From most confident to least confident

Avalanche over Predators in 4 games. Juuse Saros is out, and the Avs will have no trouble scoring against Connor Ingram/David Rittich
Flames over Stars in 5 games. Markstrom is much better than Oettinger, and the Flames' skaters (Lindholm, Backlund, et al) will be able to shut down Dallas' only reliable offence (Pavelski-Hintz-Robertson)
Panthers over Capitals in 5 games. The Caps' 6 defenders will not be able to hold the Panthers insane top 9. I wouldn't be stunned if goaltending flips this, weither through Bobrovsky faltering or one of the Caps' guys stealing it.

Oilers over Kings in 6 games. Assuming Mike Smith doesn't fall apart like last playoffs, the Oilers actually have enough scoring depth to make a run. That's a big assumption though
Lightning over Leafs in 7 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy >>> Jack Campbell, and that's going to be the difference in a close series.
Carolina over Boston in 6 games. The Hurricanes had one of the best PKs of all time, and they're going to need it very frequently in a series against Boston. Goaltending is also a question for the Hurricanes, as Frederik Andersen will not be able to start Game 1. I think that Raanta is quite underrated, so the Canes will be fine (copium)

Blues over Wild in 7 games. The Blues have superior depth, and Ryan O'Reilly's checking line should be able to slow down Kaprizov enough for the Blues to prevail. Fleury is the X-factor though, who could steal the series easily.
Rangers over Penguins in 6 games. The Rangers do have the better team on paper, but something tells me it's all going to crash down spectacularly.... I'm really not confident in this one

From most confident to least confident

Avalanche over Predators in 4 games. Juuse Saros is out, and the Avs will have no trouble scoring against Connor Ingram/David Rittich
Flames over Stars in 5 games. Markstrom is much better than Oettinger, and the Flames' skaters (Lindholm, Backlund, et al) will be able to shut down Dallas' only reliable offence (Pavelski-Hintz-Robertson)
Panthers over Capitals in 5 games. The Caps' 6 defenders will not be able to hold the Panthers insane top 9. I wouldn't be stunned if goaltending flips this, weither through Bobrovsky faltering or one of the Caps' guys stealing it.

Oilers over Kings in 6 games. Assuming Mike Smith doesn't fall apart like last playoffs, the Oilers actually have enough scoring depth to make a run. That's a big assumption though
Lightning over Leafs in 7 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy >>> Jack Campbell, and that's going to be the difference in a close series.
Carolina over Boston in 6 games. The Hurricanes had one of the best PKs of all time, and they're going to need it very frequently in a series against Boston. Goaltending is also a question for the Hurricanes, as Frederik Andersen will not be able to start Game 1. I think that Raanta is quite underrated, so the Canes will be fine (copium)

Blues over Wild in 7 games. The Blues have superior depth, and Ryan O'Reilly's checking line should be able to slow down Kaprizov enough for the Blues to prevail. Fleury is the X-factor though, who could steal the series easily.

I made two different brackets so I'll use the one I'm more confident about:

Colorado in 4
Minnesota in 6
Calgary in 5
Edmonton in 7

Florida in 5
Toronto in 7
Carolina in 6
New York in 7

Colorado in 5
Calgary in 4

Toronto in 6
New York in 5

Colorado in 6
New York in 7

Colorado in 6

I have 2 different brackets. One is one with my family and one is on the capfriendly league on bracket challenge. I'll do my picks from on there:

Avs in 5
Wild in 7
Flames in 5
Oilers in 6
Caps in 7
Lightning in 7
Bruins in 6
Rangers in 5

From most confident to least confident

Avalanche over Predators in 4 games. Juuse Saros is out, and the Avs will have no trouble scoring against Connor Ingram/David Rittich
Flames over Stars in 5 games. Markstrom is much better than Oettinger, and the Flames' skaters (Lindholm, Backlund, et al) will be able to shut down Dallas' only reliable offence (Pavelski-Hintz-Robertson)
Panthers over Capitals in 5 games. The Caps' 6 defenders will not be able to hold the Panthers insane top 9. I wouldn't be stunned if goaltending flips this, weither through Bobrovsky faltering or one of the Caps' guys stealing it.

