2020 NHL Fearless Playoff Predictions – Stanley Cup Final

At last, we find ourselves at the Stanley Cup Final – the Dallas Stars versus the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Here are the final questions we posed to our staff here at SiriusXM NHL Network Radio…

1. Which team (Dallas or Tampa Bay) wins the Stanley Cup?
2. Pick the correct number of games the series will go (point only awarded if you also pick the correct team to win the series)
3. Which player will be awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy?

Remember, there are 3 points awarded for correctly picking, BEFORE we got going in late July, which team would win the Stanley Cup this time around.

Steve Kouleas picked Tampa Bay

Gord Stellick picked Tampa Bay

Dennis Bernstein picked Tampa Bay

Here is this year’s unique point system; 68 points would constitute a perfect score. (Under our “normal” scoring system, 46 points was the maximum one could achieve. Mike Lippa set the record with 36 points back in 2016).

• 1 point for correctly choosing the winner of each Play-In Series
• 2 points for correctly choosing the 1^st place finisher in each round robin group
• 1 point for correctly choosing the winner of each 1^st round series
• 2 points for correctly choosing the winner of each 2^nd round series
• 2 points for correctly choosing the winner of each 3^rd round series
• 3 points for correctly choosing the 2020 Stanley Cup winner
• 2 points for correctly choosing the 2020 Conn Smythe winner
• 1 point for correctly choosing how long a series goes, but only if one also correctly picks that series’ winning team
• 3 points for correctly choosing the 2020 Stanley Cup winner before the playoffs begin
• 3 points for correctly choosing the 2020 Conn Smythe winner before the playoffs begin
• 2 points for correctly choosing which team gets to draft first in the 2020 Entry Draft

FEARLESS PLAYOFF PREDICTION CHAMPIONS

2019 Champion – Jim Gordon
2018 Champion – Joe Thistel (3)
2017 Champion – Peter Berce (2)
2016 Champion – Mike Lippa
2015 Champions – Peter Berce & Nick Alberga
2014 Champion – Joe Thistel (2)
2013 Champion – Bruce Bolton
2012 Champion – Mick Kern (4)
2011 Champion – Joe Thistel
2010 Champions – Scott Laughlin (2) & Shawn Lavigne
2009 Champions – Scott Laughlin & Mick Kern (3)
2008 Champion – Mick Kern (2)
2007 Champions – Mike Ross & Mick Kern

2020 RESULTS SO FAR

MIKE LIPPA  25 POINTS
Dallas in 6 games
Anton Khudobin

JONATHAN DAVIS  23 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 5
Victor Hedman

STEVE KOULEAS 22 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 6
Braydon Point

DENNIS BERNSTEIN  21 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 6
Victor Hedman

GORD STELLICK  20 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 6
Victor Hedman

BRUCE BOLTON  18 POINTS
Dallas in 6
Jamie Benn

JESSE RALPH  18 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 7
Anton Khudobin

TYLER MADARAZ  17 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 6
Andrei Vasilevskiy

MICK KERN  17 POINTS
Dallas in 7
Anton Khudobin

SCOTT LAUGHLIN  15 POINTS
Dallas in 7
Anton Khudobin

JIM GORDON  15 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 5
Andrei Vasilevskiy

JAKE HAHN  15 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 6
Victor Hedman

PETER BERCE  12 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 7
Victor Hedman

JOE THISTEL  12 POINTS
Tampa Bay in 7
Nikita Kucherov