Who is winning the cup this year? (No BS thread)

[razor ray]

Dallas vs NYR final and Dallas takes it.

FWIW FanDual still has Oilers as the best odds:

 

[HockeyVirus]

I thought that was last year?

Bad luck having so many key guys injured.

 

[PaulD]

Dallas Florida finals

Coin toss

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Not necessarily teams that i like but i see the final four as

Winnipeg/Edmonton
Florida/Toronto

 

[Mr Positive]

Things look grim for the Oilers now but not all is lost.

Drai stepped up before when McDavid was injured. Especially post deadline, when we have McDavid and Kane at 100% and having extra rest time, and potentially a deadline addition to patch the defense, the team probably wins at a #1 pace till the playoffs and is well set up for a deep run

 

[winnipegger]

If Florida goes the final 3 years in a row that's crazy. I just can't see that happening. Too much variance in this league.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Oilers are not winning anything.


Rangers likely win it.

Thanks for clearing that up Leafs fan

 

[Master P]

3 years in a row that's crazy

I mean its not THAT crazy.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

If Florida goes the final 3 years in a row that's crazy. I just can't see that happening. Too much variance in this league.

Is there really though? Last five years it's been Florida Florida Tampa Tampa Tampa

 

[Gjman2019]

Colorado.......Nichushkin translates in the playoffs and really completes the team.........

The best team in hockey if they get any kind of goaltending.....

 

[New Jersey Devil]

I still think that Philadelphia will win the Stanley Cup (and the Presidents' Trophy, too) (yuck). I think they're just off to a slow start and they'll turn it around.

 

[winnipegger]

I still think that Philadelphia will win the Stanley Cup (and the Presidents' Trophy, too) (yuck). I think they're just off to a slow start and they'll turn it around.

You can't win both of those it breaks a fundamental law of physics.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Dallas to me . So well rounded and due for a deep deep run .

Dallas is second to only Tampa in playoff games played since COVID.

 

[thekernel]

Well, after watching the Rangers get their bootycheeks clapped for 60 minutes by Washington I might have to reconsider my pick to win. Perhaps my prediction for last year's cup Final will prove true -- Dallas Vs Carolina, with Dallas taking it

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Dallas is second to only Tampa in playoff games played since COVID.

Cool dude . They have a great team . Hense why I picked them

 

[josra33]

No one is supposed to pick the Bs?

To be fair, no one’s picking them anyways.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Oiler fan saying they look like dog shit so far so surprised to see them being picked by so many in this thread

They can still turn it around but while early they don’t look close to Vegas, Dallas, NYR or Florida

To be fair the Oilers barely looked better than the Anaheim ducks to start last season as well

 

[GarlicbreadTB]

Florida vs Winnipeg in the finals. Winnipeg ends Canada's drought and wins the cup.

Should Maurice be investigated for match fixing then since in June he said he really wanted Winnipeg to win one next

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Is there really though? Last five years it's been Florida Florida Tampa Tampa Tampa

The State of Hockey

But I say Dallas

 

[LevelingSolo]

I still think that Philadelphia will win the Stanley Cup (and the Presidents' Trophy, too) (yuck). I think they're just off to a slow start and they'll turn it around.

Is that Eklund in your profile?

 

[Budz]

Dallas or Edmonton - West.
Florida or NYR - East

 

[Hank Plank]

Beginning of the season most experts said Oilers I'm going with that.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

The Rangers are more likely to get 1st overall than win a cup. Garbage fraud joke of a team.

 

[New Jersey Devil]

Is that Eklund in your profile?

Yes. But, I'm not Eklund if that's what you're referring to.

 

[SimpleJack]

If COL can get a healthy top 6 of Drouin/MacK/Rant/Lehk/Mittelstadt/Nichushkin + Wood/Colton/LOC 3rd line + healthy top 4 of Makar/Toews/Girard/Manson and just average 4th line/bottom pair/goaltending to fill in the rest then i don't see them losing a 7 game series. BUT...unfortunately for them its seemed all but impossible for them to keep those specific players all together/healthy for more than a game or 2. If they can get them all for the playoffs(plus potentially Landeskog, too) then that's my pick. Avs have the highest potential ceiling, IMO. With VGK and FLA right up there too for a close 2nd and 3rd in no particular order. 4th and 5th would be Dallas and NYR.