2022 Stanley Cup Favourite #9
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Buck Naked
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Gotta believe that the next three logical choices are Pittsburgh, Washington and Dallas, in no particular order. Voted Pittsburgh.
Crow
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I don’t even see Pittsburgh making the playoff. They are past it IMO.
Going with Toronto.
Going with Toronto.
They were 5th in the league standings last year, won the toughest division in the league. They've never missed in the Crosby/Malkin era.
They won't miss the playoffs. 2 of the past 3 teams voted in? Sure - those teams will miss. Not Pittsburgh though
KirkAlbuquerque
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Recent history says you might be right - but they've shown in the past an ability to go very far and win, even when we stop expecting them to (2016). So when it comes to talking about 'most likely to win the cup' - I think they should be a contender.
For what it's worth - and no disrespect to the Islanders who were great - if it wasn't for an all-time bad playoff performance by their goalie, there's a good chance they would have went farther last year. If their goalie isn't up to par this year, they'll get some reinforcement I expect.
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Jester9881
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Syckle78
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This is Toronto. Should of been Toronto 4 to 5 picks ago.
libertarian
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While I think the Pens have one more kick at the cat so I picked them but I understand why many here are picking the Leafs.
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noooo till we win a round, we should be ranked 32nd
If this was regular season standings then I say Leafs finish top 3
I don't mind Toronto going now. I think Pittsburgh should definitely be ahead of them, but Toronto isn't a horrible pick.
Their forwards have to figure it out eventually - but I think my bigger worry for Toronto is actually their goaltending. Campbell was solid last season and even real good in round 1, but overall he's extremely unproven in both playoffs and regular season as a starter. I think it's a huge question mark if he can do well as a starter moving forward.
As for Mrazek - he's had flashes of very strong play in his career, but also much more stretches of more average numbers. Not sure he's capable of doing the job as #1 goalie for a stanley cup winning team either.
Their forwards have to figure it out eventually - but I think my bigger worry for Toronto is actually their goaltending. Campbell was solid last season and even real good in round 1, but overall he's extremely unproven in both playoffs and regular season as a starter. I think it's a huge question mark if he can do well as a starter moving forward.
As for Mrazek - he's had flashes of very strong play in his career, but also much more stretches of more average numbers. Not sure he's capable of doing the job as #1 goalie for a stanley cup winning team either.
Sidney the Kidney
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It's almost like goalies making saves when the opposition gets a scoring chance versus goalies not making a save when the opposition gets a scoring chance might factor into that.
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Eggtimer
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St.Louis is nit getting any love here. I’m not a Bkues fan at allbut they added Buch and Saad , won the cup very recently and I think improved their forward group?
Buck Naked
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Pietro gone, Tarasenko broken, Binnington exposed.. There's plenty of reasons to not vote St. Louis.
I'm a Blues fan and there's not a snowball's chance they win another stanley cup, can't win without a #1 defenseman
libertarian
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Sure you can if your forwards are at or near the top of the league and your goalie is top notch when it counts.
Since the Blues have neither of those criteria your right they are not winning a cup this year.
