2014-15 Wild Predictions

[Jarick]

Season's getting ready to start, let's have some fun.

For the Wild, make three safe predictions, and three surprising predictions.

Then try and predict (for the Wild again), the following trophies:

Art Ross (point leader)
Rocket Richard (goal leader)
Norris (best defenseman)
Calder (best rookie)
Vezina (best goalie)
Selke (best defensive forward)
Lady Byng (best sport)
Hart (MVP)

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[Dr Jan Itor]

Safe
1. Suter leads the league in ice time
2. Our PP is top 10 in the league
3. Brodziak goes "0 for whatever" on breakaways

Surprising
1. We end the year with four 30 goal scorers
2. Granlund leads the team in points
3. Our goaltending is a non-issue all year

Art Ross: Granlund (19 goals, 55 assists)
Richard: Parise (37 goals)
Norris: Suter
Calder: Dumba (7 goals, 22 assists)
Vezina: Kuemper (top 10 in most goalie stats)
Selke: Koivu
Lady Byng: Spurgeon
Hart: Suter (almost 30 minutes per game, 60ish points)

 

[Lapa]

Bold predictions:

1. Parise scores 40 goals
2. Dumba sticks with the Wild for the whole season, makes the PP2 unit and scores decent 35 points.
3. Koivu plays a full season, and is in the running for a Selke.

Safe predictions:

1. Niederreiter breaks out. 25 goals, at least
2. Suter leads in the ice time (leaguewide)
3. Ballard is in the press box for most of the season

Art Ross (point leader) Parise (40+40)
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Parise (see above)
Norris (best defenseman) Suter
Calder (best rookie) Dumba
Vezina (best goalie) Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Bäckström
Hart (MVP) Suter

 

[Minnesota]

Art Ross - Parise
Rocket Richard - Pominville
Norris - Suter
Calder - Folin
Vezina - Kuemper
Selke - Granlund
Lady Byng - Bryzgalov
Hart - Suter

Safe:
- Suter continues to lead the league in ice time
- Pominville scores 30 goals again
- We have a goalie crisis at some point (2+ goalies injured)

Surprises:
- Haula surpasses Koivu, and Mikko gets bumped down to our 3rd line
- Iowa wins the Calder Cup
- Tuch leaves BC at some point this year

 

[this providence]

Bold, safe, whatever; my few predictions:

Jonas Brodin becomes the best Wild defenseman
6 Wild players score over 20 goals
Minnesota wins the division

 

[Victorious Secret]

Bold:
Finish in the top 4
Break our franchise goal scoring record
3 players to score 30

Safe:
Suter leads team in Ice time
Yeo is our coach by the end of the year
Team finishes year in the playoffs

Art Ross (point leader) Parise
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Parise
Norris (best defenseman) Brodin
Calder (best rookie) Folin
Vezina (best goalie) Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Granlund
Hart (MVP) Suter

 

[Jarick]

Here are mine:

Safe:

1. Parise scores 80 points
2. Suter leads the league in ice time
3. Wild get 100 points (obviously make playoffs)

Surprising:

1. Koivu finishes the year on the third line
2. Dumba leads the defense in PP goals
3. Backstrom gets traded

Trophies:

Art Ross - Parise (80)
Rocket Richard - Pominville (35)
Norris - Suter
Calder - Dumba
Vezina - Kuemper
Selke - Haula
Lady Byng - Spurgeon
Hart - Granlund

 

[Keeptdos]

Safe:
We make the playoffs.
Suter leads in icetime.
Lemaire remains as our head coach

Bold:
Vanek scores +35 goals.
Koivu plays a full season.
We make it past 2nd round in playoffs.


Art Ross: Parise
Rocket Richard: Vanek
Norris: Suter
Calder: Dumba
Vezina: Kuemper
Selke: Koivu
Lady Byng: Suter
Hart: Suter

 

[DUMBA55]

I might be a little optimistic, but without further ado...

