Steve Dangle's Full 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs Picks & Preview 

I don't get it either. Maybe there's still some bitterness from the way the Leafs got steamrolled by the Canes this year. It's gonna look real awkward if the Isles get smoked in 5 like I think they will.

No way anyone should write off the 'Canes. As a Ranger fan both teams concern me, as for that matter does every team in the playoffs. Home advantage in a playoff championship series is a myth. Though I'm rooting for the Rangers, frankly any one of 5-6 teams could win the Cup. It's called "parity."

@@hansbosse1106 The East in general is a bloodbath. You can make an argument for any of the teams at least making a deepish run. Multiple teams have Cup winner ceiling. It's gonna be a bloody gauntlet to get to the Final.

Canes added Guentzel to an already scary team. They’re going to light up the Isles. And the Canes are the best defensive team in the League. Good luck to the isles lol

@@JT-gi8rx1 game in and idk about lighting up

Couldn’t agree more

Hell yeah! This is gonna be epic battle.

Stars in 5

And I have a popcorn bag for each.

Stars will demolish them!! Tired of the Knights😂

I have no idea why so many people always keep picking Carolina as the upset loser. Was the same thing last year. Do people just not see how solid of a team the Canes are?

@@pwmetalftw Goal tending is a bit sketchy for the canes, beyond that they're fine.

I have canes stars as final,canes no weaknes at all but still i doubt that someone will stop dalas from winning this year

@@paulthompson8793 I don't know about that, Andersen is 1.84 / .932 and Kochetkov is 2.33 / .911 , those are pretty good numbers.

It’s his kink.

Yeah Steve doesnt watch the western conference

Steve speak up, I want to hear what you got to say,

because they play more in the offensive zone. Oilers defence is probably the worst in the playoffs.

@@wellyforpm again stats don’t show that but believe what u wanna believe

@@wellyforpmstatistically they have one of the best top pairs in the league this year, and have been one of the better teams at keeping the puck out of their net. The narrative you’re repeating is a little dated now.

Honestly if anyone screws Edmonton it’ll be skinner

Even as a Leafs fan it's hard to come up with a reason beyond, "they're due", "they're good enough on paper" and "I really want the Leafs to win".

@@stevencooke6451 leafs in 7

​​@@stevencooke6451"The Bruins are weakest they've been recently while the Leafs are strongest." "The Bruins need their playoffs-not-proven goalies to carry them to even stay in games." "Pasta dependence."

@@laughingbeast4481 are you still sticking to those arguments?

@@jacobking962 What do you mean ? What did change ? Those are reasons the Leafs might win. Not reasons the Leafs WILL win. Also, it's was just last year when it was 3-1 for Bruins , do you remember ? Their weaknesses might be exposed in coming games. I sure hope not since I root for Boston though.

(just not/never against the Nucks....which you will have to get through)

maybe....but when the canucks played the oil in that last game, an important one for the division, the canucks once again exposed their defensive problems and the game wasn't really even close. Even in the second half of the season the Oilers consistency against top teams was not that great. They lost to several top teams that play strong structure. We'll see if they're for real or not.

Wrong. Dangle is a fool anyway. You can have him.

@@tml184 lol, wrong? So they HAVE wanted Steve to be right more? Someone just get butthurt and comment in a rush?

Rangers can definitely pace the Canes in special teams, I would argue they are even better. Since the trade deadline the Rangers have been first in PP%, and third in PK%. Rangers absolutely shut down the Canes the last time they played each other. So yeah, "not a team in the league" was a bit of an exaggeration

Skinner is hot garbage

No he hasnt, Skinner is the worst starter in the playoffs.

Its his 2nd year kiddo ​@wellyforpm

The Oilers also aren't bad defensively. The Oilers have been a top offensive AND defensive team all season in every metric. This narrative that they're bad defensively just isn't supported by any analytics.

@@wellyforpmhe’s been one of the top goaltenders since Nov. where you been.

This is based off of who the NHL app has on the teams respective roster, even if I know they don’t play, example being Jake Muzzin, I counted him because he is still on the roster, even though I know he won’t play

driver or the actual Zamboni? Does the driver have goalie pads at least?

42 YEAR OLD!!!!!!

I think edmontons D is better than the leafs tbh.. and better.goalies.

Edmonton can't keep out a beach ball

It's all fake. He makes money with that act.

😂🔥🇨🇦

I hate the Leafs..... but I viscerally HATE the "dirty rotten aught-to-be-thrown-out-of-the NHL" Boston e'ffing BrUins! The mathematics suggests eventually the Leafs must beat the B's. So, I think Math is on the Leafs' side. SOOooooo Math and Math-ews will bless the TO'ers with a game 7 win

Thats what the AI said.

😅😅

🤣🤣🤣🤣 If that comes true...

Yea i have canes in 5, because sorokin will steal at least one game.

there's always an upset and the Canes choke... I have them losing, too

@@CloakingDonkey They have never choked in the first round.

