DobberHockey Expert Panel
Dobber Sports
2008-04-07
A year ago, the DobberHockey Crew went 12-3 with our playoff picks as a group. Individually, Jim Gunther, who wrote Sticks and Stones at the time, was tops at 11-4. Matt Bugg was the only one to say Anaheim would win in four, Gunther said in six – it wound up being five. Everyone on the panel had a winning record, but the worst prognosticator was (gulp) myself going just 8-7.
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But the important thing is, the DobberHockey Crew went 12-3 as a consensus so go with what we say this year as a whole.
Eastern Conference
| MTL vs BOS | PIT vs OTT | WAS vs PHI | NJ vs NYR | |
| Dobber | MTL in 4 | PIT in 5 | WAS in 4 | NYR in 7 |
| Angus | MTL in 6 | PIT in 5 | WAS in 7 | NJ in 7 |
| Bugg | MTL in 4 | OTT in 6 | PHI in 5 | NYR in 6 |
| Miller | MTL in 5 | PIT in 4 | WAS in 6 | NYR in 5 |
| Status | MTL in 4 | PIT in 6 | WAS in 7 | NJ in 4 |
| Maltais | MTL in 6 | PIT in 5 | WAS in 6 | NJ in 6 |
| Ma | MTL in 5 | PIT in 6 | WAS in 7 | NYR in 7 |
| Goldman | MTL in 5 | PIT in 5 | WAS in 6 | NJ in 6 |
| Lanky | MTL in 5 | PIT in 6 | WAS in 5 | NYR in 7 |
| Notch | MTL in 5 | OTT in 6 | WAS in 7 | NYR in 6 |
Panel Consensus: MTL in 5, PIT in 6, WAS in 7, NYR in 7 – take it to the bank!
Western Conference
| DET vs NSH | SJ vs CGY | MIN vs COL | ANA vs DAL | |
| Dobber | DET in 4 | SJ in 7 | MIN in 6 | ANA in 5 |
| Angus | DET in 7 | SJ in 6 | COL in 7 | DAL in 6 |
| Bugg | DET in 6 | SJ in 5 | MIN in 6 | DAL in 7 |
| Miller | DET in 5 | CGY in 7 | MIN in 6 | ANA in 6 |
| Status | DET in 6 | SJ in 7 | MIN in 6 | ANA in 4 |
| Maltais | DET in 5 | CGY in 7 | COL in 6 | ANA in 5 |
| Ma | DET in 5 | SJ in 6 | COL in 6 | ANA in 6 |
| Goldman | DET in 5 |
SJ in 6 |
COL in 6 |
ANA in 7 |
| Lanky | DET in 6 | SJ in 7 | COL in 7 | ANA in 5 |
| Notch | DET in 5 | SJ in 4 | MIN in 6 | ANA in 5 |
Panel Consensus: DET in 5, SJ in 6, MIN in 7 (less games), ANA in 6. Put it in stone!
Other Picks:
| Conn Smythe | Finalists | Stanley Cup | Top Scorer who had <50pts in the season | Top Scorer overall | |
| Dobber | Carey Price | SJ vs. MTL | MTL | Joe Pavelski | Joe Thornton |
| Angus | Brian Campbell | SJ vs. MTL | SJ | Patrick Marleau | Joe Thornton |
| Bugg | Carey Price | DET vs. MTL | MTL | Michael Ryder | Pavel Datsyuk |
| Miller | Sidney Crosby | PIT vs DET | PIT | Dan Cleary | Sidney Crosby |
| Status | Marc-Andre Fleury | PIT vs. ANA | PIT | Teemu Selanne | Evgeni Malkin |
| Maltais | Teemu Selanne | PIT vs. ANA | ANA | Teemu Selanne | Sidney Crosby |
| Ma | Joe Thornton | SJ vs. PIT | SJ | Jonathan Cheechoo | Joe Thornton |
| Goldman | Evgeni Nabokov |
SJ vs. NJ | SJ |
Peter Forsberg |
Peter Forsberg |
| Lanky | Sidney Crosby | PIT vs. SJ | PIT | Patrick Marleau | Sidney Crosby |
| Notch | Evgeni Nabokov | OTT vs. SJ | OTT | Patrick Marleau | Joe Thornton |
Panel Consensus: PIT or SJ wins the Stanley Cup. Carey Price, Evgeni Nabokov or Sid the Kid wins the Conn Smythe if the Pens/Habs get there and Thornton/Crosby will win the scoring title. The category for <50 points is a strong indicator of some under-the-radar players who are far down the season scoring list.
About the Panel:
Dobber – Darryl Dobbs, founder of DobberHockey and columnist for THN.com
Angus – Jeff Angus, author of Angus Unleashed
Bugg – Matt Bugg, author of Bugg Bytes
Miller – Russ Miller, author of Eastern Edge
Status – J Status, author of The Wild West
Maltais – Eric Maltais, author of Croaks from the Fantasy Frog
Ma – Ryan Ma, author of Maasquito Buzzings
Goldman – Justin Goldman, author of School of Block and co-host on Dobber Nation
Lanky – Tim O’Brien, forum moderator and stats contributor
Notch – Steve Johnson, author of Notch’s Saturday Picks
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| 12.7 | JOE VELENO MARCO KASPER JONATAN BERGGREN | |
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