Oilers over Kings in 6 games. Assuming Mike Smith doesn't fall apart like last playoffs, the Oilers actually have enough scoring depth to make a run. That's a big assumption though
Lightning over Leafs in 7 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy >>> Jack Campbell, and that's going to be the difference in a close series.
Carolina over Boston in 6 games. The Hurricanes had one of the best PKs of all time, and they're going to need it very frequently in a series against Boston. Goaltending is also a question for the Hurricanes, as Frederik Andersen will not be able to start Game 1. I think that Raanta is quite underrated, so the Canes will be fine (copium)

Blues over Wild in 7 games. The Blues have superior depth, and Ryan O'Reilly's checking line should be able to slow down Kaprizov enough for the Blues to prevail. Fleury is the X-factor though, who could steal the series easily.
Rangers over Penguins in 6 games. The Rangers do have the better team on paper, but something tells me it's all going to crash down spectacularly.... I'm really not confident in this one

I’m in.

Avs in 4

Wild in 7

Flames in 6

Oilers in 6

Cats in 5

Lightning in 6

Bruins in 6

Rags in 7

Avs in 4
Blues in 7
Flames in 6
Oilers in 6
Panthers in 4
Lightning in 7
Hurricanes in 7
Rangers in 6

Avs
Flames
Lightning
Bruins

Avs
Lightning

Avs.

[quote=palhal;3187660 Florida. 5
Tampa. 6
Canes. 6
Rangers. 5
Avs 5
Calgary. 5
Kings. 6
Blues. 6

My 1st round predictions:

Florida in 4 vs Washington

Tampa in 7 vs Toronto

Boston in 6 vs Carolina

Pittsburgh in 7 vs New York

Colorado in 4 vs Nashville

Minnesota in 7 vs St. Louis

Calgary in 6 vs Dallas

Edmonton in 5 vs Los Angeles

Full playoff predictions for me coming tomorrow if I have time.

.Remember. Monday At 7pm EST is the deadline to put in your 1st round series predictions. If you don't do it, you may still participate for the 2nd round predictions.
Monday at 7pm EST is the deadline to put in your full playoff predictions. After then, you may not participate in that.
Rules: Anyone who gets under 6 series correct, gets "punished" by the people who got 7 or over series correct. People who got 6 won't punish nor receive a punishment. The punishment for the 1st round is, the people that win get to choose the profile picture of every person that failed until the conclusionof the 2nd round. Remember, getting 7 or over playoff series correct, will help you in round 2, and potentially beyond.
Good luck!

Gee,I don't know how to change my profile picture, so I might get a new look for a month,.

My Florida prediction........Panthers in 5

Second Round Predictions:

Hurricanes over Rangers in 5 games. Here's where the Rangers come crashing down. In addition, the only time the Canes played against Shesterkin they scored 4, so he's not going to get in their head
Panthers over Lightning in 6 games. This is going to be the most entertaining series of the entire playoffs bar none. Unlike last year, Florida now has a decisive edge on the third and fourth lines and that's going to be the difference.

Flames over Oilers in 6 games. Jacob Markstrom >>> Mike Smith and that's my entire reasoning
Blues over Avalanche in 7 games. The Blues, after a hard-fought series against Minnesota, come out of the gate with a higher intensity than the Avalanche who just cakewalked through the first round. This rattles the Avs and the Blues win the series.



Conference Finals:
Hurricanes over Panthers in 6 games. The Panthers have much better skaters and a far better powerplay, the Hurricanes have better goaltending and penalty kill. Playoffs tend to favour the more defensive, grinding, wear-them-down style of the Hurricanes rather than the wealth of elite skill in Florida

Flames over Blues in 6 games. I like the Flames' high-end skill over the Blues', and more importantly, I like the Flames' goaltending over the Blues'

Stanley Cup Finals: Flames defeat Hurricanes in 7 games. Two of the best defensive teams in the league, with goaltenders that should both finish top 5 if not top 3 in Vezina voting. The difference is in star power. Gaudreau, Lindholm(!) and Tkachuk have been much better than Svechnikov, Aho, and Teravainen, and I see no reason that should stop.

