Disclaimer: not saying this is everyone but some of us
Slept on: Stars, Jets, Vegas, Seattle, Boston, New Jersey, Washington, LA
Overhyped: Nashville, New York (rangers), Calgary, Edmonton, Florida, Vancouver, Columbus, St. Louis
I didn’t have Ottawa in a playoff spot so I’m right on that but I thought they were better then Boston so yeah we don’t talk about that
Boston was a hard one to predict just based on their age of a few key guys. I had them 4th in the division. These were my start of the year predictions. Of course, they aren't perfect and we will see how they play out a years end but overall they are playing out pretty well. Minus a few exceptions of course.
1. Toronto
2. Tampa
3. Ottawa
4. Boston
5. Florida
6. Buffalo
7. Detroit
8. Montreal
1. Carolina
2. New York Rangers
3. New Jersey
4. Pittsburgh
5. Washington
6. New York Islanders
7. Columbus
8. Philadelphia
1. Calgary
2. Edmonton
3. Vegas
4. LA
5. Vancouver
6. Seattle
7. Anaheim
8. San Jose
1. Colorado
2. Minnesota
3. St. Louis
4. Dallas
5. Nashville
6. Winnipeg
7. Chicago
8. Arizona
I am still very high on Calgary. Cup Finalist high. They just need to figure out their **** and get 1 more top 9 forward.
I was pretty good almost everywhere else though.
I also underrated Winnipeg and probably Dallas too, I also thought Jersey would take another year (but i guess their coming back to earth a bit now). Boston was also a huge surprise for me
Ottawa is do strange to me, they obviously compete in games and look really solid when I see them play but again their defense is just such a glaring hole. I have no idea why they haven't tried to fix it knowing how bad it is. Maybe they so look for a more legitimate started too in the offseason