Speculation: Devils Pre-Season Prediction Forum

[StevenToddIves]

I thought it would be fun to put some pre-season predictions out there, so we can all go back at the end of the year and make fun of each other for how wrong we were.

Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Vancouver
4 Calgary
5 Los Angeles
6 Seattle
7 Anaheim
8 San Jose

Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 Dallas
4 Minnesota
5 St. Louis
6 Chicago
7 Nashville
8 Arizona

Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 Toronto
3 Florida
4 Boston
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo

Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Washington
3 Pittsburgh
4 Devils
5 Rangers
6 Carolina
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus

Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Vasilevski

MVP: McDavid
Norris: Hedman
Calder: Zegras
Vezina: Hellebuyck
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Trotz

Western Final: Colorado over Edmonton
Eastern Final: Islanders over Florida

Stanley Cup Final: Colorado over Islanders

Eichel Traded To: Anaheim
Biggest Surprise Trade: San Jose deals Burns and Karlsson at deadline
Lottery Winner: Buffalo or Arizona... geez they're both bad
First Coach Fired: Vigneault

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Jack Hughes
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 22 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 81 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 38 games
Biggest Surprise: Sharangovich scores 30+ goals, while Zacha comes close
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 3rd or 4th
Devils Playoff Fate: Squeezing in as the 4th Metro seed in the final week of the season, but beaten by either 1st place Isles or Tampa in the first round despite valiant battle.


Let's see your predictions!

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[TrufleShufle]

I thought it would be fun to put some pre-season predictions out there, so we can all go back at the end of the year and make fun of each other for how wrong we were.

Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Vancouver
4 Calgary
5 Los Angeles
6 Seattle
7 Anaheim
8 San Jose

Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 Dallas
4 Minnesota
5 St. Louis
6 Chicago
7 Nashville
8 Arizona

Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 Toronto
3 Florida
4 Boston
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo

Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Washington
3 Pittsburgh
4 Devils
5 Rangers
6 Carolina
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus

Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Vasilevski

MVP: McDavid
Norris: Hedman
Calder: Zegras
Vezina: Hellebuyck
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Trotz

Western Final: Colorado over Edmonton
Eastern Final: Islanders over Florida

Stanley Cup Final: Colorado over Islanders

Eichel Traded To: Anaheim
Biggest Surprise Trade: San Jose deals Burns and Karlsson at deadline
Lottery Winner: Buffalo or Arizona... geez they're both bad
First Coach Fired: Vigneault

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Jack Hughes
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 22 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 81 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 38 games
Biggest Surprise: Sharangovich scores 30+ goals, while Zacha comes close
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 3rd or 4th
Devils Playoff Fate: Squeezing in as the 4th Metro seed in the final week of the season, but beaten by either 1st place Isles or Tampa in the first round despite valiant battle.


Let's see your predictions!

If you can guess correctly which game Mercer is out, I will always second what you say whether I believed it before you said it or not.

Also, great job.

 

[ScottyK]

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If you can guess correctly which game Mercer is out, I will always second what you say whether I believed it before you said it or not.

Also, great job.

I'll take a swing. The away game vs Dallas

 

[JimEIV]

My prediction is breakthrough case will stop a significant portion of games in the February time frame for some teams

 

[Eggtimer]

Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Vancouver
4 LA
5 Calgary
6 Seattle
7 SJ
8 Anaheim

Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 St Louis
4 Dallas
5 Minnesota
6 Chicago
7 Nashville
8 Arizona

Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 Toronto
3 Florida
4 Boston
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo

Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Washington
3 Carolina
4 Devils
5 Pittsburg
6 Rangers
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus

Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Hellebuyck

MVP: McDavid
Norris: Makar
Calder: Knight
Vezina: Hellebuyck
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Quinville

Western Final: Colorado over Winnipeg
Eastern Final: Panthers over Islanders

Stanley Cup Final: Winnipeg over Panthers

Eichel Traded To: Boston Bruins
Biggest Surprise Trade: San Jose deals Hertl to ??
Lottery Winner: Buffalo or Arizona... geez they're both bad
First Coach Fired: Vigneault

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Jack Hughes - 27g 48 a 75 points
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton - 16 goals 43 a 59 points
Alex Holtz Plays: 44
Dawson Mercer Plays: All games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 41 games
Biggest Surprise: Sharangovich scores 30+ goals, while Zacha comes close
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 2nd behind Knight , ahead of Zegras
Devils Playoff Fate: Squeezing in as the 4th Metro seed in the final week of the season, but beaten by either 1st place Isles or Tampa in the first round despite valiant battle.

