It’s two days until the start of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs! As you may recall, earlier this year the Defending Big D staff made our predictions for the 2018-19 season. Naturally, most of them were dead wrong, so we figured we’d offer ourselves a chance at redemption this postseason.
Below is a list of first round predictions for the Western Conference from a sampling of our staff. We’ve also included a tally of the votes for each team so you can see who we collectively favor in each series. Tomorrow, we’ll tackle the Eastern Conference.