NHL Predictions (2009-2010 Season)

[LastPlaceRocks]

It's that time of year again.

[xbrokendownx]

beat me to it...here we go (x = playoffs)

ATLANTIC

Pittsburgh - x
Phiadelphia - x
New Jersey - x
New York Rangers - x
New York Islanders

NORTHEAST

Boston - x
Montreal - x
Toronto
Ottawa
Buffalo

SOUTHEAST

Washington - x
Carolina - x
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta


CENTRAL

Chicago - x
Detroit - x
St. Louis - x
Columbus
Nashville

NORTHWEST

Vancouver - x
Calgary - x
Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

PACIFIC

San Jose - x
Anaheim - x
Los Angeles - x
Dallas
Phoenix


MVP: Evgeni Malkin
Rocket Richard- Alexander Ovechkin
Vezina- Roberto Luongo
Norris- Dan Boyle

[KidRobot]

I'll do it by divisons I guess.

East:

Northeast:
3. Boston
8. Buffalo
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa

Atlantic
2. Pittsburgh
4. Philadelphia
6. New Jersey
7. Rangers
Islanders

Southeast
1. Washington
5. Carolina
Florida
Tampa
Atlanta

West:

Pacific
1. San Jose
4. Anaheim
8. Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix

3. Calgary
5. Vancouver
7. Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

2. Chicago
3. Detroit
6. St Louis
Columbus
Nashville

[StuGrimson]

1 Philadelphia
2 Washington
3 Boston
4 Pittsburgh
5 New York Rangers
6 Carolina
7 New Jersey
8 Toronto
9 Montreal
10 Atlanta
11 Ottawa
12 Tampa Bay
13 Buffalo
14 Florida
15 New York Islanders

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

[deadstar]

I never ever do these, but I think I'll give it a go this time...

East
1. Washington
2. Boston
3. Philadelphia
4. Montreal
5. Pittsburgh
6. NY Rangers
7. Toronto
8. Florida

West
1. Chicago
2. San Jose
3. Vancouver
4. Detroit
5. Anaheim
6. Columbus
7. Calgary
8. Nashville

MVP: Getzlaf
Vezina: Lundqvist
Norris: Green (voters love offense)
Calder: Nikita Filatov (he still counts right?)
Lady Byng: They'll just make this a team award and give it to the Red Wings (zing!)
Selke: Richards
Adams: DeBoer

Breakout season: Bobby Ryan scores 50 goals. (Just realized he scored 31 in 64 games last year so I gave him 10 more haha).

[pand75]

z indicates conference winner
y indicates division winner
x indicates playoff spot

Atlantic Division
z - Pittsburgh
x - Philadelphia Flyers
x - New York Rangers
New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders

Northeast Division
y - Boston Bruins
x - Toronto Maple Leafs
x - Ottawa Senators
Montreal Canadians
Buffalo Sabres

Southeast Division
y - Washington
x - Carolina
Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers
Atlanta Thrashers

Central Division
z - Detroit Red Wings
x - Chicago Blackhawks
x - St. Louis Blues
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nashville Predators

Northwest Division
y - Vancouver Canucks
x - Calgary Flames
x - Edmonton Oilers
Minnesota Wild
Colorado Avalanche

Pacific Division
y - San Jose Sharks
x - Anaheim Ducks
Los Angeles Kings
Dallas Stars
Phoenix Coyotes

Eastern Conference Playoffs
(1) Pittsburgh Penguins over (8) Toronto Maple Leafs
(2) Boston Bruins over (7) Ottawa Senators
(3) Washington Capitals over (6) New York Rangers
(4) Philadelphia Flyers over (5) Carolina Hurricanes

(4) Philadelphia over (1) Pittsburgh
(3) Bruins over (2) Capitals

(4) Flyers over (3) Bruins

Western Conference Playoffs
(1) Detroit over (8) Edmonton
(2) San Jose over (7) St-Louis
(3) Vancouver over (6) Calgary
(4) Anaheim over (5) Chicago

(4) Anaheim over (1) Detroit
(2) San Jose over (3) Vancouver

(4) Anaheim over (2) San Jose

Stanley Cup Finals
(4) Philadelphia over (4) Anaheim in six

Trophies

Hart: Sidney Crosby
Vezina: Jonas Hiller
Norris: Shea Weber
Calder: John Taveres
Lady Byng: Pavel Datsyuk
Selke: Pavel Datsyuk
Jack Adams: Cory Clouston
Masterson: Brenden Morrow
Lester B. Pearson: Sidney Crosby
Presidents': Pittsburgh
Art Ross: Evgeni Malkin
Maurice Richard: Jeff Carter
Conn Smythe: Mike Richards

[StuGrimson]

I think Filatov wins the Calder too. I would have liked Hodgson but he still may get sent to Brampton because he had a poor camp.

