Calling All Prognosticators! Tell Us Your West/East Conference Predictions!
by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 7:54 PM PDT
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We do this every year here and it makes for great conversation. With the season starting tomorrow, it's time to channel your inner oracle and let your standings predictions be known! Feel free to elaborate why you pick your teams to finish where. I'll reveal who was the most accurate at the end of the season by a point system (along with updates during the season). So for every team that you pick: 5 points if you are bang on, 4 points if you are 1 off (above or below the actual), 3 points if you are 2 off, 2 points in you are 3 off. Anything beyond that is a fail, or, zero points. Deadline for your entry is 12:00 AM October 11.
I'll start:
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1. Vancouver Canucks (Got ourselves a deep team. I feel confident)
2. Detroit Red Wings (Resurgence of Datsyuk and Zetterberg)
6. Chicago Blackhawks (Cup hangover..different look to team, less depth)
7. Colorado Avalanche (Only if Anderson holds up)
8. Calgary Flames (Well, you know. I can't back down on a bet)
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10. Nashville Predators (I always underestimate these guys. Why change now? They lost Hammer!)
11. Minnesota Wild (Nobody is talking about Minny, but they look good to me. A much improved roster that could squeak in.)
13. Anaheim Ducks
14. Dallas Stars
15. Edmonton Oilers
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. Washington Capitals (When will their division rivals ever step it up? What a lousy division)
2. New Jersey Devils (Defence is suspect, but always find a way to win with their system)
7. Tampa Bay Lightning (A new attitude with Yzerman at the helm prompts winning ways)
8. Toronto Maple Leafs (See Calgary above. I still think these guys are going to surprise a lot of people)
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10. Montreal Canadiens (Poor Carey Price.)
12. New York Rangers (They deserve less)
15. Florida Panthers
Damn, this is tough stuff. OK, YOUR TURN!
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My Picks
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1. Vancouver Canucks (1st NW)
2. Chicago Blackhawks (1st Central)
3. Los Angeles Kings (1st Pacific)
4. Detroit Red Wings (2nd Central, may have more pts. than Kings)
5. San Jose Sharks (2nd Pacific)
6. St. Louis Blues (3rd Central)
7. Calgary Flames (2nd NW)
8. Nashville Predators (4th Central)
9. Phoenix Coyotes (3rd Pacific)
10. Colorado Avalanche (3rd NW)
11. Dallas Stars (4th Pacific)
12. Minnesota Wild (4th NW)
13. Anaheim Ducks (5th Pacific)
14. Columbus Blue Jackets (5th Central)
15. Edmonton Oilers (5th NW)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. Washington Capitals (1st SE)
2. Pittsburgh Penguins (1st Atlantic)
3. Boston Bruins (1st NE)
4. Philadelphia Flyers (2nd Atlantic, more pts. than Boston)
5. Tampa Bay Lightning (2nd SE)
6. Buffalo Sabres (2nd NE)
7. New Jersey Devils (3rd Atlantic)
8. Ottawa Senators (3rd NE)
9. Carolina Hurricanes (3rd SE)
10. New York Rangers (4th Atlantic)
11. Atlanta Thrashers (4th SE)
12. Montreal Canadiens (4th NE)
13. Toronto Maple Leafs (5th NE)
14. New York Islanders (5th Atlantic)
15. Florida Panthers (5th SE)
All picks were posted to my blog. Not to self promote, but the blog is on Wordpress titled “Canucks2010”.
Lightning making the dance?
But not the Habs! Thats crazy talk.
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 12:42 AM PDT up reply actions
The Senators!?
Wat chu talkin ’bout Willis
by PKSube on Oct 7, 2010 3:56 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well done
Sube.
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C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 10, 2010 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
West
1. Vancouver
2. Chicago
3. San Jose
4. Detroit (they’ll have more points than SJ, but division title rankings has an effect)
5. Phoenix
6. Nashville
7. LA
8. St. Louis
9. Calgary
10. Colorado
11. Dallas
12. Minnesota
13. Edmonton
14. Anaheim
15. Columbus. I know, I was wishing better for Arniel’s first year in the big league….
East:
1. Washington
2. New Jersey
3. Buffalo
4. Pittsburgh
5. Boston
6. Ottawa
7. Tampa Bay
8. NY Rangers
9. Philadelphia
10. Toronto
11. Montreal
12. Carolina
13. Florida
14. NY Islanders
15. Atlanta
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Keep your stick on the ice. Seriously, keep it on the ice, or you'll take another hooking penalty and put the Canucks back on the kill!
DUDE THIS WILL BE A BITCH TO CALCULATE
But here goes.
Conference the Western
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Detroit
4. Los Angeles
5. Chicago
6. Nashville
7. St. Louis
8. Phoenix
9. Colorado
10. Calgary
11. Anaheim
12. Dallas
13. Columbus
14. Edmonton
15. Minnesota
Conference the Eastern
1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Boston
4. New Jersey
5. Philadelphia
6. Buffalo
7. Ottawa
8. Montreal
9. NY Rangers
10. Carolina
11. Tampa
12. Atlanta
13. Toronto
14. Florida
15. NY Islanders
It’s not too difficult to calculate. It just depends how many people join in!
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Minny
is really going to be terrible.
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Good call
about putting MTL to make the dance though.
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 12:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Your love of Subban has clearly clouded your vision
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 7, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
Subes
is going to be a stud defenseman, but I think if Pricey plays well (and I think he will) they will make the dance. If he fails, to any extent…. they’re fucked.
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions
You know what's funny?
That PK was seen as a marginal prospect at best at the NHL level until he had a decent playoffs last year. I still don’t think he is ever going to be a top pair guy. His skill set defensively is limited.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
He
is the second coming of Duncan Keith. You will eat your words Section!
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I highly doubt it
At the WJC when he played, at his draft, and again early last year after camp all I heard from hockey people I respect is that he has some big holes in his game.
