I'm going to cover all the basis here for how next season should end. I'm going to predict playoff teams, division winners, conference winners, Stanley Cup winner, point leaders, wins, etc.
first lets start with player stats. For the player stats i'll do top 5
Points:
1) Sidney Crosby (120-134)
2) Alex Ovechkin (115-125)
3) Henrik Zetterburg (100-110)
4) Jarome Iginla (93-103)
5) Evgeni Malkin (90-110) I give him such a huge margin because it's hard to predict how much he'll produce assuming Crosby is in the line-up all season long
Goals:
1) Alex Ovechkin (60-75)
2) Ilya Kovalchuk (52-64)
3) Dany Heatly (46-60)
4) Evgeni Malkin (45-53)
5) Johan Franzen (43-50)
Assists:
1) Sidney Crosby (70-90)
2) Pavel Datsyuk (70-83)
3) Joe Thornton (65-77)
4) Marc Savard (60-70)
5) Niklas Lidstrom (50-65)
Plus/Minus:
1) Pavel Datsyuk
2) Sidney Crosby
3) Niklas Lidstrom
4) Ryan Getzlaf
5) Duncan Keith
Goaltenders top 5
Wins:
- B/R Ticket Guide
1) Marc-Andre Fluery (44-47)
2) Martin Brodeur (43-46)
3) Chris Osgood (40-44)
4) Henrik Lundqvist (39-42)
5) Carey Price (37-40)
Goals Against Average:
1) Chris Osgood
2) Henrik Lundqvist
3) Pascal Leclaire
4) Evgeni Nabokov
5) Marc-Andre Fluery
Save Percentage:
1) Marc-Andre Fluery
2) Dan Ellis
3) Jean-Sebastien Giguere
4) Carey Price
5) Tim Thomas
Shut Outs:
1) Pascal Leclaire (10-12)
2) Henrik Lundqvist (9-11)
3) Martin Brodeur (7-9)
4) Dan Ellis (6-8)
5) Martin Biron (6-7)
Playoffs: (i'm extending it to ten in each for possible upsets)
East:
1) Pittsburgh Penguins(Atlantic)
2) Montreal Canadiens (Northeast)
3) Washington Capitals (Southeast)
4) New York Rangers
5) Philidelphia Flyers
6) New Jersey Devils
7) Carolina Hurricanes
8) Boston Bruins
9) Ottawa Senators
10) Tampa Bay Lightning
West:
1) Detroit Red Wings (Central)
2) Dallas Stars (Pacific)
3) Calgary Flames (Northwest)
4) Anaheim Ducks
5) Chicago Blackhawks
6) San Jose Sharks
7) Edmonton Oilers
8) Phoenix Coyotes
9) Minnasota Wild
10) Columbus Blue Jackets
East Champions: Pittsburgh Penguins
West Champions: Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup Winner: Detroit Red Wings
Yes, I'm predicting a back to back match up between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. With the additions of Hossa and everybody coming back from the Red Wings with the exception of retired players Hasek and Drake, the Red Wings should take the Cup back to Hockeytown again. The penguins actually returning I'm not too positive about. They'll have their defense and goaltending returning that was essential but the offense has taken a hit through the market. If Sundin accepts the offer from Montreal, than Montreal could make the finals pitting an original six match-up.
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3 months ago
Good article, and I think some accurate predictions.
The only thing I would change is replacing Pittsburgh with Montreal for the final.
But still having Detroit bring the silver mug back to Hockey Town USA!!
3 months ago
Ya I agree the Habs over Pittsburgh and I thought that would happen this year too but it really all depends how well Price performs for them all year and in the playoffs where the Habs will end up
2 months ago
I think that the Sharks are gonna get the second seed in the west and win the Pacific over dallas. Although Dallas will be good next year, the Sharks now have to very capable defensemen to quarterback the powerplay.
A Sharks vs Wings Western Conference finals would be cool. Wings Would still win though!
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