With the NHL regular season starting tonight, here is Part 2 of our Expert 2018-19 Predictions.
Every season our experts band together to make predictions on the individual awards: top scorers, top defensemen, top goalies, and more. And even if we get together once again in April just before the playoffs, when we revisit our selection, we also take an early stab at the upcoming campaign's eventual Stanley Cup winner. To complete the picture, you can also check out yesterday's Part 1, where we focused on some fantasy hockey predictions.
Follow along below and be sure to look for our Consensus log on the last row, as well:
Dobber
Stanley Cup: Winnipeg
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Alex Ovechkin
Calder: Rasmus Dahlin
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: P.Rinne / J.Saros
Selke: Anze Kopitar
Lady Byng: Johnny Gaudreau
Jack Adams: Bill Peters
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Steve Laidlaw
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: San Jose
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: P.K. Subban
Vezina: John Gibson
Jennings: J.Gibson / R.Miller
Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Lady Byng: Oscar Klefbom
Jack Adams: Bob Boughner
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Ian Gooding
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jennings: P.Rinne / J.Saros
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Ryan O’Reilly
Jack Adams: Mike Yeo
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Michael Clifford
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Andrei Svechnikov
Norris: John Klingberg
Vezina: John Gibson
Jennings: M.Jones / A.Dell
Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Lady Byng: Johnny Gaudreau
Jack Adams: Jim Montgomery
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Mario Prata
Stanley Cup: Winnipeg
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Connor McDavid
Calder: Andrei Svechnikov
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: A.Vasilevskiy
Jennings: T.Rask / J.Halak
Selke: Ryan O'Reilly
Lady Byng: Johnny Gaudreau
Jack Adams: Bill Peters
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Cam Robinson
Stanley Cup: Winnipeg
Presidents' Trophy: Winnipeg
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Connor McDavid
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: S.Bobrovsky / Backup
Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Lady Byng: Ryan O’Reilly
Jack Adams: Rick Tocchet
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Eric Daoust
Stanley Cup: Nashville
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Drew Doughty
Vezina: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jennings: J.Quick / Backup
Selke: Anze Kopitar
Lady Byng: Johnny Gaudreau
Jack Adams: Jim Montgomery
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Tom Collins
Stanley Cup: St. Louis
Presidents' Trophy: Winnipeg
Hart: Nikita Kucherov
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Kailer Yamamoto
Norris: John Klingberg
Vezina: John Gibson
Jennings: C.Hellebuyck / Backup
Selke: Ryan O'Reilly
Lady Byng: Aleksander Barkov
Jack Adams: Rick Tocchet
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Rick Roos
Stanley Cup: San Jose
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Taylor Hall
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: John Gibson
Jennings: J.Gibson / R.Miller
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Ryan O'Reilly
Jack Adams: Paul Maurice
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Alexander MacLean
Stanley Cup: Toronto
Presidents' Trophy: Nashville
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: P.K. Subban
Vezina: Sergei Bobrovsky
Jennings: M.Jones / A.Dell
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Auston Matthews
Jack Adams: Rick Tocchet
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Brad Phillips
Stanley Cup: San Jose
Presidents' Trophy: Vegas
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Andrei Svechnikov
Norris: Erik Karlsson
Vezina: Frederik Andersen
Jennings: C.Hellebuyck / Backup
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Ryan O'Reilly
Jack Adams: Phil Housley
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Adam Daly-Frey
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: Columbus
Hart: Aleksander Barkov
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Brady Tkachuk
Norris: Erik Karlsson
Vezina: Antti Raanta
Jennings: R.Luongo / J.Reimer
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Jack Adams: Bob Boughner
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Brennan Des
Stanley Cup: Winnipeg
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Andrei Svechnikov
Norris: Shayne Gostisbehere
Vezina: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jennings: M.Jones / A.Dell
Selke: Anze Kopitar
Lady Byng: Jonathan Toews
Jack Adams: Mike Babcock
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Chris Wassel
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: San Jose
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Vladimir Tarasenko
Calder: Rasmus Dahlin
Norris: Erik Karlsson
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: C.Hellebuyck / Backup
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Eric Staal
Jack Adams: Rod Brind’Amour
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Chris Liggio
Stanley Cup: Nashville
Presidents' Trophy: Winnipeg
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: P.Rinne / J.Saros
Selke: Anze Kopitar
Lady Byng: Aleksander Barkov
Jack Adams: Bob Boughner
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Cameron Metz
Stanley Cup: Nashville
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Sergei Bobrovsky
Jennings: A.Vasilevskiy / L.Domingue
Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Lady Byng: Ryan O'Reilly
Jack Adams: Jon Cooper
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Christopher Kane
Stanley Cup: Winnipeg
Presidents' Trophy: Winnipeg
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Drew Doughty
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: P.Rinne / J.Saros
Selke: Patrice Bergeron
Lady Byng: Anze Kopitar
Jack Adams: Bob Boughner
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CONSENSUS
Stanley Cup: Tampa Bay
Presidents' Trophy: Tampa Bay
Hart: Connor McDavid
Art Ross: Connor McDavid
'Rocket' Richard: Patrik Laine
Calder: Elias Pettersson
Norris: Victor Hedman
Vezina: Connor Hellebuyck
Jennings: P.Rinne / J.Saros
Selke: Aleksander Barkov
Lady Byng: Ryan O'Reilly
Jack Adams: Bob Boughner
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Agree? Disagree? Comments?
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Dobber launched this website in 2005 after he was the fantasy hockey columnist for The Hockey News website, The Fantasy Sports Network, and a contributor to The Sports Forecaster. DobberHockey has since grown into the Dobber Sports Network.
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Mike Clifford is an associate editor of DobberHockey and contributor for Rotowire and other fantasy hockey ventures.
Mario Prata is the manager of special projects, content and marketing for Dobber Sports. He is also co-founder of the The Sports Forecaster magazine.
Cam Robinson is an associate editor at DobberProspects and, along with Ian Gooding and Mike Clifford, collaborates to Daily Ramblings throughout the summer while Steve Laidlaw is on leave.
Eric Daoust manages our valued Frozen Pool section.
Tom Collins writes the weekly Top 10 column that can be found here every Monday.
Rick Roos authors the weekly Cage Match column every Wednesday.
Adam Daly-Frey checks out what's coming down the pipe with the Looking Ahead column every Friday.
Alex MacLean authors the salary cap column Capped, which can be found here every Thursday.
Brennan Des writes the weekly line combinations column every Tuesday, and gives us the latest injury information every Wednesday.
Brad Phillips, a senior writer with DobberProspects, formerly penned the weekly prospect column The Journey that can still be found here every Saturday.
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Chris Wassel delivers the weekly Draft Kings primer, now on Thursdays.
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