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"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I was gonna make a fanpost with a more in-depth prediction but ran out of time with work and such. So here’s a quick one:
West
1. Vancouver
2. Detroit
3. San Jose
4. L.A.
5. Chicago
6. Nashville
7. St. Louis
8. Phoenix
9. Colorado
10. Calgary
11. Dallas
12. Anaheim
13. Minnesota
14. Edmonton
15. Columbus
East:
1. New Jersey
2. Washington
3. Ottawa
4. Pittsburgh
5. Buffalo
6. Boston
7. Philadelphia
8. Tampa Bay
9. NY Rangers
10. Carolina
11. Montreal
12. Atlanta
13. Toronto
14. Florida
15. NY Islanders
Poutine & Meatballs
Why, I'm glad you asked that.
Western Conference:
Vancouver Canucks
San Jose Sharks
Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Blackhawks
LA Kings
Calgary Flames
Columbus Blue Jackets
Edmonton Oilers
Phoenix Coyotes
Nashville Predators
St Louis Blues
Colorado Avalanche
Anaheim Ducks
Dallas Stars
Minnesota Wild
Eastern Conference:
Washington Capitals
Boston Bruins
New Jersey Devils
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Ottawa Senators
Tampa Bay Lightning
Buffalo Sabres
Montreal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes
NY Rangers
Atlanta Thrashers
NY Islanders
Florida Panthers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Buying out Kubas since July 2010
by GelatinousMutantCoconut on Oct 6, 2010 9:08 PM PDT reply actions
Flames in the playoffs. Glad someone else agrees :)
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
ITS A WITCH
GATHER FIREWOOD, SOMEBODY BRING ME A TORCH
"Money drives you crazy, look at Marbury's handle" - Pusha T (The Clipse)
C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 12:45 AM PDT up reply actions
Wait what
the Oilers are making the playoffs?
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C Henrik Sedin #33: Vancouver Canucks Alternate Captain, 2010 Art Ross Trophy Winner and 2010 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner.
by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 7, 2010 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions
Nice double take there
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he’s taking a risk…with great risk comes great reward….or great embarassment
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"When I shake it, I shake it all up, You probably think that my pants have the mumps. It's just my sugarlumps bump ba bump.They look so good, that's why I keep 'em in the front" FotC
I never do well at these things but
Western
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Detroit
4. Los Angeles
5. Chicago
6. Nashville
7. Phoenix
8. Colorado
9. Edmonton
10. Calgary
11. St. Louis
12. Anaheim
13. Dallas
14. Columbus
15. Minnesota
Eastern
1. Boston
2. Pittsburgh
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia
5. New Jersey
6. Montreal
7. Tampa
8. Ottawa
9. Buffalo
10. Toronto
11. Carolina
12. NY Rangers
13. Atlanta
14. Florida
15. NY Islanders
it’s just like hockey pools…you never know what can happen with injuries or trades, etc etc.
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Western conference:
1. Vancouer (we benefit from being in the weakest division in the conference and have depth at every position. i know a lot of guys had career years last year, but besides samuelsson i think it was more of a natural progression than an abberation, and as long as sammy stays with the twins he should be rippling sweet mesh all season long)
2. SJ (this is a tough one – I think they’re still a much better team than LA but I don’t have any real justifcation for picking them over Detroit esp. with Blake and Nabby gone; call it a hunch. Coture, Mitchell, Setoguchi and Clowe add great depth to complement Thornton, Heater, Marleau and Pavelski)
3. Detroit (getting Hudler back, adding Modano as a nice depth fwd, maturation of younger guys like Kronwall and Abdelkader (sp?), Helm. Also I think Jimmy Howard is the real deal.
4. Chicago (not trying to disrespect a team that won the cup, didn’t really lose anyone too dramatic and STILL has hossa, toewes, kane, sharp, keith, seabrook et al. but seeing as how van and detroit improved and they didn’t, 4th is as high as I see them)
5. LA (I think their fwds are a bit over-rated – how often has Dustin Brown been called a star when his highest pts total ever is 60 and that was 3 years ago – but still have a good nucleus with him, kopitar, an emerging (emergent?) simmonds, to go along with veterans stoll, smyth, poni, handzus, justin williams and while none of those older guys is a game breaker they provide some nice insulation for the younger guys. plus a D with Doughty, Mitchell, Johnson (another over rated but undeniably talented guy). Also I love Bernier and am confident he’ll supplant Quick soon enough and pull a Mason ’08-09.
6. Phoenix (great goalie, good d (jovo cop is a beast again, how well did him and aucoin play last year?, and only so so fwds but great coaching and everyone buys into their defensive system to win)
7. St. Louis (Halak might no replicate the playoffs last year, but I saw plenty of regular season games where he was lights out as well so I don’t think last year was any fluke. fwd corps is very thin after backes, perron, oshie (boyes has gone what 40-26-14? (or something like that in the last three seasons) so they’ll have trouble scoring but another team with a great goalie, good defensive corps (brewer, e johnson (whose way better than the earlier maligned j johnson), jackman and i’m looking for pietrangelo to make the jump and transition smoothly to the nhl)).
8. Calgary (i dunno how tanguay and jokinen will go, but they still have iginla and bourque to score, a good d (however, i totallly agree with peca that bo is as soft as a pillow and about as useful in a game that matters), and kipper is a top-5 goalie imho). this team’ll scrape in.
9. Nashville (boy does my heart go out to fellow BC boy Shea Weber. This guy’d be a legend if he played in a hockey market. team has good d, great coaching and mgmt, but ownership won’t spend to win and although they have good skill in the fwds (hornquist, dumont, erat, sullivan, lombardi, wilson, legwand) it’s not enough to compete in the West.
10. Colorado (huge Duchenne fan. also love Stewart as a power forward. then you add in other young guys like Mueller, Yip, Galiardi (even though he’s a traitor -jkg!) and you think the team might be going places, esp. with veterans like Hejduk & Foote around. But these guys are inexperienced, won’t be flying under the radar like they did last year and not as talented or experienced on paper as the teams above them))
11. Anaheim (huge Getzlaf fan – who isn’t? – and a full season for him will do wonders for Perry’s numbers (and Ryan’s assuming the Ducks drop their experiment of having him be the second line centre. Outside those three….the fwd’s trail off significantly. and the D is woefully inadequate. the only reason i’m putting them above Dallas is b/c I think they have better goaltending in Hillar than Dallas does in Lehtonen).
