2018-19 NHL Season Predictions

[Pavel Buchnevich]

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):​

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[Inferno]

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.​

 

[I Eat Crow]

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

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

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​

 

[Fvital92]

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

 

[Machinehead]

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

 

[NASTY]

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

 

[Blue Blooded]

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

 

[TheDirtyH]

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

 

[Nickmo82]

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

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

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​

 

[silverfish]

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

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

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

 

[Ghost of jas]

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

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.