How I think the playoffs will end up being

Team: 2022-23 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 19, 2023

Published: Mar. 19, 2023

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This is how I think the Stanley Cup Playoffs will end of looking. I will take you through every series and explain how this would win.

Series 1: P1 Vegas Golden Knights VS WC2 Winnipeg Jets

This is one of the western series’s that could 100% happen. The Knights right now are sitting a top the Pacific with 90 PTS while the Jets are sitting in the 2nd Wild Card spot with 81 PTS. I think the Knights will finish the season with 105 PTS and the Jets will finish will 94 PTS.

The Knights goaltender Logan Thompson will be out for the playoffs so I see the Knights starting J.Quick. I don’t know if Stone will be back but if one of you guys know it would be quite helpful. Carrier is out indefinitely with a lower body injury and will not be returning. Roy, Hill and Kolesar should be back for the playoffs since they are DTD. Perfetti should be back by probably game 3-4 after being out for eight weeks with a upper body injury. For the season series, Vegas took it 2-0-1. (OT/SO = Tie to make the format easier). Vegas is 15th in the league for scoring with a 3.2GF average which is not good considering there are only 16 teams in the playoffs. They are 13th in the league for shots though which is great considering that the Jets are 20th on shots. The Jets through are 17th in GF averaging 3.1. The Jets defence better be good considering that they are letting up more shots and more goals then are scoring. The Jets defence is better only being 9th in goals against averaging 2.8 goals a game but that won’t be enough because the Knights also give up 2.8 goals a game. Things get better though because Hellebuyck is ranked No.6 out of all goaltenders posting a .918 SV% while Quick on the other hand is No.32 posting a .800 SV% which will not get it done in the playoffs. For special teams Vegas does not get it done with a 20.8 PP which is 20th in the NHL and they also have a 79.3 PK which is horrendous and will not get it done. The Jets aren’t any better on the PP posting a 20.6 which is good for 21st in the NHL. However the Jets PK is 83.3which is good for No.3 in the NHL. For elite players Winnipeg has Connor who is a Franchise player, Hellebuyck is a franchise goalie, Ehlers and Scheifele are elite players as well and Morrissey is a top pairing d-man. The Knights have Stephenson who in my opinion is elite, Stone and Eichel are both franchise players and Theadore and Pietrangelo are both top pairing d-man. The entire roster for the Knights is easily one of the better ones in the NHL and the Jets, well, it’s a mediocre Wild Card roster IMO.

I have Knights in 6 games but who knows but this is them having Mark Stone so if Stone is out, this could go easily seven considering the Knights bad goaltending.