12. Dallas Stars (Neal and Benn are gonna be awesome. Richards quietly put up huge numbers last year. So why so low you ask? they just have very little depth at fwd and d and the depth they do have is not very talented and the goalie tandem is a very brittle lehtonen, and if/when he gets hurt the starter will be raycroft.
13. Columbus (in a parallel universe somewhere Rick Nash plays with a premier centre who knows how to feed him the biscuit. you think a team with brassard, husselius, voracek, filatov, umberger, pahlsson, vermette rounding out the fwd corps would look solid but they just come accross like a chaotic jumble of fwds thrown together. maybe i’m wrong (shrug) i actually like columbus. Mason will have a bounce back campaign. but the CBJ D is AHL quality and they’ll continue to go nowhere until they upgrade it.
14. Minnesota (this is just an ugly team on paper. who is going to score the goals? it saddens me to see how things have transpired with barker and burns, 3-4 years ago i thought both were gonna turn into dmen teams could build around)
15. Edmonton (will be a fun team to watch but all those rookies are gonna hit a wall eventually and when they do this team is F****D. they’re an undersized team, have suspect goaltending, and only a so so D)
Holy shit that took a lot longer than the 5 minz I thought it’d take to write up my rankings – a prof once told me that i go off on one tangents pretty easily and man was he preaching the word. No more explanations, just rankings!
Eastern
1. Washington
2. New Jersey
3. Boston
4. Pittsburgh
5. Buffalo
6. Philly
7. Carolina
8. Montreal
9. Tampa Bay
10. New York Rangers
11. Ottawa
12. Toronto
13. Atlanta
14. NYI
15. Florida
(just one footnote to the East – I don’t know what to make out of TB at all. In my head they could wildly flucuate to as high as 5 and as low as 12) It might just be wishful thinking on my part that the Habs will make it but TB won’t.
by cyclone's ghost on Oct 6, 2010 10:14 PM PDT reply actions
I had a really hard time placing the Blues out of a playoff spot. Nobody is talking about them much but they finally have what seems to be a legit goalie.
I wonder if some of these Avs players hit a sophomore jinx or not, but mostly I wonder if Craig Anderson can remain being as dominant of a goalie as he has been. I’ve seen enough from him that I think he is the real deal. Hell, he was putting up solid numbers in Florida before he even went to Colorado.
I think Tampa has a resurgence. If the Ellis/Smith tandem fails they will address that quickly.
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Quick question
Standings? or just points?
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Standings.
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 6, 2010 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Conference the Western
1. Chicago
2. San Jose
3. Vancouver
4. Detroit
5. Los Angeles
6. Nashville
7. St. Louis
8. Colorado
9. Phoenix
10. Calgary
11. Anaheim
12. Minnesota
13. Edmonton
14. Dallas
15. Columbus
Conference the Eastern
1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Buffalo
4. New Jersey
5. Boston
6. Ottawa
7. Tampa
8. Philadelphia
9. NY Rangers
10. Montreal
11. Atlanta
12. Toronto
13. Carolina
14. Florida
15. NY Islanders
West
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Detroit
4. Los Angeles
5. Chicago
6. Nashville
7. Phoenix
8. St. Louis
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9. Colorado
10. Columbus
11. Anaheim
12. Calgary
13. Dallas
14. Edmonton
15. Minnesota
East
1. New Jersey
2. Washington
3. Boston
4. Philadelphia
5. Pittsburgh
6. Ottawa
7. Montreal
8. Tampa Bay
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9. Buffalo
10. Toronto
11. New York Rangers
12. Carolina
13. Atlanta
14. New York Islanders
15. Florida
Wow, no love for Minny out there. You do realize they have a guy named Clayton Stoner on their roster, right? haha. No actually they are finally stacked down the middle and should have Brent Burns back. They added John Madden and esp Matt Cullen. Why do you think they will stink it up?
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haha!
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 7, 2010 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions
GIVE THE MONKEY WHAT IT WANTS:
Campbell (West) Conference
1.Canucks
2.Red Wings
3.Kings
4.Blackhawks
5.Blues
6.Sharks
7.Coyotes
8.Avalanche
9.Predators
10.Flames
11.Ducks
12.Bluejackets
13.Wild
14.Oilers
15.Stars
Prince of Wales (Eastern) Conference
1.Bruins
2.Penguins
3.Capitals
4.Flyers
5.Lightning
6.Devils
7.Sabres
8.Thrashers
9.Canadiens
10.Rangers
11.Maple Leafs
12.Islanders
13.Hurricanes
14.Senators
15.Panthers
One Canadian team in the postseason (Sens are on the slide, Oilers are re-tooling, Flames need a house-cleaning, Leafs scrappy but some holes
and Canadiens despite The Subbanator are iffy).
Sharks on the slide.
Stars are one Brendan Morrow injury from regular season hell, Red Wings are having one last kick at the can and the B’Hawks will heat up mid-season.
Blues? Eric Johnson. Thrashers? A bunch of Chicago champs and Zach Bogosian makes me think of them as this year’s Coyotes-ish surprise.
Lightning will be fun to watch. Bruins look mighty ‘on paper’ .
