Complete Predictions for the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs

April 11th, 2016 by Adrian Dater Leave a reply »
I'm about to predict the winners of all eight NHL first-round playoff series, then the winners of the conference semifinals, the conference finals and the final series, the one that will be for Lord Stanley of Preston's silver punch bowl.

Yeah, there is going to be some stuff written here that almost certainly turns out wrong. But maybe not. Maybe I run the table and go 15-0 in these 2016 NHL playoffs.

It could happen. There's a chance.

There are a couple of first-round predictions I feel really confident about. While I've been known to be a jinx to those I really get behind, not even I'm capable of jinxing the teams I really like in the first round.

The rest, though? Not too confident at all, really.

If there is one thing the NHL is known for now, it's parity. It's an "anything can happen" reality that makes the NHL playoffs really fun to watch, especially in that first round. Time and again, we've seen top seeds dumped in the first round.

To me and many others, the first round is the funnest of any in the entire playoffs.

It's fun to see how excited fans are in each building, to have playoff hocke ...

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