Goals/Points Predictions for 2018-2019

[FilTheThrill]

Forsberg (34G 71P) Johansen (16G 62P) Arvidsson (27G 60P)
Fiala (26G 51P) Turris (19G 58P) Smith (23G 45P)
Jarnkrok (16G 33P) Bonino (12G 30P) Tolvanen (18G 37P)
Watson (8G 17P) Sissons (9G 25P) Hartman (11G 28P)
Salomaki (0G 7P)

Josi (13G 55P) Ellis (10G 46P)
Ekholm (8G 31P) Subban (14G 57P)
Irwin (2G 9P) Weber (1G 7P)
Bitetto (0G 6P)

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[BigFatCat999]

Forsberg (34G 45P) Johansen (16G 62P) Arvidsson (27G 60P)
Fiala (26G 51P) Turris (19G 58P) Smith (23G 45P)
Jarnkrok (16G 33P) Bonino (12G 30P) Tolvanen (18G 37P)
Watson (4G 9P) Sissons (11G 25P) Hartman (18G 28P)
Brickley (0G 7P)

Josi (12G 53P) Ellis (18G 40P)
Ekholm (12G 30P) Subban (14G 57P)
Irwin (2G 9P) Weber (3G 4P)
Tinordi (1G 5P)

I think Tinordi has a chance to beat out Bitetto. I don't see Salomaki getting a contract.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

no contract for salomaki? are we just ditching cheap, reliable depth for no reason or what?

and ill post my guesses closer to camp.

 

[PredsV82]

Salomaki has filed for arbitration. He is guaranteed a contract, one way or the other(unless poile is silly enough to walk away)

 

[Mortiest Morty]

Arb award has to be a certain amount to walk away, and Salomaki won't come anywhere near that amount. And the only thing reliable about Salomaki is that you can rely on him to be a below replacement level player, he's not any good even going by the standard of 13th forward. Wouldn't be surprised if Brickley is better than him, he should be at least comparable in any case.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Forsberg (34G 45P) Johansen (16G 62P) Arvidsson (27G 60P)
Fiala (26G 51P) Turris (19G 58P) Smith (23G 45P)
Jarnkrok (16G 33P) Bonino (12G 30P) Tolvanen (18G 37P)
Watson (4G 9P) Sissons (11G 25P) Hartman (18G 28P)
Brickley (0G 7P)

Josi (12G 53P) Ellis (18G 40P)
Ekholm (12G 30P) Subban (14G 57P)
Irwin (2G 9P) Weber (3G 4P)
Tinordi (1G 5P)

I think Tinordi has a chance to beat out Bitetto. I don't see Salomaki getting a contract.

Wow that would be a massive disappointment. Also does anyone think we're realistically going to score almost 300 goals?

 

[GoldOnGold]

Wow that would be a massive disappointment. Also does anyone think we're realistically going to score almost 300 goals?

It's possible, but very unlikely. Tampa's 290 last year was the 2nd-highest total of the past 10 seasons. (Washington had 313 in 2009-2010).

 

[BigFatCat999]

Wow that would be a massive disappointment. Also does anyone think we're realistically going to score almost 300 goals?

Preds were 7th in the league at 261. I basically looked at the OP and altered it. It's hard to guess who is going to have a bad year, Smith maybe, but this is a very good team. I could see Hartman bouncing up. He's a late 1st and he has the talent to bounce up lines. I'm also curious about Watson. Every case like his screams a long suspension. Voynov, Varlamov. What makes it different is Watson is an American versus Russian. I want to hear the facts of the case and the result but I'm not counting on him.

As for 300 goals, I could see the Preds jump up to the 290's (depending on Tolvanen and Fiala, and dear God Forsberg) I could see the Leafs jump up to the 300's.

