Season Prediction Thread

[Kin]

You all know how this goes.

West

1. Edmonton
2. Nashville
3. Anaheim
4. Calgary
5. Chicago
6. Dallas
7. San Jose
8. Minnesota
9. St. Louis
10. Los Angeles
11. Arizona
12. Winnipeg
13. Vancouver
14. Colorado
15. Vegas

East

1. Pittsburgh
2. Tampa
3. Washington
4. Florida
5. Toronto
6. Montreal
7. Columbus
8. Philly
9. NYR
10. Ottawa
11. NYI
12. Carolina
13. Buffalo
14. Boston
15. New Jersey
16. Detroit

Cup Pick: Tampa over Edmonton
Awards: Connor McDavid for all of them. Norris, Adams, the lot.

 

[cabber24]

EAST
Atlantic
3. TB
5. TOR
6. OTT
7. MTL - wildcard
8. BOS - wildcard
BUF
FLD
DET

Metropolitan
1. WAS
2. PIT
4. CLB
PHI
CAR
NYR
NYI
NJ

East Playoffs
Round 1
WAS vs BOS = WAS
TB vs MON =  TB
TOR vs OTT = TOR
PIT vs CLB = PIT

Round 2
WAS vs TOR = TOR
PIT vs TB = PIT

Round 3
PIT vs TOR = PIT

WEST
Central
1. CHI
2. NSH
6. MIN
8. DAL - wildcard
WPG
STL
COL

Pacific
3. ANA
4. SJS
5. EDM
7. LA - wildcard
CAL
ARI
VEG
VAN

West Playoffs

Round 1
CHI vs DAL = CHI
ANA vs LA = ANA
NSH vs MIN = NSH
SJS vs EDM = EDM

Round 2
CHI vs EDM = CHI
NSH vs ANA = NSH

Round 3
CHI vs NSH = NSH

Stanley Cup Final
PIT vs NSH = NSH

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Metro              1. Washington* 2. Pittsburgh* 3. Columbus* 4. New York R* 5. Carolina* 6. Philadelphia 7. New York I 8. New Jersey

Atlantic          1. Tampa Bay* 2. Toronto* 3. Montreal* 4. Ottawa 5. Boston 6. Buffalo 7. Florida 8. Detroit

Central        1. Nashville* 2. Dallas* 3. Chicago* 4. St. Louis* 5. Minnesota 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado

Pacific          1. Edmonton* 2. Calgary* 3. Anaheim* 4. San Jose* 5. Arizona 6. LA 7. Vegas 8. Vancouver

My main takeaway from this exercise is that a lot of teams are bad. Especially in the West. Chicago, Minnesota, San Jose, and St. Louis all seem to have taken a step back this season. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a team like Arizona manages to sneak into the wild card spot there. Especially if Raanta has a good year.

In the East I don't think there's really one legit Stanley Cup contender. Pittsburgh's bottom-6 forwards are a pretty bad group, led by Greg freakin' McKegg at 3C. Tampa's defence after Hedman and Stralman is very suspect, especially if Sergachev can't step into a top-4 role immediately. Washington's still strong but this is easily the worst group they've had in awhile.

 

[Kin]

My main takeaway from this exercise is that a lot of teams are bad. Especially in the West. Chicago, Minnesota, San Jose, and St. Louis all seem to have taken a step back this season. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a team like Arizona manages to sneak into the wild card spot there. Especially if Raanta has a good year.

In the East I don't think there's really one legit Stanley Cup contender. Pittsburgh's bottom-6 forwards are a pretty bad group, led by Greg freakin' McKegg at 3C. Tampa's defence after Hedman and Stralman is very suspect, especially if Sergachev can't step into a top-4 role immediately. Washington's still strong but this is easily the worst group they've had in awhile.

I felt the same. There were 4 or 5 teams I wanted to put into the #8 spots, almost none I wanted to put in the #1 spot.

Parity! Catch the Fever!

 

[louisstamos]

Metro              1. Columbus* 2. Pittsburgh* 3. Washington* 4. New York Rangers* -wildcard 5. Carolina 6. New Jersey 7. Philadelphia 8. New York Islanders

Atlantic          1. Ottawa* 2. Toronto* 3. Tampa Bay* 4. Montreal* -wildcard 5. Buffalo 6. Boston 7. Florida 8. Detroit

Central        1. Dallas* 2. Chicago* 3. Nashville* 4. Minnesota* -wildcard 5. St. Louis* - wildcard 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado

Pacific          1. Anaheim* 2. Edmonton* 3. Calgary* 4. San Jose 5. Los Angeles Kings 6. Arizona 7. Las Vegas 8. Vancouver

 

[Omallley]

Metro              1. Pittsburg* 2. Washington* 3. Philadelphia* 4. New York R* 5. Columbus 6. New York I 7. Carolina 8. New Jersey

Atlantic          1. Tampa Bay* 2. Toronto* 3. Montreal* 4. Boston* 5. Buffalo 6. Ottawa 7. Florida 8. Detroit

Central        1. Nashville* 2. Dallas* 3. St. Louis* 4. Winnipeg* 5. Chicago 6. Minnesota 7. Colorado

Pacific          1. Edmonton* 2. Anaheim* 3. Calgary* 4. Arizona* 5. San Jose 6. LA 7. Vancouver 8. Vegas

 

[Bill_Berg]

Metro             
1. Pittsburg*
2. Washington*
3. Columbus*
4. Philadelphia*
5. New York R*
6. Carolina
7. New York I
8. New Jersey

Atlantic         
1. Tampa Bay*
2. Toronto*
3. Ottawa*
4. Boston
5. Montreal
6. Buffalo
7. Florida
8. Detroit

Central       
1. Nashville*
2. Dallas*
3. Winnipeg*
4. Chicago*
5. Minnesota
6. St. Louis
7. Colorado

Pacific         
1. Edmonton*
2. Calgary*
3. San Jose*
4. Anaheim*
5. LA
6. Arizona
7. Vancouver
8. Vegas

 

[Zee]

I'm worried.  Had a dream the season started out terrible and Leafs were on a losing streak.  Yes, I dream about the Leafs from time to time.  No predictions from me.