you like physicality, Leafs if you want speed/skill
2. Panthers or Pheonix - I'd pick Panthers by the way they've played this year, but Yotes have had their moments.
3. Lightning or Devils - Both teams play boring styles that I wouldn't recommend for a first game. TB ahead of NJ because of better individual players, but you won't get to appreciate them the way you should.

i approve of this post completely

ok its settled, were gonna go to Boston game for sure might try to squeeze in the Leafs game as well, I personally love teams that travel (as a Falcons fan always loved the Saints @ Falcons fame for the same reason they came in singing When the Saints come marching in every year), thanks for all the good insight, knew I could count on OT's diversity on this type of topic

 

Originally Posted by Milo

Local airline Porter has regular flights into Raleigh for decent rates. Avaialability of Canes tix on the day of, plus low cost of flight and tix, means it's occasionally cheaper to go to Raleigh to watch the Leafs than to go to toronto to do it. You will see a fair number of Canadians at the game, trust me. Especially if it is a Saturday night game.

Porter 100% doesnt fly to raleigh or I'd go to 2-3 UNC hoops games a year. But alot of transplanted fans as well as a bunch that'll make the trip down. Because believe it or not it's probably cheaper(or very close to the same) to fly to raleigh stay in a hotel and buy tickets to the game than it is to sit in premium seats at the ACC pay for parking and have beers at the game

Boston is a great choice defending champs plus they're on a heater

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...if you want to see your team get absolutely smoked in your first-ever NHL game

 

Originally Posted by s c u m m 3 r

...if you want to see your team get absolutely smoked in your first-ever NHL game

hahaha, I am fine with this, I just want to see some quality play if I'm gonna go, esp my first time, even if its the other team.......we booked today and its a Saturday game, place is already filled up pretty good lots/almost all of the good seats were gone so I think we picked a good one!