[LastPlaceRocks]

MVP: Getzlaf
Vezina: Lundqvist
Norris: Green (voters love offense)
Calder: Nikita Filatov (he still counts right?)
Lady Byng: They'll just make this a team award and give it to the Red Wings (zing!)
Selke: Richards
Adams: DeBoer

Breakout season: Bobby Ryan scores 40 goals.
He's eligible for the Calder.

[deadstar]

Haha Pat picking Hiller to win the Vezina. I'm predicting JS Giguere has the job back for the playoffs.

[pand75]

Haha Pat picking Hiller to win the Vezina. I'm predicting JS Giguere has the job back for the playoffs.
hahaha it's very bold.

[Chris M.]

Eastern Conference
z - conference
y - division
x - playoffs

Atlantic
z - Pittsburgh
x - Philadelphia
x - New York Rangers
x - New Jersey
New York Islanders

Northeast
y - Boston
x - Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Buffalo

Southeast
y - Washington
x - Carolina
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta

Western Conference
z - conference
y - division
x - playoffs

Central
y - Detroit
x - Chicago
x - Columbus
x - St. Louis
Nashville

Northwest
y - Calgary
x - Vancouver
Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

Pacific
z - San Jose
x - Anaheim
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix

Awards

Rocket Richard: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington
Art Ross: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
Lady Byng: Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
Selke: Ryan Kesler, Vancouver
Calder: Nikita Filatov, Columbus
Norris: Zdeno Chara, Boston
Vezina: Roberto Luongo, Vancouver
Jack Adams: Ron Wilson, Toronto

Too lazy to predict the playoffs.

[tommyishere]

All i care about it the Blackhawks, even though i enjoy watching the Capitals play.
I also think San Jose, Calgary, Vancouver and Detroit will give us some competition, a little worried about Huet too.
Ah it should be a fun season though

[pand75]

Thanks for the input.

[LastPlaceRocks]

All i care about it the Blackhawks, even though i enjoy watching the Capitals play.
I also think San Jose, Calgary, Vancouver and Detroit will give us some competition, a little worried about Huet too.
Ah it should be a fun season though
So the Blackhawks will finish ____?

[tommyishere]

So the Blackhawks will finish ____?

my biased opinion will say 1st, maybe Duncan Keith or Brent Seabrook might pick up some hardware as well, but i highly doubt that

[inthemidst]

beat me to it...here we go (x = playoffs)

ATLANTIC

Pittsburgh - x
Phiadelphia - x
New Jersey - x
New York Rangers - x
New York Islanders

NORTHEAST

Boston - x
Montreal - x
Toronto
Ottawa
Buffalo

SOUTHEAST

Washington - x
Carolina - x
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta


CENTRAL

Chicago - x
Detroit - x
St. Louis - x
Columbus
Nashville

NORTHWEST

Vancouver - x
Calgary - x
Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

PACIFIC

San Jose - x
Anaheim - x
Los Angeles - x
Dallas
Phoenix


MVP: Evgeni Malkin
Rocket Richard- Alexander Ovechkin
Vezina- Roberto Luongo
Norris- Dan Boyle

No Islanders in the playoffs? What? Haha, just kidding. I agree with your selections, pretty much all of them. I think Dallas will probably get the last playoff spot in the west though, instead of Los Angeles. Go Pens!

[pand75]

Now I remember why NHH exists.

[inthemidst]

Would I be mad by saying a rematch between the Red Wings and Penguins is my prediction for the cup?

[xbrokendownx]

are you asking us if you would be mad about something?

[LastPlaceRocks]

Would I be mad by saying a rematch between the Red Wings and Penguins is my prediction for the cup?
Yes you will be furious, but at the same time probably right.