 

[TBF1972]

The Rangers get demoted to the AHL.

 

[StevenToddIves]

I forgot to add, we need to add a What-Round-Does-Toronto-Get-Bounced-From-The-Playoffs-O-Meter.

 

[Bleedred]

The NJD will finish well below the Rags, as well as Rawly, NYb and Philly.

 

[Bleedred]

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The NJD will finish well below the Rags, as well as Rawly, NYb and Philly.

Of course DD would drop in just to spread this message.

 

[MartyOwns]

you obviously put a lot of time into that. it looks good, i can't really disagree with any of it. i'd be very happy to see the avs win it all

 

[RememberTheName]

Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Calgary
4 Vancouver
5 Seattle
6 Los Angeles
7 San Jose
8 Anaheim

Central:
1 Colorado
2 St. Louis
3 Winnipeg
4 Minnesota
5 Chicago
6 Dallas
7 Nashville
8 Arizona

Atlantic:
1 Florida
2. Tampa
3 Boston
4 Toronto
5 Montreal
6 Ottawa
7 Detroit
8 Buffalo

Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Carolina
3 Rangers
4 Washington
5 New Jersey
6 Pittsburgh
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus

Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Kuemper

MVP: McDavid
Norris: Makar
Calder: Zegras
Vezina: Kuemper
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Gallant

Western Final: Winnipeg over Edmonton
Eastern Final: Boston over Carolina

Stanley Cup Final: Boston over Winnipeg

Eichel Traded To: Minnesota
Biggest Surprise Trade: Cam Fowler traded during the season for draft capital for the Ducks
Lottery Winner: Buffalo
First Coach Fired: Hynes

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Pavel Zacha (Hughes is #2 and Sharangovich #3)
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 60 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 78 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 48 games
Biggest Surprise: Pavel Zacha is really f***ing good at hockey, nearly scores 70 points with 30 goals, signs a team-friendly 7 year contract, people still say he sucks.
Biggest Disappointment: Ryan Graves does not look the part
Mercer Calder Finish: 10th
Devils Playoff Fate: Miss by 3 points

 

[WetWholphin]

devils win the cup and i get a summer filled with happiness and restful sleep as opposed to depression and crying myself to sleep.

 

[Cheddabombs]

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Pavel Zacha (Hughes is #2 and Sharangovich #3)
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 60 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 78 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 48 games
Biggest Surprise: Pavel Zacha is really f***ing good at hockey, nearly scores 70 points with 30 goals, signs a team-friendly 7 year contract, people still say he sucks.
Biggest Disappointment: Ryan Graves does not look the part
Mercer Calder Finish: 10th
Devils Playoff Fate: Miss by 3 points

Finally, some realistic predictions!

 

[The 29th Pick]

biggest surprise: Devils stay healthy !

 

[ChicksDigTheTrap]

Biggest Surprise: Pavel Zacha is really f***ing good at hockey, nearly scores 70 points with 30 goals, signs a team-friendly 7 year contract, people still say he sucks.

Yeah, but how will his JFresh card look

 

[My3Sons]

Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 CAL
3 EDM
4 VAN
5 SEA
6 LA
7 Anaheim
8 San Jose

Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 CHI
4 STL
5 DAL
6 MN
7 Nashville
8 Arizona

Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 FLA
3 BOS
4 TOR
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo

Metro:
1 Islanders
2 CAR
3 WAS
4 PIT
5 Rangers
6 NJ
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus

Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Kucherov
Wins Leader: Vasilevski

MVP: McDavid
Norris: Makar
Calder: Knight
Vezina: Vasilevski
Selke: Bergeron
Jack Adams: Hakstol

Western Final: WPG over COL
Eastern Final: Florida over BOS

Stanley Cup Final: Florida over WPG

Eichel Traded To: WPG
Biggest Surprise Trade: Eichel to WPG
Lottery Winner: SJ
First Coach Fired: Dallas coach

Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Bratt
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 23 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 70 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 45 games
Biggest Surprise: MBW underachieves
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 7th to 10th
Devils Playoff Fate: Iut if the race after the Olympics