@@tornquad8952 Ok. I still don't believe in them. Just like by all accounts the Leafs SHOULD beat the Bruins, yet... ;) We'll see.. most of us will end up wrong on something anyway but suggesting that it's somehow completely out there for the Canes to choke is a teensy bit unhinged.

Dangle is not that bright.

Let's see your picks.

Translation: Dude, you didn't pick exactly the same as me and I am super smart and have big dik. So u trash 😂

Please let’s see your analysis of the whole playoff picture

R1oilers in 5, jets in 6, stars in 4, vancouver in 5. Carolina in 5. Nyr in 5, tampa in 7. Boston in 4..sorry to. I wanna see oilers vs canes 2006 rematch. Oilers win in game 7. Boom. Gle

Jesus, he was right tho... stars won in 7 but man.. that made me sweat

I've been saying Panthers over Stars for like 6 weeks myself lol.

i thought about that too, but the NHL might not allow two southern teams in the cup again.

Could see that too. Feels like people are sleeping on Florida even though they won that division despite all the injuries down the stretch. Fully healthy now and they should control the pace 5 on 5 against Tampa

Neither team will make the finals.

Panthers are very tough to play against. This time of year that matters. I see them in the final too. Rangers are a bit like Vancouver: on paper they are formidable, but playoffs are another level: refereeing changes a little, injuries begin to really matter, luck becomes more significant. Panthers and Dallas are very deep and very resilient.

So besides the Nucks having likely the best 1/2 D tandem, their 'spry' D is Myers at 6'8 and 230, Cole at 6'1 and 225, Sousy at 6'5 at 210, Zadorov at 6'6 and 250.... with Juulsen at 6'1 205 as a solid back up...... And that is if they get through the relentless fast forecheck

Hes talking about Hughes and Hronek whom have been by and large their best dmen all year. And yes they are young. Dmen take longer generally to hit their stride in the NHL.

@@Keon753 If that is all the D he's focusing on, then he is being cursory and superficial. Meyers has played his best hockey since his rookie year with the Swordsmen. Sousy has been a cornerstone for our D. When he was out was when we had our losing streaks. When he was back, we turned things around again. Zadorov has been great: skates like the wind when you consider his massive girth, has a good shot, and can crush more than your mama with hits and mits off.

@@Keon753 yeah but Hughes has long since "hit his stride" and should be the Norris winner this year if the writers are unbiased. Game one already showed Hughes is going to have zero problems in the playoffs.

It's gonna be the Utah Raptors.

It's a very vegas like blueline.

@@wellyforpm Washington won their Cup with a tree sized blueline too. I also remember there being a huge difference in Pittsburgh with and without a towering Hal Gil in the roster.

It was the canucks who literally wore out the Preds in game one. They were totally gassed and the nucks looked like they could have played a 3 overtime game. It's the NHL so anything can happen and I don't believe there are any real "favorites" in any of the playoff series, frankly. But I do believe the canucks match up very well against the preds and have shown, when they are disciplined and stick to their structure, that they can probably beat the preds on most nights. (Same with the Oilers too).

oh god how this aged, history repeats itself

You’re looking at each team as if they’re all equal… your best team plays the worst. The presidents cup trophy curse is real.

@@MegaJcoulter They might play the 16th seed in the first round, but the curse is about not winning the cup.

@@Caniac76 the best team in the regular season wins their respective championship in every other professional sport over 50% of the time. It’s not an actual curse per se’. However, Hockey is of course a sport of skill… But more importantly intensity. Intensity in other team sports can be detrimental. In Hockey, the better team often lacks the equaled intensity that the underdog must bring… It’s a unique team sport. Similar to boxing 🥊. Look at the statistics of the presidents trophy winner exiting in the first round… There’s no statistics like this in any other professional team sports.

Please make it so. I can see Miller being Kesler like he was in 2011

Finally 1994 revenge lol

Rangers over canucks!

Bruh lol 👍🏾

I got three word for you. No Playoff experience

And they have a decently easy path to the cup. They should smoke the Preds, and then could see them taking out the Oilers or Kings pretty handily, Demko gives them a huge edge. And whoever they face in the conference final are going to be beaten and bloody. Stars and Knights will smoke each other, Jets and Avs will pummel each other too. And the winners will smoke each other 😅 Whoever comes out of the east will be put through a meat grinder too. Canes and Rangers will have a war in round 2, and the winner will have a war with the Panthers.

Holly. What's the sense having a team..😂😂😂...

​@@JT-gi8rxwhat was that about demko giving the canucks an edge?

@@amxterxsu138 what’s your point? He was injured. Then DeSmith was injured. Somehow their 3rd stringer, Silovs, is unreal good and helped the Canucks win in 6. They should’ve won in 5.

@@JT-gi8rx my point is that there IS no "huge edge" without demko

Yes!!!! Stars baby!!! Let’s fn go!!!

Appreciate the confidence you have in the Oil! Definitely.will be seeing you undoubtedly if we make it thru.