Hart: Crosby over Ovechkin and Stamkos
Richards: Ovechkin
Norris: Keith over Doughty and Chara
Selke: Kesler over Richards and Toews
Vezina: Rask over Miller and Luongo
Calder: Subban over Eberle and Niederreiter
Byng: Lidstrom over St. Louis and Datsyuk
Adams: Boucher over Ramsay and Babcock
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1. San Jose Sharks
2. Vancouver Canucks
3. Chicago Blackhawks
4. Detroit Red Wings
5. Los Angeles Kings
6. Pheonix Coyotes
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Nashville Predators
9. Calgary Flames
10. Colorado Avalanche
11. Minnesota Wild
12. Anaheim Ducks
13. Edmonton Oilers
14. Dallas Stars
15. Columbus BlueJackets
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. Washington Capitals
2. Boston Bruins
3. Pittsburgh Penguins
4. New Jersey Devils
5. Buffalo Sabres
6. Phillie Flyers
7. Tampa Bay Lightning
8. Ottawa Senators
9. Atlanta Thrashers
10. Carolina Hurricanes
11. Montreal Canadiens
12. New York Rangers
13. Toronto Maple Leafs
14. Florida Panthers
15. New York Islanders
1. Vancouver Canucks I’m not convinced we’re the best team, but I think we have easily the shittiest division, and our depth should see us through the regular season nicely.
2. Chicago Blackhawks We all know about the losses, but it’s worth remembering just how fucking dominant they were last year. And anyway, they only return Keith, Hossa, Toews, Kane, Sharp, Seabrook, Campbell, Brouwer, Bolland, Hjalmarsson…we should all have such problems.
3. San Jose They have probably the best group of six forwards in the NHL, but it’s a bit of a fuckingmess outside that.
4. St Louis Blues I’ve got a Backesboner about 11 inches long. Actually, my favourite Blue is probably Roman Polak. How great a name is that? And he’s neither Polish nor Italian. Great unheralded player, too.
5. Detroit Red Wings I only ever hear this team described as “old”, but their best forwards are all right around 30, and Lidstrom is Mr. Beast, so I think people should stop AARP-ing on the topic (eh? eh? /looks around for high five).
6. Los Angeles Kings Drew Doughty came; Drew Doughty saw; Drew Doughty conquered. Drew Doughty is your father. Drew Doughty is your mother. Drew Doughty is the Creator, the Sustainer, and the Destroyer. Drew Doughty is the Alpha, and Drew Doughty is the Omega. Drew Doughty always has been, always will be, and is everywhere. Plus, you know, if you come down his way, he’ll fucking hipcheck the shit out of you.
7. Nashville Predators I’m pretty sure their depth sucks dick, but they have Shea Weber, Ryan Suter, Marcel Goc, Pekka Rinne, Patric Hornqvist and Martin Erat to make up for it. Kinda like…
8. Calgary Flames I’m pretty sure their GM sucks dick, but they have Jarome Iginla, Jay Bouwmeester, Robyn Regehr, Olli Jokinen (I think he’ll earn his $3m this year) and Miika Kiprusoff to make up for it. Kinda like…
9. Phoenix Coyotes I’m pretty sure their defence sucks dick, but they have Martin Hanzal, Wojtek Wolski, Shane Doan and Ilya Bryzgalov to make up for it. Kinda like…
10. Dallas Stars I’m pretty sure their goaltending sucks dick, but they have Stephane Robidas and [a whole mess of competent forwards] to make up for it. Kinda like…
11. Minnesota Wild I’m pretty sure Mikko Koivu is a minor deity of ancient Norse mythology, but there are just enough players who suck dick on the roster to make up for it. Kinda like…
12. Anaheim Ducks I’m pretty sure trading away James Wisniewski for nothing when the rest of your defence sucks dick is a strategy that sucks dick. Beyond Jonas Hiller, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan, and Lubomir Visnovsky, this team smells.
13. Colorado Avalanche They were Craig Anderson and a deal with the devil last year; they’ll be better this year, but won’t win as many games.
14. Edmonton Oilers They strike me as sort of a SJ-ultralite situation, with some very capable players up front and utter nonsense beyond that.
15. Columbus Blue Jackets I guess somebody needed to go here. I’d say they could finish higher, maybe even making a push for the 8-spot, but that’s a cop-out hedge: this team blows tonnes of ass.
1. Washington Capitals I don’t really approve of their moves this offseason, but they are hella good anyway, so who gives a shit. Like the Canucks, their animalanus division should give them a leg up on first.
2. Pittsburgh Penguins They get my vote for Stanley Cup favourites.
3. Boston Bruins The surest thing in an otherwise wide-open division.
4. New Jersey Devils Probably pretty good?
5. Philadelphia Flyers Their offseason was a catastrophe on stilts, but they have enough talent held over to beat up on a a generally shitty-looking conference.
6. Carolina Hurricanes In addition to being a probable playoff team (in my estimation), the Carolina Hurricanes also probably blow asshole.
7. Buffalo Sabres Their defence consists of Tyler Myers and a bunch of shit you’ve never heard of. Their forward corps consists of mediocre nonsense. Their goalie is almost bound by the universe to put up lesser numbers this year. So…playoff team!
8. New York Rangers I just can’t pick a team with Marc Staal, Henrik Lundqvist and Marian Gaborik too low in this ass conference.
9. Montreal Canadiens Je n’aime pas beaucoup les Canadiens, mais je deteste meme plus toutes les autres equipes.
10. Atlanta Thrashers Should slot in as “not a total embarrassment”.
11. Tampa Bay Lightning Steve Yzerman seems to know what he’s doing, a bit. The Lightning pretty much are the San Jose Sharks of the shitty east.
12. Toronto Maple Leafs I think they’ll be a lot better this year. Boston will have to settle for only drafting in the top 6 or so.
13. Ottawa Senators Smells like rot.
14. Florida Panthers Cry for Tomas Vokoun and Stephen Weiss. Cry.
15. New York Islanders Probably the pick I’m most confident about. The Islanders are a pile of dogdick.
Fuck, the bottom 9-or-so teams in each conference are a total jumble.
That was awesome...
I took issue with you copping out on coming up with something original AND funny for spots 7-11 in the Western Conference. I guess I’ll settle for funny.
Tampa > New York though. They made a bunch of pretty valid moves, and their top 2 lines are solid. (But they’re one Gagne injury from having playoff-hopes to lottery pick hopefuls though. That is NOT a good sign when you’re hinging on a guy like Gagne to stay healthy).
