Playoff Predictions

No first round upsets is a very bold pick. But honestly, if it exactly like you called it, I'd be perfectly content... until the final.

over estimate DAL.
EDM and COL are better teams than given credit for here.

I was very close to taking Tampa and Toronto. Was also seriously considering LA and Winnipeg

Dallas imo is such a deep team. 3 lines that can score, very good defensively, especially after adding Tanev, and while Oettinger has been a little shaky this year he can be elite at times. To me they’re definitely the best team in the west and they’ve been a top 3 cup contender for me all season

Colorado and Edmonton could both make the conference finals and I wouldn’t be too surprised. There’s 6 teams in the West I see as legitimate threats

Being deep doesn't = cup.
You have got to have the high end talent to cut through teams like butter.
A hot McDavid or MacKinnon blows past DAL. This is the time of year guys put teams on their back and take a team over.
Look at the CBJ vs TB series when Panarin played for CBJ. TB was by far the deeper team. But they had no answer for the best player on the ice the whole series.
That was one deep TB team too far deepr than DAL and Panarin is no McDavid.

The real problem with DAL is they lack that kind of high end talent. Playing as a team only goes so far. At some point the guy on the ice who knows he is better just puts everyone else on their heels and takes over.