NHL Predictions

[cshea]

What the hell.

Bruins

Points: 97
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Pastrnak, 40
Leading points: Pastrnak, 76
7th player: Bjork
DeBrusk points: 35
Bjork points: 45


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Toronto, Boston, Tampa Bay
Metro: Washington, Pittsburgh, NYR
Wild Card: Carolina, Montreal

Central: Nashville, Minnesota, Chicago
Pacific: Edmonton, Calgary, Anaheim
Wild Card: Dallas, Winnipeg

Cup: Nashville over Tampa

Hart: McDavid
Richard: Laine
Ross: McDavid
Norris: Hedman
Vezina: Price
Calder: Keller
Adams: Peters
Selke: Bergeron

 

[RedOctober3829]

Bruins

Points: 98
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Pastrnak, 38
Leading points: Pastrnak, 81
7th player: Carlo
DeBrusk points: 31
Bjork points: 53


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Toronto, Boston, Tampa Bay
Metro: Columbus, Washington, Pittsburgh
Wild Card: NYR, Montreal

Central: Nashville, Chicago, Minnesota
Pacific: Edmonton, Calgary, San Jose
Wild Card: LAK, Winnipeg

Cup: Edmonton over Toronto

Hart: McDavid
Richard: Ovechkin
Ross: McDavid
Norris: Burns
Vezina: Price
Calder: McAvoy
Adams: McLellan
Selke: Bergeron

 

[Spacemans Bong]

Habs under 100 points. Miss the playoffs entirely if Price misses any time.

 

[kenneycb]

Bruins

Points: 100
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Marchand, 38
Leading points: Marchand, 76
7th player: Nash
DeBrusk points: 22
Bjork points: 41


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Toronto, TB, Boston
Metro: Washington, Pittsburgh, Carolina
Wild Card: CBJ, Montreal

Central: Nashville, Dallas, Chicago
Pacific: Anaheim, Edmonton, SJ
Wild Card: Dallas, Arizona

Cup: Edmonton over Washington

Hart: Crosby
Richard: Kane
Ross: Crosby
Norris: Hedman
Vezina: Bobrovsky
Calder: McAvoy
Adams: Tocchet (put some money on that one...)
Selke: Bergeron

 

[PedroSpecialK]

Bruins

Points: 98
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Pastrnak, 42
Leading points: Pastrnak, 79
7th player: McAvoy
DeBrusk points: 28
Bjork points: 48


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Boston
Metro: NYR, Pittsburgh, Washington
Wild Card: Columbus, Carolina

Ottawa and MTL miss out on last day of season

Central: Nashville, Minnesota, Chicago
Pacific: Edmonton, Anaheim, Arizona
Wild Card: San Jose, St. Louis

Winnipeg loses out on the last day. Also I am joining KCB on the Yotes bandwagon 100%
edit: cshea's post below also made me realize I forgot to make note of how Calgary will stink and suck and stink. Mike Smith is old and really bad, and they'll be bad as a result.

Cup: Pittsburgh over Minnesota

Hart: Crosby
Richard: Ovechkin
Ross: Crosby
Norris: Josi
Vezina: Lundqvist
Calder: McAvoy
Adams: Tocchet
Selke: Bergeron's pretty much a lock with Kesler out indefinitely and Koivu getting creaky... but if it isn't Bergy, it'll be Backlund

 

[cshea]

The ‘Yotes are going to be an awesome team to watch. I think they are a year away, but I can definitely see how they could be like the Leafs last season where they take a big leap earlier than expected and make the playoffs. Solid D Corp, and a young and talented group of forwards (Strome, Keller, Dvorak, Perlini, Domi, etc.) The Pacific mostly sucks behind Edmonton and Calgary, so I can see a scenario where the ‘Yotes make the playoffs.

Shithead made their Opening Night roster though. Points deducted.

 

[TheRealness]

Bruins

Points: 99
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Marchand, 34
Leading points: Marchand, 75
7th player: Bjork
DeBrusk points: 15
Bjork points: 55


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Boston
Metro: NYR, Pittsburgh, Washington
Wild Card: Columbus, Montreal

Central: Nashville, Minnesota, Chicago
Pacific: Edmonton, Anaheim, San Jose
Wild Card: Winnipeg, St. Louis


Cup: Boston over Edmonton

Hart: McDavid
Richard: Tarasenko
Ross: McDavid
Norris: Josi
Vezina: Holtvy
Calder: McAvoy
Adams: Tocchet
Selke: Bergeron

 

[veritas]

I'm gonna try do my predictions as I would have before the season started...

Bruins

Points: 101
Playoffs?: Yes
Leading goal scorer: Pastrnak, 35
Leading points: Pastrnak, 70
7th player: Bjork
DeBrusk points: 35
Bjork points: 55


League

Atlantic playoff teams: Boston, Tampa, Toronto
Metro: Washington, Pittsburgh, Columbus
Wild Card: Carolina, Montreal

Central: Nashville, Winnipeg, Minnesota
Pacific: Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose
Wild Card: Chicago, Anaheim

Cup: Tampa over Minnesota

Loved Winnipeg and was pretty down on Chicago, feel less strongly about that now. The west is completely wide open, I don't think any team is a playoff lock and only a few teams don't have a chance. Minnesota is probably the safest bet given their depth everywhere. Anaheim has major injury concerns, San Jose is getting really old. Everyone else has at least one major weakness or is an injury away from being really bad

Hart: McDavid
Richard: Stamkos
Ross: McDavid
Norris: Burns
Vezina: Holtby
Calder: Bjork
Adams: Cassidy
Selke: Bergeron