EVERY single series the team with the better regular season possession numbers is leading, every one. I would bet a large sum of money that the Bruins win the Cup this year.
This **** isn't rocket science:
Bruins (2) - Leafs (17)
Bolts (7) - Devils (21)
Caps (24) - Jackets (9)
Pens (5) - Flyers (18)
Knights (13) - Kings (16)
Sharks (12) - Ducks (22)
Jets (8) - Wild (30)
Preds (10) - Avs (27)
It's the most predictable thing and yet fans, not necessarily us, want to dismiss it. Caps finished fourth last season and I really thought that was the key.
The only outlier the last few seasons is the Pens, but apparently having two of the top three players of the last twenty years on your team is enough to overcome not having the puck a lot.