I've been making a lot of predictions for next season, but these are the ones i will be looking back at, and these are the last predictions i'll make before the season ... here we go!
Atlantic:
1 TBL 103
2 TOR 101
3 OTT 97
4 BUF 94
5 MTL 88
6 BOS 87
7 DET 80
8 FLA 70

Metropolitan:
1 WSH 116
2 PIT 110
3 NYR 104
4 CBJ 104
5 NYI 97
6 CAR 93
7 PHI 77
8 NJD 71

Central:
1 DAL 110
2 NSH 101
3 CHI 96
4 STL 94
5 MIN 93
6 WPG 90
7 COL 75

Pacific:
1 SJS 117
2 EDM 109
3 CGY 100
4 ARI 96
5 LAK 95
6 ANA 94
7 VAN 73
8 Vegas 69

TBL over CBJ in 5
TOR over OTT in 6
WSH over NYI in 5
PIT over NYR in 6
DAL over ARI in 5
NSH over CHI in 5
LAK over SJS in 7
EDM over CGY in 7

TBL over TOR in 7
WSH over PIT in 7
NSH over DAL in 6
EDM over LAK in 6

WSH over TBL in 4
NSH over EDM in 6

WSH over NSH in 6
Conn Smythe: Alex Ovechkin

Feel free to post your predictions!

now this is the right time to do a prediction lol. Ill submit mine right now.


TBL 107
TOR 101
MTL 96
Bos 94
OTT 93
BUF 91
FLA 88
DET 72

PIT 112
WSH 106
CBJ 104
NYR 96
CAR 95
NYI 90
PHI 85
NJ 80

NSH 105
STL 100
CHI 96
WPG 95
DAL 93
MIN 89
COL 75

EDM 110
ANA 102
CGY 96
SJ 93
LA 92
ARZ 87
VAN 76
VGS 65

PIT over CAR in 5
WSH over CBJ in 6
TB over NYR in 5
TOR over MTL in 7
EDM over DAL in 7
ANA over CGY in 6
WPG over NSH in 7
STL over CHI in 6

PIT over WSH in 5
TOR over TB in 7
EDM over ANA in 7
WPG over STL in 7

PIT over TOR in 6
EDM over WPG in 4

PIT over EDM in 6
Conn Smythe: Matt Murray

I can't see San Jose missing the playoffs, Florida getting 88 points, or Winnipeg going to the 3rd round ... other than that though, pretty realistic. thanks for the predictions!

SJ is an aging team that is going through a transition process. WPG have arguably the best top line and that will carry them far. FLA are still a decent team.

What baffles me and a lot of people is ANA missing the playoffs and SJ winning the presidents trophy.

Florida has had a terrible offseason ... San Jose might miss soon, but right away? Winnipeg could make it but their D is a problem at the moment and they're kinda young.
The Presidents' trophy winner is usually an underrated team ... they lost Marleau, but we saw that they can play good together and we've seen them come very high in the standings in recent years. i expect Meier to make the team, and Boedker has to be better ... there's not much expected from them too, which should help.
Anaheim has injuries, and the league's getting faster, the Yotes are getting better, the Kings should be better than last year, and there's just no room for the Ducks in the playoffs.

This is kinda unrelated but there's no need to make a new thread for it, and it's kinda to do with this ... this doesn't need to be all about predictions, so here's a pre-season question ... is this just me or did Wiercioch just get sent down to the minors?

They have one of the deepest teams in the NHL... They will not miss the playoffs

But look at their injuries too ...

other than kesler, none are long term.

but players often don't play at their best when coming back from an injury.

Don't lose it Bolts don't lose it....

WSH beating TBL in 4...

but at least they make it to round 3 ...

The odds of us getting swept is just as likely as the Isles making the playofs

Can we stop with the "point" predictions. Unless you can do every single game, the math is going to be horridly off.

RAIF, I would like to thank you for placing the Flyers at 77 points, two more than the Colorado Avalanche.

For what it is worth, I have the following as my Stanley Cup Finals:

Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh --> Pittsburgh

Why would that be "just you"? He either did or he didn't. And he didn't.

so more than 50%?

you know what i mean ...

it's not the exact points ... it's just around that amount for each team.

Atlantic
Tampa
Toronto
Buffalo
Boston
Montreal
Ottawa
Florida
Detroit

Metro
Columbus
Washington
Pittsburgh
New York Rangers
Carolina
Philadelphia
New York Islanders
New Jersey

Central
Dallas
St. Louis
Nashville
Chicago
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Colorado

Pacific
Edmonton
Anaheim
Calgary
San Jose
Arizona
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Vegas


Columbus vs Carolina -- CBJ in 6
Washington vs Pittsburgh-- PIT in 7 (rip)
Tampa vs NYR -- TAM in 6
Toronto vs Buffalo -- TOR in 5

Dallas vs Minnesota -- DAL in 4
St. Louis vs Nashville -- STL in 7
Edmonton vs Chicago -- EDM in 6
Anaheim vs Calgary -- ANA in 7


Columbus vs Pittsburgh -- PIT in 6
Toronto vs Tampa -- TAM in 7 (best series of the playoffs)

Dallas vs St. Louis -- STL in 7
Edmonton vs Anaheim -- EDM in 6


Pittsburgh vs Tampa -- TAM in 7

St. Louis vs Edmonton -- EDM in 6


Lightning vs Oilers -- Lightning in 6 (Hedman wins Conn Smythe)


Hart -- McDavid (Kucherov, Scheifele)
Rocket -- Laine (Tarasenko, Matthews)
Art Ross -- McDavid (Kucherov, Scheifele)
Norris -- Hedman (Karlsson, Burns)
Vezina -- Holtby (Talbot, Price)
Seller -- Bergeron (Toews, Kopitar)

How come you have Minnesota instead of someone like Edmonton, Anaheim, Dallas, Nashville or St. Louis??

I forgot to do awards:
Hart: McDavid (Crosby, Matthews)
Selke: Kopitar (Bergeron, Nielsen)
Vezina: Bobrovsky (Price, Lundqvist)
Norris: Doughty (Burns, Hedman)
Rocket Richard: McDavid (no joke)
Art Ross: McDavid
Jack Adams: Babcock (Hitchcock, Trotz)
GM Of the year: Poile (Rutherford, Nill)
Bill Masterton: Letang (Soderberg, Boyle)
Mark Messier Leadership award: Tavares (Toews, Giordano)

Edit: Some of these might seem a tiny bit crazy but i'm gonna predict these award winners.
2nd Edit: adding on: and finalists. I'm gonna predict these award winners and finalists.

Lol of course Tavares wins the leadership award

I trust that their advanced team stats will poise them for a breakout year.

I love the underestimation of the Bruins!!