Answer these questions. First Head Coach to get fired: Under the radar breakout player: Presidents Trophy: Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Hart Trophy (MVP): Calder Trophy (ROY): Selke Trophy (DPOY): Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP):
First Head Coach to get fired:mclellan Under the radar breakout player: matt dumba Presidents Trophy: tampa Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner:tampa Regular Season Western Conference Winner: winnipeg Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): mcdavid Hart Trophy (MVP): crosby Calder Trophy (ROY): dahlin Selke Trophy (DPOY): bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): vasilevsky Norris Trophy (best defenseman):hedman Jack Adams Trophy (best coach):peters ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games):blue jackets vs Tampa. Tampa in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg vs San Jose. San Jose in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa vs San Jose...Tampa in 6 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): jt mill....just kidding, kucherov.
First Head Coach to get fired: Guy Boucher Under the radar breakout player: Ryan Pulock Presidents Trophy: Tampa Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Nikita Kucherov Hart Trophy (MVP): Connor McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Rasmus Dahlin Selke Trophy (DPOY): Patrice Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Connor Hellebuyck Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Victor Hedman Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): John Tortorella ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa over Boston in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): SJ over LA in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa over SJ in 5 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Steven Stamkos
First Head Coach to get fired: Todd McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Jonathan Huberdeau Presidents Trophy: Tampa Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Boston Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Connor McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): Connor McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Elias Pettersson Selke Trophy (DPOY): Anze Kopitar Vezina Trophy (best goalie): John Gibson Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Erik Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Barry Trotz ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Boston over Washington in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg over San Jose in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games):Winnipeg Over Boston in 5 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Patrick Laine
First Head Coach to get fired: McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Buchnevich (if you think it over and over again it will happen). Presidents Trophy: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Western Conference Winner: San Jos Sharks Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Svechnikov Selke Trophy (DPOY): Karlsson Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Vasilevsky Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Jon Cooper ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa x Pittsburgh - Tampa in 7 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): San Jose x Nashville - Nashville in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa x Nashville - Tampa in 6 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Hedman
First Head Coach to get fired: McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Mika Zibanejad? Presidents Trophy: Winnipeg Jets Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Washington Capitals Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Jets Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Connor McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): Blake Wheeler Calder Trophy (ROY): Elias Petersson Rocket Richard: Patrik Laine Selke Trophy (DPOY): Patrice Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): John Gibson Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Erik Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Whoever has the highest PDO ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Leafs over Flyers in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Jets over Sharks in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Jets over Leafs in 5 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Mark Scheifele
First Head Coach to get fired: McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Pavel Buchnevich Presidents Trophy: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Jets Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Connor McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): Connor McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Rasmus Dahlin Selke Trophy (DPOY): Patrice Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Sergei Bobrovsky Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Erik Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Jon Cooper ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals- TBL in 5 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg Jets vs San Jose Sharks- WPG in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa Bay Lightning vs Winnipeg Jets- TBL in 6 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Nikita Kucherov
First Head Coach to get fired: Todd McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Mika Zibanejad (full season with healthy Shatty on the PP), HM: Pierre-Luc Dubois Presidents Trophy: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning Regular Season Western Conference Winner: San Jose Sharks Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Connor McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): Connor McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Elias Pettersson Selke Trophy (DPOY): Patrice Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Sergei Bobrovsky Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Erik Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Claude Julien (things that will be accounted to Julien; Price not being literally the worst goalie in the league, not shooting a full point below their expected Sh%, Gallagher and Lehkonen carrying possession, the boost from Weber returning mid-season) ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): TBL - PIT, PIT in 7 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): SJS - NSH, SJS in 6 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): SJS - PIT, SJS in 6 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Erik Karlsson
First Head Coach to get fired: Randy Carlyle Under the radar breakout player: Julius Honka Presidents Trophy: Toronto Maple Leafs Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Toronto Maple Leafs Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Nashville Predators Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): Connor McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): Connor McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Andrei Svechnikov Selke Trophy (DPOY): Aleksander Barkov Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Frederik Andersen Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Alex Pietrangelo Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Jim Montgomery ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Toronto vs. Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh in 7 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Nashville vs. Dallas — Dallas in 6 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Dallas vs. Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh in 7 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Sidney Crosby
Lots of stab-in-the-dark type stuff... plus I see now that I've "predicted" 3 Canadian teams in the conference finals. Hmm... First Head Coach to get fired: Another for Todd McLellan Under the radar breakout player: Someone like Eriksson Ek or Puljujarvi Presidents Trophy: Toronto? Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Toronto? Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Pettersson Selke Trophy (DPOY): Couturier Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Vasilevsky Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Hedman Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Cassidy ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Toronto 2 - 4 Tampa WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg 4 - 1 Edmonton!? SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg 4 - 3 Tampa Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Wheeler
First Head Coach to get fired: Hakstol Under the radar breakout player: Sam Girard Presidents Trophy: Jets Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Leafs Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Jets Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Pettersson Selke Trophy (DPOY): Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Vasilevskiy Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Jones Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Maurice ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Lightning over Caps in 5 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Jets over Blues in 5 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Lightning over Jets in 7 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Stamkos
First Head Coach to get fired: Travis Green Under the radar breakout player: Timo Meier Presidents Trophy: San Jose Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Regular Season Western Conference Winner: San Jose Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): CM Selke Trophy (DPOY): Couture Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Bob Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): DeBoer ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa over Philly in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): San Jose over Winnipeg in 5 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): San Jose over Tampa in 5 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Karlsson
First Head Coach to get fired: Torts Under the radar breakout player: Nurse Presidents Trophy: Tampa Regular Season Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Regular Season Western Conference Winner: Winnipeg Art Ross Trophy (top scorer): McDavid Hart Trophy (MVP): McDavid Calder Trophy (ROY): Dahlin Selke Trophy (DPOY): Bergeron Vezina Trophy (best goalie): Holtby Norris Trophy (best defenseman): Karlsson Jack Adams Trophy (best coach): Jon Cooper ECF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa over Toronto in 6 WCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Winnipeg over San Jose in 7 SCF (name the two teams and who wins in however many games): Tampa over Winnipeg in 5 Conn Smythe (Playoff MVP): Stamkos
This only possible if one of these teams finishes 4th in the Atlantic and then gets to face the Metro for the first two rounds.