2019 Stanley Cup Favourite #2

[M2Beezy]

So Tampa just destroys 1st place and again will be HFBoards #1 bet as the 2019 Cup winner. We will see folks, I too voted Tampa and think they are among a group of elite teams battling it out for next year. Who goes 2???

1 Tampa Bay 56% https://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2019-stanley-cup-favourite-1.2518569/
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[Addison Rae]

m2b thank you for posting these man, great work as usual.

man i love this poster

 

[Empoleon8771]

#2: Pittsburgh
#3: Washington
#4: Nashville
#5: Winnipeg

That's my top-5.

 

[Intact]

For me this is Winnipeg. I think most of the best teams are in the East, being what I think is the best team in the weaker conference is a pretty damn big advantage. I like the firepower of Winnipeg more than I like the brick wall in Nashville, albeit not by too much.

 

[jetsforever]

Pittsburgh I guess

 

[Martinez]

Winnipeg seems ready, their rivalry with the preds won’t make it easy though

 

[Halla]

could be either of the good canadian teams (tor/wpg) or the best metro teams (wsh/pit)
the only other team that even deserves consideration is nashville

 

[M2Beezy]

m2b thank you for posting these man, great work as usual.

man i love this poster

Thanks buddy! This the best part of the offseason on this forum is doing our predictions and rankings

Man I love this forum

 

[M2Beezy]

Pittsburgh I guess

I think your Jets have to also be in consideration based on what they built up to last year and all those guys so young and now with some playoff victories on their side I think they are gonna ROUTE the league next year. I kinda torn between voting between Pittsburgh Winnipeg and even the Bruins. For some reason they are not discussed in the same sentence with the above teams but they should IMO

 

[Gurilla]

Peg

 

[wintersej]

WPG has the talent and got a lesson in the playoffs. Pending and Trouba drama, they seem primed to make a serious run.

 

[Paul4587]

Pens or Jets. Went with the Jets as the West will be easier to get through than the East.

 

[tony d]

Nashville. I think this could finally be their year.

 

[Silky mitts]

The Caps were slightly better than the Pens last season and I think they’ve declined slightly less this offseason, and I just saw the Jets lose 4 in a row with Stastny. Going Caps now Preds after Caps.

 

[ijuka]

Jets if they get to keep Trouba. Niku could also be an upgrade.

 

[lakai17]

The defending Champs.

Still a slick 1-2 punch in Kuzy and Backstrom.

 

[6ix]

I don’t like Winnipeg’s centre depth after losing stasny to rank them #2. Little didn’t look right last year and is on the wrong sid of 30.

Going with the pens for this poll.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Pitts
Winnipeg
Wash
And then Nashville for me.

 

[bobholly39]

lol at Winnipeg

They're gonna be like last year's Edmonton.

 

[bukwas]

Pittsburgh
Washington
Nashville
Put those 3 on the dartboard and start throwing.

 

[DCarriere]

lol at Winnipeg

They're gonna be like last year's Edmonton.

Do you have any logical answer to back up this opinion?

 

[Empoleon8771]

I don't get how Winnipeg is getting votes over Nashville, Pittsburgh or Washington, to be honest. I don't think Winnipeg is better on paper than any of those 3 teams and they have less established success than any of them, too. I'm not going to pick a team with a total of 2 series wins in their entire existence over the cup winner last year, the team who won 2 cups in the 2 years before that and a team who made the cup finals in 2017.

I find Winnipeg to be pretty overrated at this point, to be honest. Their roster doesn't stand out as having anything extraordinary, that's my big issue with them.

 

[snowkiddin]

I don't get how Winnipeg is getting votes over Nashville, Pittsburgh or Washington, to be honest. I don't think Winnipeg is better on paper than any of those 3 teams and they have less established success than any of them, too. I'm not going to pick a team with a total of 2 series wins in their entire existence over the cup winner last year, the team who won 2 cups in the 2 years before that and a team who made the cup finals in 2017.

I find Winnipeg to be pretty overrated at this point, to be honest. Their roster doesn't stand out as having anything extraordinary, that's my big issue with them.

Because Patrik Stefan and other years of gaffes totally affects this current roster