 

[nugg]

Win	Loss	OTL	Pts	ROW	SOW	SOL	Home	Road	GF	GA	Diff
44	25	13	101	37	7	5	23-9-5	20-16-8	283	245	38

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[nugg]

Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Jack Hughes	80	25	45	70
Nico Hischier	80	25	40	65
Dougie Hamilton	82	18	45	63
Yegor Sharangovich	82	35	23	58
Jesper Bratt	82	18	40	58
Pavel Zacha	82	25	25	50
Janne Kuokkanen	80	20	30	50
Dawson Mercer	82	20	25	45
Tomas Tatar	80	15	25	40
Damon Severson	81	10	28	38
Ty Smith	70	6	29	35
Miles Wood	70	15	12	27
Ryan Graves	75	6	20	26
P.K. Subban	75	7	18	25
Michael McLeod	70	12	10	22
Alexander Holtz	42	10	10	20
Jimmy Vesey	40	5	7	12
Andreas Johnsson	40	5	6	11
Jonas Siegenthaler	76	3	8	11
Nolan Foote	10	3	3	6
Marian Studenic	4	0	1	1
Colton White	8	0	1	1
Kevin Bahl	6	0	0	0
Christian Jaros	8	0	0	0

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[nugg]

I couldn't figure out combining these, so I had to split them up.

3rd in the Metro, lose in Conference final.

and finally, the goalies:

Player	GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SHO
Mackenzie Blackwood	45	25	14	7	2.65	.920	3
Jonathan Bernier	40	18	10	6	2.72	.915	1
Scott Wedgewood	2	1	1	0	3.00	.900	0

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[My3Sons]

Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Jack Hughes	80	25	45	70
Dougie Hamilton	82	18	45	63
Yegor Sharangovich	82	35	23	58
Jesper Bratt	82	18	40	58
Nico Hischier	80	25	40	55
Pavel Zacha	82	25	25	50
Janne Kuokkanen	80	20	30	50
Dawson Mercer	82	20	25	45
Tomas Tatar	80	15	25	40
Damon Severson	81	10	28	38
Ty Smith	70	6	29	35
Miles Wood	70	15	12	27
Ryan Graves	75	6	20	26
P.K. Subban	75	7	18	25
Michael McLeod	70	12	10	22
Alexander Holtz	42	10	10	20
Jimmy Vesey	40	5	7	12
Andreas Johnsson	40	5	6	11
Jonas Siegenthaler	76	3	8	11
Nolan Foote	10	3	3	6
Marian Studenic	4	0	1	1
Colton White	8	0	1	1
Kevin Bahl	6	0	0	0
Christian Jaros	8	0	0	0

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Doesnt that add up to 65 points for Nico?

 

[HyperX]

I have Jack scoring 76 and Nico scoring 65

past that I think we unfortunately miss the playoffs but not by a lot and look a LOT better

 

[nugg]

Doesnt that add up to 65 points for Nico?

Fixed. Sorry for the shoddy math LOL
I know some of these might be a tad optimistic, but in the realm of possibility. I forgot to include a couple guys who might also get in some games, Tyce and Geertsen. There could always be trades and whatnot.

 

[BurntToast]

Devils in Last..







*Jinks*

 

[njdevils1982]

Name	GP	G	A	Pts
Jack Hughes	80	25	45	70
Nico Hischier	80	25	40	65
Dougie Hamilton	82	18	45	63
Yegor Sharangovich	82	35	23	58
Jesper Bratt	82	18	40	58
Pavel Zacha	82	25	25	50
Janne Kuokkanen	80	20	30	50
Dawson Mercer	82	20	25	45
Tomas Tatar	80	15	25	40
Damon Severson	81	10	28	38
Ty Smith	70	6	29	35
Miles Wood	70	15	12	27
Ryan Graves	75	6	20	26
P.K. Subban	75	7	18	25
Michael McLeod	70	12	10	22
Alexander Holtz	42	10	10	20
Jimmy Vesey	40	5	7	12
Andreas Johnsson	40	5	6	11
Jonas Siegenthaler	76	3	8	11
Nolan Foote	10	3	3	6
Marian Studenic	4	0	1	1
Colton White	8	0	1	1
Kevin Bahl	6	0	0	0
Christian Jaros	8	0	0	0

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

283 goals for seems a bit high