Conn Smythe Predictions by Team

[COHawk]

A little premature, yes, but I'm excited for playoff hockey! Who ya got?

Washington: Kuznetsov
Pittsburgh: Kessel
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Kucherov
Boston: Bergeron
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Luongo

Nasvhille: Subban
Winnipeg: Wheeler
Minnesota: Granlund
Vegas: Karlsson
San Jose: Burns
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Rakell
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko

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[King Weber]

Washington: Ovechkin
Pittsburgh: Malkin
Columbus: Jones
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Marchand
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Barkov

Nashville: Rinne
Winnipeg: Hellebuyck
Minnesota: Dubnyk
Vegas: Fleury
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Quick
Anaheim: Gibson
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Pietrangelo

 

[Not So Mighty]

Forgive me if any of these guys are injured. I'm not bothering to look into that.

Washington: Holtby
Pittsburgh: Crosby
Columbus: Bobrovsky
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Marchand
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Sasha

Nasvhille: Rinne
Winnipeg: Laine
Minnesota: Staal
Vegas: Fleury
San Jose: Pavelski
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Getzlaf
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Hutton (after they demote Allen after Game 1 or 2)

 

[Vachon23]

Washington: they will choke again ..
Pittsburgh: Crosby
Columbus: Dubois
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Bergeron
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Barkov

Nasvhille: Forsberg
Winnipeg: Schiefele
Minnesota: Parise
Vegas: Marchesseault
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Doughty
Anaheim: Rakell
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko​

 

[IamNotADancer]

Washington: Ovechkin
Pittsburgh: Malkin
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Stamkos
Boston: Pastrnak
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Luongo

Nasvhille: Subban
Winnipeg: Laine
Minnesota: Staal
Vegas: Neal
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Getzlaff
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

If LOVE to see Kessel win the CS trophy. That would put a little hitch in my giddy up.

If the pens go on to win, it would likely be

Sid
Geno
Phil

In that order

 

[HanSolo]

Washington: Kuznetsov
Pittsburgh: Malkin or Murray
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Kucherov
Boston: Bergeron or Rask
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Luongo

Nasvhille: Subban
Winnipeg: Wheeler
Minnesota: Granlund
Vegas: Marchesseault
San Jose: Burns
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Gibson
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko

 

[HanSolo]

Washington: Ovechkin
Pittsburgh: Malkin
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Stamkos
Boston: Pastrnak
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Luongo

Nasvhille: Subban
Winnipeg: Laine
Minnesota: Staal
Vegas: Benn
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Getzlaff
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko

Uhhh, Benn?

 

[Carlzner]

Washington: they will choke again ..
Pittsburgh: Crosby
Columbus: Dubois
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Bergeron
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Barkov

Nasvhille: Forsberg
Winnipeg: Schiefele
Minnesota: Parise
Vegas: Marchesseault
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Doughty
Anaheim: Rakell
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko​

Not sure what's worse, you singling out a playoff choking team out of quite a few on the list... or your actual choices.

 

[IamNotADancer]

Uhhh, Benn?

Neal, Neal.. I have no idea why I wrote Jamie Benn

 

[CaptainShark]

Washington: Grubauer
Pittsburgh: Sid
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Marchand
Toronto: Marner
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Barkov

Nasvhille: Josi
Winnipeg: Scheiffle
Minnesota: Staal
Vegas: Fleury
San Jose: Jones
Los Angeles: Carter
Anaheim: Rakell
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko

 

[5minutemajor]

Penguins: Sidney Crosby
Maple Leafs: Auston Matthews
Capitals: Braden Holtby

Predators: Pernell Subban
Jets: Connor Hellebuyck
Ducks: Ryan Getzlaf
Golden Knights: Marc-André Fleury

 

[Trap Jesus]

Washington: Ovechkin
Pittsburgh: Crosby (if the Pens win the Cup, he'd have to be really bad to not win it)
Columbus: Bobrovsky
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Bergeron
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Couturier
Florida: Barkov

Nasvhille: Subban
Winnipeg: Scheifele
Minnesota: Koivu
Vegas: Marchessault
San Jose: Burns
Los Angeles: Doughty
Anaheim: Gibson
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Schwartz

 

[VoluntaryDom]

I could see any of like 4 guys for us.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Finally, a board where we won’t hear about McDavid anymore

 

[ovikovy817]

Washington: they will choke again ..
Pittsburgh: Crosby
Columbus: Dubois
Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Bergeron
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux
Florida: Barkov

Nasvhille: Forsberg
Winnipeg: Schiefele
Minnesota: Parise
Vegas: Marchesseault
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Doughty
Anaheim: Rakell
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Tarasenko​

Wow. What did the Caps do to you? A player didn't sign an autograph for you?

