Ranking all 16 National Hockey League playoff teams by their forwards

Ranking in the top 10 in almost every team category, the Golden Knights have certainly made a statement in their first year in the league.

April hosts the Stanley Cup Playoffs and this year Hulu announced a new marketing partnership with the National Hockey League to bring more games, to more fans.

In 2016, the 56-win Capitals needed six hard-fought games to dispatch the pesky Flyers, as did the 50-win Dallas Stars to knock off the 38-win Minnesota Wild. The games were often high scoring. Goaltending is much different now than it was in that series. They both have calmer demeanor’s. Those players are in the midst of outstanding seasons. He moved to the wing before the season and the adjustment works to perfection.

This is a little closer than you’d think, because Claude Giroux is a legitimate Hart Trophy candidate and Sean Couturier is working on a career year.

There is no denying that the Vegas Golden Knights have put together one of the best stories of the 2017-18 National Hockey League season. The Washington Capitals feel like they don’t have a lot of pressure on them this season because they didn’t win the Presidents’ Trophy. They finished what, two points behind us? Or risk it all on a dark horse? Not to mention Connor McDavid. Even though I think we might see some games with cumulative goals towards double digits here thanks to Philly’s surprising offense, it’s hard to imagine the Penguins not coming out on top.

Being this is a one versus eight matchup, and there was a 22-point difference in the standings, it’s easy to say why this is an easy opponent for Nashville to get by. He’s an outstanding playoff performer.

The MTS Centre in Winnipeg will be absolutely bananas as the city will be experiencing just its third playoff game since the franchise’s reboot in 2011. He has 93 points in 63 career games against the Flyers. The average Joe is far more likely to toss a few bucks on a team to win the championship, rather than the conference, which is why the odds on the Knights are so relatively low to win it all this season.

Can the Nashville Predators get back to the Stanley Cup Finals? “We want to get started”.

When it comes to a toss-up series like this, I’m going with the hotter goalie as Gibson can outduel San Jose’s Martin Jones. Nashville has more talent and depth as well as determination to return to the final after its six-game loss to Pittsburgh last June. The Devils will go against either the Lightning or Bruins. With his injuries and of course his father passing away. It’s far and away better than the MLB, NFL and National Basketball Association playoffs (in my opinion).

Ten Leafs forwards expected to be in the lineup for Game 1 – based on the group Babcock used in the season-ending victory against the Montreal Canadiens – were in the same position for Game 1 previous year.

The Devils, the second wild card, beat the Lightning all three times the teams played in the regular season, including once in a shootout with backup Peter Budaj in net for the Lightning. He just never looked comfortable. The Penguins captain said he likes seeing his old jerseys on display. It has clicked along at a league-best 26.2 percent success rate. Anaheim usually plays well at the end of the season and heading into the postseason.

But, they aren’t number one in goals per game, goals against, or penalty kill percentage. That was good for 29th in the league. “This is a big accomplishment to make after such a tough season”. It all balanced out, which is why they’re in the playoffs (finishing on a 7-1-3 run), but that sort of inconsistency isn’t going to fly this time of year, especially against the Penguins.

And it’s one they’re more than ready for. Let’s get to the playoffs. Keeping the game at 5V5 as often as they can is a must for the Flyers. Penguins vs Flyers tv channel schedule is on NBCSN. The final prediction: Winnipeg wins the series in 6 games.