It's interesting when you look at the NHL site and see who their "experts" predicted who would win their round one series. I've no idea what the track record of these experts are, but 14 were asked to give their prediction.
All 14 chose Nashville over Colorado and Pittsburgh over Philly.
13 out of 14 chose Winnipeg over Minnesota.
So in 3 of the 8 match-ups there was an overwhelming favorite.
There were two close to tossups.
The closest series in these experts eyes was Vegas and LA, where 8 out of 14 chose Vegas.
The next closest thing to a toss-up was the Caps-Blue Jackets where 9 chose the Caps and 5 chose the Blue Jackets.
The other three series, Tampa-Jersey, Boston-Toronto and San Jose-Anaheim were all 10-4 votes in favor of Tampa, Boston and San Jose.
2 weeks from now we can look back and see how they fared.