DobberHockey’s Expert Panel – First Round

Jeff Angus

2010-04-12

Stanley Cup Playoffs

 

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.

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