First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina: Carolina

Tampa vs. Toronto: Tampa

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers: Pittsburgh

Washington vs. Florida: Florida

St. Louis vs. Minnesota: Minnesota

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton: Los Angeles

Nashville vs. Colorado: Colorado

Dallas vs. Calgary: Calgary


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic: Florida

Metropolitan: Carolina

Central: Colorado

Pacific: Calgary

Stanley Cup Finalists: Florida Colorado

Stanley Cup Champions: Florida

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner: Barkov

Player with most playoff points: Huberdeau

Goalie with most playoff wins: Bob

Player with most PIM:


The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is _Toronto_ because: Their goaltending is horrible and they are absolutely gutless.

The Cinderella team this year is going to be _None_ because there will be no surprises this year.

If my team doesn't win, I want Calgary to win because they're a Canadian team.

I hope that Toronto goes out in four straight, so I can stop watching as soon as possible.

Take _Cirelli_ as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because he is a playoff performer.

Avoid Matthews in your pool this year, because he has poor career playoff stats and the disappearing act will continue this year.

If you remember nothing else I said about the 2022 NHL Playoffs, remember I said this: It is going to look very familiar to Leafs fans. There will be horrid goaltending, ridiculous refereeing, at least 1 injury to a key player, and Marner and Matthews will do SFA again.

First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina: Carolina

Tampa vs. Toronto: Tampa

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers: NYR

Washington vs. Florida; Florida

St. Louis vs. Minnesota: Blues

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton: Edmonton

Nashville vs. Colorado: Colorado

Dallas vs. Calgary: Calgary


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic: Florida

Metropolitan: Carolina

Central: Colorado

Pacific: Edmonton

Stanley Cup Finalists: Edmonton-Florida

Stanley Cup Champions: Florida

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner: Bob

Player with most playoff points: McDavid

Goalie with most playoff wins: Bob

Player with most PIM: Gudas


The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is _____Minny_____ because: MAF

The Cinderella team this year is going to be ____Edmonton______ because: Kane

If my team doesn't win, I want ___Edmonton_______ to win because: Ek

I hope that _____Minny_____ goes out in four straight, because: Ek

Take ____Hoffman_____ as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because: Power Forward

Avoid __MAF______ in your pool this year, because: He sucks

If you remember nothing else I said about the 2022 NHL Playoffs, remember I said this: Malkin wants to be an Ace.

First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina:Carolina

Tampa vs. Toronto:Tampa

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers:Rangers

Washington vs. Florida;Florida

St. Louis vs. Minnesota:Minnesota

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton:Edmonton

Nashville vs. Colorado:Colorado

Dallas vs. Calgary:Calgary


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic:Florida

Metropolitan:Carolina

Central:Colorado

Pacific:Calgary

Stanley Cup Finalists:Colorado Vs Florida

Stanley Cup Champions:Florida

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner:Huberdeau

Player with most playoff points: Huberdeau

Goalie with most playoff wins:Kuemper

Player with most PIM:Kadri


The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is _Edmonton_ because:They are a two man team with nothing below them.

The Cinderella team this year is going to be _Minnesota_because:Chuck Fletcher has nothing to do with them any more

If my team doesn't win, I want _Florida to win because:Claude Giroux

I hope that Toronto goes out in four straight, because:I hate everything about that franchise

Take Edmonton as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because:They have the two best players lol

Avoid Edmonton in your pool this year, because:they are a two man team lol
If you remember nothing else I said about the 2022 NHL Playoffs, remember I said this:Toronto folded like a cheap suit because they have no grit

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- Cooleus

Edmonton??? LOL. Hoffman - power forward? LOLOLOL. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say Hoffman wno't score too many points this playoffs, cause he's like, not in them.

U Serious?

First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina: Boston in 7

Tampa vs. Toronto: Tampa in 5

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers: NY in 4

Washington vs. Florida; Florida in 7

St. Louis vs. Minnesota: Wild in 7

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton: LA in 6

Nashville vs. Colorado: Colorado in 5

Dallas vs. Calgary: Calgary in 6


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic: Tampa

Metropolitan: NY

Central: Wild

Pacific: Calgary

Stanley Cup Finalists: Calgary and Tampa (rematch)

Stanley Cup Champions: Tampa

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner: Ducherov (because there's no justice in the world)

Player with most playoff points: Ducherov

Goalie with most playoff wins: Vasilevskiy

Player with most PIM: Sam Bennett


The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is __________ because: Carolina because their goaltending is poop.

