DobberHockey’s Expert Panel – First Round

Jeff Angus

2011-04-11

Cup

 

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 boast an impressive 42-18 record over the past four seasons! But, the panel was a very un-expert-like 8-7 last year, a dissapointing spring after posting a solid 12-3 record the year before. On to the picks…

 

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Eastern Conference:

 

Expert WSH vs. NYR PHI vs. BUF BOS vs. MTL PIT vs. TBL
Dobber WSH in 5 PHI in 7 BOS in 7 TBL in 6
Jeff Angus WSH in 6 PHI in 7 BOS in 6 PIT in 7
Matt Bugg WSH in 6
PHI in 6
BOS in 7
PIT in 7
Ryan Ma WSH in 5 PHI in 5 BOS in 6 PIT in 6
Russ Miller WSH in 6 PHI in 6 BOS in 5 TBL in 7
Ian Fergusson WSH in 6 BUF in 7 BOS in 6 TBL in 7
Justin Goldman NYR in 6
BUF in 7
BOS in 6
TBL in 7
Gates Imbeau WSH in 6 PHI in 6 BOS in 5 PIT in 7
Marty Kwiaton WSH in 6 PHI in 5 BOS in 7 TBL in 6
Anthony Lancione WSH in 5 PHI in 6 BOS in 5 TBL in 6
Steve Laidlaw WSH in 6 PHI in 5 MTL in 7 PIT in 6
Tim Lucarelli NYR in 6
PHI in 5
BOS in 7
TBL in 5
Dave Poleck WSH in 6
PHI in 7
BOS in 6
TBL in 7
Alessandro Seren Rosso



Brian Kom WSH in 4
PHI in 6
BOS in 5
PIT in 7
Jeffrey Renaud WSH in 6
BUF in 6
MTL in 7
TBL in 6
Consensus WSH in 6 PHI in 6 BOS in 6 TBL in 6

 

Western Conference:

 

Expert VAN vs. CHI SJS vs. LAK DET vs. PHX ANA vs. NSH
Dobber VAN in 6 SJS in 4 DET in 7 ANA in 7
Jeff Angus VAN in 5 SJS in 6 DET in 6 ANA in 6
Matt Bugg CHI in 6
SJS in 6
DET in 6
ANA in 5
Ryan Ma CHI in 7 SJS in 5 DET in 7 ANA in 6
Russ Miller VAN in 5 SJS in 4 DET in 5 ANA in 6
Ian Fergusson VAN in 7 SJS in 6 DET in 6 NSH in 7
Justin Goldman VAN in 6
SJS in 6
DET in 6
ANA in 6
Gates Imbeau VAN in 6 SJS in 5 DET in 6 NSH in 7
Marty Kwiaton VAN in 6 SJS in 5 PHX in 7 ANA in 6
Anthony Lancione VAN in 6
SJS in 5
DET in 5
ANA in 5
Steve Laidlaw VAN in 6 SJS in 4 DET in 7 NSH in 6
Tim Lucarelli VAN in 5
SJS in 6
DET in 5 ANA in 6
Dave Poleck VAN in 6
SJS in 4
DET in 6
ANA in 7
Alessandro Seren Rosso



Brian Kom VAN in 5
SJS in 5
PHX in 7
ANA in 7
Jeffrey Renaud VAN in 6
SJS in 5
DET in 6
ANA in 6
Consensus VAN in 6 SJS in 5 DET in 6 ANA in 7

 

Cup Final and Top Scorer:

 

Expert Cup Final Cup Winner Conn Smythe Top Scorer
Dobber VAN/WSH VAN A. Ovechkin A. Ovechkin
Jeff Angus VAN/PHI VAN R. Kesler C. Giroux
Matt Bugg DET/PHI
PHI
D. Briere
D. Briere
Ryan Ma ANA/WSH ANA R. Getzlaf R. Getzlaf
Russ Miller VAN/BOS VAN R. Luongo D. Sedin
Ian Fergusson VAN/BOS VAN R. Luongo H. Sedin
Justin Goldman VAN/BOS
BOS
T. Thomas
D. Sedin
Gates Imbeau VAN/BOS VAN R. Luongo D. Sedin
Marty Kwiaton VAN/PHI PHI C. Giroux D. Sedin
Anthony Lancione SJS/WSH SJS J. Thornton A. Ovechkin
Steve Laidlaw VAN/PHI VAN R. Luongo D. Sedin
Tim Lucarelli SJS/PHI
PHI
C. Giroux
C. Giroux
Dave Poleck SJS/WSH
WSH
A. Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
Alessandro Seren Rosso



Brian Kom
SJS/BOS
SJS
J. Thornton
J. Thornton
Jeffrey Renaud VAN/WSH
WSH
A. Ovechkin
D. Sedin
Consensus VAN/WSH VAN R. Luongo D. Sedin

 

Scoring Race:

 

Expert 2nd Scorer 3rd Scorer 4th Scorer 5th Scorer
Dobber H. Sedin D. Sedin R. Kesler M. St. Louis
Jeff Angus D. Sedin H. Sedin J. Carter M. Samuelsson
Matt Bugg M. Richards
P. Datsyuk
H. Zetterberg
C. Pronger
Ryan Ma C. Perry A. Ovechkin N. Backstrom B. Ryan
Russ Miller H. Sedin C. Giroux J. Pavelski A. Ovechkin
Ian Fergusson D. Sedin R. Kesler H. Zetterberg M. Lucic
Justin Goldman P. Marleau
H. Sedin M. St. Louis
B. Ryan
Gates Imbeau H. Sedin R. Kesler A. Ovechkin P. Datsyuk
Marty Kwiaton C. Giroux H. Sedin D. Briere J. Carter
Anthony Lancione J. Thornton D. Sedin H. Sedin D. Heatley
Steve Laidlaw A. Ovechkin H. Sedin C. Giroux D. Briere
Tim Lucarelli P. Marleau
D. Briere
J. Pavelski
M. Richards
Dave Poleck N. Backstrom
P. Marleau
J. Pavelski
D. Sedin
Alessandro Seren Rosso



Brian Kom P. Marleau
A. Ovechkin
D. Sedin
H, Sedin
Jeffrey Renaud H. Sedin
A. Ovechkin
A. Semin
N. Backstrom
Consensus H. Sedin A. Ovechkin
C. Giroux D. Briere

 

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.

 

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

 

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

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

 

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.

 

Gates Imbeau – Runs the Black Aces, otherwise known as the DobberHockey farm team.

 

Marty “Mapletree” Kwiaton and Anthony Lancione – Pen the weekly Saturday picks.

 

Steve Laidlaw – One of the premier writers on DobberHockey's Black Aces squad and newest columnist of our upcoming feature “Cage Match”

 

Tim Lucarelli – Author of Dub & Chase, which highlights up and coming NHL stars each Sunday.

 

Dave Poleck – Contributes the “Looking Ahead” article each Friday here at DobberHockey.

 

Jeffrey Renaud – Highlights a different NHL prospect each Saturday with his Prospect Prescription.

 

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.”

 

Brian Kom – Hosts the Dobber Nation radio show on the 25th of each month.

 

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