I had Florida ahead of Boston... lol.
Also, Montreal getting 96 pts was a huge shocker. Had them 5th or 6th in the Atlantic.
Also, Montreal getting 96 pts was a huge shocker. Had them 5th or 6th in the Atlantic.
Why would you be sure that Matthews would get less than Eichel even though he out performed him throughout his career, and the cap had gone up since Eichel signed?I thought for sure Austin Matthews was getting 9 million dollars over 8 years. I was off by 2.63 million and 3 years.
I am now expecting Marner to get 11.5 million over 8 years.
Why would you be sure that Matthews would get less than Eichel even though he out performed him throughout his career, and the cap had gone up since Eichel signed?
I don’t think that’s an “eat crow, then shove your foot in your mouth” type of failed prediction.
They finished 16th in the NHL. Their 93 points/40 ROW would have missed the playoffs in the Western Conference in 8 out of the 13 full seasons played since the 2005 lockout. (That pace translates to 54 points in 48 games, which would also miss the playoffs in the West in the lockout shortened season.)
Beyond that, you didn’t exactly know they would acquire a player like Mark Stone at the trade deadline. They had 71 points in 64 games before acquiring him. That’s a 91 point pace which would miss the playoffs in the Western Conference in 11 of the 13 full seasons since the lockout.
Before they acquired Stone, they were exactly a .500 team against non-Pacific Division teams. That’s probably what you expected them to be. The mistakes you made were in assuming that the Pacific Division wouldn’t be a complete tire fire, and assuming they wouldn’t acquire a Mark Stone level player at the trade deadline.