Boston aside, now that the 1st Round is over, which team do you think will win the Cup now?

[BruinLVGA]

Man WTF, jinx threads are for non-fans

I second that motion WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

 

[Shad]

Islanders

 

[Licentia]

The winner will be one of these five teams. That's as far as I can narrow it down for now.

Islanders
Columbus
St. Louis
Colorado
(Boston)

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

St Louis should be favorite based on their goaltender.

My betting market would be:
1. St Louis
2. NY Islanders
3. Dallas
4. Boston
5. Columbus
6. Colorado
7. Carolina
8. San Jose

 

[Godzilla]

I think it will be Columbus. They picked up the right pieces of the puzzle at the deadline and really started to gel with 7-8 games left in the season. They have been playing playoff hockey 2 weeks before playoffs even started.

 

[AvsFan29]

Blues have to be the favourites. Avs get past SJ, but getting past the blues will be difficult.

 

[TP]

Boston could barely get by Toronto. Why are you guys so confident? Especially given what happened in the 1st round to “favorites”.

I hate this thread with all of my being, but to this point... Toronto wasn't the 7 seed.

 

[Bondurant]

This assumes Boston is the favorite. Tis a flawed poll.

 

[KingsFan7824]

The best chance to win? In the year of the upset, why not go with the lowest ranked team in the weaker conference? It's as good a choice as any. The 90 point Avs it is.

Edit: Or, would it be an upset at this point if the lowest ranked team won? Like is Columbus a lock now? Are we through the looking glass? When the world goes topsy-turvy, which way is up?