NHL Playoff Odds 2016: Handicapping Every Team's Stanley Cup Hopes

The regular season is over. After an 82-game grind, the field of 30 NHL teams has been narrowed to 16—16 teams that now face a harrowing four-round ordeal during which they will need to beat every opponent they face in a best-of-seven series.

This slideshow attempts to tie some kind of odds to each team's chances of running this formidable gauntlet. It wasn't easy.

In the Pacific Division, the perennial contender Los Angeles Kings have faced a stiff challenge all season from their usual California rivals: the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks. By record or by goal differential in 2015-16, there's precious little to separate any of those teams. The Nashville Predators, crossing over from the…