The Stanley Cup Playoffs are here and we breakdown the first round series and make our predictions right through to the Stanley Cup Champion. We also have a look at our preseason predictions and review the final points leaders.
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News
Season over and matchups set.
Habs make it in on last night
Panarin - Rangers paid out employee after sex assoult allegations
Ovechkin says he will play next year - final year of contract
Points Leaders
Overall
Kucherov 37 84 121
MacKinnon 32 84 116
Draisaitl 52 54 106
McDavid gets 8th 100 point season - tied with Dionne for 3rd most
Defence
Makar 30 62 92
Werenski 23 59 82
Hughes 16 60 76
Rookies
Hutson 6 60 66
Michkov 26 37 63
Celebrini 25 38 63
Hutson wins Calder?
Goalies
Stolarz .926
Hellebuyck .925
Kuemper .922
Guess the 5th
Regular Season predictions review
Connections LAST WEEK - Brady Tkachuk, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Dahlin
THIS WEEK - Dineen, Lowry, Patrick, Brind’amour
Brackets
WPG v STL
Closer than you might think
Hellebuyck + Higher end Scoring give Jets edge
DAL v COL
Tough series to call
COL higher top end with Makar and MacKinnon
DAL better goaltending
VGK v MIN
Not close - VGK better in all dept except goaltending
Is Gustavsson that much better than Hill?
LAK v EDM
EDM limping in - no Ekholm for 1st rnd
LAK have big edge in net
TOR v OTT
another one closer than might think
TOR not strong by fancy stats OTT a bit better by xGF
Goaltending even if Ullmark healthy
Offence edge goes to TO
TBL v FLA
Overall game play FLA much better
SH% and SV% TBL has edge
WSH v MTL
Fancy Stats WSH much better
WSH has edge in SH% and SV%
CAR v NJD
Fancy stats not close - CAR best in NHL
Goaltending for both teams not good. NJD has slight edge
CRAZY PREDICTION FOR PLAYOFFS
Make one off the wall prediction
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