Taking on the “Experts” – Stanley Cup Finals
Workers help dress the Red Wings injury replacement for Nicklas Lidstrom (Reuters)
Throughout the playoffs, we will be predicting the winners of each series and comparing our picks to those of the experts around the sporting world.
Here are our predictions for the Stanley Cup Finals:
| Series |
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 Rory |
| #2 Red Wings vs. #5 Penguins | Red Wings in 6 | Red Wings in 7 | Red Wings in 7 |
ESPN’s Expert Picks:
TSN’s Expert Picks:
Everyone pour one out tonight for Maggie the Monkey who made her last pick ever for TSN.
Since it appears that Peter Laviolette–with his 7-5 record–has given up on being an Expert, Ray Ferraro has taken his place. Their points will be combined and they shall be referred to as “The LavioRaros,” which is sorta like The GiaWigs.
Yahoo! Sports Expert Picks:
| Series |  Jim Fox |
 Ross McKeon |
 Matt Romig |
 Greg Wyshynski |
| #2 Red Wings vs. #5 Penguins | Penguins in 6 | Red Wings in 6 | Penguins in 6 | Red Wings in 7 |
I will keep standings based on how many corrects picks each expert makes. For each correct pick, the expert will receive 1 standings point. If the expert correctly guesses the winner and the number of games the series will last, they will get 2 points. The TSN experts didn’t bother to say how many games each series would take so they can’t get any bonus points. Sucks to be TSN!
Previous Rounds: Conference Quarterfinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals
About the author: Eric is an engineering student from Long Island, NY. His all-time favorite Rangers are Mike Richter and Petr Prucha. Currently, his favorite players are Henrik Lundqvist, Ryan Callahan, and Marian Gaborik. Related posts:
I called it in the conference finals – Pens in 7. Is it the outcome I wanted? No – but the NHL just conveniently set up one of the biggest rivalry’s in sports. Funny how this years finals got the most ratings since 92, wait until next year when the wings and pens play again in the finals.
Conspiracy!