Where do we finish in the Central this year?

[DANOZ28]

on paper i picked us 5th based on talent. thats not to say a great coach like BB cant do wonders. last year i said we'd get 106 points & my expectations were smashed into a million pieces. anything above 5th in the west & 93 points will be a bonus. (i think BB is good 4 atleast 6 points) 87 + 6 = 93.

 

[BigT2002]

Nashville (it is their turn at 1st place after all)
Chicago
Dallas
Minnesota
Winnipeg
Colorado (I feel for the fanbase a little right now...no one like a quitter)

I think we end up with 102 points total this year. And with that, we will still probably be the 8th seed. Pacific isn't going away.

 

[DANOZ28]

you forgot stl. while they may take a step back i still think their a 100 point team even without backes.

 

[Minnesota]

Nope. I think their D gets way overrated. I'm also starting to have my little doubts about their locker room. Subban, Ribeiro, Johansen, Neal...Good players but that's a lot of potential character issues.

The Wild have accrued leadership and model citizens up the wazoo, but that hasn't exactly translated into great success on the ice.

 

[keppel146]

ESPN the magazine predicts we miss the playoffs and WPG finishes 2nd in the central!

 

[Wabit]

ESPN the magazine predicts we miss the playoffs and WPG finishes 2nd in the central!

Wow. Wild missing the Playoffs is reasonable. Jets 2nd in the division, everything would have to go right for their young team.

 

[Nharris31]

ESPN the magazine predicts we miss the playoffs and WPG finishes 2nd in the central!

Where do they have the wild finishing?

 

[DANOZ28]

espn insider predicts wild finish 6th in the central. only above avs.

 

[Minnesota]

Alright, I'm gonna put down my official Central prediction.

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

- Dallas finishes slightly ahead of Chicago.
- Winnipeg & St. Louis are engaged in a dogfight all year, with Winnipeg's young guns being the difference-maker.
- Nashville struggles due to injuries and goaltending.
- Minnesota struggles due to coaching/system change, injuries, and goaltending.
- Colorado can't put the pieces together; struggles to find their identity for another year.

 

[Minnesota]

I won't trust Winnipeg until Pavelec is not on the team at all.

Trust restored!

 

[Nharris31]

Trust restored!

Lol maybe a little he is a still in the organiztion for now .

 

[Nharris31]

The way people are talking about Winnipeg reminds of the way that people talked about Columbus last year.

 

[Nharris31]

Ok so I looked up as many predictions listen to podcasts as I could to see where people are putting the wild within the division. So I can I look at up to see where they actually end up at the end of the season. Here is what I got so far
First-8
Second-10
Third-22
Fourth-34
Fifth-76
Sixth-60
Seventh-43

 

[BagHead]

I hate to agree with the "experts" but 5th is where I have us most likely ending up, behind Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis. That said, the games need to be played, so we could finish higher (or lower! I don't have Winnipeg very far below us).

 

[Nharris31]

I hate to agree with the "experts" but 5th is where I have us most likely ending up, behind Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and St. Louis. That said, the games need to be played, so we could finish higher (or lower! I don't have Winnipeg very far below us).

Not all of them where really experts. It was combination of fans bloggers and so called experts/analysts.

If the wild win the division(they probably won't) it will be hilarious especially considering how many people have them finishing near the bottom. That's actually on of the biggest reasons why I want the wild to finish in the top three.

 

[keppel146]

I think the jets are still 1-3 years from being a perennial playoff contender and making the jump like Dallas did. I also put the wild in the playoffs

 

[Minnesota]

The way people are talking about Winnipeg reminds of the way that people talked about Columbus last year.

True, but things changed for Columbus. Things didn't work out with Johansen, but the idea of having Saad on his wing was a nice idea.

They also have/had a group of nice young players/prospects... Murray, Warenski, Milano, Wennberg, Bjorkstrand, Jenner.

 

[Wabit]

Wild really have to start the season strong.

First 11 games:
Sabresx2
Jets
Leafs
Devils
Bos
Avs
LAK
Stars
Blues
Isles

It's not a difficult schedule to start the season, 7 or 8 wins are there for the taking. If they are bad to start it'll be hard to make up a bunch of points (Ducks last year).

 

[keppel146]

Wild really have to start the season strong.

First 11 games:
Sabresx2
Jets
Leafs
Devils
Bos
Avs
LAK
Stars
Blues
Isles

It's not a difficult schedule to start the season, 7 or 8 wins are there for the taking. If they are bad to start it'll be hard to make up a bunch of points (Ducks last year).

We start well historically. Hopefully we can keep that going!

 

[Wabit]

Dallas
Nashville
Chicago
Wild
STL
Jets
Avs

Wild/STL tossup for 4th/5th, so I picked 4th.

Boy 1/3 of the way into the season and my predictions aren't looking too good. I was right on the Av's and Jets at least so far...

 

[FVM]

1st. That's the Boudreau way.

Only Chicago ahead. Time to make a statement and win the division this season.

 

[gphr513]

I honestly have no idea. Could see us finishing in the top 3 or missing the playoffs all together.

Looks like I'll be right!

 

[Uberdachen]

Main board is pretty unanimous about us finishing 2nd to last, so I feel like that puts us at 2nd in the division. Science.

It is looking good for there finally being some indisputable proof of the existence of science.

 

[57special]

I still don't get how the Jets are so bad, and didn't expect Dallas to be this awful, though I thought they were a paper tiger last year. Keep expecting CHI to show their age....not so fortunate!

Did not see Staal playing like this at all. Thought Brodin would be better, but not like this. Doobs has been terrific.

 

[Wabit]

I still don't get how the Jets are so bad, and didn't expect Dallas to be this awful, though I thought they were a paper tiger last year. Keep expecting CHI to show their age....not so fortunate!

Did not see Staal playing like this at all. Thought Brodin would be better, but not like this, no Doobs has been terrific.

Jets goal tending has been pretty bad: 90.4 sv% (Dallas is at 90.0 sv%). That's not even backup quality numbers.