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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay - Went to the Cup last year, and I can't see a reason why they can't do it again. 2. Montreal - Even if Price can't replicate his historic season, I still think this is a good team. 3. Florida - When Jagr joined the Panthers, Huberdeau and Barkov's point totals increased. This is a decent young team waiting to make the next step. -------------------- 4. Detroit - Every year I go against Detroit, and every year they prove me wrong. Honestly, how do they keep doing it? 5. Boston - A difficult team to project. They still have good pieces, but I am having a difficult time figuring out how they can manage to make the playoffs. Chara is not Chara of five years ago. 6. Toronto - Will probably be a better team than people project, but still gonna be bad. 7. Buffalo - I liked the moves they made this offseason, but I still think they are a year or two away. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if they finished slightly higher in this division. 8. Ottawa - This is a bad team. Metropolitan 1. New York Rangers - Still the team to beat in this division. 2. New York Islanders - Tavares is going to win a Hart and Art Ross some year. Why not this year? 3. Pittsburgh - Hard to go against a team that still has Malkin & Crosby, but, ugh, I don't like the build of this team. -------------------- 4. Columbus - A healthy Columbus is a good team. Johansen is a star, baby. 5. Washington - Honestly, I think the 3-5 spots in this division will be hotly contested. 6. Philadelphia - I am an idiot because I still don't believe in Steve Mason. 7. Carolina - Other than Arizona, there's not another team that I have a difficult time coming up with more than 5 players on the roster. 8. New Jersey - New Jersey is so loving bad. Schneider may elevate them, but this team is so bad. WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. St. Louis - Another year, another good regular season, another year where I choose them as a Stanley Cup winner, another year where I am a wrong idiot. The circle of life. 2. Chicago - There's no reason to go against this team. Even if they lose Kane, I don't see the team taking that much of a hit. 3. Minnesota - After St. Louis and Chicago, I have no idea how this division will go. Every team after those two have their issues. I don't think Dubnyk will be a Vezina contender again (huge prediction!) -------------------- 4. Dallas - Another flawed team. I believe that Lehtonen/Niemi will be better than last year's goaltending. 5. Nashville - Yet another flawed team. 6. Winnipeg - I don't know. What's with their goaltending? I don't know. 7. Colorado - From Minnesota to Colorado, I think this will be a super tight division. Don't believe any of these predictions. Pacific 1. Anaheim - Again, hard to go against this team right now. 2. Los Angeles - I don't see the Kings missing the playoffs again. 3. Calgary - I Believe in Monahan & Gaudreau. -------------------- 4. San Jose - I have no idea. Another difficult team to project. 5. Vancouver - Nope nope nope. 6. Edmonton - This team is finally turning the tide, but still a little bit away. Wouldn't be surprised to see them finish higher. 7. Arizona - The worst team in the league. STANLEY CUP FINALS: TB def. ANA WCF: ANA def. ST.L ECF: TB def. MON AWARDS Hart: Tavares Richard: Ovechkin Art Ross: Tavares Vezina: Lundqvist Norris: Giordano Calder: McDavid Selke: ? Lady Byng: ? Jack Adams: ? TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Ottawa Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Edmonton Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Vancouver Most Goals Scored: Tampa Bay Least Goals Scored: Arizona Most Goals Allowed: Arizona Least Goals Allowed: New York Rangers OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 75-80 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 26-48-74 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 17-44-61 Most Improved Player, West: Nail Yakupov Most Improved Player, East: Brayden Schenn Bounceback Player, West: Nathan MacKinnon Bounceback Player, East: First Coach Fired, West: Dave Tippet First Coach Fired, East: Claude Julien Goals by Phil Kessel: 36 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montreal
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If you are predicting STL as a stanley cup winner in your breakdown of the conference standings, why do you have Anaheim beating them in the WCF 
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And how does Tampa Bay beat Montréal for the ECF if they're 1-2 in the atlantic?
