Of the eight first-round matchups, only three provided consensus: Capitals over Flyers, Ducks over Predators and Stars over Wild.
Mark McLarney broke with the group in picking the Rangers over the Penguins, as did Andrew Fiorentino with the Islanders over the Panthers.
Only Evan Berofsky declined to pick the Capitals to win the Eastern Conference, going with the Red Wings instead. In the Western Conference, it's all Kings and Ducks, with the former getting a slight edge.
The Ducks, however, were the pick of three writers to win the Stanley Cup, while the Kings and Capitals each got two votes.
Losers will be noted as such.
| MATCHUP | McLARNEY | LEVINE | FIORENTINO | BRUNO | WALDNER | CHEN | BEROFSKY |
| Panthers vs. Islanders | Islanders | ||||||
| Lightning vs. Red Wings | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | ||
| Capitals vs. Flyers | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals |
| Penguins vs. Rangers | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | ||
| Ducks vs. Predators | |||||||
| Kings vs. Sharks | Sharks | Sharks | |||||
| Stars vs. Wild | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars |
| Blues vs. Blackhawks | Blues | Blues | Blues | ||||
| Eastern Semifinals | Lightning | ||||||
| Eastern Semifinals | |||||||
| Western Semifinals | |||||||
| Western Semifinals | Blues | Blues | Blues |
Of the eight first-round matchups, only three provided consensus: Capitals over Flyers, Ducks over Predators and Stars over Wild.
Mark McLarney broke with the group in picking the Rangers over the Penguins, as did Andrew Fiorentino with the Islanders over the Panthers.
Only Evan Berofsky declined to pick the Capitals to win the Eastern Conference, going with the Red Wings instead. In the Western Conference, it's all Kings and Ducks, with the former getting a slight edge.
The Ducks, however, were the pick of three writers to win the Stanley Cup, while the Kings and Capitals each got two votes.
Losers will be noted as such.
| MATCHUP | McLARNEY | LEVINE | FIORENTINO | BRUNO | WALDNER | CHEN | BEROFSKY |
| Panthers vs. Islanders | Islanders | ||||||
| Lightning vs. Red Wings | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | Lightning | ||
| Capitals vs. Flyers | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals |
| Penguins vs. Rangers | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | ||
| Ducks vs. Predators | |||||||
| Kings vs. Sharks | Sharks | Sharks | |||||
| Stars vs. Wild | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars | Stars |
| Blues vs. Blackhawks | Blues | Blues | Blues | ||||
| Eastern Semifinals | Lightning | ||||||
| Eastern Semifinals | |||||||
| Western Semifinals | |||||||
| Western Semifinals | Blues | Blues | Blues | ||||
| Eastern Finals | |||||||
| Western Finals | |||||||
| Stanley Cup Final | Capitals in 7 | Ducks in 6 | Ducks in 6 | Kings in 6 | Kings in 6 | Capitals in 7 | Ducks in 5 |
| Record | 4-10 | 7-7 | 6-8 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 6-8 | 4-10 |
COMMENTS
| Mark McLarney | Go Caps! |
| Jan Levine | Getzlaf and Perry cap brilliant postseason performances in the Finals. Getzlaf earns the Conn Smythe Trophy by averaging a point per game in the playoffs. |
| Andrew Fiorentino | I would have picked the Rangers to win two rounds, but I didn't want to be a homer, so I picked them to win none. |
| Paul Bruno | This was my preseason prediction: Kings over Caps for the Cup. |
| Dan Waldner | This is going to be a very gritty, physical and unsurprising playoffs. I have the favorites winning 15 of 16 matchups, which I think would be the highest percentage in history. |
| Jason Chen | Not liable for any stress-induced illnesses. |
| Evan Berofsky | Gotta go with my (new) hometown Wings in Datsyuk's last hurrah. It's tempting to pick Chicago again, but the Ducks have been scary good the last few months. In the end, Anaheim will take a down a tired Detroit squad. Quack. |
