Every series could go either way imo. I expect the Ice to get by Medicine Hat and Kelowna to beat Seattle, though they are improved from last year and even that's no given, I think they'll outskill Seattle and have enough fight in them to stand up this year with Rigby healthy and Yorke added to the lineup.
Portland-Victoria is really close to me, as much as they are the Rockets rivals, I have to say that Victoria is criminally underrated in the CHL, they would have been up there with Edmonton and Calgary if they had been in the East. Edmonton should beat Brandon but I think the Oil Kings are vulnerable and look better because their conference sucked this year. Whoever emerges from the west will probably be pretty battered for them though.
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