Assunto: 2016 NHL Playoff Predictions

Post your predictions for the 2016 NHL playoffs here.

The only prize for winning is bragging rights.

Capitals

1) Let's say that you get a point for every series you get right.

2) If you get the number of games right, it counts as a point towards a tiebreaker.

3) I would suggest doing one round at a time, though you can pick the champion and runner-up now.

4) Putting a header on posts for predictions, as opposed to discussion about the predictions, would help for tallying the results later. For example:

*******************Predictions*******************

It is true once the cup is over all of you will be bowing down to me with my great hockey wisdom. There is no need to say the winners of the rounds because we all know who will come out on top.
So it my great honor, my pleasure, and my great satisfaction to present to you the 2016 NHL Stanley cup champions.....THE ONE, THE ONLY
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

lol I did that post before I saw Caps post. Anyway (The number by the winner is the number of games.)
**************************Predictions********************************** (Round one)
Eastern: WASvsPHI~WAS(6) PITvsNYR~PIT(6) FLAvsNYI~FLA(6) TBvsDET~TB(7)

Western: DALvsMIN~DAL(5) STLvsCHI~CHI(7) ANAvsNAS~ANA(6) SJvsLA~LA(7)

Winner~PITT
Runner up~ANA

*******************Predictions*******************

1) PHI 4 - WSH 3
2) NYR 4 - PIT 2
3) FLA 4 - NYI 2
4) DET 4 - TBL 1
5) DAL 4 - MIN 2
6) STL 4 - CHI 3
7) ANA 4 - NSH 1
8) SJS 4 - LAK 2

Stanley Cup Champion: STL
Runner-Up: NYR

Go ahead and post in this forum - that's why I suggested the header to distinguish prediction posts.

Has there been any news on Fleury or Murray? It could be a problem for the Penguins even if they start at less than 100%.

I'd honestly take any of the Metropolitan teams over all of of the Atlantic teams.

Well...here is what the "experts" at ESPN think will happen:

espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/i...

gotta go with the blues , very physical team hard to play against in 7 game series.

first round

Washington
pittsburg
panthers
red wings upset lightening

Minasota upsets dallas in 7
St.louis - Chicago best first round series also most physical blues in 6
Ducks
la upsets San Jose

Read this penslabyrinth.com/2016/04... main points: "Marc-Andre Fleury and Olli Maatta both practiced with the team this morning. Malkin, Beau Bennett, Matt Murray, and Bryan Rust are all day-to-day." So that's good that Fleury practiced. And that was a day ago. Also "Luckily, it’s increasingly looking like calling up Jarry was only a precautionary move." So that's also very good.

OK. As I posted a few days ago on my personal note, here are my picks for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

In the East: Florida beats the NY Islanders, Tampa beats Detroit (but it will likely be close), Philadelphia beats Washington and Pittsburgh beats the NY Rangers.

In the West: LA beats Nashville, San Jose beats Anaheim, Dallas beats Minnesota, and St. Louis beats Chicago (maybe)

Preds are playing Ducks and Kingas are playing Sharks.

$$$$$$$$ Predictions $$$$$$$$

West

Dallas beats Minnesota in 5
Chicago beats St. Louis in 6

Anaheim beats Nashville in 6 (It makes me very sad to say that)
LA beats San Jose in 7

East

Washington beats Philly in 4
NY Rangers beat Pittsburgh in 6

NY Islanders beat Florida in 6
Tampa beats Detroit in 7

Cup winners: Chicago
Cup losers: Washington

Go Preds! #PredsPride

Kind of of topic but

Pay attention to the Blackhawk series whenever they are behind in a series they intentually try to injure one of the other teams stars with a cheapshot and take the suspension because the league goes easy on them for whatever reason.

witness Duncan kieth under suspension now, seabrook also has done this. Kieth is a particular issue hes a repeat offender constantly and the league just keeps giving hawk players 3 games or so suspensions. When they easily deserve 10 game suspensions or more. look for the blues to get payback for that happening two years ago if they get a two game lead . its going to get nasty Kieth and seabrook both have bounties on thier backs if your going to watch one series this is the one.