[larokr]

Only doing predictions by division. I have so much work I need to do and don't feel like doing anything else, haha. These will probably suck, though.


Eastern Conference

Atlantic
y - Pittsburgh
x - Philadelphia
x - New York Rangers
x - New Jersey
New York Islanders

Northeast
y - Boston
x - Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Buffalo

Southeast
z - Washington
x - Carolina
Tampa Bay
Atlanta
Florida

Western Conference

Central
z - Detroit
x - Chicago
x - Columbus
x - St. Louis
Nashville

Northwest
y - Vancouver
x - Calgary
Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

Pacific
y - San Jose
x - Anaheim
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix


Now I remember why NHH exists.

Hahahahah yes.

[SwiftSilentDead]

Atlantic
x-Pittsburgh
x-New Jersey
x-Philadelphia
New York Rangers
New York Islanders

Northeast
x-Boston
x-Montreal
Toronto
Buffalo
Ottawa

Southeast
x-Washington
x-Carolina
x-Florida
Tampa Bay
Atlanta

Central
x-Chicago
x-Detroit
x-Columbus
St. Louis
Nashville

Northwest
x-Calgary
x-Vancouver
x-Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

Pacific
x-Anaheim
x-San Jose
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix

[inthemidst]

are you asking us if you would be mad about something?

Nah, I mean "mad" as in "crazy". Not mad as in frustrated.

[LastPlaceRocks]

East:
1 Philadelphia - so much talent and thuggery has never been assembled in one locker room
2 Washington - the red light will be a regular fixture at Verizon Center given the Caps' offense and defense
3 Boston - coming back to reality this year but the B's are lucky the Northeast is a cakewalk
4 Pittsburgh - Fourth? Second in the division? Bring it on Penguin whiners!
5 Carolina - WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
6 New Jersey - third in the Atlantic but first in inducing me to sleep
7 New York Rangers - this depends on Gaborik not being put on the side of a milk carton
8 Atlanta - contract year for Kovy and the Thrashers had a productive off-season
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9 Toronto - wait until next year...or the year after that...or the year after that
10 Tampa Bay - will the on-ice product be as good as the side-show?
11 Montreal - what's 11 in French?
12 Florida - waiting until next year to complete the 2002 National Champs' blue line
13 Buffalo - best news this year comes from the jersey department
14 Ottawa - no Heatley, no care
15 New York Islanders - Cam Fowler, here we come!

West
1 San Jose - petitioning the NHL to end the season in April [PC one]
2 Detroit - Fuck Detroit. I had to get that off my chest after being nice to the Wings during all the awards
3 Calgary - here's hoping Phaneuf doesn't get Bouwmeester's sloppy seconds
4 Chicago - too bad this isn't a best uniform competition
5 Vancouver - too bad this isn't a worst uniform competition
6 Anaheim - does anyone care about the Ducks?
7 St. Louis - won't be singing the Blues with Erik Johnson back
8 Los Angeles - all three Cali teams make the playoffs for the first time in history...or someone gets fired
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9 Minnesota - here's hoping Marty Havlat can be "Skating Jesus"
10 Dallas - no fucking clue what to say about Dallas - so many intangibles anything can happen. Umm, Norm Green sucks!
11 Edmonton - third in a trio of enigmas, at least the Oil have Mike Comrie!
12 Columbus - too much pressure is on the young core to repeat last year's showing
13 Phoenix - 13th provided they still exist by the end of the season
14 Nashville - prove me wrong Predators, prove me wrong
15 Colorado - only the second-best hockey team in Denver