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darkwolf220 posted:If you are predicting STL as a stanley cup winner in your breakdown of the conference standings, why do you have Anaheim beating them in the WCF I wrote it quickly, but it was my dumb attempt to make fun of myself for continually picking STL to win the Cup, just like I used to do with SJ. I tried to resist the urge this year. Vincent Van Goat posted:And how does Tampa Bay beat Montréal for the ECF if they're 1-2 in the atlantic? I just went with who I thought the best two teams in the Conference were. I didn't really think about it. Thanks for reading, guys! Twin Cinema fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Sep 21, 2015 |
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don't bother reading anyone's prediction except mine because mine is the only one that is right and good
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Atlantic 1. TAMPA BAY - Best team in the NHL, them not even having the good part of Drouin/Vasilevsky yet is terrifying. President's Trophy 2. MONTREAL - As most have said, Price likely won't be quite as good, but I like their roster 3. DETROIT - Can't count them out, basically the same team as last year plus Green -------------------- 4. FLORIDA (WC2) - They beat out Columbus/Philadelphia in a really close race for WC2 5. OTTAWA - Mediocre team, basically what they were last year before Lalime came up I mean Hammond 6. BOSTON - They fall hard. I think their older guys are getting worse and more injury-prone 7. BUFFALO - They get a lot better but that defense/goaltending is still completely inept/AHL-caliber 8. TORONTO - This is a total rebuild year, they're gonna give up a lot of goals again and don't have Kessel Metropolitan 1. PITTSBURGH - I like the young D and the addition of Kessel makes them the division champions 2. NY RANGERS - They won't win the President's Trophy again and might take a small step back, but they're still really good, especially systemically 3. WASHINGTON - I love the Caps this year, they could pass the Rangers -------------------- 4. NY ISLANDERS (WC1) - They take a step back, as teams know what to expect, but they still make the playoffs and score a ton of goals 5. COLUMBUS - They just miss the playoffs, their defense is still pretty bad even though I think Murray hits 40+ points this year 6. PHILADELPHIA - They surprise people and are competent all year, but I don't think Mason puts up a .925+ again 7. CAROLINA - They are trending up but still terrible 8. NEW JERSEY - Worst loving offense, but Schneider keeps them from surefire last overall WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. ST LOUIS - Another great regular season! 2. NASHVILLE - I don't think the offense will be as good, but that D plus Rinne is awesome 3. CHICAGO - They're still the Hawks -------------------- 4. MINNESOTA (WC1) - They have a good year, although Dubnyk will obviously regress 5. WINNIPEG (WC2) - If they had a goalie they'd be real good, especially with their prospects 6. DALLAS - Goaltending is better 7. COLORADO - Same old; spots 3-6 are pretty close again Pacific 1. ANAHEIM - Ducks handily win this poo poo division 2. LOS ANGELES - They're not missing again 3. CALGARY - That D is too good -------------------- 4. SAN JOSE - They're getting younger and trending down 5. EDMONTON - Finally somewhat resembling of an NHL team 6. VANCOUVER - They are mad lovely 7. ARIZONA - Clear worst team in the league STANLEY CUP FINALS: TAMPA BAY def. ANAHEIM WCF: ANAHEIM def. NASHVILLE ECF: TAMPA BAY def. WASHINGTON AWARDS Hart: Sidney Crosby Richard: Alexander Ovechkin Art Ross: Sidney Crosby Vezina: Henrik Lundqvist Norris: Victor Hedman Calder: Connor McDavid Selke: Aleksandr Barkov Jack Adams: Barry Trotz TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Boston Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Edmonton Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Vancouver Most Goals Scored: Tampa Bay Least Goals Scored: New Jersey Most Goals Allowed: Arizona Least Goals Allowed: Nashville OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 78 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 27-50-77 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 31-25-56 Most Improved Player, West: Vladimir Nichushkin Most Improved Player, East: Aleksandr Barkov Bounceback Player, West: Nathan McKinnon Bounceback Player, East: Jonathon Drouin First Coach Fired, West: Lindy Ruff First Coach Fired, East: Claude Julien Goals by Phil Kessel: 39 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montreal
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Lightning 2. Big cats 3. PK Subban and friends -------------------- 4. Eichel and friends 5. Wings 6.Sens 7. Bruins 8. Garbage fire without Kessel Dark horse Panthers start kicking rear end as Jagr starts loving models weekly to gain their youth. Metropolitan 1. Pens 2. Rangers 3. Islanders -------------------- 4. Jackets 5. Flyers 6. Caps 7. Canes 8. Devils The Pens win out with their new found hot dog king. All the other places after 1,2,3 are up in the air and by all I mean 4, 5, and 6 because the Canes and Devils blow. WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. Hawks 2. Preds 3. Stars -------------------- 4. Blues 5. Colorado 6. Wild 7. Jets Hawks still win Central with locker room cancer Sharp gone, Forsberg keeps getting better and Rinne staying healthy keeps the Preds in second. The Stars have so much offense and picked up some alright D in the off season. The Blues traded away Backes and we learn that his grit was the heart and soul of the team as they flounder. Like last year ever Central team has 90+ points and don't all make the playoffs because of bullshit. Pacific 1. Ducks 2. Flames 3. Sharks -------------------- 4. Kings 5. McDavid 6. Canucks 7. Yotes As bad as the Canucks are they won't be worse than Arizona, the Ducks are too good to not win it, the Flames with a healthy team easily take second and