Bold prediction thread for 19-20 season

[N.Y. Orangeman]

Risto's analytical models, five years in the making, are destroyed when his usage and pairings are amended (as a member of the Sabres), throwing the stathletes into a spiral, with half of them questioning their own existence and the other half doubling down in their efforts to discredit the improvement.

 

[Snargitz]

Positive: Tank thread will be up and running by February
Negative: Tank thread will be up and running by December

 

[sabremike]

Tage becomes the first African American to lead the NHL in scoring (wait a second, it will come to you).

 

[Chainshot]

Sobotka will look like a serviceable NHLer.

Too bold?

Too far.

 

[DolanPlsGoSabres]

Sobotka will look like a serviceable NHLer.

Too bold?

Well if you mean the N(W)HL, N(ZI)HL, maybe...?

 

[brian_griffin]

I'm laughing!!!!!

 

[EichHart]

Optimistic me:

Eichel gets 100 Pts
Skinner gets 40 goals
Reinhart gets 80 pts
Dahlin gets 60 pts
We make the playoffs

The Buffalo fan in me:

Tank thread is up by late November
We finish bottom 5
Eichel and Dahlin get season ending injuries in October

 

[SundherDome]

I thought your bold prediction would have Eric Cornel becoming the 2C.

I'm a realist, he should be riding shotgun with Eichel and Skinner. He couldn't support a 2C role.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Taro Tsujimoto finally comes over and leads Buffalo to the post-season, setting multiple records along the way (highest scoring Japanese player and highest scoring fictional player in league history). In the playoffs, Taro scores 2 points per game en route to a Leafs sweep. The U.S. is forced to increase security at the border to stop angry Ontarians from rioting in Buffalo. In the aftermath, Matthews goes full Hasek and demands to be traded to the Sabres for a nominal return, with the Leafs retaining salary. The Sabres then go on to become the first cap era dynasty.

Hold me to this one, guys.

 

[MrMaster]

Some great posts in here.
The best part is, that i believe some of those bold statements will come true, Murphys Law, or some bullshit i can't recall now.

I still believe in the Cinderella story, maybe Buffalo can finish off what Vegas couldn't do.

I know this sounds crazy, but i believe this team is on the verge of a breakout, and in this random league anything's possible.

 

[vcv]

I'm a realist, he should be riding shotgun with Eichel and Skinner. He couldn't support a 2C role.

Of course not. This is the year Kevin Sundher gets his chance and grabs the 2C role.

 

[Gabrielor]

Of course not. This is the year Kevin Sundher gets his chance and grabs the 2C role.

At least he isn’t KarabacekDome, or HurleyDome, or god help me, GragnaniDome.

I respect the other choices.

 

[SundherDome]

Of course not. This is the year Kevin Sundher gets his chance and grabs the 2C role.

Stop stop, you know what happens when I get hot and bothered

 

[Shnooks]

Not so bold prediction - Jason Botterill gets fired.

Mittelstadt busts...

At 20 years old?

 

[HaNotsri]

Not so bold prediction - Jason Botterill gets fired.


At 20 years old?

It’s the bold prediction thread. Mittsy will go for a career in marshmallow speed-eating instead of hockey. Bust.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Lazar makes the Sabres and becomes a bottom 6 scorer with grit and a 200 foot game.

I'm serious.

 

[Chainshot]

Lazar makes the Sabres and becomes a bottom 6 scorer with grit and a 200 foot game.

I'm serious.

Sober?

 

[Buffaloed]

Jason Botterill shows up for camp looking like a new man and becomes the spokesman for Skull Reshaping. Commercials will run several times every game. Botts will do for big heads what Brian Campbell did for excessive sweating.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Sober?

Absoldkfkfutlely

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Jason Botterill shows up for camp looking like a new man and becomes the spokesman for Skull Reshaping. Commercials will run several times every game. Botts will do for big heads what Brian Campbell did for excessive sweating.

Yo those hyperhydrosis ads were gold. I mean, I remember the name of the friggin condition thanks to Soupy. Feel like they should just go completely bonkers are have Charlie Kelly be their next spokesman.

 

[Club]

We finish 3rd in the Atlantic division.

 

[La Cosa Nostra]

Eichel scores 90 points
Skinner 35+ goals
Risto scores 40+ points and has a +/- at -5 or better
Vesey+Sheary combine for 35-40 goals
Dahlin scores 55 points
Olofsson hits 20 goals and/or 40 points

 

[MrMaster]

Cellino&Barnes reappearance

 

[Buffaloed]

Mittelstadt becomes a modern day folk hero when he drops Brad Marchand with one punch knockout.

 

[Chainshot]

Mittelstadt becomes a modern day folk hero when he drops Brad Marchand with one punch knockout.

I didn’t know unarmed hand to hand combat was a thing in Fortnite.