Well this was unimaginable a year ago. The Vegas Golden Knights are the Western Conference Champions. The Stanley Cup Finals begin Monday. Tonight the Tampa Bay Lightning and Washington Capitals battle in Game 7 to see who will advance. If the Lightning win, the Golden Knights will fly to Tampa Bay and relax on the beaches during Memorial Day weekend. If the Capitals win, they will spend their weekend on the Vegas strip. So these are my predictions. I will try to watch the cup finals because well it’s the Cup but I probably will struggle like I usually do when watching other teams from the Panthers.

Vegas Lines
Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith
Neal-Haula-Perron
Carpenter-Eakin-Tuch
Nosek-Bellemare-Reaves
McNabb-Schmidt
Theodore-Engelland
Sbisa-Miller
Fleury
Subban

Tampa Lines
Killorn-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat-Point-Johnson
Gourde-Cirelli-Miller
Kunitz-Paquette-Callahan
Hedman-Girardi
McDonagh-Stralman
Coburn-Sergachev
Vasilevsky
Domingue

Washington Lines
Ovechkin-Kuznetsov-Wilson
Vrana-Backstrom-Oshie
Burakovsky-Eller-Connolly
Stephenson-Beagle-Smith Pelly
Kempny-Carlson
Orlov-Niskanen
Orpik-Djoos
Holtby
Grubauer

 

Washington vs Tampa Line v Line Comparison
1st- Tampa Bay
2nd- Tie
3rd- Tampa Bay
4th- Tampa Bay
1D- Tampa Bay
2D- Tie
3D- Tampa Bay
SG- Tie
BG- Washington
5-1-3 Tampa Bay

Vegas v Tampa Line v Line Comparison
1st- Tampa Bay
2nd- Tie
3rd- Tampa Bay
4th- Tie
1D- Tampa Bay
2D- Tampa Bay
3D- Vegas
SG- Vegas
BG- Vegas
4-3-2 Tampa Bay

Washington v Vegas Line v Line Comparison
1st- Washington
2nd- Washington
3rd- Washington
4th- Vegas
1D- Washington
2D- Washington
3D- Vegas
SG- Vegas
BG- Tie
5-3-1 Washington

Top 10 Conn Smythe
1- Marc Andre Fleury       Vegas                Goalie
2- Jonathan Marchessault   Vegas                Wing
3- Alex Ovechkin           Washington           Wing
4- Evengy Kuznetsov        Washington           Center 
5- Nikita Kucherov         Tampa Bay            Wing
6- Andrei Vasilevsky       Tampa Bay            Goalie
7- Braden Holtby           Washington           Goalie
8- Brayden Point           Tampa Bay            Center
9- Reilly Smith            Vegas                Wing
10- Nicklas Backstrom      Washington           Center

So Game 7 will be fun. Washington is thirsty for revenge. Can Alex Ovechkin capture his first cup? Can the Lightning capture their second title? Can the Vegas Golden Knights complete the Cinderella story with a Stanley Cup? We will see with the Stanley Cup Finals coming up! As for me I’m rooting for the Vegas Golden Knights along with my dad. Who are you guys rooting for?