Stanley Cup Finals:
Detroit (Campbell) over Philadelphia (Prince of Wales) in 6

Trophies and Awards

Hart: Someone who didn't deserve it because my guy was robbed
Vezina: Roberto Luongo (or Carey Price if you are a Montreal fan)
Norris: Zach Bogosian...err I mean Nicklas Lidstrom
Calder: Ville Leino
Lady Byng: Who gives a shit?
Selke: Pavel Datsyuk
Jack Adams: Whoever replaces John Stevens in November
Quebec-Winnipeg Cup: Kansas City Scouts
Masterson: The player with the most gruesome injury last year....so Erik Johnson
Lester B. Pearson: That whiner Cindy Ovechkin
MacNaugton Cup: DU
Messier Leadership Award: Someone who is amazed that I didn't make up the award
Presidents' Trophy: San Chokese
Art Ross: Joe Thornton (for a lifetime achievement)
Bridgestone Winter Classic: Boston Bruins
Jennings: Martin Brodeur
King Clancy: Jim Balsille and Dany Heatley
Avco Cup: Houston Aeros
Rocket Richard: Derek Boogaard
Conn Smythe: Henrik Zetterberg
First Person in Jacque Lemaire's Dog Pound: Travis Zajac
Biggest waste of time: BostonRyan, COTA and Sharks! Sharks! Sharks! posts, trivial awards and you for reading all this white font.

[xbrokendownx]

hahahaha some gems thrown in there, i like it

[deadstar]

Jack Adams: Whoever replaces John Stevens in November


I think this one was my favorite cause it made me laugh, yet has such a high probability of happening.

[livethesounds]

ATLANTIC

Pittsburgh x
Philadelphia x
New York Rangers x
New Jersey x
New York Islanders

NORTHEAST

Boston x
Montreal x
Toronto
Buffalo
Ottawa

SOUTHEAST

Washington x
Carolina x
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta

(1) Boston over (8) Carolina
(2) Pittsburgh over (7) New Jersey
(3) Washington over (6) Montreal
(5) New York Rangers over (4) Philadelphia

(1) Boston over (5) New York Rangers
(3) Washington over (2) Pittsburgh

(1) Boston over (3) Washington


CENTRAL

Detroit x
Chicago x
Columbus
Nashville
St. Louis

NORTHWEST

Calgary x
Vancouver x
Minnesota x
Edmonton
Colorado

PACIFIC

San Jose x
Dallas x
Anaheim x
Los Angeles
Phoenix

(1) Calgary over (8) Minnesota
(2) San Jose over (7) Anaheim
(6) Vancouver over (3) Detroit
(4) Chicago over (5) Dallas

(1) Calgary over (6) Vancouver
(4) Chicago over (2) San Jose

(4) Chicago over (1) Calgary

Boston over Chicago

[sizablescarsxx]

Atlantic

x - Pittsburgh
x - Philadelphia
x - New York Rangers
x - New Jersey
New York Islanders

Northeast

x - Boston
x - Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
Buffalo

Southeast

x - Washington
x - Carolina
Atlanta
Florida
Tampa Bay

Central

x - Detroit
x - Chicago
x - Columbus
St. Louis
Nashville

Northwest

x - Calgary
x - Vancouver
x - Minnesota
Edmonton
Colorado

Pacific

x - San Jose
x - Anaheim
Los Angeles
Dallas
Phoenix


Don't feel like doing round by round, but Stanley Cup Finals, I'm saying either Calgary or Chicago vs. Washington or Philadelphia.

[LastPlaceRocks]

I think this one was my favorite cause it made me laugh, yet has such a high probability of happening.
I can definitely see it happening given the Flyers have a lot of talent but Stevens hasn't shown he has control of the locker room and can take the team to the next level.

Personally my favorite one is the King Clancy, just because of how ridiculous it is (if you don't know what the King Clancy award is, look it up).

[emkvetwin]

I approve... not only are some people picking LA to make the playoffs, but you all have them facing San Jose in the first round. This is good!

[rcrook]

a) I don't know nearly enough about hockey to make predictions but I will say that I hope we (Ducks) face the Sharks again in the playoffs. Nothing better than the miserable look in Sharks fans faces when they lose in the playoffs...again

b) Are the Kings really supposed to be that much better to where they are a playoff team? They have finished in the bottom 2 the last 3 years.

[LastPlaceRocks]

b) Are the Kings really supposed to be that much better to where they are a playoff team? They have finished in the bottom 2 the last 3 years.
The Kings improved and put themselves in position for a playoff rub with a couple big additions (Scuderi and Smyth) and their young core has improved a lot. That said, in the end LA's a tough team to peg. I don't know if they are a playoff team or not (although I did put them at eighth) because seven through eleven are close in both conferences, but they should be in that sort of mix.

