'06-07 Fearless Predictions

[Shoalzie]

Regular Season Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
*1. Philadelphia (2)
*2. N.Y. Rangers (4)
*3. New Jersey (8)
4. N.Y. Islanders
5. Pittsburgh

Northeast Division
*1. Ottawa (1)
*2. Buffalo (6)
*3. Boston (7)
4. Toronto
5. Montreal

Southeast Division
*1. Carolina (3)
*2. Atlanta (5)
3. Tampa Bay
4. Florida
5. Washington

Western Conference
Central Division
*1. Detroit (3)
*2. Nashville (4)
3. St. Louis
4. Chicago
5. Columbus

Northwest Division
*1. Calgary (2)
*2. Vancouver (6)
*3. Edmonton (8)
4. Minnesota
5. Colorado

Pacific Division
*1. Anaheim (1)
*2. San Jose (5)
*3. Dallas (7)
4. Phoenix
5. Los Angeles

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference
Ottawa over New Jersey
Philadelphia over Boston
Buffalo over Carolina
Atlanta over N.Y. Rangers

Ottawa over Buffalo
Philadelphia over Atlanta

Ottawa over Philadelphia

Western Conference
Anaheim over Edmonton
Calgary over Dallas
Vancouver over Detroit
Nashville over San Jose

Anaheim over Vancouver
Nashville over Calgary

Anaheim over Nashville

Finals
Anaheim over Ottawa
Conn Smythe: Scott Niedermayer

Major Awards
Hart: Ilya Kovalchuk
Art Ross: Ilya Kovalchuk (110 points)
Rocket Richard: Ilya Kovalchuk (62 goals)
Vezina: Roberto Luongo
Norris: Zdeno Chara
Jack Adams: Bob Hartley
Calder: Phil Kessel

Crosby vs. Ovechkin
Ovechkin: 55 goals / 50 assists--105 points
Crosby: 42 goals / 62 assists--104 points

[Shoalzie]

Bump...

I'm can't possibly be the only "fearless" person here. :wink:

[Joey Moss]

Regular Season Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
1. N.Y. Rangers (3)
2. Philadelphia (6)
3. Pittsburgh (8 )
4. New Jersey
5. N.Y. Islanders


Northeast Division
1. Buffalo (1)
2. Ottawa (4)
3. Boston (7)
4. Montreal
5. Toronto

Southeast Division
1. Carolina (2)
2. Tampa Bay (5)
3. Atlanta
4. Washington
5. Florida

Western Conference
Central Division
*1. Detroit (2)
*2. Nashville (5)
3. St. Louis
4. Chicago
5. Columbus

Northwest Division
1. Calgary (3)
2. Edmonton (6)
3. Minnesota (8 )
4. Vancouver
5. Colorado

Pacific Division
1. Anaheim (1)
2. San Jose (4)
4. Phoenix (7)
3. Dallas
5. Los Angeles

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Final

Buffalo over Carolina

Western Conference Final

Anaheim over San Jose

Finals
Anahiem over Buffalo (Buffalo always loses in the finals, it's their thing)
Conn Smythe: Assmunch Pronger

Major Awards
Hart: Crosby
Art Ross: Crosby (142 points)
Rocket Richard: Cheechoo (62 goals)
Vezina: Marc Denis
Norris: Niklolas Lidstom
Jack Adams: Craig MacTavish
Calder: Evegni Malkin

[moon]

Regular Season Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
*1. N.Y. Rangers(2)
*2. Philadelphia (6)
*3. New Jersey (7)
4. Pittsburgh
5. N.Y. Islanders

Northeast Division
*1. Ottawa (1)
*2. Buffalo (4)
*3. Boston (8)
4. Toronto
5. Montreal

Southeast Division
*1. Carolina (3)
*2. Tampa Bay (5)
3. Atlanta
4. Florida
5. Washington

Western Conference
Central Division
*1. Nashville (1)
*2. Detroit (5)
3. Chicago
4. Columbus
5. St. Louis

Northwest Division
*1. Calgary (2)
*2. Vancouver (7)
*3. Edmonton (8)
4. Colorado
5. Minnesota

