Of the 42 NHL expert picks we found, 29 of them picked the San Jose Sharks to raise the Stanley Cup. Yes, we’re posting this a day late – let’s blame the Memorial Day weekend – and one Penguins win short. And that makes the landslide of picks all the more compelling, especially those that have the Sharks winning in 6 or less. (That’s us!) If Game 1 is any indication, we’re in for a great series. On to the predictions…
Scoreboard Page: Sharks in 6. It’s a bit of an upset pick because the Penguins have been here before. But the Western Conference was the stronger side this year and San Jose emerged against all odds… or at least history. We think they’ll surprise one last time and add a new name to the Stanley Cup.
CBS Sports
Chris Peters: Sharks in 6
Adam Gretz: Penguins in 6
More: http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/stanley-cup-predictions-experts-split-on-penguins-sharks/
Yahoo! Sports
GREG WYSHYNSKI: Sharks in 6
SEAN LEAHY: Penguins in 7
JEN NEALE: Penguins in 7
JOSH COOPER: Sharks in 7
RYAN LAMBERT: Sharks in 7
DARRYL “DOBBER” DOBBS: Penguins in 7
SAM MCCAIG: Penguins in 6
More: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/puck-daddy-s-2016-stanley-cup-final-predictions-235655381.html
USA Today
KEVIN ALLEN: Penguins in 6
More: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/columnist/allen/2016/05/27/penguins-sharks-stanley-cup-final-breakdown-advantage-prediction/85054310/
ESPN
Buccigross: Sharks in 6
Burnside: Penguins in 6
Cohn: Penguins in 7
Custance: Sharks in 7
Grant: Sharks in 6
Kavanagh: Sharks in 6
LeBrun: Sharks in 7
Levy: Sharks in 6
McDonald: Penguins in 7
Melrose: Sharks in 6
NHL Network and NHL.com
Kevin Weekes: Sharks in 6
Scott Stevens: Sharks in 6
Brian Boucher: Sharks in 7
Brian Lawton: Sharks in 6
Dave Reid: Sharks in 6
Mike Rupp: Penguins in 7
Dan Rosen: Penguins in 7
Bill Price: Sharks in 6
Shawn Roarke: Sharks in 6
Nick Cotsonika: Sharks in 7
Amalie Benjamin: Sharks in 5
Tom Gulitti: Sharks in 6
Mike Morreale: Sharks in 7
Brian Compton: Sharks in 6
Adam Kimelman: Sharks in 7
David Satriano: Sharks in 6
Pete Jensen: Sharks in 6
Dave Stubbs: Sharks in 7
Arpon Basu: Sharks in 6
Robert Laflamme: Penguins in 7
Matt Cubeta: Penguins in 6
More: https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup-final-expert-picks/c-280834534?tid=280014400