2018-19 Standing Predictions

[NoName]

I am the not the words biggest homer. you are incorrect to think that

Then do you care to go into further detail? Because Montreal looks on paper like the least likely team in the division aside from Ottawa... which you also have getting a playoff spot.

 

[rent free]

Then do you care to go into further detail? Because Montreal looks on paper like the least likely team in the division aside from Ottawa... which you also have getting a playoff spot.

I'm not even a habs fans by the way...

The Habs have Carey price who is healthy and when he is healthy he is franchise changing. The habs also had a lot of bad luck last season and bad lucky usually repeated.

 

[NoName]

Atlantic
Tampa
Toronto
Boston
Florida

Buffalo
Montreal
Detroit
Ottawa

Metropolitan
Pittsburgh
Washington
Philadelphia
Columbus

New Jersey
Carolina
New York Rangers
New York Islanders

Central
Winnipeg
Nashville
St. Louis
Colorado

Minnesota
Chicago
Dallas


Pacific
Anaheim
Vegas
LA Kings
Edmonton

San Jose
Calgary
Arizona
Vancouver



Feel most confident that the Atlantic will be most similar to this; seems a very top heavy division with Tampa, Toronto and Boston being head and shoulders above the rest. Feel least confident in my prediction for the Pacific. Aside from Vancouver all 7 teams look like they could win the division... and all seven of them have major flaws that make me think they could miss the playoffs entirely.

 

[NoName]

I'm not even a habs fans by the way...

The Habs have Carey price who is healthy and when he is healthy he is franchise changing. The habs also had a lot of bad luck last season and bad lucky usually repeated.

I look at that roster and all the gaping holes at centre (they really don’t even have a true top-6 centre, forget a 1 C) and defence as well as a paradoxical derph of both talent and size anf it looks to me like their top end with a Vezina form Price and a healthy Weber is a wildcard spot, maybe a third seed. I just look at how their lines match up against Tampa, Toronto and Boston and they look worse in literally every position. I just can’t see them topping those three teams in an 82 game season. Not without dramatically upgrading their roster at least.

Ottawa needs to keep Karlsson and solve ita myriad of in-house problems to have a chance, and it looks like neither is going to happen. They look destined for a rebuild.

 

[Semantics]

Toronto with the President's Trophy. Don't really care about any of the other teams.

 

[Halla]

Western

SJ 103
LA 102
Las Vegas 99
Edmonton 98
Calgary 91
Arizona 87
Anahiem 85
Vancity 79

Central

Winnipeg 107
Nashville 101
Colorado 100
Dallas 95
Minny 85
stl 84
Chicago 79

Metro

Pitts 105
Jersey 103
Wash 101
Philly 101
Columbus 99
Carolina 97
NYI 90
NYR 86

East

Tampa 109
Boston 104
Toronto 94
Florida 89
Buffalo 83
Detroit 78
Ottawa 73
Montreal 61

PLAYOFFS

SJ 4 Edm 0
LA 4 Las Vegas 3
Winn 4 Dall 1
Nash 2 Colorado 4

Pitt 4 Philly 2
Jersey 4 Wash 3
Tampa 4 Columbus 2
Boston 4 Toronto 0

ROUND 2

SJ 3 LA 4
Winn 4 Colorado 2

Pitts 3 Jersey 4
Tampa 4 Boston 3

ROUND 3

Winn 4 LA 2
Tampa 4 Jersey 2

CUP FINALS

Tampa 4 Winnipeg 3

the leafs had 105pts without JT. how are they only ending up with 94?

 

[Halla]

I look at that roster and all the gaping holes at centre (they really don’t even have a true top-6 centre, forget a 1 C) and defence as well as a paradoxical derph of both talent and size anf it looks to me like their top end with a Vezina form Price and a healthy Weber is a wildcard spot, maybe a third seed. I just look at how their lines match up against Tampa, Toronto and Boston and they look worse in literally every position. I just can’t see them topping those three teams in an 82 game season. Not without dramatically upgrading their roster at least.

Ottawa needs to keep Karlsson and solve ita myriad of in-house problems to have a chance, and it looks like neither is going to happen. They look destined for a rebuild.

Montreal has 0 chance at the 3rd seed.

danault
plekanek
shaw
froese

vs stamkos,johnson, matthews,tavares,kadri, bergeron,krejci etc

 

[the-rasta-masta]

I’m shocked so many have Edmonton so high. I can see them pulling in to 8th place, maybe, and McDavid is going to need to carry them in his back and Talbot is going to need to bounce back. Are people forgetting they were sellers last deadline? Maroon and Letestu scored 43 goals for the team when they went to the second round two years ago. Not to mention Eberle had 20 goals that year. Are Strome, Brodziak and Rieder going to make up those 63 goals? I don’t see it.

 

[winnipegger]

Vegas will finish last place and set record for negative goal differential by only scoring 12 goals the whole season.

