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Last year in this expert predictions space, I said we should “celebrate that a Stanley Cup will be hoisted in a Canadian arena. Next year, maybe a Canadian team will finally be the one doing it for the first time since Montreal in 1993.” And lookie what we have here: Those same Canadiens, the champion …

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Last year’s Stanley Cup Final started on Memorial Day. Now it’s well after Labor Day and the St. Louis Blues are still Stanley Cup champions, the longest NHL reign since… well, these same Tampa Bay Lightning that find themselves in this year’s Final got to keep it an extra year due to the 2004 lockout. Unless …

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Memorial Day begins what is sure to be a memorable Stanley Cup Final, if the hockey experts are to be believed. You see, a year after finding 50 predictions that were evenly split between Vegas and Washington, we were just one St. Louis pick away from doing the same with the 39 picks ready by …

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We’re here a day late, but we took most of Memorial Day weekend off. With the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals tied 3-3 in the third period of Game 1, we were hoping for 3 OTs so we could get this posted before the end of the game. It wasn’t meant to be, but …

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The year hasn’t been kind to NHL coverage in the U.S. ESPN gutted its hockey team (down to six expert predictions after 10 picked last year) and CBS Sports knocked the NHL off of its front page menu and barely has a page at all anymore. But the sport endures. And the playoffs are still …

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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 …

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Of the 38 expert picks we found, 30 are picking the Chicago Blackhawks over the Tampa Bay Lightning. However all but two NHL experts have it going six or seven games, so it might be more of a toss-up than it seems. Will the Blackhawks prove the majority right? Or will the Lightning pull an …

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Prediction time, just in time for Game 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Final. We found 54 expert picks last year and they were split down the middle between the Blackhawks and Bruins. This year we found 64 and the Kings are the overwhelming favorites. So of course we’re going against the grain. At least …

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