Early Predictions: Eastern Conference

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

My predictions:

1) Tampa Bay
2) NYR
3) Washington
4) Columbus
5) Detroit
6) Montreal

Wildcards:

7) Pittsburgh
8) NYI

Out of playoffs:

9) Philadelphia
10) Florida
11) Buffalo
12) Boston
13) Ottawa
14) Carolina
15) Toronto
16) New Jersey

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[LeafalCrusader]

I think 13th or 14th in the east ahead of Carolina New Jersey and maybe one other team.

 

[Glenn Isildur Healy]

I think 13th or 14th in the east ahead of Carolina New Jersey and maybe one other team.

The x-factors with Carolina are Eric Staal and Cam Ward. It's their contract years and I think they could have very strong seasons

 

[LeafingTheWay]

1)Tampa
2)Pittsburgh
3)NYI
4)Washington
5)NYR
6)Montreal

Wild card:
Detroit and Colombus

 

[Daisy Jane]

Atlantic:
Tampa
Carey Price
Detroit

Metro:
Rangers
Washington
Columbus

Wildcard 1: Pittsburgh
Wildcard 2: Islanders

then everything slots down to like so:
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Boston
Florida
Carolina
Buffalo
New Jersey
Toronto

 

[Nithoniniel]

1) Tampa Bay
2) New York Rangers
3) Columbus
4) New York Islanders
5) Montreal
6) Detroit

7) Pittsburgh
8) Washington

9) Ottawa
10) Boston
11) Philadelphia
12) Florida
13) New Jersey
14) Toronto
15) Carolina
16) Buffalo

 

[deletethis]

If this team cuts down the goals against to near league average levels (230 GA, a realistic goal), this team has enough talent to score around 215 GF. That's a team that finishes in the 9th to 12th spot.

 

[Kurisu]

a true leaf fan would put this team in last place. Everyone else who doesn't agree are pretenders, fakers.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Babcock pulls a 96 Panthers and get's this team of journeymen and unproven nobodies to overachieve and make the playoffs.

 

[RyanOhReally]

I think Boston competes for bottom 3

 

[Warden of the North]

I think we're the worst team in the East and its not even close.

 

[Banic]

I went w/ 2nd last because as leaf fans we don't have the luck of last place. But I hope to god that if we start winning they start selling unneeded assets.

 

[Autism]

We will be battling the Coyotes for dead last in the league.

 

[Morbo]

We look to be a strong Matthews contender at this point.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

I think we're the worst team in the East and its not even close.

if we unload phaneuf and bernier, then yes. if not, i think the devils are still worse off than us. especially with us having babcock, i just can't see us finishing below the devils.

 

[Anthrax442]

Atlantic:
Tampa
Carey Price
Detroit

Metro:
Rangers
Washington
Columbus

Wildcard 1: Pittsburgh
Wildcard 2: Islanders

then everything slots down to like so:
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Boston
Florida
Carolina
Buffalo
New Jersey
Toronto

 

[Daisy Jane]

if we unload phaneuf and bernier, then yes. if not, i think the devils are still worse off than us. especially with us having babcock, i just can't see us finishing below the devils.

how?
they finished above us the last two years.
their problem is they can't score
our problem (was) we can't defend

and now we lost our scoring prowress

 

[Darcy Tucker]

I think the East is wide open this year. After the top 4 teams (WSH, PIT, TB, NYR) the rest is wide open. It's impossible to tell if Ottawa or Philadelphia or even Florida will be there. TON of parity. Islanders and Wings are no guarantees. Boston is trending downward. Columbus is on the rise. Who knows what will happen.... even the Leafs could get hot and be in the race.

What if Kadri and JVR explode and become PPG players? Anything can happen. I'm not part of tank nation , never have been. I hope the Leafs win every game they play. One year I even bet that way online.

We have a lot of players that could blossom into difference makers. We are not just a bunch of scrubs. This thread is full of downers.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Dead last. NJD have Schneider, a top 5 goalie.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

Schneider is a great goalie but he's not top 5. Rinne, Price, Lundqvist, Luongo, Dubnyk, Bishop, Rask, Anderson all > Schneider.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Schneider is a great goalie but he's not top 5. Rinne, Price, Lundqvist, Luongo, Dubnyk, Bishop, Rask, Anderson all > Schneider.

Schneider put up some amazing numbers last year playing on a terrible Devils team; they would've been the worst team in the league if it wasn't for Schneider.

I'm sure if Schneider had a Weber, Subban, McDonagh, Suter, Hedman, Chara, Karlsson, etc., his numbers would be even better. His best defenceman in front of him is Greene?..

 

[Mess]

I think its still too early to make predictions as we don't know if Bozak, Lupul and Dion will be on the team or not yet.

 

[Daisy Jane]

I think its still too early to make predictions as we don't know if Bozak, Lupul and Dion will be on the team or not yet.

um. we were 7th last, 5th last, 8th last and 4th last with them, it's not that difficult, Mess.

 

[Mess]

um. we were 7th last, 5th last, 8th last and 4th last with them, it's not that difficult, Mess.

How many of those teams were coached by Babcock?

One of the World's best coaches will have an impact.

Kadri and Rielly have breakout years and things start looking up.

 

[HEAVY DUTY]

how?
they finished above us the last two years.
their problem is they can't score
our problem (was) we can't defend

and now we lost our scoring prowress

i think you missed the part where i said we have babcock. he's a good coach and will get the most out of this group. i highly doubt we will tank like buffalo did last year with a coach like babcock especially with the current line-up. this roster hasn't been gutted yet, it still has some nhl talent on it. with phaneuf and bernier still on the roster, i can't see us finishing at the bottom of the league or below the devils.