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Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:47:13 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/20/2019 01:47

Seeing all the predictions for the NBA, so I thought I'd weigh in on the NHL (even though it's started already).

EAST

Atlantic
1. Tampa Bay - Still stacked, and will learn from last year.

2. Boston - Simply put, they're just really solid. Good transition from one generation to the next.
3. Toronto - Still in cap hell, but you can't argue with the firepower here.

4. Montreal - My sleeper team. If Price is healthy, they're a playoff team.
5. Florida - Everyone's sleeper pick, and I gotta say, they're probably finally arriving this year.

6. Buffalo - Close, but no cigar. Not enough depth, especially on D.

7. Detroit - Will be fun, but a mile away from contending.
8. Ottawa - can you fire an owner?

Metro
1. Carolina - Solid. Fun. Like a young Boston.
2. Washington - Still a deep team.
3. Philly - If Hart can be the #1 they're looking for, watch out.
4. Pittsburgh - Malkin gets hurt too much, and without him, they don't have enough beyond Crosby.

5. NYR - Next year.
6. CLB - Not as bad as people will think, but still a blow to lose so many players.

7. NYI - Last year was a fluke. Varlamov is no Lehner.
8. NJ - Will be fun, but who is their goalie?

WEST

Central
1. St Louis - Not a fluke.
2. Colorado - They were so good in the series against Calgary last year.
3. Nashville - Still hanging around.

4. Dallas - If they can score more goals, they'll be back in.
5. Winnipeg - WHat happened to their defence?

6. Chicago - Turning it around, but not yet.
7. Minnesota - Next crappy team.

Pacific
1. Vegas - Ugh. Pains me to admit it.
2. Calgary - Still as good as last year.

3. SJ - Evander Kane is a tool, but this team is still solid.
4. Edmonton - Could sneak in.
5. Vancouver - On the road back.
6. Anaheim - Gibson could be the best goalie in the league.

7. Arizona - Still nope.

8. LA - With Ottawa & Detroit in the basement.

Thoughts?

Re: NHL 2018/19

AwaitingAndrew — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:48:48 GMT

Author: AwaitingAndrew

Posted: 06/13/2019 03:48

Congrats to St Louis! What a turnaround from dead last in the league on January 1 to the absolute top today.

I need to listen to the rest of the Laura Branigan album that Gloria is on so I can rate it properly.

Re: NHL 2018/19

Hayden — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:31:24 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 06/13/2019 03:31

Yeah, all the love to St. Louis. It's been a long time coming.

Re: NHL 2018/19

CA Dreamin — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:15:33 GMT

Author: CA Dreamin

Posted: 06/13/2019 03:15

Indeed. Admittedly, I didn't watch any hockey this year because my team is terrible. But it's always nice when a team wins for the first time. Enjoy it Blues fans!

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:55:39 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 06/13/2019 02:55

junodog4 wrote:

It would be so sweet if they could close it out tonight. Especially against the Bruins, who beat them 49 years ago.

So it took one more night. Well deserved, Blues. Well done. �'�

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sat, 8 Jun 2019 12:31:40 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 06/08/2019 16:31

junodog4 wrote:

Go Blues. Solid franchise who haven't been to the finals in 49 years.

It would be so sweet if they could close it out tonight. Especially against the Bruins, who beat them 49 years ago.

Re: NHL 2018/19

Patman360 — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:51:39 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 05/24/2019 23:51

Patman360 wrote:

Let's go Flames, woo.

This comment aged well. 🧱

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Thu, 23 May 2019 23:12:18 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 05/24/2019 03:12

Go Blues. Solid franchise who haven't been to the finals in 49 years.

Re: NHL 2018/19

cestuneblague — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:23:32 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 05/01/2019 01:23

[quote="Hayden"

And hey 🫵

Most America hockey teams are stuffed with Canadians.

....

