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The big questions and bold predictions for Round 2 of the NHL playoffs.

With a new NHL season upon us, Neil Greenberg gives five predictions certain to come true, starting with why the Chicago Blackhawks will hoist the Stanley Cup.

Story | Conversation | January 17, 2013

The biggest question: Will anyone survive the Pittsburgh-Philly series?

As the trade deadline nears, Alvin Chang examines every team's weaknesses in their Playoff Power Meter portfolio and sees which players mentioned in NHL Rumor Central could help make playoff teams into bona fide Cup contenders.

Story | Conversation | February 07, 2012

Bad predictions, bruising Bruins, and the rest of the week in the NHL.

The Playoff Power Meter returns to evaluate the NHL's teams based on how closely they match up with past Stanley Cup winners. Among this week's findings, the Stars seem set for a fall, while the Penguins remain scary good.

Story | Conversation | December 05, 2011

John Buccigross' blogumn returns with his playoff predictions for the upcoming season.

Not all hockey publications are predicting the Dallas Stars to miss the playoffs in 2011-12. Take the McKeen's Hockey Pool Yearbook 2011-12 for example. The Canadian publication has the Stars finishing fourth in the Pacific Division, but making th...

It's that time of the year when the NHL preview magazines start coming out with predictions for the upcoming season and one of the first ones to hit the market is The Sports Forecaster 2011-12 NHL Preview, a Canadian publication and one I look forwar...

Jonathan Willis of Hockey Prospectus identifies the potentially fatal weaknesses of all four conference finalists.

Story | Conversation | May 14, 2011

A brief roundup of ESPN predictions for the Bruins-Lightning Eastern Conference finals series: ESPNBoston.com's Joe McDonald: The absence of Bruins forward and assistant captain Patrice Bergeron for the start of this series scares me. He's been t...

E.J. Hradek recaps Wednesday night's games and offers up his series predictions for the Western Conference second round.

Blog | Conversation | April 28, 2011

Relying on key statistical markers, Timo Seppa predicts which netminders could catch fire and steal a series in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Story | Conversation | April 12, 2011

E.J. Hradek studies each of the first-round playoff series and picks his winners to advance to the conference semifinals.

Blog | Conversation | April 11, 2011

Access all of ESPN Insider's 2011 Stanley Cup playoff coverage in one place, including scouting reports, expert predictions and player insights.

We made some predictions and forecasted what the big storylines would be this season. So, how did we do? Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun look back at their fall outlooks and have a few reality checks.