The nice thing and also strange thing about the SMJHL is that no matter how good or bad you are throughout the season you will still make it to playoffs. Every single team goes. So below I'll give a quick run down of the teams I believe should be in the running come playoff time:

Top Tier:
Kelowna, Detroit, Newfoundland
These three teams and you could probably successfully argue Anchorage as well have been absolutely dominant in the league so far in the regular season. If you were just to look at points alone Kelowna would be anyones top choice as the team to beat. These three teams lead their divisions and will all get a bye going into the playoffs giving them a guaranteed spot in the second round. You've got to assume the likelihood is one of these teams come away with the W.

Mid tier:
Anchorage, Quebec, Colorado, Carolina
These teams (with the exception of Anchorage who probably deserve to be with the above 4) have all been their or their abouts this season. With QCC COL and CAR all within 2 points of each other the end of season placing could go any way.
If I was to put money on one of those 3 teams making the leap it would be QCC. Why? You ask. They've done it before. If there was ever a team that knows how to successfully navigate playoffs its the citadelles.

Outsider: St Louis
What sort of a captain would I be if I didn't throw my own team into the mixer. This may look like a shallow attempt at building some locker room hope but you'd be wrong.
St Louis had a dismal first half of the season and no one from the team would argue that point, however, the second half of the season has seen them winning more than half of their games at that time. They have the Goalie with the most shut outs in net - the fearsome polar bear Ioreik Bearnson and they have just picked up an exciting free agent in Melvin Majestik-Moose.
So for those counting. Opposing teams will be up against a polar bear and a fucking moose in the playoffs. Just give us the trophy now