the Sharks and Kings fight for the 3rd spot. Oilers score 1000 goals but let 2000 in. STANLEY CUP FINALS: Hawks def. Panthers WCF: Hawks def. Ducks ECF: Panthers def. Pens TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Panthers Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Leafs Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: McDavid Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Canucks Most Goals Scored: Stars Least Goals Scored: Yotes Most Goals Allowed: Leafs Least Goals Allowed: Blues OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 80 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 27-34-61 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 22-40-62 Most Improved Player, West: Seth Jones Most Improved Player, East: Jagr. Bounceback Player, West: McKinnon Bounceback Player, East: Kessel First Coach Fired, West: Willie First Coach Fired, East: Caupano Goals by Phil Kessel: 49 Best Canadian Team By Points: Canadians RC Cola fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Sep 27, 2015 |
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If the Hawks win again I quit hockey, RC Cola
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Lightning 2. Red Wings 3. Canadiens -------------------- 4. Panthers* 5. Bruins 6. Senators 7. Sabres 8. Maple Leafs Bolts stay good, Wings added a lot of middle-of-the-roster upside in Richards and Green who will make a big impact due to not being the top guys/under pressure. Price will be a very good human again, though they added Gilbert on D which lightens the load on Markov. Panthers are good, but still have some strong competition, they might even top the Habs. Bruins can't drop that far with Rask in net and Bergeron/Krejci up front, but they're uncertain or weakening in a lot of areas. Senators just aren't that good of a team, though they have a great starter and good backup. Sabres are the most improved team up front, but they're uncertain in goal and are going to take time to adjust to trying to win. Leafs are the only team in this division who seems poised to tank, especially with Lou poised to deal a ton of impending UFAs. Metropolitan 1. Rangers 2. Capitals 3. Penguins -------------------- 4. Blue Jackets* 5. Flyers 6. Islanders 7. Devils 8. Hurricanes Rangers stay very good, with Yandle being a massive upgrade and already seasoned youngsters filling the newly opened roles. Caps have the best team they've had in years, and adding Oshie and Williams gives them two new secondary scoring threats, who will have easier starts because the #1/2 matchup is always Ovi/Backstrom. Penguins are uncertain on defense, but simply having a healthy team will be a benefit, and Phil Kessel rules. Columbus has a ton of talent and has the biggest gain from being healthy, Bob is a great goalie who just needs a working team in front of him, and this team is easily fighting for a wildcard or better if they're healthy. Flyers are a much-improved team, but they're still got a couple expensive question marks/smudges in the lineup plus a new coach to get them set in their system - also a 90-100 point team. Isles haven't added much and struggled down the stretch last year, and they've got a lot of tough opponents to face. Devils are a rebuilding team who will be kept afloat by Schneider. Hurricanes have some great players who are looking to return to form, and a beast on D in Justin Faulk, but it is unlikely everything goes their way faced with this competition. Still, probably not a lottery team unless they trade a big piece or two for futures. WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. Predators 2. Blues 3. Wild -------------------- 4. Stars* 5. Blackhawks* 6. Jets 7. Avalanche Holy gently caress, what a division. Stars are a serious contender for most goals for and against. Hawks are going to be nursing the LA Kings style cup hangover with fatigue setting in and a scandal looming, though they seem to have managed their cap situation really well and brought in some great new faces. Preds are a solid team and Seth Jones is just making their badass blueline even better. Blues gave up Oshie for some reason but they'll probably still be good and see a first round exit. Wild have a deep, though inconsistent team which finally came together at the end of last year and doesn't look ready to fall apart - they could be even better. Jets still have questionable goaltending but enough talent in the lineup to throw their weight around a tough division. Avs just don't have a good enough team to hold up here. Pacific 1. Ducks 2. Sharks 3. Kings -------------------- 4. Flames 5. Oilers 6. Canucks 7. Coyotes Ducks have a cakewalk through this division, with their awesome Swedes like Lindholm and Hagelin. Sharks lost a good coach but also added two solid guys in the middle of the lineup, plus their division isn't that great. Kings won't be fighting fatigue and scandal this year (oh, wait...) and Lucic will be a good asset in this division. Flames have some good parts, but I don't see everyone scoring like they did last year. Oilers are much improved, and they've surely got the talent to convert some of those 14 OTLs into 3v3 wins, plus they got a real goalie who is already trained. I have no idea what the Canucks are doing but their best players aren't putting up 100 points each anymore and Sedin Sutter Horvat spare tire ahahaha. Coyotes are trying to lose, which gives the other teams some easy wins. STANLEY CUP FINALS: NYR def. ANA WCF: ANA def. NAS ECF: NYR def. TBL AWARDS Hart: Kessel  Richard: Stamkos Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Lundqvist (non-homer pick: Bobrovsky) Norris: Weber (he's gotta win it once, right?) Calder: Lindberg (non-homer pick: Eichel) Selke: Nash (for being good last year) Lady Byng: Brad Richards Jack Adams: AV (no Homers pick: Hakstol) TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Sabres (+22 | 76) Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Canadiens / Islanders (-14 | 