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Your Qualifying Round Picks

07/30/2020 at 1:28pm EDT

note- post will remain at the top of KK until Saturday morning.

The qualifying round is best of 5 with the winner of each matchup advancing to the next round where all series will be best of 7 games.

Extra credit if you include the number of games it will take to win each series.

Qualifying round starts August 1st.

Eastern Conference, all games in Toronto

(5) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (12) Montreal Canadiens

(6) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (11) New York Rangers

(7) New York Islanders vs. (10) Florida Panthers

(8) Toronto Maple Leafs (9) Columbus Blue Jackets

Western Conference, all games in Edmonton

(5) Edmonton Oilers vs. (12) Chicago Blackhawks

(6) Nashville Predators vs. (11) Arizona Coyotes

(7) Vancouver Canucks vs. (10) Minnesota Wild

(8) Calgary Flames vs. (9) Winnipeg Jets

via the NHL PR department,

The 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers™ featuring the 16 teams that are contesting best-of-five series to determine the eight teams advancing to the 2020 Stanley Cup® Playoffs, commonly referred to as the Qualifying Round, will begin Saturday, Aug. 1. Each best-of-five series features one set of back-to-back games, occurring between Games 2 and 3, Games 3 and 4, or Games 4 and 5 (if necessary).

KK not participating in this since ther teams are already in the playoffs- The 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers™ featuring the top four teams from each conference to determine seeding in the 2020 Stanley Cup® Playoffs, commonly referred to as the Round Robin, will begin Sunday, Aug. 2, with two games – one in each hub city.

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