Pacific Division
*1. San Jose (3)
*2. Anaheim (4)
*3. Dallas (6)
4. Phoenix
5. Los Angeles

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference
Ottawa over Boston
New Jersey over N.Y. Rangers
Carolina over Philly
Buffalo over Tampa Bay

Ottawa over New Jersey
Buffalo over Carolina

Ottawa over Buffalo

Western Conference
Nashville over Edmonton
Calgary over Vancouver
Dallas over Anaheim
San Jose over Detroit

Nashville over Dallas
Calgary over San Jose

Calgary over Nashville

Finals
Calgary over Ottawa
Conn Smythe: Kiprusoff

Major Awards
Hart: Miika Kiprusoff
Art Ross: Joe Thorton (131 points)
Rocket Richard: Jonathon Cheechoo (63 goals)
Vezina: Miika Kiprusoff
Norris: Wade Redden
Jack Adams: Barry Trotz
Calder: Malkin

Crosby vs. Ovechkin
Ovechkin: 56 goals / 48 assists--104 points
Crosby: 40 goals / 76 assists--116 points

[JD]

Just not a prediction kind of guy. Let me put my own spin on it I guess:

East:

Ottawa
Atlanta
New Jersey
Carolina
Buffalo
Boston
Florida
Philadelphia
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Tampa Bay
Montreal
NY Rangers
Washington
Pittsburgh
Toronto
NY Islanders

West:
Edmonton
Nashville
San Jose
Anaheim
Detroit
Dallas
Minnesota
Columbus (finally!!)
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Phoenix
Colorado
Vancouver
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Chicago
Calgary

No playoff predictions

Hart: Vokoun
Vezina: Vokoun
Lady Byng: Hemsky
Norris: Redden
Art Ross: Crosby
Richard: Kovalchuk
Adams: Trotz
Calder: Luc Bourdon!! (ok not really)

the Cup: San Jose Sharks. And the silicon valley goes nuts.

[Joey Moss]

Screw you JD,

I have no idea what type of reverse prediction anti-jinxing theory you've got going on here, but seriously Edmonton 1st and Calgary 15th? What's up?

[JD]

Screw you JD,

I have no idea what type of reverse prediction anti-jinxing theory you've got going on here, but seriously Edmonton 1st and Calgary 15th? What's up?

Well I just think that Edmonton has improved so much by adding so much scoring with Sykora and Lupul and this is the new NHL and so the Oilers are totally built to succeed. On the other hand the Flames can't score and adding Tanguay won't help because losing Leopold means they'll never get out of their own zone so scoring will go even worse.

It will be a long year, I'm afraid!

[Joey Moss]

Tanguay won't help because losing Leopold means they'll never get out of their own zone so scoring will go even worse.

It will be a long year, I'm afraid!

Switch Tanguay for any oiler and Leopold for Pronger and this is my consern about Edmonton. Their D is so young that they won't be able to get the puck to all their potential 20+ goal scores I keep hearing about.

However I don't see Tanguay as the savior for Calgary. He's a just slightly improved version of Steve Reinprect.

[Cross Traffic]

Phoenix SUCKS, no way the Kings finish below them, adding shit like Roenick and Nolan isn't going to help them, and Gretz will be looking for a new job by the end of the season. He isn't a good coach.

[JD]

Phoenix SUCKS, no way the Kings finish below them, adding shit like Roenick and Nolan isn't going to help them, and Gretz will be looking for a new job by the end of the season. He isn't a good coach.

Phoenix was a decent team with a lot of pieces already in place. They have good young talent and a solid D corps to go along with those vets that are more likely to hit the links than the gym after practice.

Certainly the "winning environment" won't be prevailent in Phoenix, but I think they have enough talent to go on a couple hot streaks over the course of the year. They'll get enough wins to jump ahead of LA.

As for the Kings, their lack of veterans will hurt them. They're a young up-and-coming team whose time is not now.

[Cross Traffic]

Plenty of vets on the Kings...Blake, Norstrom, Miller, Thornton, Conroy among others. With Mark Crawford running the team, I expect them to suprize alot of people.