96/87) Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Oilers (+22 | 84) Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Canucks (-20 | 81) Most Goals Scored: Rangers (non-homer pick: Lightning Least Goals Scored: Coyotes Most Goals Allowed: Maple Leafs Least Goals Allowed: Rangers (non-homer pick: Wild) Sabres were trying to lose games. They added a lot of talent, but goaltending is still uncertain. Habs are still going to struggle scoring, and Price will regress to being a very good human, and the Islanders are in a division where four teams significantly improved, one stays good, and two are bad. Oilers aren't going to be a great team, but Talbot will help them win a few more games, and they are going to convert a lot of those 14 OT losses into 3v3 wins with the guys they have. OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 81 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 20-30-50 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 20-30-50 Most Improved Player, West: Jacob Markstrom Most Improved Player, East: JT Miller Bounceback Player, West: Artem Anisimov Bounceback Player, East: Evander Kane First Coach Fired, West: Sedin Bonino Richardson Horvat First Coach Fired, East: Capuano Goals by Phil Kessel: 30ES + 14PP = 44 Best Canadian Team By Points: Canadiens (96)
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay 2. Montréal 3. Detroit -------------------- 4. Florida 5. Ottawa 6. Boston 7. Buffalo 8. Toronto Metropolitan 1. NY Rangers 2. Pittsburgh 3. Washington -------------------- 4. NY Islanders (WC1) 5. Philadelphia (WC2) 6. Columbus 7. New Jersey 8. Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. Nashville 2. Chicago 3. St. Louis -------------------- 4. Minnesota (WC2) 5. Dallas 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado Pacific 1. Anaheim 2. San Jose 3. Calgary -------------------- 4. Los Angeles (WC1) 5. Vancouver 6. Edmonton 7. Arizona STANLEY CUP FINALS: NY Rangers def. Anaheim WCF: Anaheim def. Chicago ECF: NY Rangers def. Tampa Bay AWARDS Hart: Stamkos Richard: Stamkos Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Rinne Norris: Hedman Calder: McDavid Selke: Bergeron Lady Byng: Kopitar Jack Adams: Laviolette TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Boston Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Edmonton Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Vancouver Most Goals Scored: Pittsburgh Least Goals Scored: Arizona Most Goals Allowed: Toronto Least Goals Allowed: Nashville OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 84 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 22/38/60 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 18/35/53 Most Improved Player, West: Seth Jones Most Improved Player, East: Jonathan Drouin Bounceback Player, West: Jason Spezza Bounceback Player, East: Ryan McDonaugh First Coach Fired, West: Dave Tippett First Coach Fired, East: Claude Julien Goals by Phil Kessel: 37 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montréal
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay (Best East team) 2. Montreal 3. Detroit -------------------- 4. Florida (WC2) 5. Boston 6. Buffalo 7. Ottawa 8. Toronto Metropolitan 1. Washington 2. Pittsburgh 3. NY Rangers -------------------- 4. Columbus (WC1) 5. NY Islanders 6. New Jersey 7. Philadelphia 8. Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. St. Louis 2. Minnesota 3. Chicago -------------------- 4. Nashville (WC1) 5. Dallas (WC2) 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado Pacific 1. Anaheim (President's Trophy winners) 2. Los Angeles 3. Edmonton -------------------- 4. San Jose 5. Calgary 6. Vancouver 7. Arizona STANLEY CUP FINALS: TB def. LA 4-3 WCF: LA def. MIN 4-1 ECF: TB def. WSH 4-2 AWARDS Hart: Crosby Richard: Ovechkin Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Price Norris: Shea Weber Calder: McDavid Selke: Toews Lady Byng: Jack Adams: McLellan TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Ottawa Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Edmonton Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Vancouver Most Goals Scored: Dallas Least Goals Scored: Toronto Most Goals Allowed: Arizona Least Goals Allowed: Montreal OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 80 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 21-50-71 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 28-30-58 Most Improved Player, West: Justin Schultz Most Improved Player, East: Jonathan Drouin Bounceback Player, West: Taylor Hall Bounceback Player, East: Phil Kessel First Coach Fired, West: Patrick Roy First Coach Fired, East: Jack Capuano Goals by Phil Kessel: 38 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montreal Kilza fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Oct 7, 2015 |
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Not predictions, this is what will actually happen. My partner's cat Kiki told me so. EASTERN CORNFERENCE Atlantis 1. Tampa Bay 2. Montreal 3. Florida -------------------- 4. Detroit (WC2) 5. Boston 6. Toronto 7. Ottawa 8. Buffalo -T-bay is a cool team but the media really has to drop this triplets nonsense. I'm a bit skeptical when it comes to Bishop, but I can't deny that he was good. Lots of weapons and a really fun brand of hockey. - People are calling Torontoh and Buffaloh Desert Hockey bad. Nothing is that bad. TO will be fine and probably even a bubble team until the fire sale (when they burn down Phaneufs house and sell his organs). BO has to get better and could actually be a fun team to watch... probably not from a fan's perspective, but in general. - Montreal has a great core but carries too much dead weight and lol Therrien GRIND GRIND GRIND! Price will probably Jesus it up nearly as much as last year and Piquant will melt all our hearts. - Detroit could go either way. New coach, some potentially nice additions up front and on the back end, and hopefully they throw Howard into the river and let Marzipan shine. I