- Ottawa finishes 7-10th
- Anderson is a dissapointment
- Alfie plays well... Decides to play another year
- Karlsson wins the Selke
- Weircoch is our most impressive rookie
EAST:
Boston and Pitt look tough (assuming good health). I think they'll meet in the ECF.
I really like the Rangers team, but I think they will struggle to score enough goals against Pitt & Boston in the playoffs.
NJ looks like they lost too many goals to remain in the playoffs.
Florida had one of those seasons where everything went right and I think they drop out of the playoffs.
I think Patty Weircioch will be a blessing and good enough for us to stick around playoff contention. He'll be thought of as a core member of our defense in the offseason and we'll be excited for next year when Cowen returns. I think we're right around 7-10th in the conference.
I think the Islanders (BOLD prediction) will finally make the playoffs and Tavares will be top 5 in scoring. I also think Carolina and Tampa will push for the playoffs.
Top 5 in scoring:
Malkin
Crosby
Stamkos
Tavares
Segin (he becomes a superstar, Eberle too)
Hart: Crosby
Norris: Weber (it will become a redemption vote for those that are still upset he didn't win it last year).
Vezina: Lundqvist
We will finish 1st in our division and 2nd in the conference (Rangers will be first).
We will loose in the 2nd round against the team rank 6th in the conference.
Why 1st?
We will go from one of the most penalized team to mid pack.
We will have a better start than last year.
The players know MacLean's system already.
Better secondary goaltending
1 - Pittsburgh
2 - Ottawa
3 - Washington
4 - Philadelphia
5 - New York R.
6 - Boston
7 - Tampa Bay
8 - Florida
Ottawa wins the division, and a bunch of players have stand-out years (Spezza, Karlsson, Turris, Anderson/Bishop). Knocked out in the ECF by those pesky Penguins.
I don't think we make the playoffs this year, and I still ain't mad. So much went well last year, didn't really have any serious injuries to key players with the exception of clumsy cooking accidents. We've already lost a top dman to injury. I'm worried if Spez or Karl go down for significant time we could be in trouble.
This is still year 2 of a 3 year rebuild. We were spoiled last year with a surprise playoff berth, but i'm not confident it'll happen again.
1 - Pittsburgh
2 - Ottawa
3 - Washington
4 - Philadelphia
5 - New York R.
6 - Boston
7 - Tampa Bay
8 - Florida
Ottawa wins the division, and a bunch of players have stand-out years (Spezza, Karlsson, Turris, Anderson/Bishop). Knocked out in the ECF by those pesky Penguins.
You think Florida makes it over Carolina?
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Originally Posted by Hutz
I don't think we make the playoffs this year, and I still ain't mad. So much went well last year, didn't really have any serious injuries to key players with the exception of clumsy cooking accidents. We've already lost a top dman to injury. I'm worried if Spez or Karl go down for significant time we could be in trouble.
This is still year 2 of a 3 year rebuild. We were spoiled last year with a surprise playoff berth, but i'm not confident it'll happen again.
This. And finishing as low in the standings this year only, given the half season and insanely deep draft, is the best thing for us. Hope to push deep into the playoffs next season.
- Ottawa finishes 7-10th
- Anderson is a dissapointment
- Alfie plays well... Decides to play another year
- Karlsson wins the Selke
- Weircoch is our most impressive rookie
Well... 2 out 4 aint bad...
- Didnt think Anderson would be that good out of the lockout...
- Alfie playing great
- Karlsson injured... No Selke
- Weircioch arguably our best rookie..
