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After reading the previous Top 10 prediction for the draft, I gotta make one of my own that actually makes sense(kinda). Here she goes.
 
*REMINDER:* I HAVEN’T PLAYED IN A FEW SEASONS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME GOOD PLAYERS I DON’T KNOW ABOUT, so don’t hate me. This is also my opinion and where I think these players would fit best, even if they’re not a huge favorite to go as early as I put them.
 

1. St.Louis Blues: DougCBJ, LD, $7M or L_DominanDo_L, C, $5M

I’m honestly hoping El Rookie makes a smart pick here and goes with a solid, proven Dman like Doug that will play for anyone and do his part. While also being very solid both offensively and defensively, Doug is consistent and is easily a top 5 dman in the league(at least). Looking at what El is going into draft with, picking Doug first would greatly benefit them. And you can never count out Dominando, he always finds a way to get where ElRookie is.

2. Dallas Stars: II-Entryy-II, LD, $6.5M

Going into the draft with 2 top players at their positions, Triix is in very good shape already, especially having the 2nd overall pick along with that. I don’t wanna go on about myself, but picking yours truly would give this team 3 top players in the league. I’ve also already won a cup on a Triix ran team. It’s just a pick that’s meant to be. Look out for DAL.

3. Edmonton Oilers: ACK-stonerboy, C, $6.5M , Sudzy92_, C, $7.5M or AAli-21, C, $6.5M

EDM, ran by SgtVandoos, has pretty good players already on their roster going into draft, and adding a Center that plays both ends of the ice well, has 9/9 availability, and can make the players around him better would be a solid step in the right direction for the Oilers. If not ACK, then I would guess Sudzy or AAli.

4. Minnesota Wild: HartySauce67, LW, $5M or Go_Marc, LW, $6.5M

Knowing they have pick #7 as well, I would take a forward first if I was Minny. I would take the approach of getting strictly a LW, and both HartySauce and Go_marc will show up and do their job. They would both benefit Arrow and Tommy as well. Both are great picks no matter how early, especially while having another pick at #7.

5. Ottawa Senators: Go_Marc, LW, $6.5M , CxAxSxH, LW, $6M , or Sudzy92_, C, $7.5M

I totally don’t agree with keeping kamakaz for that price, but I’m sure kozmo will magically have a rookie that drops 100+ pts or some shit. Besides that, Go_Marc and Ransom are solid together, and Ransom will play solid on both ends whether hes C or LW. Having Ransom C is already having a top C in this league, so getting him a solid winger would be big, and having him LW is even bigger if you land a top C. With that being said, established players like Marc, Cash or Sudzy would all be respectable pickups.

6. New York Islanders: Tyler91seguin91, LW, $8.5M

With a lineup of 5 already on their roster going into the draft, Jamie14benn14 and the Isles are already looking solid. Having utility guys like Fivestar and MG are huge, and Benn can never go wrong getting his “duo” in the community. These two guys play well together, and surrounding them with an already solid roster would surely be a good move. I personally would not take him at this price, but when he would complete a full lineup, it’s not so bad of a move.

7. Minnesota Wild: BergysDeke, LD, $5M or foxpresentation, LD, $0.5M

Assuming they land a solid forward with the #4 pick, I think they can make a “what the hell” kind of pick here with their 2nd out of 3 picks in round 1. With a small selection for Dmen, and no 2nd round pick, I hope they make the right choice and take a Dman with this pick. Other than myself and Doug, I think these two guys are the best 2 dmen available, with reason. Fox at $0.5 is a steal to be honest, but it all depends what teams have for plans. If you can get him to commit to 6 or 7 games, that nearly guarantees you all solid games, if not wins. BergysDeke is a good utility guy as well, as he can play C or RD. Either would be a pick you can’t regret.

8. Vegas Golden Knights: eXecuti0n80, C, $5.5M

I personally don’t agree with eX in round 1, but these dudes just work together. Having a solid base already, getting his buddy and talented utility man would be a good step closer in the direction of another cup for Red. Being good on both forward and defense is big, and he has 9/9 availability and is reliable. Some people might think I’m crazy for putting him 8th overall, but Red will make anything work.

