Because nobody asked, here’s my 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket.

Because nobody asked, here’s my Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket.

Note this is not what I expect will happen, but what I want to happen because it would be fun.

Round 1 Western Conference:

Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Injured Reserve: Dallas in 5
Winnipeg Jets vs. Colorado Avalanche: Jets in 6
Vancouver Never Wins vs. Nashville Predators: Vancouver sweeps
Edmonton McDavids vs LA Kings: Kings in 7

Round 1 Eastern Conference:

Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning: Florida in 5
Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple LOLs: Leafs in 7
New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals: Rangers sweep
Carolina Whalers vs. New York Islanders: Carolina in 6.

Round 2 Western Conference:

Dallas Stars vs. Winnipeg Jets: Winnipeg in 5
Vancouver Canucks vs LA Kings: Kings in 5

Round 2 Eastern Conference:

Florida Panthers vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Leafs sweep.
New York Rangers vs Carolina Hurricanes: Rangers in 5.

Western Conference Final:

Winnipeg Jets vs Los Angeles Kings: Kings in 5.

Eastern Conference Final:

Toronto Maple Leafs vs New York Rangers: Toronto ties it in the last minute of game 7 to force overtime, loses on an own-goal with 3 seconds left in the first overtime period.

Stanley Cup Final:

New York Rangers vs Los Angeles Kings: Kings in 6.

None of this will happen. But it sure would be fun if it did.

4 thoughts on “Because nobody asked, here’s my 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs bracket.”

Wil, I can accept Kings winning it all this year,but the extremely casual Habs fan in 60-year-old me still hopes the Canadiens face them sometime for the Cup before I obtain my ‘permanent season’ tickets. What say you about that possible matchup?

How dare you with the “Vancouver Never Wins”. I mean, it’s accurate. It’s completely accurate and true that we have never won (unless you count the non-ironically named Vancouver Millionaires in 1915, but nobody does, not even us), but in using this clever and hilarious name you have rolled a nat 20 and caused critical psychic damage. To me. And possibly only to me.

If your Eastern Conference final prediction comes to pass, the rest of Canada will laugh SO HARD at Toronto for about twenty years at least. It made me chuckle at my desk, even though you gave Winnipeg (my home team) far more credit than they probably deserve. Winnipeg has a Conservation Of Suck, and if our minor league baseball team starts its season and does well then the Suck has to go to the Jets to maintain the balance.