DobberHockey’s Expert Panel – First Round
Jeff Angus
2010-04-12
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.
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.
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