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Today we’re going over my picks for the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as we fill in our NHL Playoff Bracket.
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
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34 Comments
Boston won’t lose.
Rangers haven't had an answer to Devils speed at all this year and if you think facing that game after game will do any favors to that aging forward group you'd be foolish.
Every Prediction video i've watched everyone picked the Oilers to beat the Bruins in the finals
Boston shut down McDavid in both matchups he was invisible besides a breakaway
Boston all the way!
You really think Seattle is gonna beat the reigning champs in their first year ever in the playoffs. Delusional
Gary Bettman punching the air rn
I mostly agree except I have a feeling the Wild will be in the conference finals or at least semifinals, and the Canes will be in the eastern finals with Boston after beating the Rags. Either way, I see few brackets that don't boil down to Oilers and Bruins.
Sleep on the kings
colorado avalanche had like 109 pts idk it said 94
Love to have the Oilers win!😊😊
So Dallas can beat Minnesota but lose against Seattle? I think Seattle is not great. I watched Seattle play against Minnesota and get destroyed like 5-1.
my cup predictions:
BOS > FLA in 5
TOR > TB in 7
NYI > CAR in 6
NJ > NYR in 4
VGK > WPG in 6
EDM > LA in 6
COL > SEA in 7
DAL > MIN in 7
TOR > BOS in 7
NYI > NJ in 7
EDM > VGK in 6
COL > DAL in 6
TOR > NYI in 6
EDM > COL in 7
TOR > EDM in 7
MVP – Samsonov
Edmonton's uncertainty is the goaltending. If Edmonton's goaltending is above average, then yes as a final round contender. However, my gut feeling tells me it will be Bos vs Dal in the final due to strong defense (plus their performance after trade deadline), and Boston will win the cup
Some ballsy picks
The classic "Aw, Snap"
colorado over tampa
Oilers vs Boston final
Amazing picks!
We had the exact same finals predictions but my bracket had a VERY different way of it happening… especially in the east lol
For Edmonton it comes down to how good McDavid and Draisaitl are, goaltending, defence and depth scoring. If McDavid and Draisaitl don’t go god mode, goaltending fails and defence fails they are done. Even if it’s only one of them the problem will catch up to them. I think if depth scoring isn’t great but McDavid and draisaitl are scoring at will, it might not be as big of a problem. As long as there getting some contributions from guys like Nuge, Hyman and Kane. If everything goes to plan the oilers have a decent chance to win the cup
As a devils fans devils lose to Boston in ECF in 6 and Edmonton loses in 2nd round
8:24 you mean 2 months ago
Colorado will definitely beat Seattle, Canes surely defeat fish-sticks, Tampa will beat leafs.
the webpage was like: "seattle? are you sure? i'll give you another chance to think it through again."
personally i think not enough thought went into the kings' play. if any defense pairing/defensive centers can shut down mcdavid and draisaitl in a 7 game series, it's doughty, anderson, kopitar, and danault.
I stopped watching after the first pick, lol… Avs got more go to player on tight games, deeper if the defense core in the league. 240 man games loss, just means better coaching. If it wasn't mikko, I think Georgiev would been Avs MVP of first half. I got NJ -Avs final, a 2001 rematch.
kings>
I got McDavid against Matthews in the finals. An all Canadian matchup
edm/bos cup finial but instead of 2011 bos bang bos will go out in 2023 and top line retireing Edm seeking revenge for bc & canada and winning the cup
The rangers having old stars means nothing. Theyre old and over the hill and the rangers are just frankly not better than the devils and their defense is pretty bad outside of the fox pairing, and they can not handle the devils speed and transitional offense.
Idk why everyone is picking Edmonton over Boston, I get it it’s Connor Mcdavid but you can’t single handedly win the cup by yourself especially when your playing a team that has the best defense in the league. Who’s to say Mcdavid is worn down and can’t carry his team on his back as he did all season.
Vegas win there first cup
Canadian teams will never will a Stanley Cup