Avalanche, Golden Knights and Lightning are extremely strong. Likely end of story. In the first round I predict two upsets. They will be Nashville over Carolina and Montreal over Toronto. Nashville over Carolina will be the result of playoff experience prevailing. Nashville still have some extremely talented players with a ton of playoff experience. Still will go 7 games. Montreal over Toronto will be due to two factors. One is the Price factor and the second will be the elimination of the middle of the ice and the pressure on Toronto's talented forwards with the puck (that they didn't see in the regular season). It will be a battle. Will go 7 games. Colorado, Vegas, Tampa, Edmonton, Pittsburgh and Washington will all advance from the first round. Second round predictions will come after the first round is finished...