 

[BlueDream]

Atlantic:

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

Metropolitan:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Philadelphia
3. Washington
4. New Jersey
---
5. Columbus
6. Carolina
7. NY Rangers
8. NY Islanders

Central:

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

Pacific:

1. San Jose
2. Calgary
3. Los Angeles
4. Vegas
---
5. Anaheim
6. Arizona
7. Edmonton
8. Vancouver

 

[Brock Radunske]

ATLANTIC
1. Toronto - 112
2. Tampa Bay - 110
3. Boston - 99
4. Florida - 98
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5. Montreal - 85
6. Detroit - 72
7. Buffalo - 70
8. Ottawa - 65

METROPOLITAN
1. Washington - 109
2. Pittsburgh - 105
3. Columbus - 104
4. Carolina - 95
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5. Philadelphia - 92
6. New Jersey - 88
7. NY Rangers - 83
8. NY Islanders - 72

CENTRAL
1. Winnipeg - 110
2. Nashville - 106
3. St. Louis - 98
4. Colorado - 97
-----------------------
5. Dallas - 92
6. Minnesota - 84
7. Chicago - 77

PACIFIC
1. Los Angeles - 100
2. Las Vegas - 96
3. Arizona - 94
4. Edmonton - 92
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5. San Jose - 88
6. Calgary - 86
7. Anaheim - 86
8. Vancouver - 68

PLAYOFFS

Toronto (4) vs Carolina (2) ----- Washington (4) vs Florida (2)
Tampa Bay (4) vs Boston (1) ----- Pittsburgh (3) vs Columbus (4)

Toronto (2) vs Tampa Bay (4) ----- Washington (4) vs Columbus (3)

Tampa Bay (4) vs Washington (3)
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Winnipeg (4) vs Edmonton (0) ----- Los Angeles (4) vs Colorado (3)
Nashville (3) vs St. Louis (4) ----- Las Vegas (1) vs Arizona (4)

Winnipeg (4) vs St. Louis (2) ----- Los Angeles (3) vs Arizona (4)

Winnipeg (4) vs Arizona (1)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Winnipeg (4) vs Tampa Bay (2)

I don't like the 2nd round exit but I'll take the President's trophy!

 

[Brock Radunske]

Western

SJ 103
LA 102
Las Vegas 99
Edmonton 98
Calgary 91
Arizona 87
Anahiem 85
Vancity 79

Central

Winnipeg 107
Nashville 101
Colorado 100
Dallas 95
Minny 85
stl 84
Chicago 79

Metro

Pitts 105
Jersey 103
Wash 101
Philly 101
Columbus 99
Carolina 97
NYI 90
NYR 86

East

Tampa 109
Boston 104
Toronto 94
Florida 89
Buffalo 83
Detroit 78
Ottawa 73
Montreal 61

PLAYOFFS

SJ 4 Edm 0
LA 4 Las Vegas 3
Winn 4 Dall 1
Nash 2 Colorado 4

Pitt 4 Philly 2
Jersey 4 Wash 3
Tampa 4 Columbus 2
Boston 4 Toronto 0

ROUND 2

SJ 3 LA 4
Winn 4 Colorado 2

Pitts 3 Jersey 4
Tampa 4 Boston 3

ROUND 3

Winn 4 LA 2
Tampa 4 Jersey 2

CUP FINALS

Tampa 4 Winnipeg 3

So you have the Leafs dropping by over 10 pts from last year and have them getting swept in the 1st?
What possible motivation would you have for that hot-take?

 

[RockTheRedDC]

Atlantic
Tampa
Boston
Florida
=========
Toronto
Montreal
Detroit
Buffalo
Ottawa

Metropolitan
Washington
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Philadelphia
New Jersey
==========
Carolina
New York Rangers
New York Islanders​

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

So you have the Leafs dropping by over 10 pts from last year and have them getting swept in the 1st?
What possible motivation would you have for that hot-take?

Anything is possible, but if everything goes atleast normally they should score as much or higher. Injuries can be a real bitch

 

[Siignal]

I might not think that the Flames should win the Pacific but there are a lot of people that think that Arizona somehow has improved and become better than us over the course of the last couple months?

I think we end up in the 2-4 range, but if someone could enlighten me as to why the Coyotes are now better than the Flames aside from the fact we ooze mediocrity, please do.

 

[gtrower]

Barring injuries, hard to imagine the Caps/Pens not meeting in the 2nd round again with home ice being the only question mark.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I'm not even a habs fans by the way...

The Habs have Carey price who is healthy and when he is healthy he is franchise changing. The habs also had a lot of bad luck last season and bad lucky usually repeated.

You may have overlooked that "luck" has nothing to do with a very weak roster.

