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It is time to once again embark on a journey that will hopefully end with my Stanley Cup Playoff predictions going 15-0.

To be clear, there's no rooting interest in individual teams: I just want to go 15-0. Last year, I got painfully, depressingly, infuriatingly close to that goal only to see it fall apart at the very end. Be sure to read the Kings-Blackhawks series prediction to the last line and try to understand how my heart broke over something so silly as sports predictions.

But it's a fresh year, and there's no reason to think I can't build on last year.

Actually, yes there is. This year is way more difficult to predict. I distinctly remember feeling really good about all eight first-round predictions in 2014; I can say I feel that way about maybe two first-round picks this year. If I break even in round one, I will feel good about it.

There are between 10 and 12 teams with legitimate chances to win it all, and not a single one of those squads can't go down hard in the first round. There are five Canadian teams in the postseason, and two are guaranteed to get to the second round. The defending-champion Los Angeles Kings (my preseason pick to win it all, so why are you reading this?) are out and the field is wide open.

Will the Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers go all the way? Will the Chicago Blackhawks get their third Cup in six years? Or will one of the seven teams in the postseason that weren't here last year capture a championship?

Oh, were you really asking? I told you, I don't know. But I took my best shot at it, and here are my predictions.