Ottawa should make the playoffs.
Here we go!
In the East:
1) Washington. The division is getting better, which will cost the Caps points, but not enough to drop them out of first. To go any lower, the young goalies will have to implode.
2) Philadelphia. Good depth and excellent stars everywhere but in goal; thing is, even Boucher and Leighton will be good enough.
3) Boston. Two very strong goalies to help hide mistakes lower in the depth chart, and they’ll need them. They’re going to miss Sturm and Savard at the start, but will recover.
4) New Jersey. Yeah, they’re getting older, but they added 40 goals and are cutting shots against – again. Hedberg’s a good choice to rest Brodeur.
5) Pittsburgh. How many games Crosby and Malkin play on the same line will show how badly the season’s going. With luck, it’ll be five games, tops.
6) Ottawa. Kuba’s out for a month, but Karlsson and Gonchar (for as long as he’s healthy) are more than enough to make up for it. And, um, don’t try pushing them around.
7) Buffalo. Voted “Most Likely to Move Up”: Doughty’s lovely, but Myers is a year older. He brings up Ennis and Gerbe to human size, but Vanek getting his touch back is key.
8) Tampa Bay. Normally, I’d hate to say a team with six forwards makes the playoffs, but just look at these six forwards! So long as Downie can keep his impulse control high enough for Coach Boucher’s liking.
9) Carolina. If Sutter pulls in the 70 points he’s capable of, then… Okay, they still need Ward and Cole to get back in form to hope for the playoffs.
10) Montreal. Price is a good goalie, but he could just as easily snap this year. This is a team that needs to be led from the blue line, and they’re missing their best for two months.
11) NY Rangers. Drury and Prospal are the first two lines, and both are out to start the year. On the other hand, Lundqvist and Biron can cover much, and the defense is slightly underrated.
12) Atlanta. “Better than last year”; but other teams got “better” better than the Thrashers did. Still, two solid lines, a good defense, but total coin flip in goal.
13) Toronto. Bozak might actually be able to pull off being a first line centre. Well, on this team, any way. The defense and goaltending are good.
14) NY Islanders. Is this the year!?! No. But there are definite signs of life with a young team getting a year older; and who knows? They may even get 60 games out of DiPietro – which is still better than Weight can manage.
15) Florida. Vokun and Booth will do what they can, but seriously.
In the West:
1) Vancouver. A better team this year than last, and able to take advantage of a weak division.
2) Detroit. Not quite as deep on defense as they want to be, still a solid 23-player roster top-to-bottom. Howard has their complete confidence.
3) San Jose. What, again? Yeah, again: the only question mark is in goal, where they have last year’s Cup winner.
4) Los Angeles. They wanted to bring players up from within and give them time to improve, and it’s paying off big time.
5) Chicago. They lost a lot of depth, but kept all the players most casual fans could name, and it’s tough to call Turco a “step down” from Niemi. That should be enough to stay strong.
6) Phoenix. “The Team of If” has a lot of questions on the ice as well as off, starting with Turris and going right through the rookie defense to the short-burst brilliance of a few forwards last season.
7) St. Louis. The Anti-Canucks: a lot of Blues had disappointing years last season, and that won’t happen twice.
8) Calgary. Horrible way to start the season, missing four forwards from an already thin line up. Still, finally having a back-up who can win games and that defense should hold the fort until offensive help arrives.
9) Colorado. Adrenaline and youth let Colorado ignore pre-season predictions of doom, but that could have been a case of a cartoon character walking off a cliff – this year, they look down.
10) Nashville. Sigh. Always a mistake to bet against these guys, but Sullivan doesn’t have another point-per-game season left, and they may not have a single 25 goal scorer this year if Hornqvist slips.
11) Anaheim. Awesome top five forwards, great top D, good goalie. After that?
12) Edmonton. Really, really hoping to be this year’s Avalanche; actually this year’s Islanders. Some of the pieces are in place to move up, especially if Khabibulin returns for a full year. Around 30% of the Calder winner playing here.
13) Columbus. Mason needs a big comeback year for the Blue Jackets to make any noise, despite their cannon. Filitov is their wild card, and if both he and Mason step up, they still won’t make the playoffs, but they’ll feel better about it.
14) Minnesota. Promised (and tried!) a more open, attacking game, then picked up Cullen and Madden in the off season. Two months of losses and the Coach Richards is fired for Hitchcock.
15) Dallas. Utterly erratic team right now: about half the team is a coin flip for what they’ll do week-to-week, never mind over a season, and who knows if nominal starter Lehtonen will give them 40 games?
Late night, top-of-my-head stuff. More detail when I detox from holidays!
Bugger.
Re: Philadelphia
“[…]excellent starters everywhere but in goal[…]”
Re: Rangers
“Drury and Prospal are the centres for the first two lines[…]”
Re: Colorado
“[…]predictions of doom last season, but[…]”
Re: Edmonton
“[…]Around 30% chance for the Calder winner to be playing here.”
I really shouldn’t write after 2 AM…
Western conference
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Detroit
4. LA
5. Blackhawks
6. St Louis
7. Calgary (Resurgance possible, but I could flip Nashville, Phoenix and Calgary around the 7-9 spots).
8. Phoenix
9. Nashville
10. Colorado
11. Anaheim
12. Minnesota
13. Columbus (Tell me why did Rick Nash sign that extension)
14. Edmonton
15. Dallas
Eastern Conference
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. Pittsburgh
4. Philadelphia (Could go anywhere from 3-8, but will make the playoffs)
5. New Jersey
6. Montreal (Kind of a homer pick though)
7. Tampa Bay
8. Toronto (How much would it piss off Damien Cox if the Maple Leafs actually made the playoffs).
9. Buffalo (Probably would make it ahead of the leafs, but I want the leafs to make it)
10. Carolina
11. Ottawa (Surprised at the amount of love for Ottawa)
12. NY Rangers
13. Atlanta
14. NY Islanders
15. Florida
West
1: Vancouver Canucks
2: San Jose Chokers
3: Chicago Blackhawks
4: LA Kings
5: Detroit Old Wings
6: St. Louis Blues
7: Nashville SO’Brien’s
8: Phoenix Coyotes
9: Dallas Stars
10: Colorado Avalanche
11: Columbus Blue Jackets
12: Calgary Fuckbags
13: Anaheim Cheap shotters
14: Edmonton Oilers
15: Minnesota Mild
I could have interchanged Chicago and Detroit tho…just don’t know which Turco is going to be around this season which makes it harder. But in the end, I think Detroit maybe didn’t improve enough in the Off Season. Also LA is going to be scary, but I don’t think they’ll be able to beat SJS in Pacific.
