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Here are our predictions for the teams and individuals that will win championships in 2019, be it on Jan. 7 at the College Football Playoff National Championship, in March at the NCAA tournament or in October at the World Series.

STANLEY CUP CHAMPION: NASHVILLE PREDATORS

It’s finally time for the Nashville Predators to win the Cup. After losing in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2017 and winning the Presidents’ Trophy for the league’s most points scored in 2018, the Predators are due for their first-ever title in 2019.

The Lightning and Maple Leafs have held down the fort with the Predators at the top of the standings through the first couple months of the season, but Nashville seems to be the most resilient. Even after suffering injuries to several major players—P.K. Subban, Pekka Rinne, Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg, to name a few—the Predators haven’t really wavered. If they get their injury bug out of the way now and have the majority of their firepower return within the next month or two, expect the Preds to bust out one final surge heading into the playoffs that will finally see them hoist Lord Stanley. —Kristen Nelson