I'm surprised that was from a mtl fan. Not even a rival.

Enjoy your cups from the XVII century l'ami. And your battle with Buffalo and Arizona for the next decade to come.

 

[sufferer]

Tampa Bay: Nikita Kucherov
Boston: Brad Marchand
Washington: Alexander Ovechkin
Toronto: Freddy Andersen
Pittsburgh: Evgeni Malkin
Columbus: Sergei Bobrovsky
New Jersey: Taylor Hall
Philadelphia: Claude Giroux
Florida: Aleks Barkov

Nashville: Pekka Rinne
Winnipeg: Mark Scheifele
Vegas: Reilly Smith
San Jose: Brent Burns
Minnesota: Devan Dubnyk
Los Angeles: Anze Kopitar
Anaheim: Ryan Getzlaf
Colorado: Nathan MacKinnon
St. Louis: Alex Pietrangelo

 

[Gecklund]

Tampa Bay: Stamkos
Boston: Bergeron
Washington:Ovechkin
Toronto: Matthews
Pittsburgh:Crosby
Columbus: Werenski
New Jersey: Hall or Schneider
Philadelphia: Giroux or Couturier
Florida: Barkov

Nashville: Rinne, Forsberg, or Josi
Winnipeg: Wheeler or Laine
Vegas: Fleury
San Jose: Couture or Pavelski or Kane just to watch the world explode
Minnesota: Dubnyk
LA: Doughty
Anaheim: Gibson
Colorado: MacKinnon
St. Louis: Allen or Tarasenko

I based these on the players that need to step up in order for the team to win the cup. This is especially true in Anaheim, New Jersey, and St. Louis.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Pittsburgh: Crosby (if the Pens win the Cup, he'd have to be really bad to not win it)

Don't agree with this at all. Crosby was damn good in 2009 (lead the playoffs in goal scoring, second with 31 points, which is more than pretty much anyone since that year), yet didn't win because Malkin was more deserving.

So I know HF believes that Crosby just has to be within 5 points of his teammate to win the Conn Smythe regardless of how he actually plays, it's simply not true. He was 100% the choice last year, and he had a decent argument in 2016 along with Kessel, Letang, and Murray.

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Anyway, my picks would be:
Was - Ovechkin
Pit - Malkin
Clb - Bobrovsky
NJ - Hall
Phi - Giroux
TB - Hedman
Bos - Marchand
Tor - Matthews

Nsh - Subban
Wpg - Wheeler
Min - Dubnyk
Vgk - Fleury
SJ - Burns
Ana - Getzlaf
LA - Doughty
Col - MacKinnon

 

[Mike Lowry]

LOL at the people who think that Nashville's 4th D will win the Conn. The only way Nashville gets a sniff is if Rinne carries them. If they are that desperate for help from their 2nd pairing D, they don't survive the 1st round

 

[Stimpythecat]

Washington: Ovechkin
Pittsburgh: Malkin
Columbus: Panarin
Tampa Bay: Kucherov
Boston: Marchand
Toronto: Matthews
New Jersey: Hall
Philadelphia: Giroux

Nashville: Rinne
Winnipeg: Hellebuyck
Minnesota: Dubnyk
Vegas: Karlsson
San Jose: Couture
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Anaheim: Gibson
Colorado: MacKinnon
St Louis: Pietrangelo

 

[Fire Benning]

Tampa Bay: Hedman
Boston: Bergeron
Washington: Ovechkin
Toronto: Kadri
Pittsbrugh: Malkin
Columbus: Panarin
Philadelphia: Couturier
New Jersey: Hall
Florida: Barkov

Nashville: Subban
Winnipeg: Wheeler
Minnesota: Dubnyk
Vegas: Fleury
San Jose: Vlasic
Anaheim: Getzlaf
Los Angeles: Kopitar
Colorado: Mackinnon
St. Louis: Schwartz

 

[PredsV82]

LOL at all the people saying Subban. He would be a big part of a Preds win but I dont see how it could be anyone but Rinne. Hell, there was apparently talk of giving it to Rinne last year even though he lost.

 

[Rorschach]

Due Kopi, Kings

 

[Blender]

New Jersey: Hall or Schneider

Not that it will matter, but Schneider isn't even our starting goalie anymore.