The good people over at EA Sports annually put their NHL series to the test by running a season simulation before the real one kicks off. It's an objective, unscientific, completely harmless way to predict how a season will turn out during a time when every media outlet (including us next week) will put forth their own season forecasts.
With the 2016-17 season less than a week away, EA Sports released the results of their season simulation and was it ever interesting. Again, unscientific, harmless, but if this were to happen in real life, the Stanley Cup Final matchup the sim produced is just about the most drama-soaked, hilarious possible outcome.