The Cinderella team this year is going to be __________ because: Wild, because Fleury wants to go out on a high note.

If my team doesn't win, I want __________ to win because: Leafs, because it's long overdue.

I hope that __________ goes out in four straight, because: Pittsburgh or Boston, because countless reasons.

Take _________ as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because: team or player?

Avoid ________ in your pool this year, because: team or player?

Good day, Hockeybuzzers.

For those of you who haven't participated in official prediction threads before, there is no prize for being the most right or the most wrong.

The purpose of these threads is strictly to demonstrate your level of hockey IQ, to prove to others that yes you predicted that Petr Mrazek would win the Conn Smythe Trophy, and most importantly to call out Hockeybuzz blowhards on their bullpoop when they tell you in June that they just knew Colorado was going to poop the bed.

The rules are this: copy and paste the template below into a new post. Then fill in your predictions. You can put in as little or as much as you like.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not comment on other people's predictions in this thread. Do that in the regular threads.

PLEASE NOTE: This thread will be locked at 7 pm tonight, forever preserving your brilliant prognostications.

So now, without further ado, here are the Official HOckeybuzz 2022 NHL Playoffs Prediction Thread questions:

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Before you even read my predictions, you should know I am a Hockeybuzz genius because:

First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina:
Carolina

Tampa vs. Toronto:
Toronto

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers:
NYR

Washington vs. Florida;
Florida

St. Louis vs. Minnesota:
Minnesota

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton:
Los Angeles

Nashville vs. Colorado:
Colorado

Dallas vs. Calgary:
Calgary


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic:
Toronto

Metropolitan:
Carolina

Central:
Minnesota

Pacific:
Calgary

Stanley Cup Finalists:
Calgary and Toronto

Stanley Cup Champions:
Toronto

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner:
Auston Matthews

Player with most playoff points:
Tie matthews/marker

Goalie with most playoff wins:
Markstrom

Player with most PIM:
Tkachuk

The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is Edmonton___ because:
They have the 2 best players

The Cinderella team this year is going to be Los Angeles _____ because: nobody expects them to beat Edmonton

If my team doesn't win, I want Calgary ______ to win because: they play a rough tenacious game

I hope that __edmonton____ goes out in four straight, because:

Take _NYR__ as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because: they’re much better than they are on paper. Maybe the best goaltender in the league.

Avoid Edmonton in your pool this year, because: they’re gonna lose in the first round

If you remember nothing else I said about the 2022 NHL Playoffs, remember I said this:
- Atomic Wedgie

Leafs will end the drought.
Three leafs will be in the top 10 in scoring.
Tavares, matthews, nylander
Mcdavid will be held to less than 8 points this series.
Matthews will miss a few games and still score the most in the playoffs
Calgary will lose in the scf because of injuries, mainly markstrom.

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Before you even read my predictions, you should know I am a Hockeybuzz genius because:

First Round Winners:

Boston vs. Carolina: Carolina in 7

Tampa vs. Toronto: Leafs in frecken 7

Pittsburgh vs. NY Rangers: Rangers in 6

Washington vs. Florida; Panthers in 5

St. Louis vs. Minnesota: Blues in 7

Los Angeles vs. Edmonton: Kings in 7

Nashville vs. Colorado: Avs in 4

Dallas vs. Calgary: Flames in 6


Third Round Winners:

Atlantic: Leafs Homerizm

Metropolitan: Canes

Central: Avs

Pacific: The Flames

Stanley Cup Finalists: Leafs vs Avs

Stanley Cup Champions: Leafs

Conn Smythe Trophy Winner: In Jack we trust

Player with most playoff points: Marner

Goalie with most playoff wins: In Jack we trust

Player with most PIM: Lucic


The most over-rated team going into the playoffs is ___Florida_______ because:

The Cinderella team this year is going to be __LA________ because:

If my team doesn't win, I want __Last year winners________ to win because:

I hope that __Florida________ goes out in four straight, because:

Take ___LA______ as your sleeper pick in your pool this year, because:

Avoid _Avs_______ in your pool this year, because: Makkar

If you remember nothing else I said about the 2022 NHL Playoffs, remember I said this: The parade route has been planned BABY!!!!