Playoff Beards | 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview
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The beards are about to grow. 🏒
The 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs field is locked in — all 16 teams are set, and on this episode of Playoff Beards, we're breaking down every matchup before puck drop on April 18th.
In the East, it's Carolina, Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Ottawa, and Boston. Out West, it's Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Vegas, Edmonton, Anaheim, Utah, and Los Angeles.
From the Presidents' Trophy-winning Avalanche to the Sabres ending a 14-year playoff drought, there are massive storylines all over this bracket. Who's built to make a deep run? Who's a first-round exit waiting to happen? And who's walking away with the Cup in June?
We're going matchup by matchup through the full bracket, breaking down the favorites, the dark horses, and our upset picks — then making our Stanley Cup Final predictions.