Yeah 100%, they wanted a guaranteed series win against the Leafs is why!

You’re underestimating the Talent on this Dallas team.

it's not a miracle, vegas is cheating again

Sorry bud absolutely no one but Steve dangle is writing off the canes the isles are clearly underdogs

@@douglasc1388 perhaps you should go and check other places to include most of this comment section lol. I wouldnt make a comment about it unless I had seen plenty of it.

Dumbest prediction ever

Avs are a one line team, and once mackinnon gets hurt trying to do too much its over.

@@TayR0C I can't see it either. Even the Avs part seems hard to imagine.

@@TayR0C Anything is possible in the playoffs and like I said, seeing Steve and Drew faceoff would be highly entertaining.

Jets right now may be too much for anyone not named Stars or Golden Knights, honestly.

yeah it's obvious he's never watched a single one of the canuck oiler games this season. Literally NONE of the games looked in doubt for the canucks. Even the last one with the "new" oilers, the canucks basically dominated them. Controlled the entire game. The Oil still struggle with teams that are playing really disciplined structure. Of course any team can beat any team in the NHL these days.....but I'd be a little surprised if the Oil would be able to take out the canucks if the canucks keep playing with the same discipline they've demonstrated for the majority of the year.

Whats it now? Mine is the same but panthers in 6

@@KevinBrevin Still remains the same though I could be swayed into a Florida win depending who is playing net for them come the finals

I’d swim across Lake Ontario from the states to celebrate with my people if they do it.

@@eriklakeland3857 thank you for the LOL… leaf fans are just plain cracra. Love listening to Leaf fans…you are all brilliant with wicked sense of humor. PS Go Avs Go!

The leafs will never win the cup until the league goes back to 6 teams.

@Loganfruz That happens 7 seconds after the sun goes super nova and explodes giving you 1 second to enjoy it

Number 1 seeds never make it

Boring final. And that series would go 7 if it happened.

@@Ryan-qb5wd But it will be a dream matchup between the top 2 teams in the NHL.

@@CJEAGLES36 The hell they won’t. Trust me.

Last year's final was boring as hell

He had bruins over Florida lol 😂

Prob get swept now.. ffs

Thank god the stars take the series

Bold! Very bold!

I am waiting for the NHL to finally nix this division opponent playoff crap, and go by points earned in the regular season. Make it make sense again. Otherwise WTF is the regular season even for?

@@mdd3084 Which series do you have an issue with? The divisional opponent seeding didn't have a massive impact on the matchup, and the regular season still decides how teams are matched, there's just an emphasis on the division.

@@jeffe2267 moreso in the West (this year anyway, cause the East worked out). Jets should be facing the Preds since they had more points than the Canucks. Instead they are facing the Avalanche

@@jeffe2267 Also you'd have the Canucks vs Kings, and the Oilers vs. Avalanche.. A little bit of change, just to spice things up a bit.

You took the Isles over the Canes? That’s bonkers.

Appreciate the confidence about the Oilers. Gl go Oil!!

Yes easily.

Skinner wins the "Ron Jeremy Award" with the best porn star mustache but that is all he achieves in hockey vs the Nucks. Nucks have way too much depth vs the Oil as every game this year has shown. Sacrifice the JT line vs McD= shut down. Sacrifice the 3rd line on the Big German= shutdown. This leaves EP40 to feast on the Oil. The IF list: 1) if Demko plays status quo (one of the best G in hockey) 2) if the JT line plays status quo ( one of the most potent lines in hockey .. big part of Nucks massive goal differential) 3) if the 3rd line plays status quo (best 3rd line in hockey) relentless forecheck, responsible and defensive but are a dangerous scoring line.. 4) if Lindholm at C and EP40 Right Wing can click, we are on our way 5) if we all stay relatively healthy (which has finally been status quo this year) really the only thing that has to click is EP40 and Lindholm, and the rest be status quo. If these things happen we can beat anyone...and we have beaten everyone, hence, being the best team in the world for much of the season.

Go ahead and look past the Preds. Hope the team does too. 😁

Nope

@@donborvio The Nucks will have been resting most of their top players since Monday. You can bet your lunch money that Tocs has been mentally setting them up during their deep reinvigorating rest time. One reason we have been THE top team or near tops in the world this year is because of the slam-dunk Jack Adams winner this year mentally setting us.... Nobody is looking to Edmonton, yet.

And a healthy McDavid played 0 of them unfortunately

@@nicholasonciul5770 wrong. He was healthy for the first two at least.

@@jax1580 he wasn’t though- neither was ekholm

@nicholasonciul5770 I've never heard that at all from the Oilers themselves even about 97. Ekholm, yes, as he wasn't even in the lineup. This excuse is a rectcon job by oil fans after the early losses.

@@jax1580 right he just decided not to be mcdavid for 2 months and then figured it out. They said he had something nagging since training camp and the early captain skate was a mistake