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Experts' picks for the 2016-17 NHL season

ESPN.com

Oct 11, 2016, 11:12 AM

Our experts weigh in with their predictions for the 2016-17 season.

Expert	Atlantic	Metro	Central	Pacific	East	West	Cup
Buccigross					over TB	over NSH	over DAL
Burnside					over TB	over CHI	over NSH
Cohn					over WAS	over ANA	over CHI
Custance					over WAS	over SJ	over NSH
Grant					over MTL	over NSH	over TB
Kavanagh					over TB	over SJ	over STL
LeBrun					over WSH	over CGY	over NSH
Levy					over WSH	over SJ	over DAL
McDonald					over PIT	over SJ	over NSH
Melrose					over WAS	over WPG	over LA

Here are our experts' picks for all the major awards, which will be handed out in June.

Expert	Hart	Art Ross	Norris	Vezina	Calder	Jack Adams
Buccigross	Price	McDavid	Weber	Price	Matthews	Cooper

Burnside	Benn	Benn	Letang	Holtby	Matthews	Trotz

Cohn	McDavid	Benn	Subban	Schneider	Matthews	Babcock

Custance	Crosby	McDavid	Burns	Price	Werenski	Babcock

Grant	McDavid	Benn	Josi	Price	Matthews	Trotz

Kavanagh	Thornton	McDavid	Subban	Holtby	Laine	Gulutzan

LeBrun	McDavid	McDavid	Josi	Price	Matthews	Cooper

Levy	Benn	Seguin	Subban	Schneider	Matthews	Boudreau

McDonald	Stamkos	Ovechkin	Hedman	Bishop	Laine	Peters

Melrose	McDavid	Crosby	Hedman	Holtby	Matthews	Maurice