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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Who Will Win The Cup?

The anticipation for the playoffs this season is killing me! I am so excited to watch the action and see who comes up big in the end. I've been thinking about this quite a bit and I came up with a small list of NHL teams that I think will win the cup this year.

  1. Chicago Blackhawks
  2. Washington Capitals
  3. Anaheim Ducks
  4. Tampa Bay Lightning 
The Hawks are my favorite, having won three Stanley Cups in the past six years, it's no secret that they got talent.Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Artemi Panarin, and Duncan Keith and big time players for the Blackhawks and make them extremely difficult to beat, especially in the post season. But because of this that makes them "the team to beat" so every team wants to knock them off and slightly dislikes them (jealousy).
The Capitals, however, are doing extremely well this year. Having acquired forward TJ Oshie, they are not to be taken lightly. They are number one in the league currently and show no signs of slowing down. They haven't won a cup in a while so they are definitely hoping this is their year.
The Ducks last won the Stanley Cup in 2007. A couple of their players from that team are still on the team today. This brings them a lot of experience and is useful to help show the younger players the ropes. Anaheim has good depth this year in the roster too with names such as Perry, Getslaf, Selanne, Koivu, and Cogliano.
Tampa Bay came really close last year to winning the cup, losing to the Chicago Blackhawks in the end. With many players returning this year to the lightning they will be just as much of a threat.Steven Stamkos is a remarkable young player and is capable of leading his team to a cup I believe.
But anything can happen in a sports game as you all know and that's what keeps things so interesting and why I enjoy watching sports, hockey in particular. If anyone has any predictions of their own feel free to share!

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