Almost every ESPN analyst picks Oilers over Canucks, including Messier

The Vancouver Canucks might have won the Pacific Division title this season, but they are shaping up to be the underdog in their second-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers. After The Athletic's Dom Luszczyszyn revealed that his model heavily favours the Oilers in the series, it is now the staff of ESPN's hockey crew joining in on the Edmonton love. In their second-round predictions, 24 members of ESPN's staff were asked who they liked better in the Oilers-Canucks series. 23 picked the Oilers to knock off the Canucks—including Vancouver fan-favourite and former Edmonton captain Mark Messier, who said Edmonton would win in six games.