like them for a WC spot to continue the streak. - Ottawa is a bad team with a bad owner and stop wasting Karlssons prime already you fuckwits! Robble Robble. - Rask is a good goalie. He should be GM. Hell, my partner's cat could probably do an adequate job at this rate (IIRC they drafted Kiki with one of the picks they got for Dougie). Neopolitan 1. KESSEL HOT DOG GOAL MACHINES 2. Washington 3. NY Rangers -------------------- 4. Islanders (WC1) 5. Columbus (WC2a) 6. Cheese Steaks 7. Caroilna 8. lol that offense. - The Flightless Birds are going to score all the goals, Flower man will prove all the haters wrong again (in the regular season), and the D will hold together. Best top 6 I can ever recall (other than the Stars this year). - Them dirty Rags are a good team but the Lunk, though still as thick as a castle wall, is getting older and should show signs of a slow steady decline. AV's system is good and, though boring at times, this team will win lots of blim blam games. - People are hot on Philly. This is a wrong opinion. Mason is mortal, that D core is a D corpse, and Yacook Voralchuk is taking a step back this year. Napoleon is just too full of good team for them to make the step. - Maaaaaan, the BJs got such a tooth scraping last season. Boomer the Cannon shot dead half the roster. I feel for this team and they are a good team. Foligno's sad johnson is a good line but over-hyped in the off season. Still, going to be fun to watch (them just barely miss the playoffs) -Tavares is the man and that team is fun to watch but ohhhhh man does Crappuccino have to Go. Halak is Halak so whatever, you know, gently caress it. Islanders should have a solid season building on last year and get hosed in the playoffs by poor coaching (really, 11 shots on goal in a game 7? Only 3 of them coming from forwards? How is that even possible?). - Washington is a cool team and got a lot better. That goalie they got is the real deal. Ovie owns and fatty McNoNeck 2.0 is a good coach. They will be in a tight race with Hot Dogs and Rangers. WESTERN COCKFRONT CEEENTRAL! - *BRING THE BLOOOD* 1. Dallas 2. Dallas 3. Dallas -------------------- 4. Dallas (WC1) 5. Dallas (WC2) 6. Dallas 7. Colorado - Dallas is all the teams this year. That's why the central is a meat grinder. It's all goals all the time. Goalies? Who gives a gently caress. Tape two Finns together and call it chinese soup. We got Pizza, Party Boy, Wife Swap, and Benns coming out the wazoo (Victor E. Green's, that is). You want slick young kids on D? We got em! You want funny jumbotro jabs? We got em! You want hillarious Twitter slap fights? No? Whatever, unfollow us. We'll even throw in a bonus Patrick-Roy-throwing-a-tantrum-after-getting-fired-before-christmas media scrum. All you need is goals, baby. Pracific 1. Vancouver (President's trophy) 2. Anaheim 3. SHARK SHARK SHARK -------------------- 4. L.A. 5. Calgary 6. Edmonton 9. Arizona - HahahhaHAHhahahH, what a lovely bunch of losers. Van-city is playing the long con. They've been setting us all up for years now. The Sedins are actually robots who were programmed to slow down... until this season! Sutter is a sleeper agent instructed to play like a ball of frozen snot for years, when in reality he's a true generational talent. Miller had eye adjustment surgery in secret this offseason and will be able to actually see the puck (yeah, he was that good in buffalo even when half blind). Sbisa has just been drunk the last 5 years (I mean reeeeally drunk). Everyone else has been fed pseudoephedrine for months/years on end to deflate their actual skill. This team cannot lose a game. First ever perfect season. Jim Boner will be elected Mayor or Vancouver and get a statue. STANLEY CUP FINALS: VAN def. DAL 4-3 (DALLAS IS ALL THE TEAMS) WCF: VAN def. DAL4-1 ECF: DAL def. PIT 4-2 AWARDS Hart: Seguin Richard: Dallas Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Price Norris: Spicey Subban Calder: McEichel Selke: DALLAS Lady Byng: DALLAS! Jack Adams: The Central Division TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Ottawa Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Vancouver Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Colorado (0 points) Most Goals Scored: Dallas Least Goals Scored: Dallas Most Goals Allowed: Dallas Least Goals Allowed: DALLAS! OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 164 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 25-50-60 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 28-32-75 Most Improved Player, West: Sbisa Most Improved Player, East: Dallas Bounceback Player, West: Swedish Robot Twins (150 pts each) Pie Eating Contest, East: Phil Kessel First Coach Fired, West: Patrick Roy - Comedy option: they don't fire him! First Coach Fired, East: Seriously, it's game loving 7 against your arch rivals aND YOU PULL THAT poo poo?! Goals by Phil Kessel: 69 Best Canadian Team By Points: Dallas Kiki approves this message. Rusty does not because he is dead now. 
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1 Tampa Bay 2 Montreal 3 Detroit -------------------- 4 Ottawa 5 Boston 6 Buffalo 7 Florida 8 Toronto Metropolitan 1 Pittsburgh 2 NY Rangers 3 Washington -------------------- 4 NY Islanders 5 Philadelphia 6 Columbus 7 New Jersey 8 Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1 St. Louis 2 Chicago 3 Nashville -------------------- 4 Minnesota 5 Dallas 6 Winnipeg 7 Colorado Pacific 1 Anaheim 2 Los Angeles 3 Vancouver -------------------- 4 Calgary 5 San Jose 6 Edmonton 7 Arizona STANLEY CUP FINALS: Anaheim def. NYR WCF: Anaheim def. St. Louis ECF: NYR def. Pittsburgh AWARDS Hart: Ovechkin Richard: Ovechkin Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Lundqvist Norris: Subban Calder: Eichel Selke: Kopitar Lady Byng: Bergeron Jack Adams: Byslma TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: NJ Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: LAK Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Winnipeg Most Goals Scored: Tampa Bay Least Goals Scored: Florida Most Goals Allowed: Edmonton Least Goals Allowed: Nashville OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 93 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 25-39-64 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 31-30-61 Most Improved Player, West: McKinnon Most Improved Player, East: B. Schenn Bounceback Player, West: Kaner Bounceback Player, East: Giroux First Coach Fired, West: Dave Tippet First Coach Fired, East: Bill Peters Goals by Phil Kessel: 35 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montreal