But yeah... 😨 [/quote]

Oh yeah I knew most hockey players are either canadian, scandanavian, russian/former soviet union countries or from the states in the US that are basically Canada

Still seems awfully strange a Canadian franchise hasn't won the Stanley Cup in over 25 years

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:50:54 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 04/21/2019 02:50

Hayden wrote:

junodog4 wrote:

TB over CGY in 6

Good going Junodog.

Quote:

Canada seems to be underachieving, is that normal these days

And hey 🫵

Most America hockey teams are stuffed with Canadians.

....

But yeah... 😨

All that aside, I'm predicting an upset Cup win by Vegas.

Well fuck. This year has been crazy. I'm used to Calgary underachieving, but Tampa was a shock. 😲

My playoff pool is broken.

Re: NHL 2018/19

Hayden — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:16:36 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 04/20/2019 20:16

junodog4 wrote:

TB over CGY in 6

Good going Junodog.

Quote:

Canada seems to be underachieving, is that normal these days

And hey 🫵

Most America hockey teams are stuffed with Canadians.

....

But yeah... 😨

All that aside, I'm predicting an upset Cup win by Vegas.

Re: NHL 2018/19

cestuneblague — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:24:40 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/20/2019 16:24

Canada seems to be underachieving, is that normal these days

Re: NHL 2018/19

Patman360 — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:30:35 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 04/13/2019 23:30

Let's go Flames, woo.

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 10:41:11 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 04/07/2019 14:41

travelful wrote:

glad to finally see the "bunch of jerks" makes the playoffs again, after a 10 year drought. go canes.

they will be playing the caps round 1 btw, not tampa.

I was basing on what I thought would happen last night... and my Flyers couldn't beat CAR. Dang.

So if CBJ is playing TB in the first round, all bets are off. Take my predictions, and swap CAR and CBJ. I still think WAS is prime for an upset, and I don't like PIT. Never have (PHI fan)

Re: NHL 2018/19

travelful — Sat, 6 Apr 2019 22:06:21 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 04/07/2019 02:06

glad to finally see the "bunch of jerks" makes the playoffs again, after a 10 year drought. go canes.

they will be playing the caps round 1 btw, not tampa.

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sat, 6 Apr 2019 16:03:14 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 04/06/2019 20:03

junodog4 wrote:

I know there aren't tonnes of hockey fans here, but this is mostly an attempt to rouse the corpse of Necharsian from the grave.

NHL is back! What are your predictions?

*wildcard

Pacific
1. San Jose - lethal powerplay & tremendous balance in an aging line-up. Sleeper team.
2. Calgary - Eat it, Necharsian. If Smith is at all average, the Flames have enough depth up front and on D.
3. Anaheim - Great depth on D & quality goaltending. Terrible offense.
4. *Vegas - Big step back. Too many guys had career years last year.
5. LA - Too old.
6. Edmonton - lololololol. Still following the same formula. Only Ottawa & Montreal have worse management.
7. Arizona - Not crap anymore.
8. Vancouver - Getting it right with the rebuild, but it'll take time.

Central
1. Nashville - Still strong. So deep.
2. STL - Adding O'Reilly was huge.
3. Wpg - Will start slow, but be scary by the end of the year. So much young talent.
4. *Dal - Bounce back, but lacking depth.
5. Min - What is the identity of this team? Still, could squeak into playoffs.
6. Col - A step back, but still dangerous.
7. Chi - Glory days are long gone.

Metropolitan
1. *Was - A bit of a hangover, but so many teams are flawed in this division.
2. *Phi - Yup. The more they play the kids, the better.
3. *Pit - Not quite Chicago, but the sun is setting.
4. Clb - Missing Jones is huge.
5. NJ - No depth to prevent a step back.
6. Car - Sleeper team, but could go either way.
7. NYI - No Tavares = no playoffs.
8. NYR - Need an identity in this rebuild.

Atlantic
1. *TB - Too good, and still hungry.
2. *Tor - So much offense.
3. *Bos - Solid, but unspectacular.
4. *Fla - Finally pull it together.
5. *Buf - Jack Eichel finally sees some hope.
6. Mtl - Terrible management.
7. Det - Gettting there, but still need to turnover lineup.
8. Ott - Will be spectacularly bad.

