Who Will Raise Lord Stanley’s Gift this Spring?

I asked some of our columnists for their take on where teams will finish at the end of this season (total points as opposed to division weighted standings) and offered a little prize for the top prognosticator in each conference – if he/she beats me!  Interesting note, none of the writers picked their own team to win. – Here is our post on the West

The East

Bruce Hollingdrake (Owner/Editor of THW)

1. Flyers
2. Capitals
3. Penguins
4. Bruins
5. Rangers
6. Hurricanes
7. Canadiens
8. Lightning
9. Devils
10. Panthers
11. Leafs
12. Sabres
13. Senators
14. Thrashers
15. Islanders

Rick Moldovanyi (our Penguins Correspondent also from Penguins Experience)

1. Capitals
2. Flyers
3. Bruins
4. Penguins
5. Devils
6. Hurricanes
7. Rangers
8. Canadiens
9. Leafs
10. Senators
11. Panthers
12. Thrashers
13. Lightning
14. Sabres
15. Islanders

Matt Leighton (our Capitals Correspondent also from Simply Sensational Caps)

1. Bruins
2. Capitals
3. Flyers
4. Penguins
5. Hurricanes
6. Devils
7. Panthers
8. Canadiens
9. Sabres
10. Rangers
11. Senators
12. Leafs
13. Lightning
14. Thrashers
15. Islanders

Mike Miccoli(our Bruins Correspondent)

1. Capitals
2. Bruins
3. Penguins
4. Hurricanes
5. Flyers
6. Devils
7. Rangers
8. Canadiens
9. Leafs
10. Senators
11. Lightning
12. Sabres
13. Thrashers
14. Islanders
15. Panthers

Karl Selvig (our Panthers Correspondent)

1. Penguins
2. Capitals
3. Bruins
4. Devils
5. Hurricanes
6. Flyers
7. Canadiens
8. Panthers
9. Sabres
10. Rangers
11. Senators
12. Lightning
13. Islanders
14. Thrashers
15. Leafs

Bruce K. Hollingdrake is the Owner/Editor of The Hockey Writers.

"I could shoot like Skrudland, skate like Gill, forecheck like Larouche and lay on the muscle like The Great One himself - I had it all Baby!..."

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