 What's up, everyone? Takedown here. Welcome back to another year of NHL Stanley Cup predictions. I do this video every single year and I make a video for every round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. So honestly round one has already started and I do apologize the past couple weeks I've been dealing with a lot of stuff and it's just been very hard to sit down to record videos now Some of the game ones have already taken place and we already know the outcomes of them as I'm recording this Thank you guys for all of your patience, but let's get into today's predictions for the first round of the NHL playoffs First up the Washington Capitals versus the Boston Bruins. You guys know if you've guys been here for years Watching my Stanley Cup playoffs predictions. I usually predicts that the Boston Bruins are going to get eliminated the first time However last year I think it was that they advanced very far And I lost every single prediction when I predicted they'd get eliminated. They would advance I know Vechkin's on the capitals I know I usually would have chose the capitals But I'm honestly gonna say 4-3 right down to the final game for the Boston Bruins final prediction Next up is the Carolina Hurricanes versus the Nashville Predators I honestly see this one going either way if you guys asked me a few years back I would have said Nashville Predators hands down now Nashville Predators do have a lot of great players. I love their line-ups. However, I love Carolina Hurricanes line-ups a little bit more right now I like that a few years ago. What would have been rookies now seem to be moving up into the all-star Status which I absolutely love. They also have Trocha Kuma fan of and they have some pretty decent goalies This one here I honestly seeing going 4-2 for the Hurricanes next up is a matchup that I think is going to be very exciting to watch That is Colorado Avalanche versus St. Louis Blues. St. Louis won the Stanley Cup a couple years ago for the first time Colorado hasn't won since the 90s. I believe correct me if I'm wrong So I honestly see this going to be very intense and I believe the year that St. Louis won the Stanley Cup I predicted that the Colorado Avalanche were going to win the Stanley Cup that year and that did not happen So that means for me personally this matchup is going to be very very interesting And I honestly can't wait to watch it now I've always been a fan of Colorado and I honestly see them advancing in this matchup I think it's honestly going to come down to the final game game seven once again for three for Colorado Simply I honestly want to see Nathan McKinnon win at the Stanley Cup for the first time And they do have a lot of other players that I'm very excited to see on the ice And I honestly can't wait to see what happens for this matchup next up We're getting into some of the Canadian teams and I absolutely love this up first is Edmonton Oilers versus the Winnipeg Jets this one here is going to be very very interesting like most of these matchups for me But I honestly love this matchup here now Winnipeg Jets are interesting. I do like them However, I've always been a more of a fan of Edmonton Oilers because of Connor McDavid You guys know you guys might be able to see some of the collection behind me here. I'm a huge fan of Connor McDavid I love collecting him and I'm a huge fan of him on the ice and finally I get to see him in the playoffs It's been I believe a couple years since they've been in the playoffs or maybe they got eliminated early on and I just Forget that but I do want to see them advance And I honestly think that's going to happen in this matchup here again Nothing against Winnipeg Jets, but I do feel like Edmonton Oilers are going to be a way stronger team going into this matchup And I think so because I'm going to predict that it's going to be 4-0 for Edmonton Oilers A clean sweep would be very exciting to see next up is two teams That's a couple years ago. If you would have asked me who do you like more? I would say absolutely neither one and that is Toronto Maple Leafs versus Montreal Canadians Now I still do not like Montreal Canadians whatsoever But Toronto is starting to grow on me as far as the team they have the players that they have on their team They've been doing pretty well this season and for a few seasons now And I honestly think that they may advance and I think it's going to be very interesting They got a couple key veterans prior to the season start They got a lot of players that I wasn't expecting to move to Toronto and be part of Toronto And I'm very excited to see what happens because of it because in my opinion There's a lot of all-stars and a lot of talents on Toronto right now Toronto Maple Leafs have John Tavares, Austin Matthews, Joe Thornton Who I honestly never thought would leave San Jose and this might be one of his last Seasons because he's getting up there in age and Wayne Simmons who I'm a huge huge fan of now He didn't do so well this season I think he only played 38 games and didn't score too much, but I've always been a fan of his So