Dobber Hockey Experts Panel – 2016 Playoffs (Round One)

steve laidlaw

2016-04-11

The Dobber Hockey experts weigh in with their playoff picks.

One of the most important factors in building a good playoff pool squad is in filling out a quality bracket. Having a feel for which teams will go far will help dictate your strategy heading to the draft table. Obviously, you want to avoid picking players off of teams eliminated in the opening round.

Over the past six seasons the Dobber Hockey Experts’ Panel is 61-29 for picking playoff series outcomes. Of course, we also picked a Blues-Rangers Stanley Cup final last year, so we aren’t perfect but on a series to series basis we are doing a successful job. Here are our picks for this season:

Eastern Conference:

Expert

WAS v PHI

PIT v NYR

FLA v NYI

TBL vs DET

Dobber

WAS in 4

PIT in 5

NYI in 5

TBL in 7

Laidlaw

WAS in 5

PIT in 5

FLA in 4

DET in 6

Gooding

WAS in 6

PIT in 7

FLA in 5

TBL in 7

Daoust

WAS in 6

PIT in 6

NYI in 7

DET in 6

Campkin

PHI in 7

PIT in 6

NYI in 6

TBL in 4

Collins

PHI in 7

PIT in 5

FLA in 6

TBL in 7

Coretti

WAS in 5

NYR in 6

FLA in 7

TBL in 5

Da Costa

WAS in 5

PIT in 5

FLA in 6

DET in 5

LeBlanc

WAS in 6

PIT in 5

FLA in 6

TBL in 5

McMillan

WAS in 5

PIT in 6

NYI in 6

TBL in 4

Robinson

WAS in 6

PIT in 7

FLA in 5

DET in 6

Roos

WAS in 5

PIT in 5

FLA in 4

DET in 6

Schmidt

WAS in 5

PIT in 7

FLA in 5

DET in 7

Consensus

WAS in 6

PIT in 6

FLA in 6

TBL in 7

 

The Consensus was heavy for Washington, Pittsburgh and Florida but the Tampa Bay-Detroit series is a real toss up.

Western Conference:

Expert

ANA v NAS

LAK v SJS

DAL v MIN

STL v CHI

Dobber

ANA in 6

SJS in 5

DAL in 7

STL in 6

Laidlaw

ANA in 6

SJS in 6

DAL in 6

STL in 7

Gooding

ANA in 6

LAK in 7

DAL in 5

CHI in 6

Daoust

ANA in 6

LAK in 7

DAL in 6

STL in 7

Campkin

ANA in 6

LAK in 5

MIN in 7

STL in 7

Collins

ANA in 5

SJS in 7

DAL in 5

CHI in 6

Coretti

ANA in 5

SJS in 6

MIN in 7

STL in 7

Da Costa

ANA in 6

LAK in 7

DAL in 5

CHI in 7

LeBlanc

ANA in 6

LAK in 7

DAL in 5

STL in 7

McMillan

ANA in 5

SJS in 6

DAL in 7

STL in 7

Robinson

ANA in 6

SJS in 7

DAL in 5

STL in 7

Roos

ANA in 6

SJS in 7

MIN in 6

STL in 7

Schmidt

ANA in 6

LAK in 7

DAL in 5

STL in 7

Consensus

ANA in 6

SJS in 7

DAL in 6

STL in 7

 

Literally no one stuck their neck out for Nashville. While most favoured Dallas and St. Louis, no one expects the Blues to handle the Blackhawks in a short series. The battle of California was heavily split with the Sharks having a narrow edge from the panel.

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Cup Final:

Expert

Cup Final

Cup Winner

Conn Smythe

Top Scorer

Dobber

ANA v WAS

Washington

Ovechkin

Ovechkin

Laidlaw

ANA v WAS

Washington

Ovechkin

Kuznetsov

Gooding

LAK v WAS

Los Angeles

Doughty

Ovechkin

Daoust

LAK v PIT

Los Angeles

Doughty

Crosby

Campkin

LAK v PIT

Pittsburgh

Crosby

Crosby

Collins

ANA v PHI

Anaheim

Mason

Giroux

Coretti

STL v NYR

NY Rangers

Lundqvist

Brassard

Da Costa

CHI v WAS

Chicago

Kane

Kane

LeBlanc

ANA v WAS

Washington

Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov

McMillan

ANA v WAS

Anaheim

Getzlaf

Getzlaf

Robinson

ANA v WAS

Washington

Holtby

Kuznetsov

Roos

SJS v PIT

San Jose

Thornton

Pavelski

Schmidt

ANA v WAS

Anaheim

Getzlaf

Ovechkin

Consensus

ANA v WAS

Washington

N/A

Ovechkin

 

A Ducks-Capitals final is heavily favoured though there was love for nine different finalists. The only thing for certain is no one likes the Atlantic Division.

Top Scorers:

Expert

Second Scorer

Third Scorer

Fourth Scorer

Fifth Scorer

Dobber

Backstrom

Getzlaf

Kuznetsov

Kesler

Laidlaw

Ovechkin

Getzlaf

Crosby

Perry

Gooding

Backstrom

Kopitar

Kuznetsov

Kane

Daoust

Letang

Kopitar

Kessel

Carter

Campkin

Malkin

Letang

Kopitar

Doughty

Collins

B. Schenn

Getzlaf

Perry

Vatanen

Coretti

Tarasenko

Stepan

Stastny

Getzlaf

Da Costa

Kuznetsov

Panarin

Ovechkin

Backstrom

LeBlanc

Perry

Backstrom

Kopitar

Tarasenko

McMillan

Backstrom

Silfverberg

Crosby

Kessel

Robinson

Ovechkin

Getzlaf

Backstrom

Benn

Roos

Crosby

Thornton

Letang

Barkov

Schmidt

Getzlaf

Backstrom

Kuznetsov

Perry

Consensus

Getzlaf

Kuznetsov

Backstrom

Perry

 

With a Ducks-Capitals final favoured, naturally the panel leaned towards players off those teams.

Best of luck in all of your playoff drafts and if you haven’t yet, pick up the Dobber Hockey Interactive Playoff Draft List

4 Comments

  1. Derek Rupert 2016-04-11 at 21:51

    You guys are still on boudreau and ovechkin? Caps lose in the 1st round behind Ed Snider driven Flyers team.

  2. Derek Rupert 2016-04-11 at 21:51

    Kings over Panthers

  3. Jeremy Campbell 2016-04-12 at 08:38

    Liking these predictions! I just loaded up on Caps, Kings, and Panthers last night in my playoff draft so I hope that works out! Bring on the playoffs!!

  4. Mabus 2016-04-12 at 16:14

    Consensus of a number of experts almost always looks like the favorites.

    I’ll head another route and say that fenwick close is the best predictor of playoff success, so I’ll use only this metric and guess that the first round winners will be PHI, PIT, FLA, TB, LA, ANA, STL and DAL. I will also use the same metric to say that we’ll be seeing a PIT/LA final. Picking against Chicago and in favor of an injured TB team is scary, but I’ll go with the numbers in this instance.

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