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Before each season, I predict who will win the Stanley Cup. I predict who they will defeat for the Stanley Cup.
Both the champion and the runner up from those preseason predictions for 2023-24 qualified for the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Rather than hedge or waver against that prognostication, I actually see a path for both of them in this tournament. Call it delusional, call it stubborn, call it hubris -- I'm sticking with them.
Here is how the Stanley Cup playoffs will play out, from the opening round through the last game of the Final.