2019-20 Lightning Player Predictions

[Flat Ronnie]

Make your 2020 predictions for the following:

MVP - Kuch
Most Goals - Stamkos
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Cirelli
Biggest Bust - Palat
Most Surprising - Shatty
Most Dumb Penalties - Paquette
Most Game Winning Goals - Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Serg
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli/Point

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[JoVel]

My list would be the same except Killorn for dumbest penalties and Rutta for scapegoat.

 

[LightningStrikes]

My list would be the same except Killorn for dumbest penalties and Rutta for scapegoat.

Yeah, Rutta or Palat.

 

[The Macho King]

My list would be the same except Killorn for dumbest penalties and Rutta for scapegoat.

Seriously we should rename the category to "most Killorns"

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

What are your thoughts on Verhaeghe?

Will he make the opening night roster?

Point predictions?


Thanks.

 

[Boltswin]

Make your 2020 predictions for the following:

MVP - Kuch
Most Goals - Stamkos
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Cirelli
Biggest Bust - Palat
Most Surprising - Shatty
Most Dumb Penalties - Paquette
Most Game Winning Goals - Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Serg
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli/Point

I considered making a similar thread a few days ago so I’ll add a couple categories

Team points (do/ can we beat 128?)?
Team standings (where do we end up?)?
Team wins, losses, OTL?
Number of playoff wins?
What round do we exit?
Kucherov points? (Regular season and/or playoffs)
Stamkos points?
Point points?
Hedman points?
Other D man points (Serg, Shattenkirk)?
(Insert depth player) points?
Vasy wins (+gaa, save %)?
McE wins?
Who wins awards?
Who gets injured (for how long)?
Who goes to the all star game?

 

[DFC]

What are your thoughts on Verhaeghe?

Will he make the opening night roster?

Point predictions?


Thanks.

I think he'll definitely be on the team until Point gets back, and is very likely to remain even after. I think it's Martel that goes down. Verhaeghe needs waivers and has nothing left to prove in the AHL.

 

[DFC]

MVP - Hedman
Most Goals - Stamkos - 50 (He paced for the last 3/4 of last season)
Most Assists - Kucherov - 75
Most Points - Kucherov - 115
Most Improved - Joseph
Biggest Bust - ...Maroon?
Most Surprising - Palat (I'm gonna be an optimist.)
Most Dumb Penalties - Killer
Most Game Winning Goals - Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Point (I think it'll take him a while to regain his form, if he does at all.)
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli

I think Hedman and Kucherov are on the same tier, and the conditions are good for Hedman to have a huge year.

Surprise is an iffy one. I would really like to see Palat return to form. But I also think Verhaeghe or Volkov could be the guy.

 

[DFC]

I considered making a similar thread a few days ago so I’ll add a couple categories

Team points (do/ can we beat 128?)?
Team standings (where do we end up?)?
Team wins, losses, OTL?
Number of playoff wins?
What round do we exit?
Kucherov points? (Regular season and/or playoffs)
Stamkos points?
Point points?
Hedman points?
Other D man points (Serg, Shattenkirk)?
(Insert depth player) points?
Vasy wins (+gaa, save %)?
McE wins?
Who wins awards?
Who gets injured (for how long)?
Who goes to the all star game?

I'm gonna go old school on this one...

Team points (do/ can we beat 128?)? 62 points instead of wins. National Shame.

Team standings (where do we end up?)? Last place, lose the lottery to Edmonton.

Team wins, losses, OTL? 28 - 48 - 6

Number of playoff wins? Playoffs? We're talking about playoffs?

What round do we exit? ...

Kucherov points? (Regular season and/or playoffs) 0. Pissed off about contract/taxes. Returns to Russia, KHL MVP.

Stamkos points? 54

Point points? Hip infection causes leg amputation. Career over.

Hedman points? Product of Point and Kucherov all this time. Without them? 17 points.

Other D man points (Serg, Shattenkirk)? Rutta leads the team with 26.

(Insert depth player) points? Cirelli goes off for 40+40, taking him out of our price range. Signs an offer sheet in Toronto in the off-season.

Vasy wins (+gaa, save %)? Loses starting job to Mike Condon.

McE wins? Loses back-up job to Louie Domingue.

Who wins awards? Players on other teams.

Who gets injured (for how long)? Point. Hip infection.

Who goes to the all star game? Rick Peckham.

 

[Boltswin]

I'm gonna go old school on this one...

Team points (do/ can we beat 128?)? 62 points instead of wins. National Shame.

Team standings (where do we end up?)? Last place, lose the lottery to Edmonton.

Team wins, losses, OTL? 28 - 48 - 6

Number of playoff wins? Playoffs? We're talking about playoffs?

What round do we exit? ...

Kucherov points? (Regular season and/or playoffs) 0. Pissed off about contract/taxes. Returns to Russia, KHL MVP.

Stamkos points? 54

Point points? Hip infection causes leg amputation. Career over.

Hedman points? Product of Point and Kucherov all this time. Without them? 17 points.

Other D man points (Serg, Shattenkirk)? Rutta leads the team with 26.

