Get your bulletin boards ready. The Dallas Morning News hockey writers and columnists have spoken. We reached out to the SportsDay crew that will be in the press box during the Stars-Blues series and asked them for their predictions.

The result? Unanimity. All five of our hometown experts think the top-seeded Stars will fall at the hands of the St. Louis Blues.

Before you storm our offices at 508 Young St. with pitchforks (seriously, please don't -- we prefer strongly worded letters), keep this little tidbit in the back of your mind: All five of these guys predicted the Stars-Wild winner correctly, with three of the five getting the amount of games exactly right, too.

Predictions aside, it should be an entertaining series between the Western Conference's two top teams in the regular season. Stay plugged in to SportsDay, where we'll provide wall-to-wall coverage throughout the playoffs.

Mike Heika, Stars insider

Blues in 6. There are two teams in the West the Stars really don't match-up well with, Los Angeles and St. Louis. The Blues love to cycle and grind. The Stars struggle at defending the cycle. St. Louis seems more likely to impose its will in this series.

Tim Cowlishaw, columnist

Blues in 7. Stars have more firepower when Tyler Seguin is healthy but clearly he isn't. How quickly he becomes involved and has an impact on this series will be a big factor. Huge Blues defensemen will wear on Stars forwards. It's Ken Hitchcock over Lindy Ruff in a tight one.

Rick Gosselin, columnist

Blues in 6. The Stars are a skating team that excels in open ice. The Blues have the size and play with a physicality to shrink the rink. This has not been a good matchup for the Stars all year, having lost four of the five games to the Blues and getting outscored, 13-10.

Kevin Sherrington, columnist

Blues in 7. Stars not built for this kind of series with a physical team, may not have enough firepower to overcome size disadvantage. But if this works, it may change my mind about what the Stars need to do going forward.

Michael Florek, reporter

Blues in 7. If the games from the regular season are any indication, this series will be as close as it gets. The Stars showed their weakness defensively against the Wild. The Blues are a better offensive team and their physical style will wear on Dallas, especially in the later games.

Your turn

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