NHL predictions 2014-15: Which team takes home the Stanley Cup this season?
The new NHL season is upon us. Who will finish at the top of each division, who will win the Stanley Cup, and which individuals will bring home hardware come season’s end? Our panel of NHL writers makes their picks.
Bruce Bennett
Our panel
- Adam Gretz, SBNation.com NHL contributor
- Andrew Berkshire, editor at Habs Eyes On The Prize
- Andrew Hirsh, SBNation.com NHL contributor
- Evan Sporer, SBNation.com NHL contributor, editor at Blueshirt Banter
- Joe Yerdon, SBNation.com NHL contributor, Buffalo correspondent at NHL.com
- Josh Cooper, SBNation.com NHL contributor
- Matt Brigidi, assignment editor at SBNation.com
- Pat Iversen, SBNation.com NHL contributor
- Ted Starkey, SBNation.com NHL contributor
- Travis Hughes, SBNation.com NHL editor, editor at Broad Street Hockey
- Tyler Bleszinski, founder of SB Nation and Vox Media
Metropolitan Division
The consensus...
How we voted...
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Josh Cooper | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| 1 | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Rangers | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins | Penguins |
| 2 | Rangers | Devils | Devils | Devils | Devils | Capitals | Devils | Rangers | Flyers | Rangers | Devils |
| 3 | Devils | Rangers | Rangers | Rangers | Rangers | Blue Jackets | Rangers | Blue Jackets | Capitals | Blue Jackets | Capitals |
| 4 | Blue Jackets | Blue Jackets | Blue Jackets | Blue Jackets | Blue Jackets | Penguins | Blue Jackets | Flyers | Rangers | Capitals | Rangers |
| 5 | Islanders | Islanders | Islanders | Islanders | Islanders | Islanders | Islanders | Capitals | Blue Jackets | Islanders | Blue Jackets |
| 6 | Capitals | Capitals | Capitals | Flyers | Capitals | Flyers | Flyers | Devils | Islanders | Flyers | Flyers |
| 7 | Flyers | Flyers | Flyers | Capitals | Flyers | Devils | Capitals | Islanders | Devils | Devils | Islanders |
| 8 | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes | Hurricanes |
Atlantic Division
The consensus...
How we voted...
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Josh Cooper | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| 1 | Bruins | Bruins | Bruins | Bruins | Lightning | Bruins | Lightning | Bruins | Bruins | Lightning | Bruins |
| 2 | Lightning | Canadiens | Lightning | Lightning | Bruins | Lightning | Bruins | Lightning | Lightning | Bruins | Lightning |
| 3 | Canadiens | Lightning | Canadiens | Canadiens | Canadiens | Canadiens | Canadiens | Canadiens | Wings | Canadiens | Canadiens |
| 4 | Wings | Wings | Wings | Senators | Panthers | Senators | Wings | Wings | Canadiens | Wings | Senators |
| 5 | Leafs | Senators | Panthers | Wings | Wings | Wings | Senators | Leafs | Leafs | Senators | Wings |
| 6 | Panthers | Leafs | Senators | Leafs | Leafs | Leafs | Leafs | Senators | Senators | Leafs | Leafs |
| 7 | Senators | Panthers | Leafs | Panthers | Senators | Sabres | Panthers | Sabres | Panthers | Panthers | Panthers |
| 8 | Sabres | Sabres | Sabres | Sabres | Sabres | Panthers | Sabres | Panthers | Sabres | Sabres | Sabres |
Pacific Division
The consensus...
How we voted...
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Josh Cooper | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| 1 | Kings | Sharks | Kings | Ducks | Kings | Kings | Sharks | Kings | Sharks | Kings | Kings |
| 2 | Ducks | Kings | Sharks | Kings | Sharks | Ducks | Ducks | Ducks | Ducks | Ducks | Ducks |
| 3 | Sharks | Ducks | Ducks | Sharks | Ducks | Sharks | Kings | Sharks | Kings | Sharks | Coyotes |
| 4 | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Sharks |
| 5 | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Coyotes | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks | Canucks |
| 6 | Oilers | Flames | Flames | Flames | Oilers | Flames | Flames | Flames | Flames | Flames | Oilers |
| 7 | Flames | Oilers | Oilers | Oilers | Flames | Oilers | Oilers | Oilers | Oilers | Oilers | Flames |
Central Division
The consensus...
How we voted...
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Josh Cooper | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| 1 | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blues |
| 2 | Blues | Blues | Stars | Blues | Stars | Blues | Stars | Blues | Stars | Blues | Stars |
| 3 | Stars | Stars | Blues | Stars | Blues | Avalanche | Blues | Stars | Blues | Stars | Blackhawks |
| 4 | Avalanche | Wild | Wild | Wild | Wild | Stars | Wild | Avalanche | Avalanche | Avalanche | Wild |
| 5 | Wild | Avalanche | Predators | Predators | Avalanche | Predators | Avalanche | Wild | Wild | Wild | Avalanche |
| 6 | Predators | Jets | Avalanche | Avalanche | Predators | Wild | Predators | Predators | Jets | Predators | Predators |
| 7 | Jets | Predators | Jets | Jets | Jets | Jets | Jets | Jets | Predators | Jets | Jets |
Stanley Cup Playoffs
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| East winner | Lightning | Canadiens | Bruins | Lightning | Canadiens | Lightning | Bruins | Bruins | Lightning | Bruins |
| West winner | Ducks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Kings | Ducks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blues | Kings |
| Cup winner | Ducks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Blackhawks | Kings | Ducks | Bruins | Blackhawks | Blues | Kings |
NHL Awards
| Adam Gretz | Andrew Berkshire | Andrew Hirsh | Evan Sporer | Joe Yerdon | Matt Brigidi | Pat Iversen | Ted Starkey | Travis Hughes | Tyler Bleszinski | |
| Hart | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Steven Stamkos | Sidney Crosby | Ryan Getzlaf | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Steven Stamkos |
| Vezina | Tuukka Rask | Henrik Lundqvist | Tuukka Rask | Henrik Lundqvist | Kari Lehtonen | Cory Schneider | Tuukaa Rask | Henrik Lundqvist | Henrik Lundqvist | Cory Schneider |
| Calder | Jonathan Drouin | Jonathan Drouin | John Gibson | Jonathan Drouin | Jonathan Drouin | Jonathan Drouin | Johnny Gaudreau | Jonathan Drouin | Jonathan Drouin | John Gibson |
| Norris | Drew Doughty | P.K. Subban | P.K. Subban | Drew Doughty | Drew Doughty | Alex Pietrangelo | Alex Pietrangelo | Drew Doughty | Shea Weber | P.K. Subban |
| Selke | Anze Kopitar | Patrice Bergeron | Anze Kopitar | Anze Kopitar | Patrice Bergeron | Anze Kopitar | Patrice Bergeron | Patrice Bergeron | Patrice Bergeron | Patrice Bergeron |
| Art Ross | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Alex Ovechkin | Tyler Seguin | Sidney Crosby | Steven Stamkos | Sidney Crosby |
| Jack Adams | Pete DeBoer | Alain Vigneault | Lindy Ruff | Jon Cooper | Lindy Ruff | Lindy Ruff | Lindy Ruff | Jon Cooper | Lindy Ruff | Barry Trotz |
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