 

[GoldOnGold]

Forsberg (40G 81P) Johansen (18G 67P) Arvidsson (30G 64P)
Fiala (25G 59P) Turris (21G 56P) Smith (22G 51P)
Tolvanen (21G 37P) Bonino (9G 21P) Jarnkrok (12G 36P)
Watson (7G 18P) Sissons (11G 21P) Hartman (12G 33P)

Ekholm (9G 35P) Subban (16G 58P)
Josi (14G 54P) Ellis (13G 41P)
Irwin (1G 11P) Weber (1G 9P)

Rinne (1G 3P)
Saros (0G 1P)

283G, not an entirely unrealistic number.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Preds had unsustainable shooting percentages last season. Winnipeg who had more sustainable and truly better offensive players won't even hit close to 300, let alone the Preds.

 

[GeauxPreds1]

Forsberg (39G 75P)
Johansen (12G 74P)
Arvidsson (32G 68P)
Fiala (26G 56P)
Turris (24G 58P)
Smith (23G 45P)
Jarnkrok (12G 33P)
Bonino (12G 30P)
Tolvanen (15G 37P)
Watson (4G 9P)
Sissons (10G 25P)
Hartman (12G 28P)


Josi (12G 63P)
Ellis (13G 40P)
Ekholm (12G 30P)
Subban (14G 65P)
Irwin (2G 9P)
Weber (3G 4P)

 

[101st_fan]

All of the goals spread among most of the players ....

Forsberg and Arvy in the upper 20s to lower 30s range each. Smith in the low to mid 20s. Fiala is a question mark ... can he maintain his numbers or was last season the anomaly. Turris around 20.

We still don't know how Watson's legal issues will play out or how Tolvanen adjusts to the NHL game for an entire season.

 

[triggrman]

Salomaki has filed for arbitration. He is guaranteed a contract, one way or the other(unless poile is silly enough to walk away)

Silly enough? Salomaki type players are called up every year.

Watson will make a jump in production this season. 15 goals is my guess....

 

[PredsV82]

Silly enough? Salomaki type players are called up every year.

Watson will make a jump in production this season. 15 goals is my guess....

What I'm saying is Salomaki is going to get something very reasonable. Poile would be silly just to cut him loose for nothing. If poile was thinking that he wouldnt have qualified him.

And we still dont know if Watson will even be in the team this fall. I hope so, but I'd say its 50/50 at this point

 

[teddyli]

Forsberg (36G 75P) Johansen (16G 62P) Arvidsson (29G 62P)
Fiala (26G 51P) Turris (16G 55P) Smith (18G 40P)
Jarnkrok (12G 30P) Bonino (10G 35P) Tolvanen (23G 37P)
Watson (10G 17P) Sissons (9G 30P) Hartman (14G 28P)
Salomaki (0G 5P)

Josi (12G 55P) Ellis (15G 50P)
Ekholm (9G 30P) Subban (14G 57P)
Irwin (2G 9P) Weber (1G 7P)
Bitetto (0G 6P)

Pure guess~

 

[NoNecksCurse]

What I'm saying is Salomaki is going to get something very reasonable. Poile would be silly just to cut him loose for nothing. If poile was thinking that he wouldnt have qualified him.

And we still dont know if Watson will even be in the team this fall. I hope so, but I'd say its 50/50 at this point

i don't think watson is on the opening night roster.

we need to upgrade the 3rd pair, any upgrades on the wings, and forward depth for the grind. my wishes in order.
gaudreau will be a good depth guy. ive always liked his game.

 

[thecloser]

Forsberg (34G)
Johansen (17G)
Arvidsson (28G)
Fiala (24G)
Turris (26G)
Smith (21G)
Jarnkrok (11G)
Bonino (12G)
Tolvanen (12G)
Watson (6G)
Sissons (6G)
Hartman (16G)
Gaudreau (2G)

Josi (14G)
Ellis (15G)
Ekholm (7G)
Subban (13G)
Irwin (2G)
Weber (2G)

 

[Drake744]

Forsberg - 35
Johansen - 18
Arvidsson - 29
Fiala - 23
Turris - 24
Smith - 19
Jarnkrok - 15
Bonino - 14
Tolvanen - ? 10?
Sissons - 7
Hartman - 14
If Watson plays - 11

Josi - 15
Ellis - 13
Ekholm - 6
Subban - 16
Irwin - 3
Weber - 2

Those are probably too many goals collectively as a team but I'm more interested in guessing individual players than being accurate on that.

