It's a high-risk type of pool because you probably want your goalie to be on a team in the Final. The safest bet there is Holtby. I say this because STL/CHI could go either way, and one of them against the Ducks (or add LAK and SJS into the mix) and it's a crap shoot. In the East, at least WSH will get out of the first round, we know that much.
I'd go Holtby, Crosby, Burns for sure. Then I'd use the other five D for the softest/weakest/most questionable teams