East
1: Washington Ovechkins
2: Pittsburgh Hit-from-behind-season-ending-russian-mercenaries
3: Boston Bruins
4: New Jersey Rich fuckers
5: Buffalo Sabres
6: Philadelphia Elbows
7: Tampa Bay Lightning
8: Ottawa Senators
9: NY Rangers
10: Montreal NutbagFans
11: Atlanta All Blacks
12: Carolina Stiff Breeze
13: Toronto Maple Laughs
14: Florida Canuck Rejects
15: NY Islanders
I think Ottawa is going to sneak in ahead of the rangers. I wanted to put montreal higher, but I couldn’t think of any of those other guys that should go lower. I struggled with putting Carolina that low too.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 8, 2010 1:27 AM PDT up reply actions
They
Moving to New Zealand?
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
That
was for you and harrison ;)
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Alright here's a shot in the dark
WEST IS BEST
1) Vancouver
2) Detroit
3) San Jose
4) LA
5) Chicago
6) Phoenix
7) Nashville
8) St. Louis
9) Calgary
10) Colorado
11) Minnesota
12) Edmonton
13) Columbus
14) Anaheim
15) Dal Ass
EAST IS LEAST
1) Washington
2) Pittsburgh
3) Boston
4) New Jersey
5) Buffalo
6) Philadelphia
7) Tampa
8) Montreal
9) Ottawa
10) T Ho
11) NY Rangers
12) Carolina
13) Atlanta
14) Flo Rida
15) NY Islanders
No reasons what so ever, because it’s all a crap shoot anyways. Well, I guess I wouldn’t normally peg us at the top, but weak division and all…
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
There are other teams?
I’ll be high rolling on my Vegas bets during the Isles/Oilers SCF.
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Rankings
Western Conference
1) Vancouver
2) San Jose
3) Chicago
4) Detroit
5) LA
6) Colorado
7) Phoenix
8) Calgary
9) St. Louis
10) Anaheim
11) Nashville
12) Edmonton
13) Columbus
14) Minnesota
15) Dallas
Eastern Conference
1) Washington
2) Boston
3) New Jersey
4) Pittsburgh
5) Philadelphia
6) Ottawa
7) Buffalo
8) NY Rangers
9) Montreal
10) Tampa Bay
11) Carolina
12) Toronto
13) NY Islanders
14) Florida
15) Atlanta
*Loser eats his shirt pocket....*
West
1) Vancouver
2) Detroit
3) SJ
4) LA (scoring,goaltending)
5) Chicago
6) Phoenix (Coach makes the difference)
7) Colorado (Anderson is for real)
8) St Louis (2010 version of Colorado)
9) Nashville
10) Calgary (Sutters get fired before xmas)
11) Columbus
12) Anaheim
13) Edmonton
14) MInnesota
15 Dallas
East
1) Washington
2) Boston
3) Pittsburgh
4) New Jersey
5) Philadelphia
6) Tampa
7) Buffalo
8) NY Rangers
9) Toronto
10) Montreal
11) Atlanta
12) Carolina
13) Ottawa
14) Florida
I’ve never seen such high expectations for the Canucks in my life.
This looks scary.
The War Room is predicting today that Washington will beat Vancouver in the Cup Final.
Would you accept such a deal today?
Los Angeles, CA
They also said that Vancouver will never ever win the Cup, along with Buffalo. It has to do with the 70’s teams being cursed.
Los Angeles, CA
I blame disco
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by Yankee Canuck on Oct 7, 2010 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions
Right
Glad they’re basing their predictions on such firm facts.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
I'll give this a shot
WEST
1. San Jose
2. Vancouver
3. Chicago
4. Detroit
5. Los Angeles
6. St. Louis
7. Calgary
8. Anaheim
9. Phoenix
10. Nashville
11. Colorado
12. Dallas
13. Columbus
14. Edmonton
15. Columbus
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. Pittsburgh
4. New Jersey
5. Philadelphia
6. Buffalo
7. Tampa Bay
8. Toronto
9. Carolina
10. Montreal
11. Ottawa
12. Florida
13. NYR
14. NYI
15. Atlanta
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1. Detroit
2. Vancouver
3. San Jose
4. Chicago
5. LA
6. Nashville
7. Calgary
8. Phoenix
9. St. Louis
10. Colorado
11. Minnesota
12. Anaheim
13. Columbus
14. Dallas
15. Edmonton
East:
1. Washington
2. New Jersey
3. Boston
4. Pittsburgh
5. Buffalo
6. Ottawa
7. NY Rangers
8. Montreal
9. Tampa Bay
10. Philadelphia
11. Carolina
12. Toronto
13. Florida
14. Atlanta
15. NY Islanders
Ouch, this is the most depressing thing I’ve read today, Almost everyone has the Islanders in the bottom 2.
West
1. Canucks
2. Kings
3. Predators
4. Wings
5. Coyotes
6. Blackhawks
7. Sharks
8. Blues
9. Avs
10. Wild
11. Stars
12. Ducks
13. Flames
14. Oilers
15. Columbus
East
1. Capitals
2. Devils
3. Sabres
4. Penguins
5. Bruins
6. Canes
7. Senators
8. Islanders
9. Lightning
10. Montreal
11. Thrashers
12. Flyers
13. Rangers
14. Leafs
15. Panthers
When will the hurting stop?
