Well we put it to the poll open to all members and here are the results. Thanks to everyone participating again this year and we will see how wrong we are again next spring :laugh:

Biggest risers from our rankings last year are Las Vegas, Winnipeg, Boston, Colorado, LA and Philly. The biggest droppers are Edmonton, Ottawa, NYR, Chicago, Montreal and Anahiem. Follow this link to see links to individual polls:

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2019-nhl-stanley-cup-favourites-30-2nd-last.2534043/

1 Tampa Bay 56% (+3)
2 Winnipeg 36% (+17)
3 Pittsburgh 39% (-2)
4 Washington 49% (+2)
5 Nashville 65% (-2)
6 Boston 37% (+12)
7 Toronto 49% (+6)
8 Stlouis 50% (+2)
9 San Jose 33% (+7)

10 Las Vegas 39% (+21)
11 Los Angeles 25% (+10)
12 Philly 30% (+10)
13 Columbus 29% (-5)
14 Dallas 19% (-5)
15 Calgary 21% (+/-)
16 Anahiem 27% (-11)
17 Florida 34% (+8)
18 Colorado 31% (+11)
19 Edmonton 34% (-17)
20 Minny 53% (-8)
21 New Jersey 38% (+6)
22 Chicago 63% (-15)
23 Carolina 49% (-3)
24 Arizona 38% (+2)
25 Buffalo 53% (-1)
26 NYIslanders 41% (-3)
27 NYRangers 58% (-16)
28 Montreal 37% (-11)
29 Vancity 43% (-1)
30 Ottawa 54% (-16)
31 Detroit 46% (-1)

In comparison to our predictions from last year for the 2018 Stanley Cup Favourite:

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/hfboards-2018-stanley-cup-favourites-1-31.2389383/

01 Pittsburgh (+1) 74% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2376761
02 Edmonton (+23) 25% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2377033
03 Nashville (+3) 28% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2377305
04 Tampa (-3) 34% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2378193
05 Anaheim (+6) 36% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2378467
06 Washington (-3) 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2378709
07 Chicago (-3) 26% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2379057
08 Columbus (+21) 28% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2379373
09 Dallas (-1) 27% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2379623
10 STLouis (-3) 27% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2379847
11 NYRangers (+3) 22% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2380147
12 Minny (+3) 33% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2380415
13 Toronto (+15) 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2380639
14 Ottawa (+5) 35% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2380937
15 Calgary (+3) 35% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2381299
16 San Jose (-11) 43% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2381593
17 Montreal (-4) 34% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2381865
18 Boston (+2) 33% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2382137
19 Winnipeg (-2) 35% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2382405
20 Carolina (+6) 53% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2382913
21 TIE BRAKER PHI/LA 32% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2383233
21 Los Angeles (-11) 59% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2383519
22 Philly (-6) 59% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2383803
23 NY Islanders (-11) 45% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2384437
24 Buffalo (-3) 48% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2385153
25 Florida (-16) 56% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2385723
26 Arizona (+1) 65% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2386203
27 New Jersey (-2) 53% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2386485
28 Vancity (+2) 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2386775
29 Colorado 56% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2387095
30 Detroit 83% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2387433&highlight=
31 Las Vegas 17% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2387433&highlight=

2017 Cup Favourites as VOTED by HFBoards fans (voted in summer 2016):

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2017-stanley-cup-favourite-29.2130183/

1 Tampa 32% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2118161
2 Pittsburgh 43% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2118471
3 Washington 38% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2118785
4 Chicago 33% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2119149
5 San Jose 34% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2119549
6 Nashville 40% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2120169
7 Stlouis 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2120539
8 Dallas 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2120871
9 Florida 57% tiebraker http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2121125
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2121465
10 Los Angeles 63% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2121771
11 Anahiem 54% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2122059
12 NYI 32% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=121864063&styleid=2
13 Mon 28% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=121890901&styleid=2
14 NYR 22% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2122985
15 Minny 21% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=121961455
16 Philly 27% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2123819
17 Winn 21% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=122012137
18 Calgary 20% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2124457
19 Ottawa 33% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2124769
20 Boston 31% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2125081
21 Buffalo 32% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2125407
22 Colorado 26% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2125799
23 Detroit 38% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2126133
24 Edmonton 33% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=122184295
25 TIE BRAKER http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2126855
New Jersey 62% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2127217
26 TIE BRAKER http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=122293771
Carolina 68% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2128119
27 Arizona 37% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=122363833
28 Toronto 46% http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=2129679
29 Columbus
30 Vancithy