Art Ross (point leader) Parise (30+45)
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Pommers (41)
Norris (best defenseman) Suter (10+40)
Calder (best rookie) Dumba (11+20) - Mainstay QB on the 2nd PP Unit
Vezina (best goalie) Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Spurgeon
Hart (MVP) Granlund (15+40)

 

[FVM]

Safe:

- Suter leads the league in ice time again.
- Granlund scores 18 + 50 = 68 points.
- We'll have three 30 goal scorers (Vanek, Parise, Pominville).

Surprising:

- Dumba stays up the whole season and is one of our best offensive D-men.
- Bäckström stays healthy and plays a strong season, splitting the starts with Kuemper. His last hurrah on top level.
- Our PP is 7th in the league, but our team defense takes a hit this season and we allow more goals; still 13rd in the league for goals against.

Trophies:

Art Ross - Pärisee (77)
Rocket Richard - Vanek (34)
Norris - Suter
Calder - Dumba
Vezina - Tie between Kuemper/Bäckström
Selke - Koivu
Lady Byng - Granlund
Hart - Suter

 

[BusQuets]

Art Ross: Koivu 85 points
Rocket Richard: Parise 40 goals
Norris: Suter
Calder: Dumba
Vezina: Backstrom
Selke: Koivu
Lady Byng: Granlund
Hart: Koivu

 

[FVM]

Safe:
We make the playoffs.
Suter leads in icetime.
Lemaire remains as our head coach

Bold:
Vanek scores +35 goals.
Koivu plays a full season.
We make it past 2nd round in playoffs.


Art Ross: Parise
Rocket Richard: Vanek
Norris: Suter
Calder: Dumba
Vezina: Kuemper
Selke: Koivu
Lady Byng: Suter
Hart: Suter

Well played, sir, well played

 

[Puhis]

Bold predictions:

1. Koivu scores 25 goals
2. Spurgeon scores 50 points
3. Bäcks plays 40+ games, stays relatively healthy and becomes our #1 goalie again

Safe predictions:

1. Pominville and Vanek both score 30
2. Yeo doesn't get canned
3. We will have at least 4 different goalies during the season

Art Ross (point leader) Parise (28+45)
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Vanek (38)
Norris (best defenseman) Suter
Calder (best rookie) Folin
Vezina (best goalie) Bäckström
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Parise
Hart (MVP) Suter

 

[Minnesota]

Lemaire remains as our head coach

Slipped that one in there. Well done.

 

[W75]

Safe:
1. Suter leads ice time in the NHL
2. Only two players score more than 30 goals
3. Wild finish 3rd in the Norris Division

Surprising:
1. Bäckström stays healthy the whole season
2. Dumba will have more goals than Suter
3. Spurgeon leads defensemen in goals

Art Ross: Mikael Granlund
Rocket Richard: Jason Pominville
Norris: Ryan Suter
Calder: Mathew Dumba
Vezina: Darcy Kuemper
Selke: Mikko Koivu
Lady Byng: Ryan Suter
Hart: Mikael Granlund

 

[BurnsyMN]

Safe
1. Wild make the playoffs
2. Wild have the top 5 best home record in the league
3. Wild Powerplay is top 10 in the NHL

Surprising
1. Kuemper is a Vezina finalist
2. Yeo wins the Jack Adams
3. Zucker gets sent to the AHL and has a monster year. Traded at the deadline for a 1st round pick.


Art Ross (point leader)- Parise (42G, 40A)
Rocket Richard (goal leader)- Parise- 42
Norris (best defenseman)- Suter
Calder (best rookie)- Dumba (8G, 21A)
Vezina (best goalie)- Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward)- Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport)- Bryz (A guy can dream right?)
Hart (MVP)- Parise

 

[Dampland]

Safe
1. Suter leads the league in ice time
2. Pomenville scores 27+ goals
3. Koivu misses at least 10 games during the season

Surprising
1. Folin sticks with the Wild and puts up 6+19; and 2 fights
2. Vanek finishes behind Parise, Pomenville, Koivu and Grandolph in points
3. Backstrom stays healthy and finshes season with 25+ wins

Art Ross: Parise (32 goals, 37 assists)
Richard: Parise (32 goals)
Norris: Suter
Calder: Folin (6 goals, 19 assists)
Vezina: Backstrom
Selke: Koivu
Lady Byng: Spurgeon
Hart: Parise

 

[Jarick]

Safe:

The surprising predictions are the best.

