8 have to make it. Which 8? (West)

[Wayne Primeau]

15 teams. 8 make it in, 7 miss.

Anaheim
Arizona
Calgary
Chicago
Colorado
Dallas
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Minnesota
Nashville
San Jose
St. Louis
Vancouver
Vegas
Winnipeg

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[Captain97]

The lack of love for Chicago is surprising, I think they'll make a big acquisition and make the playoffs this year.

 

[Icebreakers]

Locks

Winnipeg
St Louis (really like their new acquisitions)
Nashville
San Jose

Likely

Anaheim
LA
Vegas
Hawks

Chance if everything goes right

Flames
Oilers
Avs
Stars

Unlikely
Wild (aging core)


No chance in hell

Canucks
Coyotes

 

[CraigsList]

Picked:

Winnipeg
Nashville
St. Louis
Dallas
**Chicago

San Jose
Vegas
Calgary
**Edmonton

Edmonton and Chicago will battle it out for one of the WC spots. I had a hard time picking between the two so I picked Chicago with them having some wiggle room to make a good move for them to retool a bit.

 

[BlueDream]

The lack of love for Chicago is surprising, I think they'll make a big acquisition and make the playoffs this year.

Well how are we supposed to pick Chicago based on a hypothetical trade?

Right now they don't look good enough.

 

[Deku]

San Jose
Vegas
Edmonton

Winnipeg
Nashville
Minnesota

Arizona
St Louis

 

[M2Beezy]

West

SJ
LA
Las Vegas

Central

Winnipeg
Colorado
Nashville

Wild Card

Calgary
Dallas

 

[BuLLeT1291]

WPG
STL
NSH

SJ
LA
VGK

COL
CGY

 

[BlueBull]

WPG
NSH
COL
DAL

CGY
VGK
LAK
EDM

 

[Halla]

NSH
STL
WPG
*CHI
*MIN

SJ
VGK
LA

 

[super6646]

Pacific:
1. Sharks
2. Flames
3. Knights
4. Oilers**

Central:
1. Jets
2. Preds
3. Blues
4. Stars
5. Blackhawks**

I really can't choose between the hawks and the Oilers, so I think both will also be fighting for a wildcard spot.

 

[TheDizee]

Blues
Sharks
Preds
Jets
Knights
Kings
Flames
Coyotes

 

[CanadienShark]

Central:

Winnipeg
Nashville
St Louis
Dallas

Pacific:

SJ
LA
Edmonton
Vegas

 

[pb1300]

Blues
Sharks
Preds
Jets
Knights
Kings
Flames
Coyotes

Same with me, except I went with Colorado over Calgary. I should have put a little more thought in to it now that I think about it a bit more.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Nashville, St. Louis, Dallas, Winnipeg, Chicago from the central.

Edmonton, Anaheim, San Jose in the pacific.

 

[Halla]

pretty surprised with how many edmonton votes there are considering its the exact same team that couldnt stop anyone from scoring last year.

Mcdavid and Draisaitl arent enough to overcome 0 defense or depth scoring

 

[Morgs]

Central:
Winnipeg
Nashville
St. Louis

Pacific:
Anaheim
Edmonton
San Jose

Wild Card:
Minnesota
Arizona

 

[DEVILS130]

Very challenging. Much harder to predict than the East imo

1. Jets
2. Predators
3. Blues

1. Sharks
2. Kings
3. Oilers

WC 1. Stars
WC 2. Avalanche

 

[pheasant]

I'll make a bold prediction and say that Chicago and Arizona both make the playoffs.

They're the lowest rated in the poll right now after Vancouver (with a single vote).

 

[RedWingzz]

Winnipeg 112
Nashville 109
St.Louis 101
Dallas 96
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Colorado 94
Minnesota 80
Chicago 76


Los Angeles 110
San Jose 106
Vegas 102
Calgary 97
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Edmonton 90
Anaheim 86
Arizona 76
Vancouver 73

 

[IceBoxHockey]

Central:
Jets
Preds
Wild
Dallas - WC
Blues - WC

Pacific:
Sharks
Knights
Kings

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

West

SJ
LA
Las Vegas

Central

Winnipeg
Colorado
Nashville

Wild Card

Calgary
Dallas

You never disappoint

 

[KlefDown]

pretty surprised with how many edmonton votes there are considering its the exact same team that couldnt stop anyone from scoring last year.

Mcdavid and Draisaitl arent enough to overcome 0 defense or depth scoring

Plenty of changes have been made to make sure last year doesn't repeat.
coaches who ran the worst PK/PP in NHL history have been fired and replaced by much much more competent coaches.
Signed two more good PK's in Brodziak and Reider
We'll have back a healthy Sekera in our blueline, a more developed Nurse, and a top pairing of Klefbom/Larsson with many young D knocking on the door

 

[BlueDream]

WPG, NSH, STL, SJ are the big 4 for me, with CGY and VGK right there. I think LAK and COL did enough to improve to maintain possession of the last 2 spots.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Winnipeg 112
Nashville 109
St.Louis 101
Dallas 96
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Colorado 94
Minnesota 80
Chicago 76


Los Angeles 110
San Jose 106
Vegas 102
Calgary 97
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Edmonton 90
Anaheim 86
Arizona 76
Vancouver 73

I don’t see Minnesota being that low