HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Stanley Cup Predictions

I'm sensing a theme

Hawks over Bruins in 6.

I like Blues over Pens! That would be a FUN series!

I just want to go on the record and say that I believe Tampa is just as good of a pick to make it out of the East as Pittsburgh.

Pens won't make it past the 1st round.

HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Stanley Cup Predictions
- ToddCordellVAN

2012 Kings- Won Cup
2013 Kings- Lost in Western Final
2014 Kings- Won Cup

The Kings have won 10 playoff series over the past three seasons and no one even has them in the final?

2012 Kings- Won Cup
2013 Kings- Lost in Western Final
2014 Kings- Won Cup

The Kings have won 10 playoff series over the past three seasons and no one even has them in the final?
- smellmyfinger

These are predictions, not gospel.

These are predictions, not gospel.
- Ryan_Wilson

I get that, just was surprised not to see them picked at all.

These are predictions, not gospel.
- Ryan_Wilson

Maybe yours is only a prediction. Mine IS gospel.

I get that, just was surprised not to see them picked at all.
- smellmyfinger

The Kings have been great but they also were a Vlasic injury away from being bounced in Round 1 last year.

Ok I'll be the first - San Jose

The Kings have been great but they also were a Vlasic injury away from being bounced in Round 1 last year.
- Ryan_Wilson

Their reverse sweep had little to do with Vlasic and a lot to do with them being the better team. They weren't really focused the first two games, and game 3 was a bit of bad luck, but they still outplayed San Jose.

2012 Kings- Won Cup
2013 Kings- Lost in Western Final
2014 Kings- Won Cup

The Kings have won 10 playoff series over the past three seasons and no one even has them in the final?
- smellmyfinger

So you think the Rangers will be in the finals too based on your logic?

Their reverse sweep had little to do with Vlasic and a lot to do with them being the better team. They weren't really focused the first two games, and game 3 was a bit of bad luck, but they still outplayed San Jose.
- bluecoconuts

Don't be smug. The Sharks losing Pickles was the biggest factor of that series

So you think the Rangers will be in the finals too based on your logic?
- rangerdanger94

Rangers win the next two cups and they will be able to say they've won 10 out of their last 11 playoff series. I wouldn't put any money on it if I were you.

2012 Kings- Won Cup
2013 Kings- Lost in Western Final
2014 Kings- Won Cup

The Kings have won 10 playoff series over the past three seasons and no one even has them in the final?
- smellmyfinger

That's a good thing! Chicago is the best team ever and up there with the Penguins. No other team is as deserving of the cup than St. Louis. Boston is Going ALL the way this year. Yay the four saviors!!


in the shadow of that, you have teams like LA (no other mentioned, none forgotten) who really doesn't aim for a Div. title or Prez trophy or winning streaks. They don't read predictions, they don't listen to odds makers, they only care about their team mates and to finish the job. When the dance starts they don't stop until the fat lady belch out her final Cminor...and they are there to hear it. That's usually the time you hear about the next dance, the next year, the whateverreasontheycouldntgetitdone excuse by the authors of these millions of predictions...and it all starts again. Drop the puck and get it done.

Their reverse sweep had little to do with Vlasic and a lot to do with them being the better team. They weren't really focused the first two games, and game 3 was a bit of bad luck, but they still outplayed San Jose.
- bluecoconuts

The kings spent most of the playoffs as the benefactors of great luck. They were also an Andersen injury away from losing to Anaheim in 5 games.

The kings spent most of the playoffs as the benefactors of great luck. They were also an Andersen injury away from losing to Anaheim in 5 games.
- sniper11

And the Rangers may not have beaten Montreal if Price were out, and the Pens would win every year if they were healthy, and Colorado had injuries, etc.

I have a hard time calling the run that the Kings are on "luck". Not a Kings fan, but they will be a very good team for a very long time.

No way Pittsburgh makes it back to the Final until they add some depth up front. Can't do that until they free up cap space. Boston will be back in the Finals again.

No way Pittsburgh makes it back to the Final until they add some depth up front. Can't do that until they free up cap space. Boston will be back in the Finals again.
- bruinzfan77

100% disagree. Pens have what it takes, barring injuries. Bruins could possibly, as long as they don't face the Habs again.

The Blues better win the division and face somebody weaker than them. Hopefully we'll get lucky and someone can knock out Chicago and LA. if so then i can see us going to the finals and ACTUALLY WIN. The west is the best and if the Blues can get lucky then they should take it easily. I see a dogfight in the west between LA, Chicago, Blues, and Anaheim. maybe Colorado but I could see them slipping a little bit this season as the goalies can't do what they did last year right?

100% disagree. Pens have what it takes, barring injuries. Bruins could possibly, as long as they don't face the Habs again.
- YzermanIsTheMan

Habs and Bruins fan, i could see Boston taking the cup, not the habs. as i sit here wearing a habs jersey

Puck luck and injuries happen. For a team to win and become champions those factors have to be overcome and that's what that Kings did

Their reverse sweep had little to do with Vlasic and a lot to do with them being the better team. They weren't really focused the first two games, and game 3 was a bit of bad luck, but they still outplayed San Jose.
- bluecoconuts

I disagree.

SJ losing vlasic did have an impact on SJ.

Was it the main cause of their collapse? No, but it sure factored in.