NHL Playoffs 2016: Fear the Fin picks the first round
Because we want you to laugh at us.
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. /