Stanley Cup pick

Their are no perfect teams in the NHL anymore because of the Cap...Therefore I am picking two good teams that are nawt perfect.

I am going with the Bruins in the East because of their combination of grit, skill and speed up front; Nathan Horton will have a coming out party in the playoffs. Combine that with Zdeno Chara on Defence and top 5 goaltender in the NHL in Tukka Rask; I like them in the East.

Chicago still has a superb top 6 led by Johnathon Toews and Patrick Sharp down the middle. On defence they have reigning Norris trophy winner Duncan Keith to munch minutes. In net they have a better option this year than last, in my opinion: Marty Turco is not spectacular but better than Anti Niemmi.

In the final, the hungry bruins will end their 39 year drought and beat the Hawks in 6.

Poolers picks

Nicklas Backstrom

Prediction: 30-83=113 pts.

Last year: 33-68=101 pts

Gilbert Brule

Prediction: 25-23=48 pts in 68 games

Last year: 17-20=37 in 65 games

Alex Burrows

Prediction: 22-19=41 in 70 games

Last year: 35-32=67 (career year)

Sidney Crosby

Prediction: 55-65=120

Last year: 51-58=109

Pavel Datsyuk

Prediction: 27-58=85

Last year: 27-43=70

Drew Doughty

Prediction: 19-46=65

Last year: 16-43=59

Simon Gagne

Prediction: 35-37=72 in 75 games

Last year: 17-23=40 in 58 games

Ryan Getzlaf

Prediction: 31-71=102

Last year: 19-50=69 in 66 games

Claude Giroux

Prediction: 35-40=75

Last year: 16-31=47

Nathan Horton

Prediction: 36-36=72

Last year: 20-37=57 in 65 games

Jiri Hudler

Prediction: 25-45=70

Last year: In Russia

Jarome Iginla

Prediction: 32-33=65

Last year: 32-37=69

Evander Kane

Prediction: 30-25=55

Last year: 14-12=26 in 66 games

Patrick Kane

Prediction: 35-60=95

Last year: 30-58=88

Mikko Koivu

Prediction: 19-44=63

Last year: 22-49=71

Vincent Lecavalier

Prediction: 35-53=88

Last year: 24-46=70

Evgeni Malkin

Prediction: 42-74=116

Last year: 28-49=77 in 67 games

Alex Ovechkin

Prediction: 67-54=121

Last year: 50-59=109 in 72 games

Corey Perry

Prediction: 35-51=86

Last year: 27-49=76

Mason Raymond

Prediction: 31-30=60

Last year:25-28=53

Bobby Ryan

Prediction: 41-41=82

Last year: 35-29=64

Mikael Samuelsson

Prediction: 36-25=61

Last year: 30-23=53 in 74 games

Daniel Sedin

Prediction: 38-57=95

Last year: 29-56=85 in 63 games

Henrik Sedin

Prediction: 25-70=95

Last year: 19-83=112

Steven Stamkos

Prediction: 42-43=85

Last year: 51-44=95

Alex Tanguay

Prediction: 13-37=50 in 68 games

Last year: 10-27=37

John Tavares

Prediction: 37-35=72

Last year: 24-30=54

Joe Thornton

Prediction: 20-71=91

Last year: 20-69=89

Jonathon Toews

Prediction: 40-50=90

Last year: 25-43=68 in 76 games

Shea Weber

Prediction: 25-35=60

Last year: 16-27=43

Henrik Zetterberg

Prediction: 30-50=80

Last year: 23-47=70 in 74 games