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JoelJoel posted:Not predictions, this is what will actually happen. My partner's cat Kiki told me so. kiki is a good catte and this is a great post
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Kiki wins the Rusty Memorial Trophy. I think Benn and Seguin have a serious shot at the Art Ross over Crosby, though.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay (easy pick for conference champs) 2. Detroit (still pretty good imo) 3. Montreal (worse team than record showed. Like their offseason but Therrien is still coach, if Price regresses to merely excellent they still lose a bunch of points) -------------------- 4. Boston (healthy Krejci is a huge deal, Lucic wasn't that good anyway, but could see them swap with Florida) 5. Florida (not enough roster change to make me think they can take a step, but could move up via Boston's subtraction) 6. Ottawa (bad team, cinderella run, midnight time) 7. Toronto (yyyyyup) 8. Buffalo (no matter how good Eichel is no team is getting anywhere with Lehner/Johnson as their tandem, my vote for most GA in East) Metropolitan 1. Pittsburgh (go Kessel) 2. New York Rangers (they're good) 3. Washington Capitals (like their offseason) -------------------- 4. New York Islanders WC1 (about the same I guess?) 5. Columbus Blue Jackets WC2 (Johansen/Saad is legit) 6. Philadelphia (sorry about your D Philly fans) 7. Carolina (bad) 8. New Jersey (those forwards...) I don't have a lot of opinions on the west, tbh. WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. St. Louis 2. Chicago 3. Dallas -------------------- 4. Nashville WC1 5. Winnipeg WC2 (assuming they wise up and play Hutchison more) 6. Minnesota (I don't believe in Dubnyk) 7. Colorado Pacific 1. Anaheim 2. San Jose (like Martin signing, see what Jones can do) 3. Calgary (didn't like their team last year but made good moves) -------------------- 4. Los Angeles 5. Edmonton (Maybe Cam Talbot and Nilsson can do the job but I don't know enough about them) 6. Vancouver (sorry Canucks fans) 7. Arizona (lol) I don't feel like doing the rest.
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If the Nilsson you're talking about is Anders Nilsson from the Isles, I would not count on him for anything. Also, I was completely sold on Cam last year, but I don't know how he'll do behind Oilers defense as opposed to the Rangers'. I predict the Metro will get both wildcard spots on the east. The Atlantic will go Tampa, Montréal, Florida, with Detroit going down because of bad juju. Metro goes Pittsburgh, Rangers, Washington, Isles, Philly. I think Philly has made some pretty good moves lately given what Hextall was given to work with. They are on the right track and it would not be surprising for the players to be reenergized with the retooling. Isles have had a quiet offseason, will put many shots (and goals) on net, but continue to be mid tier. Ecause of a middling coach and a very "defense-lasy" sort of team make-up. Goaltending doesn't help any, either. But then again, BEST 4TH LINE IN HOCKEY. Washington is very, very solid. Their power play borders on being unfair. Holtby in net is a bonus. Best pure goal scorer (ever) and his supporting cast fuckin' bulldoze competition. The defense is whatever but whenever Ovie is on the ice, it's terrifying. Rangers are hoping for some younguns to develop and for Hank to hold on. I believe he will stay as consistent as ever. Hopefully the King doesn't get off to his infamous slow starts. AV's coaching doss very well for the team, and the face offs should not be as much a problem. Definitely playoff bound, but I could see them being third in metro. The Pens are gonna be good. They are good. And just added a winger. Phil fuckin' Kessel. Unfortunately, I think MAF has improved under his sports psychologist/voodoo man/goalie coaching. The MAFfenings have been somewhat contained. The defense is suspect, but I think their offense more, MORE than makes up for it. Who the gently caress cares about the west or anything else.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay 2. Montreal 3. Detroit -------------------- 4. Florida 5. Boston 6. Buffalo 7. Ottawa 8. Toronto Metropolitan 1. Washington 2. Pittsburgh 3. NYR -------------------- 4. NYI (Wild Card) 5. Columbus (Wild Card) 6. Philly 7. NJ 8. Carolina WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. St Louis 2. Nashville 3. Chicago -------------------- 4. Minnesota (Wild Card) 5. Dallas (Wild Card) 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado Pacific 1. Anaheim 2. Los Angeles 3. San Jose -------------------- 4. Calgary 5. Vancouver (They're bad, but the Edmonton defense is still the Edmonton defense) 6. Edmonton (McDavid is not a goalie or a defenseman) 7. Arizona (Holy poo poo what a dumpster fire) STANLEY CUP FINALS: WSH def. ANA WCF: ANA def. LA ECF: WSH def. TBL AWARDS Hart: Crosby Richard: Stamkos Art Ross: Crosby Vezina: Price Norris: Subban Calder: Eichel Selke: Bergeron Lady Byng: Datsyuk Jack Adams: Barry Trotz TEAMS Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Buffalo Team With Biggest Fall (Points), EAST: Ottawa Most Improved Team (Points), WEST: Edmonton Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Vancouver Most Goals Scored: Dallas Least Goals Scored: Arizona Most Goals Allowed: Edmonton Least Goals Allowed: St. Louis OTHER STUFF Points for Vancouver Canucks: 74 Goals-Assists-Points for Connor McDavid: 28-57-85 Goals-Assists-Points for Jack Eichel: 35-52-87 Most Improved Player, West: Nathan Mackinnon Most Improved Player, East: Nazem Kadri Bounceback Player, West: Jason Spezza Bounceback Player, East: Phil Kessel First Coach Fired, West: Dave Tippett (Coyotes) First Coach Fired, East: Claude Julien (Bruins) Goals by Phil Kessel: 51 Best Canadian Team By Points: Montreal (106) Yaya fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Oct 7, 2015 |