[deadstar]

LA all comes down to goaltending. All the other pieces of the team are capable of getting to the playoffs.

[rcrook]

Alright, just wanted to know. Like I said I'm just a casual hockey fan that doesn't know much about anybody outside of the Ducks. The Kings have been bad the last 3 years so it'd be nice to have some watchable hockey on TV on nights the Ducks don't play.

[Tim Lincecum]

Sharks!

[Meeze]

Flyers v San Jose for the Cup... Flyers with the win. homer, yes. very very much so.

[rcrook]

Sharks!

Underachievers of the year award winner 3 years in a row.

[pand75]

I totally forgot the Kings got Ryan Smyth.

[WakingTheMisery]

Ducks and Lightning or Canadiens

[LastPlaceRocks]

Underachievers of the year award winner 3 years in a row.
I think Montreal has a stake at last year's award.

Ducks and Lightning or Canadiens
For what?

[TheOtherAndrew]

I'm liking that the Leafs aren't the unanimous choice for last place in the Northeast this year.

[LastPlaceRocks]

Well that just means there's more room for them to disappoint.

[WakingTheMisery]

For what?

Finals. I didn't have the time to make a whole list. I think any of those teams can win the Presidents. Most people will disagree with me, this I know.

[Dirty Ernie]

Surprised some people have the Flyers winning it all. I'm a die hard but their defensive depth scares me.

[Supernovacaine]

As long as my fantasy players produce and Montreal makes the playoffs, I'm content.
But regardless, Bob Probert needs to come out of retirement/rehab! DAMMIT

[LastPlaceRocks]

Finals. I didn't have the time to make a whole list. I think any of those teams can win the Presidents. Most people will disagree with me, this I know.
I'll disagree with you, but then again these are predictions and there's no wrong answer. That's the fun of it

That said, the day the Lightning can go from 29th to 2nd is the day Tampa Bay freezes over..

As long as my fantasy players produce and Montreal makes the playoffs, I'm content.
But regardless, Bob Probert needs to come out of retirement/rehab! DAMMIT
Anything less than #25 is unacceptable.

[blackholesun]

East

1. Philadelphia Flyers
2. Boston Bruins
3. Washington Capitals
4. Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Carolina Hurricanes
6. Montreal Canadiens
7. New Jersey Devils
8. Ottawa Senators

9. New York Rangers
10. Tampa Bay Lightning
11. Florida Panthers
12. Toronto Maple Leafs
13. Buffalo Sabres
14. Atlanta Thrashers
15. New York Islanders

West

1. San Jose Sharks
2. Detroit Red Wings
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. Anaheim Ducks
5. Calgary Flames
6. Chicago Blackhawks
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Edmonton Oilers

9. Los Angeles Kings
10. Columbus Blue Jackets
11. Minnesota Wild
12. Dallas Stars
13. Nashville Predators
14. Colorado Avalanche
15. Phoenix Coyotes

[Kyleisraddd]

I'm almost scared by all of the Chicago over Detroit predictions as far as Divisons/Conference goes.

[LastPlaceRocks]

I'm almost scared by all of the Chicago over Detroit predictions as far as Divisons/Conference goes.
But it lets you play the "no one ever respects us card". There's no fucking reason too because it's a team that has been in the last two Stanley Cup Finals, but you could whine if you want to.

[WakingTheMisery]

I'll disagree with you, but then again these are predictions and there's no wrong answer. That's the fun of it

That said, the day the Lightning can go from 29th to 2nd is the day Tampa Bay freezes over..


Hahaha... I know it is a huge jump I am looking at but I definitely feel like they have the potential. Stamkos is my man and I really want to see him put up a lot of points this season. I feel like they gained a little bit on defense with a certain Canuck. The only thing I feel isn't there is a strong enough goaltender.

[livethesounds]

i find it kind of silly that so many have Dallas ranked so low. The Stars were bad last year, but lets not forget why. Their entire lineup was basically an injury report.
They're returning all their big players besides Zubov (who's hardly played in the last few years anyway), and their young guys (who i like a lot) have quite a bit of experience now from last year.

If Dallas stays healthy i don't see how they could not be a playoff team.

