Playoff predictions

After a wild and crazy season of up and down streaks, it's time to finally settle the matter of which team is the NHL's best for 2007-08. At stake: Lord Stanley's famous punch bowl. There's much hard-nosed hockey, and likely plenty of surprises, in store during the next two months, but our experts are brave enough to predict every series in every round, right up to their choices for this year's Cup winner and playoff MVP.

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