yrs most surprising, disappointing team (s)

[Devlin]

Iles a pleasant surprise, columbus also. Played very well towards the end. Wish they had made it.
Phlyers, thought they were a lock. Rangers lucky they are in

[miscs75]

I'm an Isles fan and i'm extremely surprised with the playoff appearance based upon under-25 players, waiver-wire pickups and guys who don't want to show up. Biggest disappointments are probably Minny, the Rags and the Devils. Based on the Rangers inconsistently, they really don't deserve to get in. I just hope that whoever they play puts them on the golf course by the 2nd week in May.

[mingus_md]

Definitely the biggest surprise to me is the Stanley Cup contenders the New York Rangers with their All-Star top line of Nash, Richards, and Gaborik.

[centrehice]

Flyers

[Wickabee]

Biggest surprises - CBJ, NYI
Biggest disappointments - MIN, NYR, WPG (really wanted them in)

[miscs75]

Definitely the biggest surprise to me is the Stanley Cup contenders the New York Rangers with their All-Star top line of Nash, Richards, and Gaborik.

Gaborik is still with the Rags?

[Devlin]

Gaborik not with them, but did play most of season with them, contibuted very little

[habsmtl09]

Biggest surprise: Montreal from last to 2nd in the conference
Biggest disapointment: Philly

[cardscardscards]

The NYR and Philly were total disappointments. I thought the Rangers had gotten their lesson that a cast of all-star players doesn't necessarily equate to a winning team.

Montreal and Toronto made it past the regular season, that's a heck of a surprise, but if it had been a regular 82 game, they were both heading downhill and fast.

I'll also throw in the Caps and Ovechkin for surprise. I didn't expect a rebound like that.

I'm not surprised the Isles made it, they've got so much talent on the offense! I wish them luck facing Pittsburgh, they're gonna need it!

[RGM81]

How has nobody mentioned the 14th place Nashville Predators?