Here are the individual and averaged predicitions for the first round of the NHL playoffs from Dobber, Angus, Bugg, Ma, Miller, and more! The panel’s consensus picks were 12-3 last year, and we boast an impressive 34-11 record over the past three seasons!

*Note: charts will be updated as the crew submits their responses, so be sure to check back!

Eastern Conference Picks:

Expert	WSH vs. MTL	NJ vs. PHI	BUF vs. BOS	PIT vs. OTT
Dobber	WSH in 5	NJ in 7	BUF in 4	PIT in 5
Jeff Angus	WSH in 6	NJ in 5	BUF in 6	OTT in 7
Matt Bugg	WSH in 5	NJ in 6	BOS in 6	PIT in 5
Chris Boyle	WSH in 6	NJ in 6	BUF in 5	PIT in 5
Russ Miller	WSH in 4	NJ in 5	BOS in 6	PIT in 4
Ian Fergusson	WSH in 5	NJ in 6	BUF in 5	PIT in 6
Justin Goldman	WSH in 7	NJ in 5	BUF in 6	PIT in 6
Marcus Schalle	WSH in 5	NJ in 5	BUF in 4	OTT in 7
Marty Kwiaton	WSH in 5	NJ in 7	BUF in 6	PIT in 5
Ryan Ma	WSH in 4	PHI in 7	BOS in 6	PIT in 5
Brent Lemon	WSH in 5	NJ in 7	BUF in 5	PIT in 6
Steve Johnson	WSH in 5	NJ in 5	BUF in 6	OTT in 6
Ryan Van Horne	WSH in 4	NJ in 5	BUF in 6	PIT in 5
Consensus	WSH in 5	NJ in 6	BUF in 6	PIT in 6

Western Conference Picks:

Expert	SJ vs. COL	CHI vs. NSH	VAN vs. LAK	PHX vs. DET
Dobber	SJ in 4	NSH in 7	VAN in 6	DET in 7
Jeff Angus	SJ in 6	CHI in 6	VAN in 5	PHX in 7
Matt Bugg	SJ in 6	CHI in 4	VAN in 4	DET in 6
Chris Boyle	SJ in 5	CHI in 6	VAN in 6	DET in 5
Russ Miller	SJ in 4	NSH in 6	VAN in 5	DET in 7
Ian Fergusson	SJ in 5	CHI in 4	LAK in 7	DET in 5
Justin Goldman	SJ in 6	CHI in 6	VAN in 7	PHX in 6
Marcus Schalle	SJ in 5	CHI in 4	VAN in 5	DET in 6
Marty Kwiaton	SJ in 7	CHI in 6	VAN in 5	DET in 7
Ryan Ma	SJ in 6	CHI in 5	VAN in 5	DET in 5
Brent Lemon	SJ in 4	CHI in 5	VAN in 6	DET in 7
Steve Johnson	SJ in 7	CHI in 5	VAN in 5	DET in 6
Ryan Van Horne	SJ in 6	CHI in 6	VAN in 5	DET in 7
Consensus	SJ in 5	CHI in 6	VAN in 6	DET in 7

Picks for the Cup Final, Winner, Conn Smythe and Top Scorer:

Expert	Cup Final	Cup Winner	Conn Smythe	Top Scorer
Dobber	VAN vs. PIT	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Jeff Angus	PHX vs. NJ	NJ	Zach Parise	Zach Parise
Matt Bugg	VAN vs. PIT	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Chris Boyle	CHI vs. PIT	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Russ Miller	VAN vs. WSH	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Alex Ovechkin
Ian Fergusson	CHI vs. WSH	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Alex Ovechkin
Justin Goldman	CHI vs. BUF	BUF	Ryan Miller	Sidney Crosby
Marcus Schalle	VAN vs. NJ	NJ	Martin Brodeur	Ilya Kovalchuk
Marty Kwiaton	CHI vs. WSH	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Alex Ovechkin
Ryan Ma	DET vs. PIT	DET	Evgeni Malkin	Evgeni Malkin
Brent Lemon	VAN vs. PIT	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Steve Johnson	CHI vs. NJ	CHI	Duncan Keith	Alex Ovechkin
Ryan Van Horne	VAN vs. WSH	VAN	Roberto Luongo	Alex Ovechkin
Consensus	VAN vs. PIT	PIT	Crosby	Ovechkin