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8th spot???? I wonder if the pot on the East Coast is better than on the West Coast!
jk
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 7, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
Its probably more like 10th, but my thoughts of the bottom teams in the east
TB is getting too much hype just because of Federov
Montreal has gotten into the playoffs by the skin of their teeth the last two years in a row. Price is better then Halak, but they don’t have a good backup and every point will matter
Thrashers – The Blackhawks trash isn’t enough to make them that much better
Flyers have real problems in the crease
There’s no way that Gabronik and Queen Henri both go the whole season without an injury again
The Leafs and Panthers are the Leafs and Panthers.
When will the hurting stop?
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Tampa has
St Louis, Lecavalier, Gagne, Stamkos, Downie, and Hedman amongst others. There is a shit load of talent there.
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure, but their D and Goalies are questionable at best. Hedmans going to be good, but its going to take more time. I just don’t think this is going to be their season.
When will the hurting stop?
Contributor to Lighthouse Hockey not sure if I'm the Sniper or the Enforcer.
Nothing questionable about Dan Eills
other than his twitter ability. Between Smith and Ellis they have two very talented goalies. Ellis did have a .924 save % back in 2007 in 44 starts. And they thought enough of Smith to trade Richards for him.
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
i’m noticing the linkage to Lighthouse Hockey….. need i say more?
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Keep your stick on the ice. Seriously, keep it on the ice, or you'll take another hooking penalty and put the Canucks back on the kill!
Gah....
I’m not so good w/ beyond Top 8 on each side, but here’s a shot
West:
1. San Jose
(It’s the regular season. No surprise)
2. Vancouver
(Improvement over last years point production by a little, but plays more consistently)
3. Detroit
(Should reclaim their division with Chicago kinda broken up)
4.Chicago
(Will still play good team game. They lose out to Detroit by a point or 2)
5. L.A.
(Willie in purple will ease problems their goalie has. Returns to the playoffs)
6. Nashville.
(They’ve been here so many years past, can’t really see a change)
7. Phoenix
(I don’t think last year was a fluke)
8. Calgary
(blech, but it’s my prediction. They have the pieces. Now they have to try)
9. Colorado
(Everything HAS to work if they’re gonna make playoffs. But I don’t think everything will)
10. Edmonton
(They always get early momentum. They’re fast!. Drastic improvement over last year, but will just fall short)
11. St. Louis
(Not much has changed)
12. Dallas
(I don’t see them digging themselves out of here yet. Marc Crawford needs to rethink his strategy)
13. Anaheim
(How the mighty have fallen. Unless they make key changes, I think they’ll stay here)
14. Columbus
(Unfortunately, I never believed in 1 man teams)
15. Minnesota
(The fact that I don’t really know ANYTHING about this team at the moment places it last)
East
1. Washington (no surprise here)
2. Pittsburgh
3. Buffalo
4. New Jersey (does well, but kovalchuk won’t gel w/ team)
5. Philadelphia
6. Boston
7. Ottawa
8. Tampa Bay
9. New York Rangers
10. Toronto (no longer bottom feeder. It’s a Brian Burke team after all)
11. New York Islanders
12. Carolina
13. Montreal (Carey Price is NOT Halak)
14. Atlanta
15. Florida (They traded for Stone hands and Blackout… what are they thinking? To be fair though, their goalie might actually live to see the next season)
The view from London...
West
1. Sharks
2. Canucks
3. Red Wings
4. Kings
5. Blues
6. Blackhawks
7. Stars
8. Predators
9. Coyotes
10. Avalanche
11. Flames
12. Wild
13. Ducks
14. Blue Jackets
15. Oilers
East
1. Penguins
2. Bruins
3. Capitals
4. Flyers
5. Sabres
6. Canes
7. Devils
8. Lightning
9. Lightning
10. Senators
11. Thrashers
12. Canadiens
13. Rangers
14. Leafs
15. Panthers
1. Detroit
2. Vancouver
3. San Jose
4. Chicago
5. LA
6. Nashville
7. St Louis
8. Phoenix
9. Calgary
10. Anaheim
11. Dallas
12. Minny
13. Avs
14. CBJ
15. Edmonton
East
1. Washington
2. Pens
3. Bruins
4. Sabres
5. Devils
6. Flyers
7. Tampa
8. Canes
9. Sens
10. Rangers
11. Habs
12. Preds
13. Leafs
14. Islanders
15. Panthers
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 1:33 PM PDT reply actions
And clearly I meant
12. Thrashers not Preds.
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by Section 312 on Oct 7, 2010 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1) Vancouver
2) San Jose
3) Detroit
4) Chicago
5) LA Kings
6) Phoenix
7) Colorado
8) Nashville
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9) St Louis
10) Calgary
11) Columbus
12) Minnesota
13) Anaheim
14) Dallas
15) Edmonton
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1) Washington
2) New Jersey
3) Boston
4) Pittsburgh
5) Buffalo
6) Philadelphia
7) Ottawa
8) Tampa Bay
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9) Carolina
10) Montreal
11) NY Rangers
12) Toronto
13) Atlanta
14) NY Islanders
15) Florida
Well if I tell you guys now it won’t be prognostication.
I’ll do it later…
Shove it in your addendum.
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I was waiting for someone to pick up on that
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by Sean Zandberg on Oct 7, 2010 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I predict my prediction will be predictably poor...
but what the hell!
