 What's everyone takes down here? Welcome back to another video. Today we are back again with the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. Today I'm going to be sharing my thoughts and predictions on the first round and I know they have already started but I like doing these videos every year. This is the fourth year I believe I've been doing them and I absolutely love them and I love having my predictions come true and hoping some of these do come true. Now some of the games have already taken place. It is an amazing hockey and this year it's going to be awesome. This year compared to previous years there's some teams that are facing each other for like the third year straight in the playoffs for the first round but there is some other teams that haven't made it in the playoffs in previous years that finally have this year so let's get straight into this. Up first we have the avalanche versus the predators. This is something that I think I've seen a few times now and I talk about this every year whenever this matchup does happen that I would prefer the avalanche to advance over the predators. I do like the predators but avalanche I do like them a lot more. I think they have a lot of more younger talents that I do like so I think they'll come for this one is going to be 4-1 for the avalanche. That is my prediction. Next up we have the wild versus the blues. If you asked me a couple years ago I would have only been saying the blues to advance. Now the wild I'm starting to get on board with them. I'm starting to like their players. They have a lot of great rookies. They have a lot of great talents and I do think that they're going to be showing and dominating in this series and advancing. Now that's something I would not have predicted years ago. I've never been a fan of the wild but they are starting to grow on me. So for this matchup here I'm going to say wild 4-2. Next up we have the flames versus these stars. This here I absolutely love rooting for the Canadian teams. You guys absolutely know this. I am Canadian as well. This one here in previous years I would have probably said the stars because I do like a lot of their talents. However the flames have been pretty dominant lately. They are on a roll and I do think they're going to dominate this series to the point that I think it's going to be 4-0 a clean sweep and that would be really exciting to see the flames advance to the next round with a clean sweep over these stars. I think that would be epic. Next up we have the Oilers versus the Kings. The Oilers are another Canadian team that I always root for. However they don't do the greatest in the playoffs. I'm hoping that they do well in this year's playoffs because that would be awesome to see but I'm hoping that they can do something in the playoffs this year. They have a lot of great players. Evander Kain has been getting hat tricks and in the first or the second game that they've played for this round he got a hat trick. So they're doing great things. I think they are going to advance and they're facing the Kings. Now the Kings are a team that haven't been in the playoffs in the last few years. The fact that they made it to the playoffs this year is pretty cool and I would like to see them advance but against the Oilers I would prefer the Oilers to advance. I'm going to say 3-4. I think it's going to come right down to the last game and I think that's going to be exciting hockey but Evander Kain getting a hat trick and they're dominating. I think it was 6-0 or 6-1 in the last game that I've watched. So I think this one might not go down to the last game but that is going to be my prediction because I want to see some exciting hockey. Next up we're going to go to the East Coast and we are going to have the Panthers versus the Capitals. The Panthers this season were dominating and this is something that's really exciting. I do like a lot of their players and a lot of their talents and I do like the team. It's just usually they do choke but the fact that they dominated this year they won the President's Trophy. They're really doing great. I've been rooting for them all year. I want to see them take the Cup and I think going against the Capitals that's going to be a huge challenge but if they can pass the Capitals and defeat them they are going to advance into hopefully the finals and winning the Cup. That is my prediction but for the Panthers for this round I'm going to say it's going to be 4-3 right down to the last game. I would prefer it not to be going down to the last game because that would be really stressful but I think if it does it's going to be not only exciting hockey but I think it's going to be awesome to see them advance and beating the previous well a couple years now as former Stanley Cup Champions the Capitals. Next up we have the Maple Leafs versus the Lightning. This is a match up here that you guys know I always root for Canadian teams but I'm not a huge fan of the Maple Leafs but in previous years I have been growing. They have been growing on me let's say so they have a lot of great players I do like the team but I'm just not a fan of the Maple Leafs but against the Lightning they've won the past two years of the Cup. I do like their players but I don't like the team for the Lightning so this one here I'm going to say 4-2 for the Leafs that's what I want to see the outcome be. Again I'm just not a huge fan of the Lightning and I'm not a huge fan of the Leafs but I'd rather see the Leafs advance and make it a little bit closer to the Cup not necessarily win the Cup but I do want to see the Leafs over the Lightning advance in this round. Next up is the Hurricanes versus the Bruins this is another matchup that I think we've seen in previous years in the first round so it's pretty exciting that we get to see it once again. Now the Hurricanes you guys know I've been talking about them for years now they are growing on me to the point that I do want to see them advance and make it to either the semi-finals or the finals I think that'd be really exciting but for this one here going against the Bruins I'm not a huge fan of the Bruins I do like some of their players but I don't like the team as a whole and for that reason I'm going to say clean sweep for the Hurricanes 4-0 that would be really exciting to see and I think it is possible because they have a lot of great players and a lot of great goalies so that is something that I do see could possibly happen. In the last matchup we have the Rangers versus the Penguins this one here is going to be a real challenge for who I'm going to be predicting to win and I'm going to say that it's going to be Rangers 4-2 I want to see the Rangers advance I love Zabanna Jett I love a lot of the Rangers players a lot of their young guys as well but going against the Penguins former champions they have Cindy Crosby I think it's going to be a challenge but if they can win that I think they're going to get pretty far in the playoffs so I'm still going to predict the Rangers are going to advance 4-2 for this matchup so these are all my predictions for the 2021 first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs now I know our few games have already started so what my outcomes are that I'm saying in this video by the time I edit and upload this video might be a little bit different some team might already have a few more wins than I would like to have predicted but regardless comment down below who you think is going to advance in the first round of the playoffs what teams are going to advance who you are rooting for in the playoffs this year and also who you think is going to take home the Stanley Cup I'll see you guys in the next video please take care peace