DobberHockey Experts Panel – NHL Playoffs 2017

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2017-04-10

Back for another year of calling the winners of each round. Each year the members of the DobberHockey Panel  (made up of DH writers) have their ups and downs with making calls on each series. But as a group, the Panel’s consensus picks are eerily good. After seven years of doing this, the Panel’s record is 72-33. Astounding! I don’t even want to listen to my own picks anymore – I’ll make my picks, and then change them after we have a consensus!

That being said, last year I led the panel with the only 11-4 record! Certainly a rarity for me. Cam Robinson was second at 10-5.

 

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Just one series is unanimous – the Capitals will get past the Leafs. So wouldn't that be a monumental upset? My own picks disagree with consensus on the Chicago, Pittsburgh and St.Louis series.

And for the Final…

 

 

Ovechkin brings it home!

Projected Top 5 scorers by each writer:

 

 

About the Panel…

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 Forecaster. DobberHockey has since grown into the Dobber Sports Network and has work can be found across the Internet, including on Sportsnet.

Steve Laidlaw is the managing editor of DobberHockey, with work that is also found at Sportsnet and Puck Daddy.

Ian Gooding is an associate editor of DobberHockey and his stuff can be found here every Sunday. He also contributes to many other sites, including Sportsnet.

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Mario Prata is the manager of special projects and marketing for Dobber Sports. He is also a co-founder of the famous Forecaster magazine.

Mike Clifford is an associate editor of DobberHockey and contributor for Rotowire and other fantasy hockey ventures such as Project Roto. Along with Neil Parker, his work can be found here throughout the summer while Steve Laidlaw is on leave.

Neil Parker is an associate editor of DobberHockey and senior contributor for Rotowire and other fantasy hockey ventures. Along with Mike Clifford, his work can be found here throughout the summer while Steve Laidlaw is on leave.

Adam Daly-Frey pens the Looking Ahead column that is found here every Friday.

Adam Mark is our resident prognosticator, penning the weekly Saturday NHL Picks column.

Alex MacLean writes the salary cap column Capped, which can be found here every Thursday.

Bren Des gives us the latest injury information every Wednesday.

Cam Robinson writes the Frozen Pool Forensics column that can be found here every Friday.

Chris Wassel pens the weekly Draft Kings primer every Saturday.

Eric Daoust writes the Eastern Edge column that can be found here every Tuesday

Fred Poulin writes the weekly line combinations column that can be found here every Tuesday.

Kevin Leblanc writes the weekly prospect column The Journey that can be found here every Saturday.

Kevin Wickersham writes the weekly Wild West column that can be found here every Monday.

Rick Roos writes the weekly Cage Match column that can be found here every Wednesday.

Scott Marin writes the bi-weekly Fantasy Hockey Geek column that can be found here every other Sunday.

Tom Collins writes the weekly Top 10 column that can be found here every Monday.

 

 

5 Comments

  1. Alex MacLean 2017-04-10 at 18:38

    Always nice to see others that are higher on Nashville than the homer is!

  2. Neil Parker 2017-04-10 at 18:48

    For what it’s worth, I have Edmonton facing Minnesota in the Western Conference Finals. That should be enough games for McDavid to finish among the top five in scoring.

  3. Jeremy Campbell 2017-04-10 at 20:19

    I got Caps vs Hawks, and the Hawks winning the Cup. I just took a whole bunch of Caps in my playoff pool, but go Leafs go!

  4. jake 2017-04-11 at 03:37

    Dobber, I’ve got the same first round picks as you, nice to see someone else picking the Preds! Though I have a Habs – Preds final (Subban vs. Weber)!

    • Tom Collins 2017-04-11 at 15:27

      I took the Habs-Preds finals as well. I think if the Preds upset Chicago, that will give them the confidence the next few rounds.

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