9. Nashville Predators: vxWoytkiw8xv, LW, $7.5M

I have a very strong feeling that people are gonna let Woy fall because that availability. It’ll take a smart owner to pick him up and take advantage of the pickup. Ezz is a very smart owner and runs good teams. He’ll take advantage of Woy falling to #9 and he’ll build a good team around him. Having a guy like Woy is nearly promising a win when he’s in. Not much more to it, he’s one of the best players in the game and he plays 2 fwd positions and LD on top of it. I love DShakki, and I hope Ezz gets him, would be a very solid pickup no matter the availability.

10. Chicago Blackhawks: Grippinq, RW, $4.5M

Hyper and the Hawks round out the top 10. Hyper is already working with a good start, taking Sullivan and Tread off the board. If I remember correctly, Grippinq and Tread are buddies, and they are both solid forwards. With that being said, getting Grip would form what would most likely be one of the better forward lines. I don’t know much about Hyper, so I’m not sure what kind of drafting he would do. Either way, getting another very good forward for him and Tread wouldn’t be a bad option.
 
Notes/More potential picks:
Colorado and Ottawa: Some random no names that will drop 100pts at least
Toronto: Linde94 in round 2
Cubano and the Flyers have a solid start going into draft
Jayscott always finds his way into being a potential contender. Remember that.
Toronto will be a solid team with alot of chemistry
***We cannot let Plisk win another cup***      (plisk edit….. nothing to see here,  move along)