Rounding out the Top 5:

Expert	2nd Scorer	3rd Scorer	4th Scorer	5th Scorer
Dobber	Evgeni Malkin	Daniel Sedin	Henrik Sedin	Alex Ovechkin
Jeff Angus	Ilya Kovalchuk	Alex Ovechkin	Travis Zajac	Nicklas Backstrom
Matt Bugg	Evgeni Malkin	Henrik Sedin	Alex Ovechkin	Daniel Sedin
Chris Boyle	Evgeni Malkin	Jonathan Toews	Patrick Kane	Zach Parise
Russ Miller	Nicklas Backstrom	Henrik Sedin	Zach Parise	Mike Green
Ian Fergusson	Alexander Semin	Patrick Kane	Joe Thornton	Jonathan Toews
Justin Goldman	Henrik Sedin	Alex Ovechkin	Patrick Kane	Nicklas Backstrom
Marcus Schalle	Daniel Sedin	Zach Parise	Henrik Sedin	Alex Ovechkin
Marty Kwiaton	Nicklas Backstrom	Jonathan Toews	Patrick Kane	Mike Green
Ryan Ma	Sidney Crosby	Pavel Datsyuk	Johan Franzen	Henrik Zetterberg
Brent Lemon	Henrik Sedin	Alex Ovechkin	Daniel Sedin	Evgeni Malkin
Steve Johnson	Patrick Kane	Nicklas Backstrom	Zach Parise	Ilya Kovalchuk
Ryan Van Horne	Nicklas Backstrom	Henrik Sedin	Daniel Sedin	Alexander Semin
Consensus	Backstrom	H Sedin	Crosby	Malkin

About the DobberHockey Crew:

Darryl “Dobber” Dobbs – Pens the Daily Ramblings, Monthly Rankings, and the weekly column “The Dobotomy“. He also appears thrice weekly on thehockeynews.com, as well as over at the Puck Daddy blog on Yahoo! every Thursday.

Jeff Angus – Author of “Angus Unleashed” and DobberHockey Senior Writer/Manager. Angus’ thoughts appear in the daily ramblings on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday each week.

Chris Boyle – Author of the monthly “Roto Rankings“, which can be seen here on the 15th of every month.

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Matthew Bugg – Senior Writer for DobberHockey, author of Saturday’s “Bugg Bytes,” and co-author of the DobberHockey Fantasy Prospects Report.

Ian Fergusson – Author of the monthly column “An Expert’s Audit“, which can be seen here on the 12th of every month.

Justin Goldman – Author of the weekly column “School of Block“, which can be found here every Monday.

Ryan Van Horne – Brings DobberHockey readers his analysis on all the top NHL prospects every Saturday with “Panning for Gold.”

Marty “Mapletree” Kwiaton – Pens the weekly Saturday picks.

Ryan Ma – Author of “The Wild West” here at DobberHockey every Tuesday.

Russ “Comish” Miller – Pens “Eastern Edge“, which can be found here every Thursday.

Marcus “Crazynuck” Schalle – Contributes the “Looking Ahead” article each Friday here at DobberHockey.

Steve “Notch” Johnson – Delivers his weekly picks every Friday, along with Marty Kwiaton.

Alessandro Seren Rosso – Stops by here at DobberHockey every second week to give you the inside scoop on Russian hockey players/prospects – “Rosso on Russia.”

Brent Lemon – “Lemon Aid” appears every second Wednesday, answering the questions you never knew you had.