I've never been this conflicted on who to pick to win a series.
Tampa was the EASY pick the last two finals.
The Avalanche is their toughest opponent yet, by far, with Dallas being quite a bit behind them (not to mention a team backstopped by a 34 year old career backup in net) and Montreal being like one of the bottom-3 cup finalists of the millennium. This year's (healthy) Devils were better than them, outside of being GREATLY INFERIOR in goal.
I'd like to pick Colorado, but I don't trust Kuemper is 100% and Francouz is one of the bigger JAG's I've seen in quite a while. He badly wanted to bring last series back to Colorado before they could sweep and I would say the only goalie I've been less impressed these playoffs is literally JUST Louis Domingue. And I guess the one period that scrubby David Rittich played.
I could easily see either of them winning in 6 though.
Colorado is strong enough to win this if Kuemper gets hot or even plays average.
Tampa in 7
I doubt anyone wins before 6.