[blackholesun]

i find it kind of silly that so many have Dallas ranked so low. The Stars were bad last year, but lets not forget why. Their entire lineup was basically an injury report.
They're returning all their big players besides Zubov (who's hardly played in the last few years anyway), and their young guys (who i like a lot) have quite a bit of experience now from last year.

If Dallas stays healthy i don't see how they could not be a playoff team.

Turco has a lot to do with the Stars ranking so low I would believe.

[LastPlaceRocks]

i find it kind of silly that so many have Dallas ranked so low. The Stars were bad last year, but lets not forget why. Their entire lineup was basically an injury report.
They're returning all their big players besides Zubov (who's hardly played in the last few years anyway), and their young guys (who i like a lot) have quite a bit of experience now from last year.

If Dallas stays healthy i don't see how they could not be a playoff team.
That's the big question. I know Dallas had more injuries than usual last season, but to me they're a hard team to gauge due to that, Marc Crawford and Marty Turco's questionable goaltending. They'll improve, but with 7-12 in the West being pretty much on par with one another it's hard to have playoff expectations for a team with so many unknown elements. Plus it's Dallas; people forget they have a team sometimes.

[Kyleisraddd]

But it lets you play the "no one ever respects us card". There's no fucking reason too because it's a team that has been in the last two Stanley Cup Finals, but you could whine if you want to.

Hahaha. That's true. I do believe that people have really overlooked what Detroit still has. But, Chicago was the third best team in the West last season, and they did add arguably the best free agent on the market this year... I think Chicago's only question mark is how good Huet will be... and people are saying the same thing about Detroit's goaltending.

[deadstar]

Hahaha. That's true. I do believe that people have really overlooked what Detroit still has. But, Chicago was the third best team in the West last season, and they did add arguably the best free agent on the market this year... I think Chicago's only question mark is how good Huet will be... and people are saying the same thing about Detroit's goaltending.
Goaltending doesn't really matter in the regular season when your team is as strong as Chicago's.

As for Detroit, goaltending has not mattered to them for the last decade due to their system and team strength. And they've been very successful obviously.

The real test will be in the playoffs since both teams will be in it.

[tambo41187]

Mike Grier is back on the Sabres folks, ergo there is no way Sabres finish lower than 2nd in the east this year. Duh.

[rockitmarty]

Bobby Ryan is going to break out this year. Not that he didn't last year though...but hopefully he becomes a house hold name. Go Ducks!

[Kyleisraddd]

Goaltending doesn't really matter in the regular season when your team is as strong as Chicago's.

As for Detroit, goaltending has not mattered to them for the last decade due to their system and team strength. And they've been very successful obviously.

The real test will be in the playoffs since both teams will be in it.
The real test is ALWAYS the playoffs for Detroit. It was horrible watching them after Bowman retired with Lewis coaching... the team just couldn't win in the playoffs.

[Kyleisraddd]

Bobby Ryan is going to break out this year. Not that he didn't last year though...but hopefully he becomes a house hold name. Go Ducks!
That Ducks first line almost beat Detroit by itself last year. The fact that they are so young and so good is just scary.

[Zeran]

beat me to it...here we go (x = playoffs)

ATLANTIC

Pittsburgh - x
Phiadelphia - x
New Jersey - x
New York Rangers - x
New York Islanders

NORTHEAST

Boston - x
Montreal - x
Toronto
Ottawa
Buffalo

SOUTHEAST

Washington - x
Carolina - x
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta


CENTRAL

Chicago - x
Detroit - x
St. Louis - x
Columbus
Nashville

NORTHWEST

Vancouver - x
Calgary - x
Edmonton
Minnesota
Colorado

PACIFIC

San Jose - x
Anaheim - x
Los Angeles - x
Dallas
Phoenix


MVP: Evgeni Malkin
Rocket Richard- Alexander Ovechkin
Vezina- Roberto Luongo
Norris- Dan Boyle

i can pretty much agree to this. not sure if i agree about l.a. getting in to the playoffs, but who knows.