[Blitzkrieg]

Regular Season Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
*1. Philadelphia (1)
*2. N.Y. Rangers (4)
*3. New Jersey (7)
4. Pittsburgh
5. N.Y. Islanders

Northeast Division
*1. Buffalo (2)
*2. Ottawa (3)
*3. Boston (5)
4. Toronto
5. Montreal

Southeast Division
*1. Carolina (3)
*2. Atlanta (6)
3. Florida
4. Tampa Bay
5. Washington

Western Conference
Central Division
*1. Detroit (1)
*2. Nashville (2)
3. St. Louis
4. Chicago
5. Columbus

Northwest Division
*1. Calgary (4)
*2. Vancouver (5)
3. Colorado
4. Minnesota
5. Edmonton

Pacific Division
*1. San Jose (3)
*2. Los Angeles(6)
*3. Dallas (7)
4. Phoenix (8)
5. Anaheim

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Finals

Oottawa over Flyers

Western Conference Finals

Detroit over Nashville

Finals

Detroit over Oottawa

Conn Smythe: Martin Gerber

Major Awards
Hart: Robert Luongo
Art Ross: Jarome Iginla(125 points)
Rocket Richard: Jarome Iginla (67 goals)
Vezina: Roberto Luongo
Norris: Dion Phaneuf
Jack Adams: Barry Trotz
Calder: Phil Kessel






Other predictions:


Hasek will get hurt in the first week or month, but will still win 25 games(40 starts).

Bertuzzi will have a 100 point season in Florida.

Luongo will still see a lot of rubber, but will win more than 30 games and finish among the leagues best(top 5) in GAA.

Thomas Vanek(who?) will score 40 goals.

So will Alex Frolov.

Alex Tanguay will win the Wayne Gretzky award as the league leader in assists.

Ken Hitchcock will get even fatter.

The Kings will be the most improved team in the league.

[moon]

Stanley Cup Playoffs
Eastern Conference Finals

Flyers over Oottawa

Western Conference Finals

Detroit over Nashville

Finals

Detroit over Oottawa

Ottawa loses in the Conference finals and goes onto win the Stanley Cup?

Thats impressive.

[JD]

Plenty of vets on the Kings...Blake, Norstrom, Miller, Thornton, Conroy among others. With Mark Crawford running the team, I expect them to suprize alot of people.

"Among others"? Like who? Sean Avery?

Miller will get his customary 35 games in, and that leaves 4 veterans. Not enough, IMO. The team will have to be carried by the younger players, and they will for stretches, but not enough.

[Shoalzie]

Two words for why the Kings won't make the playoffs...Dan Cloutier.

[Cross Traffic]

Cloutier/Garon is a step up from Garon/Labarbera.

Kings are going to have a lunchpail gang mentality and a coach that has balls unlike Andy Murray.

[moon]

Kings are going to have a lunchpail gang mentality and a coach that has balls unlike Andy Murray.

Have you seen any Canucks games in the past 5 years? Going from Andy Murray to Crawford is like going from a Ferrari to a Yugo. Crawford is a garbage coach and the only "balls" you'll see from him are the balls of his players hanging in his face in the post game shower.

[JD]

Ha.... that comment was totally out of line, moon!

But about Crawford, maybe if you consider sending Bertuzzi and May over the boards to stalk Steve Moore "having balls", I suppose you're right.

[Shoalzie]

After the dust settles, I ended up with 12 of 16 playoff teams and I nailed the matchup for the Cup Finals. Didn't think it would be Emery taking the Sens to the Finals though. The Vezina pick looks pretty good although Brodeur is worthy as well.

[Shoalzie]

Finals
Anaheim over Ottawa
Conn Smythe: Scott Niedermayer

[Rack Fu]

Finals
Anaheim over Ottawa
Conn Smythe: Scott Niedermayer

Got any stock picks for me?

[Shoalzie]

I tell ya, I wish I could've put some money down on that pick. I don't know if Vegas offers that kind of trifecta or not. This pretty much guarantees that I'll completely flub up next year's picks.

[Shoalzie]

Luongo will still see a lot of rubber, but will win more than 30 games and finish among the leagues best(top 5) in GAA.

Close

Thomas Vanek(who?) will score 40 goals.

Well done

So will Alex Frolov.

Close...finished with 35