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Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis instructs players during the NHL hockey team\u2019s training camp in Brossard, Quebec, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\nThe Post\u2019s Mollie Walker, Ethan Sears and Andrew Crane make their picks for the 2026-27 NHL season:<\/p>\n
Mollie Walker<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference<\/p>\n
Metro<\/p>\n
1. Carolina<\/p>\n
2. Washington<\/p>\n
3. New Jersey\u00a0<\/p>\n
Atlantic<\/p>\n
1. Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Tampa\u00a0Bay<\/p>\n
3. Florida\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards<\/p>\n
Rangers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Buffalo\u00a0<\/p>\n
Western Conference<\/p>\n
Central<\/p>\n
1. Colorado\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Minnesota\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pacific\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Anaheim\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards<\/p>\n
Edmonton\u00a0<\/p>\n
Utah\u00a0<\/p>\n
Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis instructs players during the NHL hockey team\u2019s training camp in Brossard, Quebec, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Christopher Katsarov\/The Canadian Press via AP<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference Finals: Montreal over Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n
Western Conference Finals: Dallas over Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stanley Cup Final: Montreal over Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hart Trophy (MVP): Macklin Celebrini, San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norris Trophy (Defense): Rasmus Dahlin, Buffalo\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vezina Trophy (Goaltender): Igor Shesterkin, Rangers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Calder Trophy (Rookie): Ivar Stenberg, San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adams Trophy (Coach): Martin St. Louis, Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
First coach to be fired: Sheldon Keefe, New Jersey\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ethan Sears\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference<\/p>\n
Metro<\/p>\n
1. Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. New Jersey\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Washington\u00a0<\/p>\n
Atlantic<\/p>\n
1. Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Tampa\u00a0Bay<\/p>\n
3. Florida\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards<\/p>\n
Buffalo\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ottawa\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Western Conference<\/p>\n
Central<\/p>\n
1. Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Colorado\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Minnesota\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pacific\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Anaheim\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards\u00a0<\/p>\n
Edmonton\u00a0<\/p>\n
Utah\u00a0<\/p>\n
![\"San](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/center-macklin-celebrini-71-san-142701341.jpg\")
San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini (71) looks on during the second period of a preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference Finals: Montreal over Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n
Western Conference Finals: Dallas over San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stanley Cup Final: Montreal over Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hart Trophy (MVP): Macklin Celebrini, San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norris Trophy (Defense): Quinn Hughes, Minnesota\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vezina Trophy (Goaltender): Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa\u00a0<\/p>\n
Calder Trophy (Rookie): Ivar Stenberg, San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adams Trophy (Coach): Ryan Warsofsky, San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
First coach to be fired: Scott Arniel, Winnipeg\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andrew Crane\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference<\/p>\n
Metro<\/p>\n
1. Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Washington\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Philadelphia\u00a0<\/p>\n
Atlantic<\/p>\n
1. Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Florida\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Tampa Bay\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards<\/p>\n
Buffalo\u00a0<\/p>\n
Boston\u00a0<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the ice from Long Island\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Western Conference<\/p>\n
Central<\/p>\n
1. Colorado\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Minnesota\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pacific<\/p>\n
1. Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
2. Edmonton\u00a0<\/p>\n
3. San Jose\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wild cards<\/p>\n
Utah\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anaheim\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eastern Conference finals: Montreal over Carolina\u00a0<\/p>\n
Western Conference finals: Colorado over Vegas\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stanley Cup final: Colorado over Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hart Trophy (MVP): Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado\u00a0<\/p>\n
Norris Trophy (Defense): Quinn Hughes, Minnesota\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vezina Trophy (Goaltender): Igor Shesterkin, Rangers<\/p>\n
Calder Trophy (Rookie): Porter Martone, Philadelphia\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adams Award (Coach): Martin St. Louis, Montreal\u00a0<\/p>\n
First coach to be fired: Sheldon Keefe, New Jersey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Post\u2019s Mollie Walker, Ethan Sears and Andrew Crane make their picks for the 2026-27 NHL season: Mollie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2066,18620,92,2069,19606,17522,6755,404,88,90,89,127,17438,8614],"class_list":["post-479357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-carolina-hurricanes","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-colorado-avalanche","tag-dallas-stars","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-sports","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-vegas-golden-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}