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I ain't doing players/awards because I don't know poo poo. EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic 1. Tampa Bay 2. Montreal 3. Detroit -------------------- 4. Boston (WC2) 5. Ottawa 6. Florida 7. Buffalo 8. Toronto Metropolitan 1. NY Rangers 2. NY Islanders 3. Washington -------------------- 4. Pittsburgh (WC1) 5. Columbus 6. Philadelphia 7. Carolina 8. New Jersey WESTERN CONFERENCE Central 1. Chicago 2. Nashville 3. St. Louis -------------------- 4. Dallas (WC1) 5. Minnesota (WC2) 6. Winnipeg 7. Colorado Pacific 1. Anaheim 2. Los Angeles 3. Calgary -------------------- 4. Edmonton 5. San Jose 6. Vancouver 7. Arizona WCF: Anaheim over Chicago ECF: Tampa Bay over Washington SCF: Anaheim over Tampa Bay
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Rotten Cookies posted:If the Nilsson you're talking about is Anders Nilsson from the Isles, I would not count on him for anything. Also, I was completely sold on Cam last year, but I don't know how he'll do behind Oilers defense as opposed to the Rangers'. He plays deep in his net which requires at least having a defenseman in position, so he's gonna get burned by a lot of "this guy scored" plays, but he's also going to help them out in 3v3 OT because he can play a single player pretty well. Any changes would require goaltending coaching, which is a giant question mark.
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Zodijackylite posted:Calder: Lindberg (non-homer pick: Eichel) Looks like a good pick so far.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Jack Adams: Todd Richards Haha. No one predicted Todd Richards to be the first coach fired.
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ThinkTank posted:Haha. No one predicted Todd Richards to be the first coach fired. Yeah, I just came here to bring that back up. That pick went well. 
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ThinkTank posted:BAD PREDICTIONS INBOUND Pretty much the only thing I've been right about so far.
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Twin Cinema posted:EASTERN CONFERENCE Well, I was dead wrong about Montreal, but I was correct about Florida, so I'm even. I expected Ottawa to be worse than they are. I don't really know why I placed Toronto out of the basement, but truthfully, they haven't looked to be as bad of a team as everyone projected. I mean, they are still currently in last, but they aren't that bad, y'know (terrible argument)? quote:Metropolitan I was very wrong about this division. Until I just looked it up, I didn't realize Carolina and New Jersey were above 80 points. quote:WESTERN CONFERENCE I believed in Columbus, and I believed in Winnipeg. Both let me down. I also didn't believe in Dubnyk. Basically, I have terrible hockey predicitions. quote:Pacific Well, other than Calgary, and my erroneous belief that Arizona would be the worst team in the league, I was correct, I think. [/quote] quote:STANLEY CUP FINALS: TB def. ANA Back when MON was still a viable ECF team. quote:AWARDS Oh wow. I went all in with Tavares. The only award I got correct here, probably, was Ovechkin. quote:TEAMS quote:OTHER STUFF
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Basically the only thing I got right so far is Vancouver's spot in their division. Still think if Bernier hadn't become a sieve this year the Leafs would have ended up where I had them. Also I didn't realize Paulocaust's last ban actually stuck.
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I had Vancouver fifth in their division, because even in my most wildest of fever dreams, I never imagined they could be worse than Arizona and Edmonton. Now, this is where my ignorance of the Western Conference comes into play, because I really have no idea how Arizona is doing what it's doing, even after looking at their roster. It's not even that they are a good team, but they are probably 15-20 points above where I pegged them in the preseason.
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Mind_Taker posted:EASTERN CONFERENCE I feel I should get a pass on Montreal because Carey Price being out literally cost them a playoff spot. I was wrong about Boston (probably). quote:Metropolitan Pretty accurate. Didn't understand how bad Mike Johnston was but still Pittsburgh will end up being #2 or #3 in the division. quote:WESTERN CONFERENCE Again, pretty accurate  . Nashville isn't quite as good as I thought mainly because Rinne was a turd in the first half of the season.quote:Pacific Missed the Sharks pretty badly and overrated Calgary. Didn't get the President's Trophy right but Anaheim is a really good team so I don't feel terrible about that prediction. quote:STANLEY CUP FINALS: Washington Capitals def. Anaheim Ducks in 6 TBD, but hopefully I'm right! quote:-Washington is my homer pick to win it all, but honestly it's not far-fetched that they win it all save for the whole "playoff chokers" moniker. They will still have Orpik playing top pairing minutes which is bad and I am sure they are going to be in another grind-it-out series with Rangers, but they will have some scoring depth finally and I think Kuznetsov and Burakovsky could improve greatly. Also Schmidt-Orlov should be better than Gleason-Green (not because Green is bad but because Gleason was woeful). nailed it Actually pleased with my predictions!
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Jim Benning's  failed, can we get him banned from the Canucks?
