2019 NHL Playoff Predictions

[glamphotographer]

Tampa will steam roll their way to become Stanley Cup Champions.

Round 1

Eastern Conference

Tampa vs Columbus ***Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto ***Toronto in 7
Washington vs Carolina ***Washington in 5
NYI vs Pittsburgh ***Pittsburgh in 7

Western Conference

Calgary vs Colorado ***Calgary in 5
San Jose vs Las Vegas ***San Jose in 7
Nashville vs Dallas ***Nashville in 5
Winnipeg vs St. Louis ***St. Louis in 6

Round 2

Eastern Conference

Tampa vs Toronto ***Tampa in 4
Washington vs Pittsburgh ***Washington in 7

Western Conference

Calgary vs San Jose ***Calgary in 7
Nashville vs St. Louis ***Nashville in 7

Round 3

Tampa vs Washington ***Tampa in 5
Calgary vs Nashville ***Nashville in 6

Stanly Cup Finals

Tampa vs Nashville ***Tampa in 5

 

[xl105]

lemme fix that for you.

Boston in 7 as per the tradition. The leafs will choke and frankly I do hope they choke because the leafs fans are overly obnoxious with their derp posts. "WAKE THE FUCK UP, IT'S GAME DAY, HERP DERP!" Jesus.

On a serious note, I can see Calgary going very deep in the playoffs this year.

 

[skipstagger]

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 6
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 6
NYI vs Pittsburgh - NYI in 7

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 5
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 7
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - Winnipeg in 6

 

[blueray]

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto - Toronto in 7
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 5
NYI vs Pittsburgh - Pitt in 6

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 6
San Jose vs Vegas - San Jose in 7
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - Winnipeg in 6

 

[Indiana]

Toronto in 4.
Tuuka Rask looks reptilian.

 

[glamphotographer]

Toronto beating Boston is not impossible and can happen. Toronto losing to Tampa is being realistic. Tampa is possibly the best team in NHL history, they are on another level from the other teams.

 

[workingstiff]

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 6 Almost got crazy and called Columbus upset as Tampa has not been challenged in a while and CBJ will play tough.
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 5 Dump the puck and pound our D into turnovers...Babcock fired before playoffs are over.
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 5 End of the line for Carolina.
NYI vs Pittsburgh - NYI in 6 Isles have been playing playoff hockey most of the season.

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 5 Not feeling the Avs at all although McKinnon is amazing.
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 6 Sharks goaltending will wilt.
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 4 Total mismatch.
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - St. Louis in 6 Blues turned a corner and playing well.

Jumping ahead will take St. Louis over Boston in the Final. Boston gets threw a war with TB and tough battle with NYI but run out of gas in the final. Sadly this would mean me getting chirped by my Boston based Rep for three rounds...

 

[harryass]

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 6
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 7
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 6
NYI vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 6

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 6
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 6
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - Winnipeg in 7

 

[catherinetog]

You guys picking Toronto over Boston are awesome.
I only wish I had such optimism for that series.

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 6
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 5
NYI vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 7

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 5
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 5
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - Winnipeg in 6

It's about the time... We will see.

 

[catherinetog]

You guys picking Toronto over Boston are awesome.
I only wish I had such optimism for that series.

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 6
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 5
NYI vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 7

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 5
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 5
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - Winnipeg in 6

I guess we will find out soon. It's about the time... You can't win unless you play like one.

 

[Insidious Von]

Never mind this, let's get to something truly important.

Will the Oilers win the draft lottery?

 

[glamphotographer]

Never mind this, let's get to something truly important.

Will the Oilers win the draft lottery?

The Oilers will trade McDavid for 50 years worth of draft lotteries. The hockey Gods gave them their cups in the 80's. Time for balance in the hockey universe.

 

[jdeck]

Tampa vs Columbus - Tampa in 5
Boston vs Toronto - Boston in 7
Washington vs Carolina - Washington in 6
NYI vs Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 7

Calgary vs Colorado - Calgary in 5
San Jose vs Vegas - Vegas in 6
Nashville vs Dallas - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs St. Louis - St. Louis in 7

 

[K Douglas]

EAST
TB v CLB - TB in 6. CLB is not the 1st round match up they wanted to see.
BOS v TOR - BOS in 6. TOR defense not up to the challenge. Babcock will be outcoached.
WAS v CAR - WAS in 5. CAR played well in second half but were 0-4 v WAS in regular season. Good experience for their young guys though.
NYI v PIT - PIT in 7. Tough series but will go with experience.

WEST
CAL v COL - CAL in 6. Def the difference here.
SJ v VGK - VGK in 7. SJ stumbled down stretch as did VGK. Edge to VGK for last year's experience.
NAS v DAL - NAS in 6. Just a better team overall.
WPG v STL - WPG in 7. Toughest call here. STL was great in 2nd half but they have a rookie goalie starting which is iffy. WPG will pull out a squeaker.

 

[shack]

Tampa is possibly the best team in NHL history, they are on another level from the other teams.

They are great, but not even close to this team:

https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1977.html

 

[superstar_88]

Or Detroit 01 02 with Yzerman Shanahan Hull Federov Lidstrom Larionov Robataille Chelios Hasek Datsyuk Draper Krupp Holmstrom Duscene. This TB team could not beat Washington for the cup and it was Washington's first ever. How can you annoint them best ever. Redonculous. Regular season means nothing.

 

[rafterman]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl...ert-shares-2019-stanley-cup-playoffs-bracket/

Sportsnet is calling for a Flames Lightning final. Leafs out it seven against the Bruins.

 

[northofsixty]

East
TB vs CLB - TB in 6
BOS vs TOR - BOS in 7 (hoping for a Leafs win - but don't think this is the year)
WAS vs CAR - WAS in 6
NYI vs PIT - PIT in 7

West
CAL vs COL - CAL in 5
SJ vs VGK - VGK in 6
NAS vs DAL - NAS in 5
WPG vs STL - WPG in 7

 

[thelake]

Toronto will wilt against the physicality and playoff experience of the Bruins. Toronto has the firepower but lacks the experience of the “war” that the playoffs are.

 

[glamphotographer]

Columbus takes game 1 over the the Presidents trophy winner.