St Louis Blues
Nashville Predators
Nashville has an outstanding goalkeeper, an offense that rivals any, and Shea Weber, need I say more? Nashville will escape this division in 5 games against the Chicago Blackhawks and 7 against the Blues
St Louis has an all star keeper, and should easily defeat the Wild in 4 games but the Nashville Predators will beat them in a 7 game, hard fought series because of their keeper, Pekka Rinne.
Nobody saw this coming. The Wild were far out of a playoff spot and Mike Yeo was likely one week from getting fired if it was anybody but Chuck Fletcher as GM. They acquired Devan Dubnyk and he has been phenomenal. I expect Dubnyk to burn out during the postseason and lose in 4 to the Blues
They are very playoff proven, having been or lost to a Cup finalist in 4 of the past 5 years and depending on how far Nashville goes, maybe again (if the prediction is true because I say that Chicago will lose to the Preds in 5)
Minnesota Wild
Chicago Blackhawks
Central Division Playoff Bracket and Predictions
Without a distant first like there is in the Pacific, The Central is likely going to be a tight race to the finish for 3 teams, Chicago, St. Louis, and Nashville. The teams are all battling for first in the regular season, but they all have greater than a 99 percent chance of making the playoffs (hockey-reference.com)