Throughout the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’re going round-by-round and predicting the outcomes of each playoff series. We’ve reached the Eastern and Western Conference Final round, and us on the BSH staff are predicting who we think will win the two series that we’ll see play out over the next week or two.
(Yes, we’re publishing this after Conference Finals started. We made the picks before it started. We promise.)
As always, the panel:
- Travis Hughes, who’s really annoyed about this Rangers thing
- Kurt R., who hahahahaha great job picking Pittsburgh in the second round you idiot
- Collin Mehalick, who is quite clearly cheating
- Eric T., who was probably stuck in a spreadsheet when we asked him what to write here
- Albert Kleine, caped Flyers enthusiast
- Charlie O’Connor, who is quite annoyed that his picks are being overshadowed by Collin’s
- Kevin Christmann, who was really upset that nothing noteworthy happened regarding Andrew MacDonald since we last made picks
- Allison J., who actually was around when we made our picks this time
- Kelly Hinkle, who skipped it this time
- Campfire Bot, our decreasingly friendly chat room computer (see him make his conference finals picks here)/
The predictions:
| Series | Travis | Kurt | Collin | Eric | Albert | Charlie | Kevin | Allison | Kelly | Campfire Bot |
| Canadiens vs. Rangers | NYR in 6 | MTL in 7 | NYR in 7 | NYR in 6 | MTL in 7 | NYR in 7 | MTL in 7 | MTL in 6 | MTL in 6 | NYR in 5 |
| Blackhawks vs. Kings |
LAK in 6 | CHI in 5 | CHI in 7 | LAK in 7 | CHI in 6 | CHI in 6 | LAK in 7 | CHI in 7 | LAK in 6 | LAK in 4 |
Round 2 recap:
| Series | Travis | Kurt | Collin | Eric | Albert | Charlie | Kevin | Kelly | Campfire Bot |
| Penguins vs. Rangers | NYR in 6 | PIT in 7 | NYR in 7 | NYR in 6 |
NYR in 5 |
NYR in 6 | NYR in 6 |
NYR in 6 |
NYR in 5 |
| Bruins vs. Canadiens |
BOS in 6 | BOS in 6 | MTL in 7 |
BOS in 5 | BOS in 5 | BOS in 6 | BOS in 7 | MTL in 7 |
BOS in 5 |
| Blackhawks vs. Wild |
CHI in 5 |
CHI in 5 | CHI in 5 | CHI in 5 |
CHI in 6 |
CHI in 5 | CHI in 5 | CHI in 5 | MIN in 7 |
| Kings vs. Ducks |
LAK in 6 |
LAK in 7 |
LAK in 6 |
LAK in 5 |
LAK in 6 |
LAK in 7 |
LAK in 6 |
LAK in 6 |
LAK in 5 |
| Total (Perfect) |
3/4 (0) |
2/4 (1) |
4/4 (2) |
3/4 (0) |
3/4 (1) |
3/4 (1) |
3/4 (0) |
4/4 (1) |
2/4 (0) |
| Rounds 1 + 2 (Perfect) |
8/12 (3) |
7/12 (3) |
10/12 (6) |
8/12 (0) |
7/12 (2) |
10/12 (3) |
9/12 (1) |
7/12 (3) |
3/12 (0) |
Round 1 recap:
| Series | Travis | Kurt | Collin | Eric | Albert | Charlie | Kevin | Kelly | Campfire Bot |
| Flyers vs. Rangers | NYR in 6 | NYR in 7 | NYR in 7 | NYR in 5 | PHI in 6 | NYR in 6 | PHI in 7 | PHI in 6 | PHI in 6 |
| Penguins vs. Blue Jackets | PIT in 6 | PIT in 7 | PIT in 6 | CBJ in 6 | PIT in 5 | CBJ in 7 | PIT in 6 | CBJ in 7 | CBJ in 7 |
| Bruins vs. Red Wings | BOS in 6 | BOS in 5 | BOS in 6 | BOS in 6 | BOS in 6 | BOS in 7 | BOS in 6 | BOS in 5 | DET in 6 |
| Canadiens vs. Lightning | TBL in 7 | MTL in 6 | TBL in 7 | TBL in 6 | TBL in 7 | MTL in 6 | MTL in 7 | TBL in 6 | TBL in 4 |
| Ducks vs. Stars | DAL in 7 | DAL in 7 | ANA in 6 | ANA in 7 | ANA in 5 | ANA in 6 | DAL in 7 | ANA in 6 | DAL in 5 |
| Avalanche vs. Wild | COL in 5 | MIN in 6 | MIN in 6 | COL in 6 | COL in 6 | MIN in 7 | MIN in 6 | COL in 5 | COL in 5 |
| Sharks vs. Kings | LAK in 7 | SJS in 6 | SJS in 7 | LAK in 6 | LAK in 7 | LAK in 6 | LAK in 6 | LAK in 6 | SJS in 5 |
| Blues vs. Blackhawks | CHI in 6 | STL in 7 | CHI in 6 | CHI in 5 | STL in 6 | CHI in 5 | CHI in 7 | STL in 7 | CHI in 7 |
| Total (Perfect) |
5/8 (3) |
5/8 (2) |
6/8 (4) |
5/8 (0) |
4/8 (1) |
7/8 (2) |
6/8 (1) |
3/8 (2) |
1/8 (0) |
cfbot is slowly catching up to Kurt, Albert and Kelly.
