NHL playoff predictions: Who will hoist the Stanley Cup in 2014?

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us, and it's time to sit back, look at the field, and try to figure out who's going to win the thing. Below, you'll find SB Nation's 2014 NHL playoff predictions. We've included links to our Twitter accounts so you can tell us how wrong we are.

Feel free to compare to our preseason predictions as well, which you can find here.

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Travis Hughes

NHL editor, SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in six.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in seven.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Pittsburgh in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in six.

Ducks vs. Stars: Dallas in seven.
Sharks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in five.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in five.
Penguins vs. Rangers: New York in six.

Stars vs. Kings: Los Angeles in six.
Blackhawks vs. Avalanche: Chicago in five.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Rangers: Boston in six.
Blackhawks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in seven.

Stanley Cup Final

Los Angeles Kings defeat Boston Bruins in six games.

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The Kings have appeared in consecutive Western Conference Finals and are two years removed from a Stanley Cup win/Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-US PRESSWIRE

Ted Starkey

Contributor, SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in seven.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Pittsburgh in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in seven.

Ducks vs. Stars: Anaheim in five.
Sharks vs. Kings: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in seven. 
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in five.
Penguins vs. Rangers: New York in six.

Ducks vs. Sharks: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Rangers: Boston in five.
Sharks vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Stanley Cup Final

Boston Bruins defeat Chicago Blackhawks in seven games.

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The Bruins have represented the East in two of the last three Stanley Cups/Photo credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports

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Evan Sporer

Contributor, SBNation.com, Blueshirt Banter & SBN College Hockey

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in five.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Pittsburgh in seven.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in five.

Ducks vs. Stars: Anaheim in six.
Sharks vs. Kings: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in seven.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in five.
Penguins vs. Rangers: New York in six.

Ducks vs. Sharks: San Jose in six.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Rangers: New York in seven.
Sharks vs. Blackhawks: San Jose in six.

Stanley Cup Final

San Jose Sharks defeat New York Rangers in six games.

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San Jose has been picked as a favorite for several years but has always come up short. Could this be the year they pull it all together?/Photo credit: Christian Petersen

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Adam Gretz

Contributor, SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in six.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in five.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Pittsburgh in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in seven.

Ducks vs. Stars: Dallas in six.
Sharks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in seven.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in six.
Penguins vs. Rangers: New York in seven.

Kings vs. Stars: Los Angeles in five.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in five.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Rangers: Boston in six.
Blackhawks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in seven.

Stanley Cup Final

Los Angeles Kings defeat Boston Bruins in seven games.

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Eric Tulsky

Contributor, Outnumbered/SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in six.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in five.

Ducks vs. Stars: Anaheim in seven.
Sharks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in six.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in six.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in five.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in five.
Rangers vs. Blue Jackets: New York in six.

Ducks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in five.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in four.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Rangers: New York in seven.
Blackhawks vs. Kings: Los Angeles in six.

Stanley Cup Final

New York Rangers defeat Los Angeles Kings in six games.

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The Rangers entered last season as the favorite to win the Cup but ultimately fell to the Boston Bruins/Photo credit: Al Bello

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Pat Iversen

Contributor, SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Boston in five.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus in seven.
Rangers vs. Flyers: Philadelphia in seven.

Ducks vs. Stars: Anaheim in six.
Sharks vs. Kings: San Jose in five.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in five.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in seven.

Second Round

Bruins vs. Lightning: Boston in five.
Flyers vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus in seven.

Ducks vs. Sharks: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in six.

Conference Finals

Bruins vs. Blue Jackets: Boston in five.
Sharks vs. Blackhawks: San Jose in six.

Stanley Cup Final

Boston Bruins defeat San Jose Sharks in six games.

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Andrew Berkshire

Editor, Habs Eyes On The Prize

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Detroit in seven.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Tampa Bay in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in five.

Ducks vs. Stars: Dallas in seven.
Sharks vs. Kings: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in five.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in five.

Second Round

Lightning vs. Red Wings: Tampa Bay in seven.
Rangers vs. Blue Jackets: New York in six.

Sharks vs. Stars: San Jose in five.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in four.

Conference Finals

Lightning vs. Rangers: New York in seven.
Sharks vs. Blackhawks: San Jose in seven.

Stanley Cup Final

San Jose Sharks defeat New York Rangers in five games.

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Bruce Ciskie

Contributor, SBNation.com

First Round

Bruins vs. Red Wings: Detroit in seven.
Lightning vs. Canadiens: Montreal in six.
Penguins vs. Blue Jackets: Columbus in six.
Rangers vs. Flyers: New York in seven.

Ducks vs. Stars: Anaheim in five.
Sharks vs. Kings: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Wild: Colorado in six.
Blues vs. Blackhawks: Chicago in seven.

Second Round

Canadiens vs. Red Wings: Montreal in seven.
Rangers vs. Blue Jackets: New York in six.

Ducks vs. Sharks: San Jose in seven.
Avalanche vs. Blackhawks: Colorado in six.

Conference Finals

Canadiens vs. Rangers: New York in six.
Avalanche vs. Sharks: San Jose in six.

Stanley Cup Final

San Jose Sharks defeat New York Rangers in seven games.

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