from Chris Johnston of Sportsnet,

Who is going to win? How many games?

Fortunately, Swedish journalist Per Bjurman of Aftonbladet has done the work for us heading into the Stanley Cup Final. He polled a massive swath of people from across the hockey world – including players, former players, agents and journalists – and received 147 responses.

The consensus choice from that group for this year’s Stanley Cup champion is San Jose by a margin of 90-57, or 61.2 per cent.

The list of current NHLers that picked the Sharks includes Nicklas Backstrom, Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Jacob De La Rose, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Hampus Lindholm and William Karlsson.

Henrik Lundqvist, whose New York Rangers were ousted by Pittsburgh in a five-game first-round series, touted the Penguins.

Henrik Zetterberg, Erik Karlsson, Loui Eriksson, Eddie Lack and Filip Forsberg are among those who agreed with him.

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