What position of yours, from the start of the season, are you now eating crow on,?

[JoVel]

Most crow I’m eating I suppose would be on JT Miller, although he’s still making all of the bonehead decisions that he did dating back to NYR.

I never would've believed I'd live long enough to see you say this.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I never would've believed I'd live long enough to see you say this.

 

[tucker3434]

Burakovsky. I was a bit frustrated with that trade, but he’s doing considerably better than I expected. He might be doing too well and price himself out of a Denver.

 

[Cyclones Rock]

That Columbus would rank 2nd best in goals against per game 50 games into the season.

I was pretty sure that their goaltending would have them first

 

[Help]

Victor Mete 12 goals

Only on an 82-game pace of 8.... for now

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

I expected both Oilers goalies to fail miserably and have been very pleasantly surprised.

 

[FerrisRox]

I thought Gusev, Subban, and the Devils would be a revelation. They're sub par, or worse.

Gusev is definitely not subpar.

He has 14 points in his last 16 games playing around 15 minutes a night.

 

[daver]

I thought Crosby was done as an elite player.

 

[daver]

That McDavid couldn't become a PP specialist.

 

[AfroThunder396]

That New Jersey would be good

 

[BruinLVGA]

I thought that Hughes would get ~60 points, seeing how he most likely would be getting sheltered (= easier match ups) a bit.

 

[HabsQC]

I dropped Weber for Petry in a pool thinking Weber would slow down

 

[Realgud]

Eating crow:
- I thought Mike Smith would be much better than he is right now and would get back to form under Tippett.
- I didn't think Filip Zadina would improve as fast as he did, but after seeing him in interviews, he did seem like a real tryhard and he convinced me then that he would be an NHLer. But the difference between now and the preseason is pretty shocking.

Not eating crow:
- I predicted Edmonton to make the playoffs with Holland/Tippett at the helm (remain to be seen).
- New Jersey being trash (Subban has been massively overrated for a while now).
- I'm a Tortorella believer and thought the CBJs would still have a shot at the playoffs (Seth Jones is a beauty).
- The Moritz Seider pick.
- Taro Hirose sucking.

 

[buud]

kept Trouba as 1 of 6, and after a few weeks, dropped him. didn't think he was going to have a good year. i was wroooong

 

[Roshi]

Thought Samsonov was rushed to NHL because Holtbys contract situation. Glad to eat crow, Sammy has been solid and looks like he is our starter next year.

Thought Pens would be in big trouble missing Crosby for a long stretch. Sad to eat crow, Pens did well.

Knew CBJ wasnt going to hit hard after losing Bob and Panarin. Especially didnt think losing Bob was a big deal. They have a strong defensive system and very good defensive players. Not eating crow there.

 

[Lays]

Arent there rumours that either miller is a dick head or was unhappy with the rangers for sending him up and down from hartford causing him to be traded? Even if thats not true i just dont see much of a scenario of him being kept around due to the rebuild.

Kevin hayes was the better player and he got traded

He was apparently a bad character guy and his play in the first year of our rebuild was embarrassing and very lazy. I was happy to trade him and I still am, wish we could’ve gotten back a bit more but the return is still pretty solid.

 

[Todd from Leduc]

That Zack Kassian is a 3rd liner. He’s proved this year with his combination of 13 goals, hits and on/off ice leadership that he’s more than just a tough guy. This is the type of guy you win Cups with and want to lock in on a multi year.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

I was pretty wrong about JT Miller.

I thought it was absurd that Vancouver gave up a first round pick for a $5.5M dollar player coming off a 13 goal season from a team that had no choice but to trade him due to finances and the fact that his trade protection was about to kick in.

But he's probably been THE best summer addition to any team, so, damn. Crow on my plate.

Wrong about JT Miller once more, I fear...

 

[Sensators]

JT Miller, and nashville/vegas being top 4 in the western conference. They hired some fascinating coaches.

 

[Peat]

I thought the Pens could afford to trade Rust as we had a bunch of new 35 point wingers and another one wouldn't be missed.

I still claim to be half right but, well, Rust might be a little more than that now...

 

[David Dennison]

I was wrong about Lehner, I thought going to the Blackhawks and their terrible D on a 1 year prove it deal was so dumb.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Marino will get a nice run at the NHL but will be with WBS by game 15-20.

 

[Coffey]

That McDavid couldn't become a PP specialist.

Betting against McDavid.

Psychotic.

At least you can admit the error of your ways, daver.

 

[Siludin]

I definitely thought the Devils would be solid. Had a hot take that Schneider might bounce back and have a swan song season.
Thought Larkin would be a good fantasy pick - figured he would be as good or better than last year with all the most favourable minutes the team could give him.
Thought Talbot would steal the starting job from Rittich

 

[daver]

Betting against McDavid.

Psychotic.

At least you can admit the error of your ways, daver.

I guess I should have added "at the expense of his ES scoring"