Playoffs (way too early to pick, but who cares)

West
NSH over LV
SJ over DAL
CGY over ANA (finally)
WPG over STL

NSH over WPG
CGY over SJ

NSH over CGY

East
TB over BUF
FLA over WAS
TOR over BOS
PHI over PIT

TB over TOR
PHI over FLA

TB over PHI

Final

TB over NSH

So I was way off on the Islanders & Hurricanes, and overestimated Philly & the Ducks, but otherwise, I think I did OK.

Updated playoffs:

WEST
CGY over COL in 4
VGK over SJ in 6
NAS over DAL in 6
STL over WPG in 6

CGY over VGK in 6
NAS over STL in 7

CGY over NAS in 6

EAST
TB over CAR in 5
BOS over TOR in 6
CBJ over WAS in 7
PIT over NYI in 5

TB over BOS in 6
CBJ over PIT in 7

TB over CBJ in 5

TB over CGY in 6

Re: NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 12:26:58 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 02/10/2019 17:26

gloriousgoo wrote:

Man this year has just been rough as a Blues fan. Such high expectations and just awful results.

...but they're making up for it now...

Re: NHL 2018/19

gloriousgoo — Thu, 6 Dec 2018 20:21:36 GMT

Author: gloriousgoo

Posted: 12/07/2018 01:21

Man this year has just been rough as a Blues fan. Such high expectations and just awful results.

NHL 2018/19

junodog4 — Tue, 2 Oct 2018 23:26:40 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 10/03/2018 03:26

I know there aren't tonnes of hockey fans here, but this is mostly an attempt to rouse the corpse of Necharsian from the grave.

NHL is back! What are your predictions?

*wildcard

Pacific
1. San Jose - lethal powerplay & tremendous balance in an aging line-up. Sleeper team.
2. Calgary - Eat it, Necharsian. If Smith is at all average, the Flames have enough depth up front and on D.
3. Anaheim - Great depth on D & quality goaltending. Terrible offense.
4. *Vegas - Big step back. Too many guys had career years last year.
5. LA - Too old.
6. Edmonton - lololololol. Still following the same formula. Only Ottawa & Montreal have worse management.
7. Arizona - Not crap anymore.
8. Vancouver - Getting it right with the rebuild, but it'll take time.

Central
1. Nashville - Still strong. So deep.
2. STL - Adding O'Reilly was huge.
3. Wpg - Will start slow, but be scary by the end of the year. So much young talent.
4. *Dal - Bounce back, but lacking depth.
5. Min - What is the identity of this team? Still, could squeak into playoffs.
6. Col - A step back, but still dangerous.
7. Chi - Glory days are long gone.

Metropolitan
1. *Was - A bit of a hangover, but so many teams are flawed in this division.
2. *Phi - Yup. The more they play the kids, the better.
3. *Pit - Not quite Chicago, but the sun is setting.
4. Clb - Missing Jones is huge.
5. NJ - No depth to prevent a step back.
6. Car - Sleeper team, but could go either way.
7. NYI - No Tavares = no playoffs.
8. NYR - Need an identity in this rebuild.

Atlantic
1. *TB - Too good, and still hungry.
2. *Tor - So much offense.
3. *Bos - Solid, but unspectacular.
4. *Fla - Finally pull it together.
5. *Buf - Jack Eichel finally sees some hope.
6. Mtl - Terrible management.
7. Det - Gettting there, but still need to turnover lineup.
8. Ott - Will be spectacularly bad.

Playoffs (way too early to pick, but who cares)

West
NSH over LV
SJ over DAL
CGY over ANA (finally)
WPG over STL

NSH over WPG
CGY over SJ

NSH over CGY

East
TB over BUF
FLA over WAS
TOR over BOS
PHI over PIT

TB over TOR
PHI over FLA

TB over PHI

Final

TB over NSH