With the first round starting on Wednesday we’ve made our picks for the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs — or whatever we’re calling them these days. I assume something brought to us by Honda. We’ve got contributors in the vertical column and series in the horizontal column. Okay, go wild.
| Sharks/Kings | Ducks/Predators | Blues/Blackhawks | Stars/Wild | Capitals/Flyers | Penguins/Rangers | Lightning/Red Wings | Panthers/Islanders | |
| jake.sundstrom | Kings/6 | Ducks/5 | Blackhawks/6 | Stars/5 | Capitals/7 | Penguins/4 | Lightning/6 | Islanders/6 |
| evan.arnold | Sharks/7 | Ducks/6 | Blackhawks/7 | Stars/5 | Capitals/4 | Rangers/7 | Lightning/6 | Islanders/6 |
| EmilyG | Sharks/7 | Ducks/5 | Blues/7 | Stars/5 | Flyers/7 | Penguins/5 | Lightning/6 | Panthers/7 |
| Maddie_Bahr | Sharks/6 | Ducks/7 | Blackhawks/6 | Stars/5 | Capitals/4 | Penguins/7 | Lightning/7 | Panthers/6 |
| Aaron Polevoi | Kings/6 | Ducks/7 | Blackhawks/6 | Stars/5 | Capitals/4 | Rangers/7 | Red Wings/6 | Islanders/5 |
| dfinhockey | Sharks/5 | Ducks/6 | Blues/7 | Stars/5 | Capitals/6 | Penguins/6 | Lightning/6 | Islanders/7 |
| Richard Iurilli | Sharks/5 | Ducks/6 | Blues/6 | Stars/5 | Capitals/7 | Rangers/7 | Lightning/5 | Panthers/6 |
| Sam Blazer | Kings/6 | Ducks/7 | Blues/7 | Stars/5 | Capitals/6 | Penguins/5 | Red Wings/7 | Panthers/6 |
| Marcus White | Sharks/7 | Ducks/6 | Blackhawks/6 | Stars/5 | Capitals/5 | Penguins/7 | Lightning/6 | Panthers/7 |
Some Fun Stats:
- If Dallas doesn’t win in five games, we’re all going to look very silly.
- Aaron, Sam and I are the only ones brave awful enough to pick the Kings in the first round.
- We all agree the Ducks are winning in the first round. We’re less sure about how long it’ll take.
- Only four sweeps were predicted — and three of them went against the Flyers.
- Blackhawks/Blues and Islanders/Panthers were the most divisive series.
- 20 seven-game series were predicted. Blues-Blackhawks and Rangers-Penguins are the staff favorites to go seven. /
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