The Las Vegas Golden Knights, your SP Season 27 Stanley Cup Champions.
They found a way to beat the hottest goalie during the SP Playoffs. The series was touted as a battle of defense. Two goalies at the top of their game and two solid defensive pairs. While the series ended 4-1 it was a lot closer than you would think at first glance. In late breaking news this past Sunday, it was announced that Ciulla would be unavailable for the first three games. A shock to many and what would initially be seen as a game changer, putting Vegas without their starting goalie for the start of the series. Yet as he has done throughout the playoffs, The Pickle Plisk stepped right into the spotlight and made timely saves to help Vegas jump out to a 2-1 series lead. Ironically enough, Plisk stepping in reminded me of Frank Pietrangelo stepping in for the Penguins in 1991 which lead to “The Save”. Just as that save went down in Penguin history, so will performance of Plisk in Season 27’s playoffs.
The opening game saw a chess match from both GMs. Jayscott posting his lines first, appeared to be setting up his top lines to play every game except for Game 1. Redconcept countered by using the same strategy, using all the players that play minimum games, in the opening game. The game started as you would expect, tight back and forth hockey. Westside making save after save, until Redconcept found the back of the net on a broken play. The score would stay the same until 10 minutes to go in the 3rd period. Vegas had a lapse in discipline and took the first penalty of the game. Pittsburgh capitalized, evening the score 1-1. A few moments later, Castles found himself on a breakaway but in an act of desperation was tripped, this resulting in a rare penalty shot in the playoffs. Castles buried his chance putting Pittsburgh up by 1. Pittsburgh would hold off Vegas for the remainder of the 3rd period and take a 1-0 series lead.
Game 2 saw Westside continue his stellar play and Pittsburgh’s offense started to heat up. Jumping out to a three goal lead after the first, neither team realizing how pivotal this game would be. Through four and a half periods, Westside looked unbeatable only giving up one goal. Pittsburgh had a plan and they were executing it perfectly. Unfortunately, big leads tend to brew complacency and a mental mistake turned the tide. eXecuti0n was able to intercept a pass and then throw it on net. The resulting rebound was buried by Prodigytolegend and suddenly Vegas found that glimmer of hope. Shortly thereafter, Stonerboy put one in the back of the net, closing the gap to just one. Vegas was then led by Stonerboy and Prodigy, to even the score in the third. The game went into overtime, a familiar place for the Penguins during this playoff run. However, the result would be different, as Stonerboy was able to poke in a loose puck in overtime to even the series. These four unanswered goals swung the momentum to Vegas and proved that Westside could be beat. This game was the turning point, as Vegas wouldn’t lose the rest of the way.
Game 3 tested the players on and off the ice, a game that ended up being a marathon. Vegas jumped out early to a two goal lead. Then a defensive mistake by eXecuti0n gave Pittsburgh life as they scored to bring the game to 2-1. Vegas quickly scored to make it 3-1 but as they have all playoffs long, Pittsburgh clawed their way back, scoring two more goals in the third to take the game to overtime. What an overtime it was, back and forth momentum swings, huge saves from both Plisk and Westside to keep their teams in the game. After 4 overtimes a winner was finally found, with great puck movement by Vegas, Prodigy buried a one timer to give Vegas a 2-1 series lead. An exciting end to a great game and a great relief to those who needed to use the bathroom.
Going into the second night, all signs pointed to Vegas closing out the series. They had all the momentum from the last two games. Putting up seven goals on Westside gave them confidence that they could put pucks behind him. Another boost to the morale was the return of Ciulla. Having their starting goalie back in between the pipes added to the confidence of the Golden Knights.
In game 4, Vegas jumped out early and never looked back. Prodigy started off the scoring by sniping Westside short side to put Vegas up 1-0. Then some good offensive zone possession and puck movement led to Vegas adding to their lead. Pittsburgh started to press, throwing everything they had at Ciulla and the Vegas defense. Vegas was able to get one more goal to put them up 3-0, and the defense with Ciulla handled the onslaught from Pittsburgh, resulting in Ciulla taking home a shutout in his first game back.
Game 5 was a battle, as would be expected in an elimination game. What was unexpected was the lineup change, Robbey moving to the Right Defenseman position and Ajax was moved to Right Wing. Immediately, it was a move that rewarded Pittsburgh when Ajax scored the first goal of the game. The boost was short lived as Vegas was able to battle back evening the score 1-1. The rest of the game was back and forth, with the teams trading goals. Then as we all know, Vegas was able to score the game winner and take home the Cup.
As stated initially, Pittsburgh was in every game and though they lost 4-1 it could have very easily been the other way around. Westside, DrWally, and Ajax came as advertised. They were difficult to play against, kept shots to the outside and were a very stingy defensive core. The deciding factor was whether or not Pittsburgh could score more than their current average. They say games are played on the ice and not on paper. In this match up, the paper told the story. Pittsburgh gave up 2 goals a game and they scored 2 goals a game. Puts a lot of pressure on the team and pressure can lead to mistakes. Vegas gives up 1.7 goals a game and scores 3 goals a game. That was the difference, the top line of Prodigy, Stoner and Redbeard were able to put pucks past Westside.
Redconcept was asked what he thought led to the success of his team in the playoffs.
“Team chemistry and team defense was a huge factor with the success we had during the playoffs. Not to mention superb goaltending by both Ciulla and the Big Pickle. We just went into each night having fun and we shocked the league.”
He was also asked what he thought helped build chemistry during the run that wasn’t there in the regular season.
“Our deadline transaction was huge, acquiring both Ciulla and Stoner. Stoner meshed very well up front with the existing forwards we had. Ciulla, I hadn’t even seen play, as he was MIA for personal reasons, but come playoffs he was outstanding. Having him in net allowed me to turn my concentration on defense, which worked wonders with the defensive chemistry that eXexuti0n80 and I had right off the bat. The more the team played together, the better we got.
It was truly and up and down season the whole way…but come playoffs we didn’t look back. I personally want to thank each and every player on the Vegas roster, as they made my first season as owner incredible easy and very memorable.”
An incredible end to another great SP Season. Enjoy your time with the cup Vegas, because the next season is right around the corner. Oh and the Rookie of the Year was rigged!

