The panel is back! Over the last four years, our record as a consensus is an impressive 46-14. Last year, we went 12-3 as a group. Gates Imbeau led the way individually, correctly selecting the winners in 12 of the 15 series. Read on to find out who we like in the first round, as well as our picks for the Cup winner, runner up, the Conn Smythe winner, and the top five scorers.

We will be posting our picks for each round after the conclusion of the previous one. Our panel boasts some new faces this year - read on after the jump!

The East:

The West:

The Cup Final:

The Scoring Race:

About the panel....

Darryl "Dobber" Dobbs - Pens the Daily Ramblings, Monthly Rankings, and the column "The Dobotomy". He also appears thrice weekly on thehockeynews.com, as well as over at the Puck Daddy blog on Yahoo! every Monday.

Jeff Angus - Author of "Angus Unleashed" and DobberHockey Senior Writer/Manager. Angus' thoughts appear in the daily ramblings on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday each week. He also contributes his 15 Prime Cuts from time to time. You can also find his work over at the Canucks Army.

Peter Harling - Digs up what he can on the secret world of NHL player injuries with the weekly Injury Ward. He contributes toThe Hockey Writers and dabbles in his own fantasy hockey blog.

Ryan Ma - Author of "The Wild West" here at DobberHockey every Tuesday.

Chris Nichols - has been Sportsnet.ca's fantasy hockey writer since 2007. He writes a Hockey Hearsay blog there each weekday, all 12 months of the year. He also contributes to the ramblings at DobberHockey each Sunday.

Ian Fergusson - Author of the monthly column "An Expert's Audit", which can be seen here on the 12th of every month.

Gates Imbeau – Runs the Black Aces, otherwise known as the DobberHockey farm team. He also contributes the incredbile Top 100 Roto Guide each month.

Marty "Mapletree" Kwiaton and Anthony Lancione - Pen the weekly Saturday picks.

Steve Laidlaw – Is Grande Master of the Cage Match Tournament. He can also offer you a leg up this spring with an in depth analysis of playoff hockey by the numbers.

Glen Hoos - author of The Commissioner’s Office, and also moonlights as graphic designer for Dobber Sports.

Tim Lucarelli – Author of Eastern Edge, which highlights the Eastern Conference. It can be found each Monday at DobberHockey.

Dave Poleck - Contributes the Looking Ahead article each Friday here at DobberHockey.

Chris Wassel - Author of Between The Lines, takes a hard look at the latest line combinations that may catch your fantasy fancy every Monday.

Brian Kom - Hosts the Dobber Nation radio show on the 25th of each month.

Michael Amato - Author of Frozen Pool Forensics, which takes a look at various NHL players from a statistical perspective.

Brendan Ross - Author of The Dean's List, which provides an in-depth look at draft-eligible prospects around the world.

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GMGates said:

	... It should be under the "download" section to the left (on the main DobberHockey page) from where you sign in. If you dont see it there, try giving dobber a shout(dobber at dobberhockey dot com).
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April 13, 2012
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james littlejohn said:

	... hey i bought the playoff package -trying to get ready for my draft today-where did it go?wanted to go on and edit the outcomes to generate a list,tx
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April 13, 2012
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Haakan Loob said:

	Playoffs Well I see Dobber's love affair for the Pens is alive and well and as strong as ever. Myself, I agree with Torterella, Berube, Cherry, Milbury and Burke on their feelings about the Penguins (and I don't even like any of those guys)!.
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April 11, 2012
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GMGates said:

	... Went 12-3 last year - hope to build off of that this time around!
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April 10, 2012
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Pengwin7 said:

	... NYR(5)/BOS(5)/NJ(5)/PHI(7) VAN(5)/SJ(6)/PHX(6)/DET(5)
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April 10, 2012
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Chadosaur said:

	... NYR in 6 Bos in 5 NJ in 7 Pit in 6 Van in 5 StL in 6 Chi in 6 Nas in 6
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April 10, 2012
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Russ Miller said:

	The Comish says: I'm no expert but: NYR in 5 Bos in 5 NJ in 5 Pit in 6 Van in 4 SJ in 6 Chi in 6 Det in 7
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April 10, 2012
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Ian Nifty Mittens said:

	... Canucks in 6 Blues in 7 Hawks in 5 Wings in 7 Rangers in 5 Bruins in 6 Devils in 4 Pens in 6
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April 10, 2012
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Ryan Ma said:

	... Hey Angus, you might want to fix up my Nsh and Phx one it's in the wrong column
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April 09, 2012
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derek said:

	Picks Canucks in 6 Sharks in 7 Blackhawks in 7 Predators in 7 Pens in 7 Bruins in 6 Devils in 5 Rangers in 6
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April 09, 2012
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