 

[Sharppi]

Safe predictions:

1. Vanek and Parise score both 30 goals
2. Bäckström gets hurt at some point
3. Koivu gets unnecessary **** for not scoring 20 goals while still giving over 50 assists


Bold predictions:

1. Spurgeon scores 15 goals, 25 points
2. Falk makes the roster and is actually good/decent
3. Granlund plays whole 82 games with 20g+48a

Art Ross (point leader) Granlund (20+48)
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Vanek, 33g
Norris (best defenseman) Suter
Calder (best rookie) Dumba
Vezina (best goalie) Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Brodziak
Hart (MVP) Suter

 

[Avder]

Safe:
Suter leads the league in ice time and is once again snubbed for Norris.
Our powerplay will be bottom 15 in the league
We will easily make the playoffs

Bold:
We will exceed our franchise record for points in a season by at least 5 points
We will have one 40 goal scorer and two 30 goal scorers
Backstrom stays healthy past new years eve

Art Ross - Parise
Rocket Richard - Vanek
Norris - Suter
Calder - Dumba
Vezina - Bryzgalov
Selke - Cooke
Lady Byng - Harding
Hart - Parise

Threw a couple bold predictions in the awards categories for good measure.

 

[57special]

3 safe's;

-Wild will make the playoffs
- Backstrom will be injured
- Yeo won't be fired

3 Bold

- Granlund scores 80 points.
- Vanek starts to resemble Heatley.
- Jonas Brodin defects to Finland.

Art Ross - MIG
Rocket Richard- Parise
Norris- Suter
Calder- Dumba
Vezina- Kuemper
Selke- Haula
Lady Bing Haula
Hart Suter

 

[rynryn]

just the surprises...

Dumba ends the season playing ~17 minutes per night, because...
...Suter misses 20+ games

Granlund is a point per game player.

Cooke goes controversy-free.

Coyle is our most productive player behind Koivu per minute 5v5.

 

[hirawl]

Safe
1. Vanek 25 goals
2. Parise 25 goals
3. Pominville 25 goals

Bold
1. Granlund 25 goals
2. Koivu 25 goals
3. Nino 25 goals

Art Ross - Granlund
Rocket Richard- Vanek
Norris - Suter
Calder - Dumba
Vezina - Backstrom
Selke - Koivu
Lady Byng - Brodin
Hart - Koivu

 

[TaLoN]

Bold:
Finish in the top 4
Break our franchise goal scoring record
3 players to score 30

Safe:
Suter leads team in Ice time
Yeo is our coach by the end of the year
Team finishes year in the playoffs

Art Ross (point leader) Parise
Rocket Richard (goal leader) Parise
Norris (best defenseman) Brodin
Calder (best rookie) Folin
Vezina (best goalie) Kuemper
Selke (best defensive forward) Koivu
Lady Byng (best sport) Granlund
Hart (MVP) Suter

If Brodin takes the Norris, I have a hard time seeing Suter as the MVP. IMO Suter would need the Norris at minimum for that JMO.

Here's a few predictions of my own...bold safe or otherwise....

Granlund is the MVP (20+52)
Parise the points leader (33+45)
Pominville leads in goals (35)
Dumba and Folin make the team and stay up all season, Dumba gets the Calder between the two.
The Wild have 3 players over 30 goals (Parise, Pominville, Vanek), and another 4 with 20+ (Granlund, Niederreiter, Haula, Koivu)
Backstrom gets traded by the end of the season.

 

[Victorious Secret]

If Brodin takes the Norris, I have a hard time seeing Suter as the MVP. IMO Suter would need the Norris at minimum for that JMO.
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One is a want and the other is practically a given.