The Stanley Cup Final
Two teams that no one thought would have a chance getting past the first round, let alone make it to the cup final. A battle of the underdogs. Not to mention two SP rookies, destined to play together, but separated during the draft. A certain Pickle reaching the cup final after a 10 season drought. Even Disney could not have scripted it better. So many story lines. To start let’s recap the journey to the cup final.
Pittsburgh made some huge moves before the trade deadline that solidified their defense. Adding Ajax and Westside has reaped dividends. Westside’s play in net, to this point, is deserving of the Conn Smyth. Pittsburgh started off with a battle against Toronto. Going all the way to a decisive game 7. In the next round they faced a top regular season team in Boston. Odds stacked against them, Pittsburgh was able to shut down a potent Boston attack 4 games to 2. Reaching the conference final, they faced the top team in the league during the regular season, cross town rival Philadelphia. While the experts had Pittsburgh losing in 6, the stats told a different tale. Pittsburgh and Philly both came into the series averaging 1.80 goals against. While Pittsburgh only averaged 2 goals per game, Philly averaged 3.40. Both defenses where solid and something had to give; what gave out, was Philadelphia’s offense. Struggling to find the net game after game. Pittsburgh stayed consistent and found a way to win.
Vegas squeaked into the playoffs. They couldn’t find any chemistry week in and week out. A huge pickup before the deadline was adding Stonerboy and Ciulla to the roster. This allowed eXecuti0n80 to move back to defense while adding chemistry to the top line. Ciulla in net has brought a level of consistency to the goaltending position in Vegas. Similar to Pittsburgh, Vegas was written off against Los Angeles in the opening round. Yet after dropping game 1 to the Kings, Vegas won 4 straight to take the series 4-1. Entering the second round, going up against one of the top teams this season in Colorado, they were written off again before the games could be played. When the dust settled a familiar score revealed itself, Vegas winning 4-1. Finally, meeting a HOT Anaheim team, boasting a five points per game average on the top line, sweeping two straight series. Again Vegas had the odds stacked against them. The tables were then turned on Anaheim, as Vegas swept the series to advance.
The Preseason:
Finally, it’s always important to reflect on what was expected of you this year, interestingly enough both teams first round picks in the draft, were key in getting the assets that put them over the top.
Pittsburgh:
“This team will fight with Boston for the 2nd spot in the Patrick division, and they’ll make the playoffs and probably play Boston in the first round. Whoever wins is up in the air, but this team is not good enough to beat Carolina. Burst will have to carry the offense and snake will have to carry the defense. DrWally had some mediocre stats in VG, and jay better hope those numbers don’t carry over into this league. Tibod can also win some games in net, but don’t expect him to carry the team throughout the playoffs.”
Vegas:
“These guys finish third, get out in the first round of the playoffs. Their forwards look good, and they are solid in net. The defense on the other hand, looks atrocious. Plisk is a goalie, not a dman. Execution has bad numbers in vg, and bad is a nice way of putting it. They’ll make the playoffs in the 3rd spot easily because Vancouver will be so close to the bottom. Don’t expect them to contend for a top spot, because that’s a stupid expectation”
Brutal evaluation. Huge moves by Jayscott and redconcept put both teams over the edge. It also helps that DrWally and eXecut0n are actually better than last season’s VG numbers show.
The Matchup:
When you look at Pittsburgh they are led by their defense. DrWally and Ajax headline the top Defensive pair. Combined they are plus 20, while statistically they are not putting up huge offensive numbers, they play a tight defensive game. DrWally has been quoted as saying, “I would argue that we are putting up a ton of points, but third assists are not counted.” Westside is boasting a save percentage of 88% during this playoff run. By far the top goalie in the playoffs, he will need to continue his stellar play if Pittsburgh is going to take home the Cup.
Offensively, the wild card in this playoff run has been Pittsburgh’s ability to put up timely goals. The top line of Jayscott, Capone and Puckzone/Castles averages 1.4 points per game. Can Jayscott bring back the 150 pt. season Jayscott of old? This could be a difference maker going into the cup final.
Vegas also has a solid defense core, with redConcept88 and eXecuti0n80 as the top pair. Ciulla in net brings reliable goaltending every night. With Pliskin providing reliable goaltending and defense whenever called upon, he truly is the best 7th man in the SP playoffs. Ciulla has been the top goaltender for Vegas during the playoffs for Vegas with an 81% save percentage.
Offensively Vegas has five forwards who collectively average 2.74 points per game. This is the matchup no one thought they wanted to see. Vegas’s forwards against Pittsburgh’s defense. The top line of Prodigy, Stonerboy and Rocket found their chemistry in the playoffs. A huge factor in the success of Vegas is being able to seamlessly replace any forward in the lineup with Zredbeard or Randymarsh at will. All five forwards have found a way to click.
My Analysis:
It’s interesting to point out that Westside has faced double the shots 235 vs 116 compared to his counterpart in Vegas. While many of these shots are from the outside, typically out of desperation, as Pittsburgh suffocated the offense of their opponents.
Vegas has the better forwards overall. They run five guys who put up the similar points. The advantage goes to Vegas in this category since the Pittsburgh forwards can be unpredictable. This can make them dangerous because you never know which lineup will show up.
Defensively Pittsburgh and Vegas have a strong top line. The constant play from the back end is what drove Pittsburgh to this final. It’s also what helped Vegas during their playoff run. In this category, it’s even, while both pairs have strengths and weakness, they all play a similar style.
Goaltending has to go to Pittsburgh, because Westside has been unbelievable all playoffs. Take nothing away from Ciulla who has been equally amazing. This is one of many intriguing match ups this series brings.
It will be close. Pittsburgh has found ways to win each night, squeaking by in 1 goal games. Vegas typically wins by a 2 goal margin, but had their fair share of 1 goal games.
My Prediction:
This was a difficult decision. I feel it will be Pittsburgh in 7 games. Westside’s play in net can’t be overlooked. DrWally and Ajax have shut down top offenses all playoffs. This will be a great series. A battle of two similar backlines. Three players from the same VG team last year, who had a terrible season. One of the reasons why both teams were written off. Tune in on Monday night, grab a drink and enjoy some quality hockey.