 

[rent free]

You may have overlooked that "luck" has nothing to do with a very weak roster.

they've never had the strongest of rosters in the first place yet they've managed to win the division two seasons ago

 

[WiscoBlues]

Atlantic:

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

Metropolitan:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Philadelphia
4. Columbus
---
5. New Jersey
6. Carolina
7. NY Rangers
8. NY Islanders

Central:

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

Pacific:

1. San Jose
2. Los Angeles
3. Calgary
---
4. Edmonton
5. Anaheim
6. Arizona
7. Vegas
8. Vancouver​

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Atlantic
Toronto
Tampa
Boston
Florida
Buffalo
Montreal
Detroit
Ottawa

Met
Washington
Philly
Pittsburgh
Carolina
Columbus
NJ
NYI
NYR

Central
Winnipeg
Nashville
STL
Dallas
Colorado
Chicago
Minny

Pacific
San Jose
Calgary
LA
Edmonton
Las Vegas
Anaheim
Vancouver
Arizona

 

[Hockey Crazy]

1. Toronto
2. Tampa
3. Boston
4. Florida WC1
---
5. Buffalo
6. Detroit
7. Montreal
8. Ottawa

Metropolitan:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Columbus
4. Carolina WC2
---
5. New Jersey
6. Philadelphia
7. NY Rangers
8. NY Islanders

Central:

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

Pacific: (toughest division to pick)

1. San Jose
2. Calgary
3. LA
4. Vegas
---
5. Anaheim
6. Edmonton
7. Arizona
8. Vancouver

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Metropolitan Division

1. Washington Capitals z
2. Pittsburgh Penguins x
3. New Jersey Devils x
4. Columbus Blue Jackets w
5. Philadelphia Flyers e
6. Carolina Hurricanes e
7. New York Rangers e
8. New York Islanders e

Atlantic Division

1. Boston Bruins x
2. Toronto Maple Leafs x
3. Tampa Bay Lightning x
4. Florida Panthers w
5. Montreal Canadians e
6. Buffalo Sabres e
7. Detroit Red Wings e
8. Ottawa Senators e

Central Division

1. Winnipeg Jets p
2. St. Louis Blues x
3. Colorado Avalanche x
4. Chicago Blackhawks w
5. Nashville Predators w
6. Dallas Stars e
7. Minnesota Wild e

Pacific Division

1. San Jose Sharks x
2. Calgary Flames x
3. Vegas Golden Knights x
4. Edmonton Oilers e
5. Arizona Coyotes e
6. Vancouver Canucks e
7. Los Angeles Kings e
8. Anaheim Ducks e

1st Round

1. Washington Capitals
4. Florida Panthers
WSH wins in 6 games

2. Pittsburgh Penguins
3. New Jersey Devils
NJD wins in 7 games

1. Boston Bruins
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
CBJ wins in 6 games

2. Toronto Maple Leafs
3. Tampa Bay Lightning
TBL wins in 7 games

1. Winnipeg Jets
4. Nashville Predators
WPG wins in 6 games

2. St. Louis Blues
3. Colorado Avalanche
STL wins in 5 games

1. San Jose Sharks
4. Chicago Blackhawks
SJS wins in 5 games

2. Calgary Flames
3. Vegas Golden Knights
VGK wins in 6 games

2nd Round

1. Washington Capitals
3. New Jersey Devils
WSH wins in 6 games

3. Tampa Bay Lightning
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
CBJ wins in 7 games

1. Winnipeg Jets
2. St. Louis Blues
STL wins in 7 games

1. San Jose Sharks
3. Vegas Golden Knights
SJS wins in 6 games

3rd Round

1. Washington Capitals
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
CBJ wins in 7 games

1. San Jose Sharks
2. St. Louis Blues
SJS win in 6 games

Stanley Cup

1. San Jose Sharks
4. Columbus Blue Jackets
SJS wins in 5 games

lol idk no body expected it to be WSH and VGK last year so I went complete random

 

[Skobel24]

I might not think that the Flames should win the Pacific but there are a lot of people that think that Arizona somehow has improved and become better than us over the course of the last couple months?

I think we end up in the 2-4 range, but if someone could enlighten me as to why the Coyotes are now better than the Flames aside from the fact we ooze mediocrity, please do.

Nobody expected vegas to be better than most teams yet it happened.

If raanta plays well, that team could surprise a lot of people.

 

[Matt24]

1. Tampa Bay
2. Toronto
3. Boston
4. Florida (WC2)
5. Buffalo
6. Montreal
7. Detroit
8. Ottawa

1. Columbus
2. Pittsburgh
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia (WC1)
5. New Jersey
6. Carolina
7. Rangers
8. Islanders

1. Winnipeg
2. Nashville
3. St. Louis
4. Colorado (WC1)
5. Dallas (WC2)
6. Chicago
7. Minnesota

1. San Jose
2. Vegas
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. Arizona
6. Los Angeles
7. Anaheim
8. Vancouver

Doesn’t feel like enough turnover, but don’t think enough of the non-playoff teams have moved the needle very much so far in the offseason.

 

[Ari91]

the leafs had 105pts without JT. how are they only ending up with 94?

It's not like Toronto added JT and every other team did absolutely nothing. It doesn't matter who you think the biggest impact signing is this off season, moving players in and out can have some kind of impact (either short term or long term) and you won't know which (or positive or negative) one until the games are played on the ice. Not to mention that there's the luck of calls and bounces and of course the matter of injuries throughout the season. I know some people aren't sold on Anderssen and it's not denying that the Leafs blueline is currently their weakest area, then it's understandable for someone to expect a decline in points.

And I say this all as a Leafs fan. These are only predictions. You can create reasonable explanations for why you think a team will be at a certain place in their division or standings but how can one reasonably defend 5-10 hypothetical points in the standings? lol...and they shouldn't have to.