(Insert depth player) points? Cirelli goes off for 40+40, taking him out of our price range. Signs an offer sheet in Toronto in the off-season.

Vasy wins (+gaa, save %)? Loses starting job to Mike Condon.

McE wins? Loses back-up job to Louie Domingue.

Who wins awards? Players on other teams.

Who gets injured (for how long)? Point. Hip infection.

Who goes to the all star game? Rick Peckham.

Am I just a joke to you?

Thanks for humoring me

 

[Sky04]

MVP - Kucherov, hard to imagine Hedman doing more when he has a 2nd line shutdown pair behind him
Most Goals - Stamkos, unless he decides he wants to be the 2016 version of himself.
Most Assists - Kuch, easy
Most Points - Kuch, easy
Most Improved - Sergachev, more room to go up after a slump season
Biggest Bust - Maroon, when was the last time signing a vet forward actually worked?
Most Surprising - Shatty, highest ceiling of any new addition
Most Dumb Penalties - Kucherov, in the sense that almost any penalty that takes him off the ice is dumb
Most Game Winning Goals - Point
This Season's Scapegoat - Palat/Coburn
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli

 

[DFC]

Am I just a joke to you?

Thanks for humoring me

:p

Team plays better when HF Lightning is negative. I'm leading by example.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Rutta is my scapegoat so far but Palat better improves or I'm coming after him

 

[DFC]

Rutta is my scapegoat so far but Palat better improves or I'm coming after him

It's hard to imagine Rutta playing enough to be a scapegoat.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

It's hard to imagine Rutta playing enough to be a scapegoat.

Coop's gonna coop, my dude

 

[BeingTheThunder]

MVP - Vasilevskiy
Most Goals - Kuch
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Sergachev
Biggest Bust - Schenn
Most Surprising - Palat
Most Dumb Penalties - Coburn
Most Game Winning Goals - Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Point
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli

 

[Max McBolt]

MVP - Vasilevskiy
Most Goals - Kucherov
Most Assists - Kucherov
Most Points - Kucherov
Most Improved - Sergachev
Biggest Bust - Hedman*
Most Surprising - Joseph
Most Dumb Penalties - Kucherov
Most Game Winning Goals - Kucherov
This Season's Scapegoat - Cooper
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Volkov [/QUOTE]

* I am expecting Hedman to have a down year and Sergachev to pick up the slack.
Coming back from concussions can be a bumpy road.
I hope to be very wrong on this one prediction and that Hedman will be back to Norris form.

 

[DMB06]

MVP - Kuch
Most Goals - Kuch
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Cernak
Biggest Bust - Vas
Most Surprising - Palat
Most Dumb Penalties - Killorn
Most Game Winning Goals - Point
This Season's Scapegoat - Stamkos
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cooper

 

[The Macho King]

Lol - if we lose more than 4 games in the regular season I'm going to call for Cooper's job.

Stamkos won't be the scapegoat until April. And by then he'll be invisible, so we won't even be able to see who we're yelling at.

 

[Todd1a]

Make your 2020 predictions for the following:

MVP - Kuch
Most Goals - Stamkos
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Cirelli
Biggest Bust - Palat
Most Surprising - Shatty
Most Dumb Penalties - Paquette
Most Game Winning Goals - Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Serg
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Cirelli/Point

MVP - Vasy
Most Goals - Kuch
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Sergachev
Biggest Bust - Palat
Most Surprising - Shattenkirk
Most Dumb Penalties - Paquette
Most Game Winning Goals - Point
This Season's Scapegoat - Rutta
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Point

 

[Todd1a]

It's hard to imagine Rutta playing enough to be a scapegoat.

Knowing cooper he will play like every game

 

[Todd1a]

What are your thoughts on Verhaeghe?

Will he make the opening night roster?

Point predictions?


Thanks.

Yes Verhaeghe will make the team for sure since point will be on ltir for at least the first two weeks of the season! Lol I think he will put up like 25 to 30 points being he will be on line 4 ! I hope this guy is a gem lol he was drafted by Toronto so I’d bet he will be good! Lol

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

MVP - Kuch
Most Goals - Stamkos
Most Assists - Kuch
Most Points - Kuch
Most Improved - Joseph
Biggest Bust - Shattenkirk
Most Surprising - Palat (in a good way)
Most Dumb Penalties - Witkowski
Most Game Winning Goals - Point
This Season's Scapegoat - Rutta or Schenn
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Point

 

[Krewe]

I hate to be that guy, but it's "can do no wrong"

Unless I am missing out on some reference, can't do no wrong means the player is doing a ton wrong (in fan's eyes) aka a scapegoat.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

MVP - Victor Hedman
Most Goals - Steven Stamkos
Most Assists - Nikita Kucherov
Most Points - Nikita Kucherov
Most Improved - Mikhail Sergachev
Biggest Bust - Ondrej Palat (I hope he doesn't)
Most Surprising - Kevin Shattenkirk
Most Dumb Penalties - Cedric Paquette
Most Game Winning Goals - Steven Stamkos
This Season's Scapegoat - Jan Rutta
This Season's "Can't do no wrong" - Anthony Cirelli