with the amount of stars and great players that are on their team I honestly see them advancing this matchup and I think it's gonna go for two I think Montreal might put up a little bit of a fight But I honestly feel like Toronto Maple Leafs are going to win an advance for two in this series Next up is the Pittsburgh Penguins versus the New York Islanders if you guys asked me about the Islanders a few years ago I probably would have told you I didn't like them, but they've been growing on me They've been changing their line-ups their roster and they have a lot of great players right now The Pittsburgh Penguins do have a lot of great players as well They have Sydney Crowley, which is one of the best players in the league But for this one here as of right now the Islanders already lead 1-0 I honestly feel like the Islanders are going to advance because they have one of my favorite players in the league Pajeau and I honestly see him advancing and I honestly see him scoring a lot more He scored in the first game, which was amazing. I honestly see that Continuing for him. This might be very risky, but I honestly see that it's going to be for the Islanders 4-0 clean sweep that might be very risky because there's Sydney Crosby on the Penguins But that is my prediction for this matchup. Next up is Vegas Golden Knights versus Minnesota Wild This is going to be very exciting because Minnesota already leads 1-0 The first game went into overtime Nobody scored the first three periods in overtime Somebody finally scored for Wild, which was a very intense game. I absolutely loved it Now even though they're leading 1-0 I honestly feel like Vegas is still a very much stronger team They have a lot of players since they started back in 2018. They've been strong I believe I'm right on the year correct me if I'm wrong But since then they've been strong and they've been getting stronger They have a lot of great goalies a lot of great players They've acquired over the last few years and this is the 15th season for Mark Andre Fleury Making it's in the playoffs as part of his team and I think it's going to be very very Intense this year for that reason. He's getting up there in the age I think he has maybe a few more years left And I really see him winning the Stanley Cup once again because he won it with part of the Penguins But I want to see him win it with Vegas as well That would be very epic in my opinion for this matchup here I honestly feel because of how strong I feel Vegas Golden Knights are and how much I absolutely love them I think they're going to advance and I think it's going to be 4-2 for the Golden Knights and the last matchup is going to be very interesting because we have two Florida teams and Depending on the outcome of this one here I think it's going to change the whole factor for the rest of the playoffs Because there is a very strong team versus a not so strong team and I think it's going to be a lot of fun That is the Florida Panthers versus Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay won the Stanley Cup last year, which was incredible and I honestly see them advancing this year However, I don't really want them to and I don't wish that they would they are leading right now 1-0 and the first game was 6-5 for Tampa Bay Lightning So Florida did put up a great fight. They had some great moments But they just didn't manage to win the first game which does suck But I still feel like they can still make a big effort and they can get a win over Tampa Bay Lightning If they do I think that they might advance a little farther in the playoffs if they don't I think Tampa Bay might go down to the finals in my opinion The Panthers in my opinion have a lot of great players and a lot of great goalies And I honestly want them to succeed and advance in this matchup I'm gonna say it's gonna be right down to the final game And I think it's gonna be going to the Panthers for three. I think if they're going to beat Tampa Bay Lightning I think it's going to be right down and it's going to boil down to the last game That's the only thing that I think is happening Obviously they can't get a clean sweep over them because Tampa Bay already has one win But I honestly feel like they can't win four games in a row Straight against Tampa Bay. I think they're gonna win a few and then Tampa Bay is gonna win And it's gonna go back and forth until it's back to the seventh game Where I hope Florida Panthers do win. That is my final prediction So these are my NHL Stanley Cup playoff predictions for this year I think it's gonna be a lot of fun, a lot of intense hockey And I honestly can't wait to watch because a lot of the matchups for the most parts Are going to be very nerve wracking and a lot of suspense might happen And I honestly can't wait. It's a lot of great games ahead of us right now Thank you guys for watching and thank you for all of your love and support Please comment down below your playoff predictions for this year Do you guys agree with mine or do you have your own? Let me know down below and I'll see you guys in the next video Please take care. Peace