I made two different brackets so I'll use the one I'm more confident about:

Colorado in 4
Minnesota in 6
Calgary in 5
Edmonton in 7

Florida in 5
Toronto in 7
Carolina in 6
New York in 7

Colorado in 5
Calgary in 4

Toronto in 6
New York in 5

Colorado in 6
New York in 7

Colorado in 6

My predictions.
1st round:
Florida in 4
Tampa in 7
Boston in 6
Pittsburgh in 7
Colorado in 4
Minnesota in 7
Calgary in 6
Edmonton in 5

2nd round:

Florida in 5 vs Pittsburgh
Tampa in 6 vs Boston
Colorado in 5 vs Edmonton
Calgary in 5 vs Minnesota

3rd round:
Tampa in 7 vs Florida
Colorado in 6 vs Calgary

Tampa in 6 to win cup vs Colorado

3 of my predictions have looked so bad so far

From most confident to least confident

Avalanche over Predators in 4 games. Juuse Saros is out, and the Avs will have no trouble scoring against Connor Ingram/David Rittich
Flames over Stars in 5 games. Markstrom is much better than Oettinger, and the Flames' skaters (Lindholm, Backlund, et al) will be able to shut down Dallas' only reliable offence (Pavelski-Hintz-Robertson)
Panthers over Capitals in 5 games. The Caps' 6 defenders will not be able to hold the Panthers insane top 9. I wouldn't be stunned if goaltending flips this, weither through Bobrovsky faltering or one of the Caps' guys stealing it.

Oilers over Kings in 6 games. Assuming Mike Smith doesn't fall apart like last playoffs, the Oilers actually have enough scoring depth to make a run. That's a big assumption though
Lightning over Leafs in 7 games. Andrei Vasilevskiy >>> Jack Campbell, and that's going to be the difference in a close series.
Carolina over Boston in 6 games. The Hurricanes had one of the best PKs of all time, and they're going to need it very frequently in a series against Boston. Goaltending is also a question for the Hurricanes, as Frederik Andersen will not be able to start Game 1. I think that Raanta is quite underrated, so the Canes will be fine (copium)

Blues over Wild in 7 games. The Blues have superior depth, and Ryan O'Reilly's checking line should be able to slow down Kaprizov enough for the Blues to prevail. Fleury is the X-factor though, who could steal the series easily.
Rangers over Penguins in 6 games. The Rangers do have the better team on paper, but something tells me it's all going to crash down spectacularly.... I'm really not confident in this one

The results are in!
People that will be "punished " (under 6 series correct):
Saskleaf, DucharmetheDOMinator.

People that are safe (6 series correct):
TuckerPoolman, mondo

People that won (over 6 series correct):
Hurricanes_WPG, Devil, PalHal

Since only 2 people failed, only 2 people can choose punishment
Both Hurricanes_WPG and devil got 8/8 series correct, and palhal got 7/8
Therefore, palhal will get an extra point for the 2nd round if he chooses to participate and develop and Hurricanes_wpg get to choose me and Devils profile pictures until the conclusion of round 2. Devil got the #1 seed as he predicted correctly 3 series, the amount of games that were played. Hurricanes_WPG only got 2. I chose 2 series the correct amount of games that were played, and saskleaf got 1. Therfore, ...

*Post your round 2 Predictions here!*

Anyone who gets under 3 series correct, will get "punished. People with 4 series correct will choose the punishment for the people that fai, and people who get 3 correct will be safe,, and nothing happens.
The Punishment for Round 2 Series Predictions, will be you get to choose the profile picture like round 1, and you have to "like" every single post of the winners!
Get Started!

Hurricanes_WPG Devil TuckerPoolman

*Post your round 2 Predictions here!*

Anyone who gets under 3 series correct, will get "punished. People with 4 series correct will choose the punishment for the people that fai, and people who get 3 correct will be safe,, and nothing happens.
The Punishment for Round 2 Series Predictions, will be you get to choose the profile picture like round 1, and you have to "like" every single post of the winners!
Get Started! Everyone can Participate for round 2, even if you missed predicting round 1

Hurricanes_WPG Devil TuckerPoolman

My round 2 predictions are the same as they were at the start of the playoffs

Hurricanes in 5
Panthers in 6
Flames in 6
Blues in 7

Do you want to choose the pfp for me?

I will... I have class tonight so I'll get it to you tomorrow at some point

SaskLeaf new PFP

SaskLeaf new PFP

SaskLeaf new PFP

Let's go saskleaf
Gotta do it