Crazy predictions for 17-18 season

[Uncle Scrooge]

Every year things happen nobody would've expected before the season. I thought it would be fun to see if any of us get something right.

So, make one (1) crazy prediction that is bound to raise eyebrows for the 17-18 season.

Mine: Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks miss the playoffs



Edit: gotta love that Duchene playoff prediction lol

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[La Bamba]

Kailer Yamamoto plays in the Oilers' top 6 all season and takes home the Calder and trademarks the name "Yammy Hockey" in the process.

 

[CuriousGeorge]

The Vegas Golden Knights will be the 2017 Stanley Cup Champions.

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[nobody]

Jets will make the playoffs (finally).
Stamkos will stay healthy the whole year and Geno will play 75 games.

All bold predictions, I know.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

Oilers finish as a wild card and lose to the Coyotes in the first round.

Wild enough?

 

[Nalens Oga]

One of Calgary or Anaheim misses the playoffs (probably Anaheim, I can see injuries f***ing them up).

The Avs get 25+ more points than last season but still finish in the bottom two in the central division.

 

[CallMeShaft]

The NHL will approve of a team in Seattle by January and that team will start playing within days of approval. They will also win the cup this year.

 

[Shockmaster]

The Vegas Golden Knights will be the 2017 Stanley Cup Champions.

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So they find a way to go back in time before they even had a team and win the Cup?

 

[Brock Radunske]

So they find a way to go back in time before they even had a team and win the Cup?

 

[rent free]

the nhl will shutdown forever

 

[LeafsNation149]

Nylander and Matthews both finish top 10 in scoring

 

[983 others]

Devils finish ahead of HFBoard darlings Flyers and Hurricanes.

 

[robsenz]

Kessel scores more goals than Filatov

 

[CuriousGeorge]

So they find a way to go back in time before they even had a team and win the Cup?

I think you know what I meant.

 

[Machinehead]

HFBoards love children Columbus struggle to make the playoffs.

Also, the Devils go back to their old uniforms as soon as the three year Adidas mandate expires.

 

[DrRad]

5 teams from the Atlantic make the playoffs

 

[Zamuz]

Canes win metropolitan division

 

[Mitch nylander]

Colorado bounces back and just misses to playoffs at 9th place.
John tortorella gets into a dressing room fight again.
Marc Bergevin gets desperate and trades a bunch of prospects for older roster players.
Mitch Marner is the first of the big three to fight.
Leo Komarov leads the league in most face washes.
Lee Stempniak gets traded 3 times and beats the Mike sillinger record
Mitch Marner is able to grow a beard when playoff time comes.
Marc Staal and Jordan Staal get into a fight
Antti Niemi will have the best year of his career and Lehtonen will be awful. Dallas fans will wonder why they kept lehtonen.
Laine scores on his own net again.
Jake Virtanen leads the Canucks in goals.

Too Bold?

 

[Machinehead]

Oh, Boeser wins the Calder

 

[Shockmaster]

I think you know what I meant.

You forgot what year it was?

 

[CuriousGeorge]

You forgot what year it was?

I live in the present. Not in the past or future.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hurricanes and Islanders make the playoffs. Caps and Rangers do not.

 

[TheBigThree]

Leafs vs Oilers in the stanley cup finals

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Every year things happen nobody would've expected before the season. I thought it would be fun to see if any of us get something right.

So, make one (1) crazy prediction that is bound to raise eyebrows for the 17-18 season.

Mine: Galchenyuk struggles all season long and doesn't seem to find a spot in the lineup while Drouin is working out as the 1C, in Florida Bjugstad finally bounces back to that 20 goal, 40 point form and plays well. Bergevin thinks he'd be a great fit behind the smaller Drouin, and struggles to find any good offers for Galchenyuk. Then few weeks before the TDL, Tallon offers him Bjugstad+ and Bergevin bites. HF goes nuts. Chucky goes lights out the rest of the season on Barkov's wing, and Bjugstad plays surprisingly well seemingly fitting in Julien's system. Both teams go on a late season run and make the playoffs.

Yeah, that fits the theme of this thread alright. I would bet a large sum of money Tallon doesn't trade a producing Bjugstad for a struggling Galchenyuk.

 

[DarthYenik]

I can see the Oilers missing the playoffs. This isn’t a chirp, I just want to make a prediction, that if it comes true, I will look smart.