Welcome to Pensylvania, population 12.7 Million. The long storied rivalry between the Flyers and Penguins has been going on for decades. The level of importance this time around is significant, but so is the prize, a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Pens have had an uphill battle to get where they are now,  defying the critics and all odds for a prominent position in the conference finals. On the other side awaits a sleeping giant, the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers were good enough to clinch a bye in the regular season, some wondered if they could carry that prominence to the postseason, 5 games later and the Flyers sit in the conference finals, hungry and waiting. let’s take a look at these two teams destined to make the Stanley Cup Final.

Pittsburgh Penguins

 
The Pens are definitely the underdogs in this series, Jayscott, Capone, and Castles will have to continue what they have been doing all playoffs long, communicating with their D and shutting the neutral zone down…completely. They can do it though as they have shown nothing but resiliency in the postseason, shunning their critics the whole way. On Defense Ajax and Wally have been holding the fort, not to take away from their other D but these are definitely the Pens main D core and if the Pens want any shot at stopping the high powered Flyers, their going to have to go back to blocking shots, closing lanes and clearing rebounds to stay in this thing. Westside has been the beacon of light in the Burgh, he never give up attitude has spread in the Pens locker room and look for him to keep up his stellar play to get his team a ticket to the big show.

Philadelphia Flyers

The Flyers look to continue their onslaught on opposing teams, Bwall, hart, and Cheif have been the big players up front for the Flyers and look to go into the Finals as the EAst favorite. 31 pts combine these 3 and one thing they know how to do is play team defense and backcheck, providing teams with nightmares trying to go visit Visual. The good part (bad for the pens) is they also have Veteran Defense lurking behind them with Iachoku and Cuban holding down the fort. These 2 have been playing the shutdown role and working closely with their forwards to ensure no “outside” interference lurks near their netminder. Visualskillz holds the key the front door in Philly, you could call him the Mayor, posting a 1.00gaa and a SO in the playoffs last round he is the calm before the storm if your thinking of coming in hard on him, stellar goaltending and a dangerous d core and f line have the Flyers singing to the dance, question is, will the Pens show up and shut the concert down? we can’t wait to find out.

The Breakdown:
The Bruins had the bye in week one, the question is will that be a positive or negative for the big bad Bears. On the other hand, you have the Pittsburgh Penguins, coming off a fresh win against a talented Leafs crew who brought them to a finger biting game 7 which saw twitches ratings go through the roof. Jayscott, Castles, and Caponeuptop have been the driving force behind the Pens offensive line notching 16pts collectively, the Pens can do better though as round 1 may have been a little bit of a slow start for them. Out of Boston, the Bruins got the bye for a reason, they came to play and the Pens should definitely have their heads up this series, Pistolpete, You_mecca_me_sik and ihyper97 will provide nightmares to the opposition if they don’t keep their lumber on the ice and bodies in front of shots.
Boston Wins If:
They stick to the plan… if the Bruins stick to what got them here in the first place this should be a walk in the park, not to take anything away from the Pens but if they play the Bruins like they did the Leafs, their going to be in for a long (or short) series. Boston has the scoring, defense, and goaltending….let’s see if they can bring it to the postseason.
Pittsburgh Wins If:
They step their game up, Pens Defensive Core is dangerous when they’re on, Ajax, Snake, Rage, wally, and Robbey can all play the shutdown role with Westside holding the fort. The Pens D and Goaltending is going to have to be consistent and communicating against this Bruins club to be successful. The forward core will have to put up some more points this series to be successful
The Prediction:
Boston wins series 4-2.