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Looking back on my picks which are currently close: Zodijackylite posted:Most Improved Team (Points), EAST: Sabres (+22 | 76) Close on the Sabres point total, guessed the Habs and Nucks would have the biggest falls, but not nearly that bad.  Eichel is currently at 50 points (23/27) and McDavid is at 15/30, although in an unexpected timeframe. Miller, Anisimov, and Kane are 21/19/20 goal players, which is a substantial improvement over last year for each. Going to call each of those a success.
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I'm gonna wait until the season is over before looking at this a bit more closely but:ThinkTank posted:6. Vancouver - Really, really ridiculously bad. Benning trades Vrbata and Hamhuis at the deadline but fails to return a single additional first round pick or top prospect. Well I was half right.
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This ended up being the most accurate prediction in the whole thread.
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Still might be accurate for Montreal they are currently 1 point behind Ottawa at 76!
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I can't believe I had Calgary finishing second in the Pacific what the gently caress is wrong with me???
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Chairman Wao posted:This ended up being the most accurate prediction in the whole thread. Christ it really did, hahahaha
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HookShot posted:I can't believe I had Calgary finishing second in the Pacific what the gently caress is wrong with me??? You're not the only one. SAS had Calgary finishing an average of 3.21/7 in the Pacific Division. I crunched the numbers earlier in the year but forgot to post them. NHL SAS Averaged NHL Standings Predictions 2015/16 Atlantic Tampa Bay - 1.07 (CBJSprague and Bregor were the only people who voted them to finish anything other than 1st in the Atlantic) Montreal - 2.18 Detroit - 3.54 Florida - 4.25 Boston - 5.14 Ottawa - 5.54 Buffalo - 6.64 Toronto - 7.64 Metropolitan Pittsburgh - 1.75 NY Rangers - 2.04 Washington - 3.04 NY Islanders - 3.71 Columbus - 4.82 Philadelphia - 5.86 New Jersey - 7.36 Carolina - 7.43 Central St. Louis - 1.85 Chicago - 2.70 Nashville - 2.85 Dallas - 4.11 Minnesota - 4.11 Winnipeg - 5.52 Colorado - 6.74 Pacific Anaheim - 1.11 (3 people ranked them 2nd, everyone else ranked them 1st in the Pacific) Los Angeles - 2.64 Calgary - 3.21 San Jose - 3.43 Edmonton - 5.25 Vancouver - 5.46 Arizona - 6.89 (two people ranked them anything other than last in the Pacific) Cup Faves TBL - 8 Votes WSH - 5 Votes NYR - 3 Votes FLR - 2 Votes PIT - 2 Votes CHI - 2 Votes ANA - 2 Votes STL - 1 Vote DAL - 1 Vote VAN - 1 Vote (if memory serves me correctly this was an attempt at reverse psychology) Runner Up ANA - 10 Votes LAK - 5 Votes TBL - 3 Votes CHI - 2 Votes NSH - 2 Votes CGY - 1 Vote (  )SJS - 1 Vote WSH - 1 Vote FLR - 1 Vote NYR - 1 Vote ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Mar 30, 2016 |
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I had Jason Spezza as the West's bounceback player and seeing how he's scored 30 goals this year I think I win on that regard. Not a whole lot else but hey
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DJExile posted:Christ it really did, hahahaha I guess except for the Patrick Roy part, but gotta save a bit for next year I guess.
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Waiting for the end of the regular season to grade myself on the standings since there's lots of wiggle room in the Metro, but:CBJSprague24 posted:Team With Biggest Fall (Points), WEST: Jesus, I forgot Vancouver had 100+ points. Them. At the rate things are going, they could very well land on 70. ThinkTank posted:Tampa Bay - 1.07 (CBJSprague and Bregor were the only people who voted them to finish anything other than 1st in the Atlantic) I had Le Habs winning the Atlantic. Whoops.
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Well, time to look back and see how dumb I was in October. For reference, the difference for everything is the difference between where I picked them to finish minus where they actually finished.Kilza posted:EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal really came through for everybody this season. quote:Metropolitan The top 3 for the Metro was bang on. Just...don't look at the teams below that line. quote:WESTERN CONFERENCE Underestimated Dallas, overestimated Minnesota. Some minor differences here and there. quote:Pacific Oh dear, that Oilers prediction. I remember my thinking for having Edmonton in the 3rd spot being "Well, everything's gone right for them this off-season ever since they won the draft lottery, surely that'll continue into the regular season!" Of course, that theory sort of fell apart once Eberle got injured in the pre-season. Whoops. Aside from that, this is definitely the division I did best in prediction wise. 4/7 teams correctly placed, would have been 5/7 had I listened to my brain instead of my heart and had Edmonton/San Jose flipped around. quote:STANLEY CUP FINALS: TB def. LA 4-3 Yeah, I'm not so confident in this right now, aside from the "LA makes the SCF" part. quote:AWARDS These picks weren't too hot. I did get the Rocket Richard winner right, but that'll probably be the only thing I get right if McDavid doesn't somehow win the Calder. quote:TEAMS 3/8 right. Montreal definitely screwed everything up. quote:OTHER STUFF Overall, looking at just the standings, I didn't do too bad? I didn't do great either, mind you, but I got 11/30 teams perfectly correct, and 13/16 playoff teams (missed out on the Islanders, Flyers and Sharks). I guess that's okay. Most of my other predictions really didn't come through, though.
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