The Edmonton Oilers are going to win the 2024 Stanley Cup.
Granted, I predicted that the Oilers would win the 2023 Stanley Cup, which they very much did not. In fact, my preseason championship prognostications have become something of a curse.
As is tradition, I reached out to the general manager of my Stanley Cup champion-in-waiting to let him know what's coming.
Me: "I'm picking you to win the Stanley Cup again. I'm sorry."
Ken Holland, general manager of the Edmonton Oilers: "Oh boy."
And that was the extent of it.