Hello everyone, lets breakdown Round 2 Anaheim vs San Jose.
The Breakdown:
Not really a congrats to Anaheim on beating the Arizona FreeAgents. Lol just kidding but it was kind of a walk in the park really. A Pad Statting series if you will. Either way Anaheim is a very very solid team both defensively and offensively. This series will be so much better because San Jose has some great players on their team. San Jose won the regular season series against this team 2-1. Anaheim offensively is led by Kidmoney, reaper, and seguin. These guys are very good together and can tear defense apart. Their goaltending is up in the air as im not really to sure about their goaltending. But i dont think that matters because they have DougCBJ and M1keal. 2 of the best d men in the league. Great pairing. San Jose is going to have some trouble offensively unless they have Mclub play forward because mclub is very very good. It all depends what kozmo does for his lines against this strong Anaheim team. The goaltending in San Jose is amazing with Breezy the #1 guy there.
If Anaheim Wins:
If the Anaheim Ducks want to be able to win this series, they are going to have to get some good scoring oppurtunities and get around the defense. The San Jose Defense is up in the air and sometimes have there games. Anaheim with their top 3 guys are going to put a ton of pressure on San Jose. Anaheim will score at will. But can Anaheim’ goaltending be good? If so, they win this one.
If San Jose Wins:
If San Jose wins this one, they will look to Breezy being phenomal in net. Defense will need to step up its game as well. If they shut down this top forward line of Anaheim, they win this one. San Jose has very good forwards with FUQT, benner, mclub (if playing forward). I believe Mclub should play forward this series to put some pressure on Anaheim’s Defense. But its up to kozmo what he wants to do. I believe they will win this series if they score enough to keep the lead. Defense will be a factor for San Jose here. If San Jose’s defense is phenomal each game, they take this one.
The Prediction:
SJS wins series 4-3.

Hello everyone, lets breakdown Round 2 Vegas vs Colorado.
The Breakdown:
Congrats to the Vegas Golden Knights on defeating the LA Kings in Round 1! From here on out, this is where the real playoffs happen. Vegas and Colorado are 2-2 this regular season. Colorado has one of the best teams entering into these playoffs. They will put alot of pressure on this Vegas Golden Knights team. Most of the puck possesion is most likely to be favored by the #1 seeded Avalanche. Vegas has ciulla who is arguably the #1 Goaltender on this team and he proved it in round 1. They will look to him on this matchup. Vegas has some good defense too. But will they put some numbers up on the board and pass Bigmummy and eggman to get in to score? Bigmummy and eggman are like peanut butter and jelly. They work together very well. One of the best d pair in this league hands down. Colorado is also dangerous on Offense, but rumor has it their backbone on offense, AAli, wont be available at all the entire week of the playoffs. This is Vegas’s chance.. But it wont be easy..
If Vegas Wins:
If the underdog Vegas team wants to win this series, they must take advantage of AAli not being in the line up and make sure to get behind the defense of bigmummy and eggman. Ive played this colorado team plenty of times this regular season to know that they do trap. They trap hard and this vegas team will need to dump it in so often and just work on the puck possesion and get some shots on Jhonny_phonny. Another factor will be the Vegas goaltending. Ciulla can win some games for his team and we will see what he does. The backbone on offense of this Vegas team is ACKstonerboy and he will have to lead the offense here. If this happens, we will see a very big upset.
If Colorado Wins:
If Colorado wants to win this series and not make it extremely painful having AAli out of the lineup, they will need to step up the offensive game. And I believe they can do that. They have amazing puck possesion and thats a huge factor. If they have most of the puck this series, this series is over. These guys can turn nothing into something in a blink of an eye. Great forwards and Great Defense. Gui and sedin will lead the offense here. and Gui and Sedin dont work that well together according to some inside sources but they’re going to have to this series to win some games. Defense will be fantastic on the other hand. These guys make Jhonny_phonny’s job so easy, that he can go take a shower for the time of Game 1 and Game 2 and still have shutouts.
The Prediction:
COL wins series 4-2.