WEST:
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Chicago
4. Los Angeles
5. Detroit
6. Phoenix
7. St. Louis
8. Anaheim
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9. Calgary
10. Nashville
11. Colorado
12. Dallas
13. Edmonton
14. Columbus
15. Minnesota
EAST:
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. New Jersey
4. Pittsburgh
5. Philadelphia
6. Buffalo
7. Ottawa
8. Tampa Bay
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9. Montreal
10. Carolina
11. New York Islanders
12. Toronto
13. New York Rangers
14. Atlanta
15. Florida
My Predictions
West
1.Vancouver
2.Los Angeles
3.Detroit
4.San jose
5.Chigago
6.Nashville
7.St..Louis
8.Edmonton
9.Phoenix
10.Calgary
11.Colorado
12.Minnesota
13.Dallas
14.Anaheim
15.Columbus
East
1.Washington
2.Pittsburgh
3.Boston
4.New Jersey
5.Tampa Bay
6.Ottawa
7.Montreal
8.Buffalo
9.Philadelphia
10.Rangers
11.Atlanta
12.Carolina
13.Islanders
14.Toronto
15.Florida
I'll get in on this
West:
1. Vancouver (Consensus pick)
2. San Jose (Good top 9 F and good D that’ll make up for mediocre tandem in G)
3. St. Louis (Darkhorse: Good group of F, good D and Halak will prove his worth)
4. Los Angeles (Youth movement on the rise; good F/D and Bernier will steal the show)
5. Detroit (Would be higher, considering their F and D groups, but sophomore slump for Howard)
6. Chicago (I HATE THE BLACKHAWKS AND ESPECIALLY MARTY TURCO)
7. Phoenix (Ilya Bryzgalov will once again take this mediocre team to the playoffs)
8. Nashville (Pekka Rinne will have a huge year now that he doesn’t have to split time with DanEllisProblems)
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9. Colorado (Mr. Anderson spends too much time staring at the ice girls this year instead of the puck)
10. Edmonton (This years version of the Avalanche, except… they don’t make the playoffs)
11. Colombus (Lacking depth at D; another sour year for Steve Mason)
12. Dallas (Lehtonen has a good year, but their coach’s hair gets misplaced and shenanigans ensue)
13. Anaheim (One line won’t be able to make up for their terrible, terrible D)
14. Minnesota (Not a good team, not a good team at all)
15. Calgary (Bahaha… I just don’t like this team, in fact you could say i hate everything that Calgary represents… stupid fans and their sense of self-entitlement)
East!?!? (I don’t care)
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. Pittsburgh
4. New Jersey
5. Carolina
6. Philadelphia
7. Buffalo
8. Tampa Bay
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9. Montreal
10. Atlanta
11. Ottawa
12. NY Islanders
13. NY Rangers
14. Florida
15. Toronto
by Major Major Major Major on Oct 8, 2010 9:24 AM PDT reply actions
OK. Here goes....
West
1. Detroit (Don’t hate me. I already hate myself.)
2. Vancouver (finish in second, improve on that in the playoffs)
3. San Jose (Still a regular seaeason force…and playoff joke)
4. Chicago (they’re not last year’s team….but still damn good)
5. Los Angeles ( great young team)
6. Nashville (SOB’s bar breath keeps everyone out of the crease)
7. St. Louis ( breakout players show up a year late)
8. Calgary (after last night this is probably a big mistake)
9. Anaheim (surprising…back end should kill them)
10. Colorado (anderson discovers his human side)
11. Pheonix (2 years of Bettman bullshit is more than anyone can cope with)
12. Dallas (enjoy Crawfords shitfits)
13. Edmonton (just wait til next year)
14. Minnesota ( probably still in playoffs with coma inducing Lemaire)
15. Lolumbus (I weep for Nash)
East
1. Washington (in a laugher division)
2. Pittsburgh (Kane bitchslaps Cooke all season long)
3. Buffalo (good back to front)
4. Boston (this might be a little high with Savard ???)
5. Tampa Bay (look forward to seeing these guys this year)
6. New Jersey (Brodeur can still carry a team with a healthy D)
7. Philly
8. Ottawa (Spezza causes too many problems)
9. Montreal (curse of Halak)
10. NY Rangers ( wish I had them lower)
11. NY Islanders ( 11 doesn’t sound like a breakout year, bu it is)
12. Carolina
13.Toronto (enjoy your win, don’t get used to it)
14. Atlanta All Blacks (love it)
15. Florida Moose
Shove it in your addendum.
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I lol'd
at ‘lolumbus’
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"When I shake it, I shake it all up, You probably think that my pants have the mumps. It's just my sugarlumps bump ba bump.They look so good, that's why I keep 'em in the front" FotC
I haz predictions
West
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Chicago
4. Los Angeles
5. Detroit
6. Nashville
7. St Louis
8. Dallas
9. Colorado
10. Minny
11. Columbus
12. Calgary
13. Anaheim
14. Phoenix
15. Edmonton
East
1. Boston
2. Devils
3. Caps
4. Pittsburgh
5. Philly
6. Montreal
7. Ottawa
8. TB
9. Toronto
10. Buffalo
11. Atlanta
12. Carolina
13. Islanders
14. Florida
15. NY Rangers
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Oct 10, 2010 7:08 PM PDT reply actions
A month in...
Nov 6, 2010…
My how things look today…
1.San Jose
2. Detroit
3. Chicago
4. Los Angeles
5. Vancouver
6. St. Louis
7. Phoenix
8. Dallas
9. Nashville
10. Colorado
11. Columbus
12. Calgary
13. Edmonton
14. Minny
15. Anaheim
East
1. Caps
2. Montreal
3. Philly
4. Boston
5. Pittsburgh
6. TB
7. Ottawa
8. Devils
9. Toronto
10. Buffalo
11. Atlanta
12. Carolina
13. Islanders
14. Florida
15. NY Rangers
I know I’m gonna get knocked for shakin the Devs and Pittsburgh down. And pumping up the Habs (but seriously, there’s no way Gionta doesn;t kick it into gear for more scoring, and the defence with Markov doesn’t get better)
Otherwise the Habs are listed 6-12… which for the 6,7,8 spots I could see only if other teams solidify… which.. so far hasn’t happened. I can’t comment on the West as much but feel that Phoenix needs to be in the playoffs, Nucks… need Schaefer to be the best he can be, I still don;t see Luongo as “canada;s best”. And you gotta give some love to St, Louis… sorry but their young guys can skate circles around the older teams and Halak is underrated… believe me… Vezina worthy.
by Cruisin4aBruisin on Nov 7, 2010 7:31 PM PST reply actions
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