Could this finally be the season that sees the Maple Leafs shatter their Stanley Cup drought?!?! As much as this would delight me....no. The asterisks indicate the wild cards.
ATLANTIC: Lightning, Maple Leafs, Bruins, Panthers*, Sabres, Red Wings, Canadiens, Senators
METROPOLITAN: Penguins, Blue Jackets, Capitals, Flyers*, Devils, Hurricanes, Rangers, Islanders
CENTRAL: Jets, Predators, Stars, Blues*, Wild*, Avalanche, Blackhawks
PACIFIC: Sharks, Golden Knights, Kings, Ducks, Oilers, Flames, Coyotes, Canucks
I do think the Leafs will finally advance out of the first round, taking down their hated rival Bruins in another heated affair. But I'm again going with Tampa Bay to take the Atlantic, since that team is so loaded that they can likely even overcome the season-long whispers about Steve Yzerman leaving the organization entirely to take over the Red Wings.
I'll even go so far as to pick the Lightning to make the Stanley Cup Finals, BUT, they'll fall short of the championship. While I'm still too wary of the Leafs' blue line to make them Canada's heroes, I will indeed project that the Cup will make its long-awaited return to our country. Winnipeg Jets, this is your moment. Don't blow it!
ATLANTIC: Lightning, Maple Leafs, Bruins, Panthers*, Sabres, Red Wings, Canadiens, Senators
METROPOLITAN: Penguins, Blue Jackets, Capitals, Flyers*, Devils, Hurricanes, Rangers, Islanders
CENTRAL: Jets, Predators, Stars, Blues*, Wild*, Avalanche, Blackhawks
PACIFIC: Sharks, Golden Knights, Kings, Ducks, Oilers, Flames, Coyotes, Canucks
I do think the Leafs will finally advance out of the first round, taking down their hated rival Bruins in another heated affair. But I'm again going with Tampa Bay to take the Atlantic, since that team is so loaded that they can likely even overcome the season-long whispers about Steve Yzerman leaving the organization entirely to take over the Red Wings.
I'll even go so far as to pick the Lightning to make the Stanley Cup Finals, BUT, they'll fall short of the championship. While I'm still too wary of the Leafs' blue line to make them Canada's heroes, I will indeed project that the Cup will make its long-awaited return to our country. Winnipeg Jets, this is your moment. Don't blow it!
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