Who wins Lord Stanley's Cup in 2021?

[irregularly irregular]

Tradings all done. Now who do you think wins it all?

I really don't know and also really don't care! I know it won't be the Sabres.

I mostly started this thread to get you guys to stop bitching and moaning about anything and everything to do with the Sabres.

P. S. extra credit is what do the Bills do with pick 30? That will give us another few seconds of not bitching and moaning about the Sabres.

[Gatorman0519]

NYI, Washington, Carolina, Tampa, Toronto, Colorado, Vegas are all really good. Hard to decide. Beane moves up. 

Edited April 13, 2021 by Gatorman0519

[Zamboni]

Well I know it won’t be Toronto ...

 

So I’ll go with Colorado or Carolina

[miles]

minnesota

[bunomatic]

Colorado

[Scottysabres]

Tampa, again

[#freejame]

I hope it’s Colorado but my gut says Tampa repeats in a pretty dominate fashion

[spndnchz]

Make this a poll. I’ll take Bruins or Edmonton. 

[Hank]

Vegas over Tampa 

[LGR4GM]

The Toronto Maple Leafs.

I just puked in my mouth. 

Or the NYI.

 

[Randall Flagg]

Vegas. 

Full disclosure: I'm pretty sure I've watched 0 non-sabres games this year

[The Jokeman]

Colorado gave up 7 goals and their goalie still has a GAA of 2.00. Goaltending and strong PPs take you far in the NHL and think the Avalanche can get both.

[steveoath]

Avs. But I think they'll have a couple of scares along the way.

[SwampD]

Tampa plays Colorado.

I think Tampa wins.

[French Collection]

My head says Tampa while my heart says Colorado.

[Weave]

Any team that traded for a Sabre is out.

[Stoner]

These Cups are gross. Thank God the Sabres aren't in the running.

[Torpedo Forecheck]

Tampa, if Kucherov is ready

[msw2112]

I haven't seen much NHL this season, but based on what I have seen, I'll go with Washington.

[Norcal]

I don't know but I'd love to watch an Avalanche v Lightning Stanley Cup series I think.

[Hoss]

Tampa feels too obvious, even more so if Kuch gets healthy.
I don’t know that I fully believe in them but I do like what Carolina has going on. Vegas feels like they’re bound to break through eventually. I would not mind seeing Colorado do it - they’ve got a ton of fun talent on that team.

[Marvin]

Lady Stanley's bra.

[gilbert11]

The NHL playoffs usually are determined by goaltending, defense and balance.  My prediction is a Finals of Tampa Bay (Vasielevsky) and Colorado (Grubauer) with Tampa winning again.

[PerreaultForever]

Does the west play the south after and the north play the east? I haven't looked up what happens after the divisions. If it's that, Toronto could make it to the final sadly as the East division will beat itself up big time and the winner (my guess Washington) could be in rough shape. otherwise they trounce Toronto, assuming T dot gets past Winnipeg. 

Likely Tampa, but my long shot is Carolina. They could pull the upset and win it all. 

I hope they bubble the playoffs again cause if they don't, it has the potential to be a disaster. This pandemic is far from over.