[LastPlaceRocks]

East:
1 Philadelphia - so much talent and thuggery has never been assembled in one locker room
2 Washington - the red light will be a regular fixture at Verizon Center given the Caps' offense and defense
3 Boston - coming back to reality this year but the B's are lucky the Northeast is a cakewalk
4 Pittsburgh - Fourth? Second in the division? Bring it on Penguin whiners!
5 Carolina - WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
6 New Jersey - third in the Atlantic but first in inducing me to sleep
7 New York Rangers - this depends on Gaborik not being put on the side of a milk carton
8 Atlanta - contract year for Kovy and the Thrashers had a productive off-season
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9 Toronto - wait until next year...or the year after that...or the year after that
10 Tampa Bay - will the on-ice product be as good as the side-show?
11 Montreal - what's 11 in French?
12 Florida - waiting until next year to complete the 2002 National Champs' blue line
13 Buffalo - best news this year comes from the jersey department
14 Ottawa - no Heatley, no care
15 New York Islanders - Cam Fowler, here we come!

West
1 San Jose - petitioning the NHL to end the season in April [PC one]
2 Detroit - Fuck Detroit. I had to get that off my chest after being nice to the Wings during all the awards
3 Calgary - here's hoping Phaneuf doesn't get Bouwmeester's sloppy seconds
4 Chicago - too bad this isn't a best uniform competition
5 Vancouver - too bad this isn't a worst uniform competition
6 Anaheim - does anyone care about the Ducks?
7 St. Louis - won't be singing the Blues with Erik Johnson back
8 Los Angeles - all three Cali teams make the playoffs for the first time in history...or someone gets fired
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9 Minnesota - here's hoping Marty Havlat can be "Skating Jesus"
10 Dallas - no fucking clue what to say about Dallas - so many intangibles anything can happen. Umm, Norm Green sucks!
11 Edmonton - third in a trio of enigmas, at least the Oil have Mike Comrie!
12 Columbus - too much pressure is on the young core to repeat last year's showing
13 Phoenix - 13th provided they still exist by the end of the season
14 Nashville - prove me wrong Predators, prove me wrong
15 Colorado - only the second-best hockey team in Denver

Stanley Cup Finals:
Detroit (Campbell) over Philadelphia (Prince of Wales) in 6

Trophies and Awards

Hart: Someone who didn't deserve it because my guy was robbed
Vezina: Roberto Luongo (or Carey Price if you are a Montreal fan)
Norris: Zach Bogosian...err I mean Nicklas Lidstrom
Calder: Ville Leino
Lady Byng: Who gives a shit?
Selke: Pavel Datsyuk
Jack Adams: Whoever replaces John Stevens in November
Quebec-Winnipeg Cup: Kansas City Scouts
Masterson: The player with the most gruesome injury last year....so Erik Johnson
Lester B. Pearson: That whiner Cindy Ovechkin
MacNaugton Cup: DU
Messier Leadership Award: Someone who is amazed that I didn't make up the award
Presidents' Trophy: San Chokese
Art Ross: Joe Thornton (for a lifetime achievement)
Bridgestone Winter Classic: Boston Bruins
Jennings: Martin Brodeur
King Clancy: Jim Balsille and Dany Heatley
Avco Cup: Houston Aeros
Rocket Richard: Derek Boogaard
Conn Smythe: Henrik Zetterberg
First Person in Jacque Lemaire's Dog Pound: Travis Zajac
Biggest waste of time: BostonRyan, COTA and Sharks! Sharks! Sharks! posts, trivial awards and you for reading all this white font.
Damn, off by four days.

[xbrokendownx]

haha damn so close!

[softhands]

Damn, off by four days.

he didn't train them against the superman punch, that's just not getting the job done.

[deadstar]

I could have guess who bumped this. Looking at my picks reminds me why I never do predictions haha.

[LastPlaceRocks]

Wouldn't say that mine are too much better at the moment either - prove me wrong Detroit!

[KidRobot]

So many Edmonton's and Carolina's.

Oof.

[pand75]

:-(

[KidRobot]

Haha sorry there Pat.

[xbrokendownx]

keep tanking, Oilers!

send a DMan to NJ!

[pand75]

lol it's okay. Maybe they needed to finish last to realize that they can't just fight for the 8th spot every single year. They have to do something.

[LastPlaceRocks]

Hey, good to see I correctly predicted the winner of the Bridgestone Winter Classic - going to need something given how many of those picks are laughable at the moment [I mean the ones that aren't joke picks - see the Stanley Cup Finals].