 

[kelsier]

Tolvanen 30+30!

Being half-arsed and half serious. I didn't expect to be excited about Preds games but I watched most of his games in the KHL and damn was this kid good. Hopefully he's getting a good showcase even as soon as next year. Eeli is like a wizard on the right wall at PP. Maybe he'll climb his way up into the first unit. Here's to hoping anyway!

 

[jumb0]

Forsberg - 33g - 42a
Arvidsson - 28g - 30a
Fiala - 22g - 20a
Turris - 20g - 30a
Smith - 19g - 21a
Johansen - 17g - 42a
Tolvanen - 13g - 19a
Hartman - 11g - 13a
Bonino - 10g - 19a
Jarnkrok - 10g - 20a
Sissons- 7g - 17a
Watson - 4g - 8a(maybe)
Salomaki - 1g- 9a


Subban - 15g - 40a
Ellis - 15g - 38a
Josi - 13g - 40a
Ekholm - 10g - 27a
Hamhuis - 2g - 17a
Weber - 2g - 5a
Irwin - 2g - 4a

 

[MrJoshua]

Goals only:

Forsberg 35 - Johansen 15 - Arvidsson 29
Fiala 20 - Turris 17 - Smith 20
Tolvanen 10 - Bonino 12 - Jarnkrok 15
Watson 10 - Sissons 7 - Hartman 10
Salomaki 1

Josi 14 - Ellis 10
Ekholm 10 - Subban 15
Hamhuis 2 - Weber 2
Irwin 1 - Bitetto 1

Total goals: 256 (slightly down from last season's 261)
Goals per game: 3.12

Expectations:
Someone surprises me negatively; possibly Forsberg who we all know is capable of both scoring in bunches but also who goes through cold spells where he tries to do too much himself. I'm a little worried he gets stuck in such a cold stretch early in the season. On the other hand, that has happened before and he responded by being absolutely on fire the second half. We'll see.

Someone surprises me positively, maybe Tolvanen. I feel like 10 goals from the kid on the third line should be doable, but maybe he comes out fired up and really solidifies a place in the roster by finding open space to use his shot and ends up with 15 goals or more. I'm trying to keep expectations low, though.

I expect the total number of goals to be about right, but the numbers per player will probably be way off in a few instances. It seems to usually work out that way.

 

[Pred303]

i think this is a pretty good overall team guess MrJosh, I'm thinking between 250-260 as a team too.

 

[TheOriginalJez]

I'll take that 256 and raise it a few for Tolvanen - if he's anything other than fireworks after last year it'll be disappointing. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but still.

 

[MrJoshua]

I'll take that 256 and raise it a few for Tolvanen - if he's anything other than fireworks after last year it'll be disappointing. I'm prepared to be disappointed, but still.

He's 19 going into the season, right? I have pretty low expectations there. When Fiala was 19 he got, I believe, 5 games with the team before being sent back down, with one goal scored. When Forsberg was 19 he got 13 games with the team and scored one goal and four assists and was a -8. And I don't think any of us are complaining about how those guys have developed. (I'm not comparing birth dates - just looking at current ages and counting backwards to see which season we were going into when those players were 19 on this date.)

I gave a lot of thought to projecting him for 1-2 goals total, but decided it's pretty likely he sticks with the team. But it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him get 5-6 games and then go down to the Admirals to work on his overall game. And that wouldn't be disappointing. It's just part of development.

 

[TheOriginalJez]

I understand your point, the NHL is a completely different kettle of fish to any other league and he is young, which is partly why I said I'm 'prepared to be disappointed' - but I also think Tolvanen's a totally different level of prospect to Fiala and when Forsberg was 19 he hadn't broken records in the KHL. It's not fair or necessarily even justified to expect fireworks from him, but I think he has the potential for them and so of course it'll be disappointing to a degree if he doesn't produce them. That doesn't mean writing him off or turning on him at all, just... disappointing in the same way I'm disappointed every morning I don't wake up next to Rose McIver.