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Eastern Conference!

Atlantic:

1.Toronto
2.Buffalo
3.Bawstan
4.Tampa
5.Ottawa
6.Florida
7.Detroit
8.Habs

Metro:

1.New Jersey
2.Carolina
3.Rangers
4.Pens
5. Isles
6.Caps
7.Columbus
8. Philly


West:

Central:

1. Colorado
2. Dallas
3. Winnipeg
4.Minnesota
5. Blues
6.Arizona
7. Nashville
8.Chicago

Pacific:

1. Oilers
2. Flames
3. Kings
4. Vegas
5.Vancouver
6. Seattle
7. Anaheim
8. San Jose

Hart/Art Ross-McDavid
Rocket-Mathews!
Jack Adams: Ryan Huska
Vezina-Oettinger
Rookie-Connor Bedard. I heard he's real good!
Norris-Heiskanen

Some hot takes:
Huberdeau has a monster bounce-back season. 95 points
Dahlin/Power combine for 137 points.
Devils win the Prez. Trophy. Colorado is runner-up.




Cup-Dallas over Boston in 4
 
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Eastern Conference!

Atlantic:

1. Toronto
2. Florida
3. Boston


4.Tampa
5.Ottawa
6.Buffalo
7.Detroit
8.Habs

Metro:

1.New Jersey
2.Carolina
3.Rangers
4.Pens
5. Jackets


6. Isles
7.Caps
8. Philly


West:

Central:

1. Colorado
2. Dallas
3. Minnesota
4. Arizona


5. Preds
6. Jets
7. Blues
8.Chicago

Pacific:

1. Oilers
2. Knights
3. Kings
4. Seattle


5. Flames
6. Canucks
7. Anaheim
8. San Jose

Hart/Art Ross-McDavid
Rocket-Mathews!
Jack Adams: Jackets guy
Vezina-Jackets guy
Rookie-Connor Bedard. I heard he's real good!
Norris-Makar

Some hot takes:

Korchinski 3rd in ROY voting
Jackets make playoffs
Sabres and Sens not ready for leap, still hyped as good





Cup-Canes over Stars in 6
 
I'm still of the opinion that the 4-5 best teams in the league are in the East, while the West is a lot of mediocre teams.

1- Toronto
2- Buffalo
3- Tampa Bay
4- Ottawa - Wild card
5- Bawstun - Wild card

Florida
Detroit
Montréal

1- Carolina
2- New Joizy
3- Rangers

Pittsburgh
Washington
Islanders
Columbus
Philly

1- Deadmonton
2- Los Angeles
3- Las Vegas
4- Calgary - Wild card

Vancouver
Anaheim
San Jose

1- Dallas
2- Colorado
3- St. Louis
4- Arizona - Wild card

Minny
Nashville
Winnipeg
Chicago

Carolina to the finals in the East.
Dallas to the finals in the West... I guess?
 
East:

1) Jersey - 115
2) Toronto - 114
3) Carolina - 112
4) Rangers - 106
5) Boston - 102
6) Florida - 99
7) Tampa - 96
8) Islanders - 96
9) Pittsburgh - 94
10) Washington - 93
11) Buffalo - 91
12) Ottawa - 88
13) Detroit - 84
14) Columbus - 78
15) Montreal - 71
16) Philly - 63


West:

1) Vegas - 110
2) Colorado - 109
3) LA Kings - 109
4) Edmonton - 106
5) Dallas - 105
6) Winnipeg - 102
7) Seattle - 101
8) Minnesota - 98
9) Calgary - 97
10) Vancouver - 92
11) St Louis - 85
12) Arizona - 72
13) Anaheim - 71
14) Nashville -70
15) Chicago - 68
16) San Jose - 57


Art Ross - Connor
Rocket - Auston
Selke - Auston
Hart - Auston
Calder - Connor 2.0
Norris - Quinn Hughes
Vezina - Sorokin

ECF: Leafs vs Canes
WCF: Avs vs Kings
SCF: Leafs vs Avs
 
LeafOfFaith said:
For now, all I'll say is that I don't see how Boston is going to be a top team this year.
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The short answer: Pastrnak is a stud & Marchand is still very, very good. Zacha isn't a #1C but he's a sneaky good #2 who will fill in fine. Zacha-Coyle at even strength is no worse than Zbad-Trochek. Throw in Debrusk and you have a functioning top 6 that can do some things. Their blueline is excellent. McAvoy is a top 5 defender in the NHL and Lindholm probably a top 20. Ullmark-Swayman gives them fringe top 5 goaltending even assuming Ullmark regresses from Vezina form.

Everything they need to be a pain in the ass are middle 6 type guys that are gettable in season. I think you're going to be surprised how good Zacha is as a 2 way matchup centre at ES.
 
I think the Bruins are also very well coached, and that kind of got lost with how much talent they have had.

This notion that Buffalo, Ottawa or Detroit pass them i find dubious and ill found.
 
MindzEye said:
The short answer: Pastrnak is a stud & Marchand is still very, very good. Zacha isn't a #1C but he's a sneaky good #2 who will fill in fine. Zacha-Coyle at even strength is no worse than Zbad-Trochek. Throw in Debrusk and you have a functioning top 6 that can do some things. Their blueline is excellent. McAvoy is a top 5 defender in the NHL and Lindholm probably a top 20. Ullmark-Swayman gives them fringe top 5 goaltending even assuming Ullmark regresses from Vezina form.

Everything they need to be a pain in the ass are middle 6 type guys that are gettable in season. I think you're going to be surprised how good Zacha is as a 2 way matchup centre at ES.
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I don't think you can lose the guys they did, and not expect a sizable dropoff.
 
Preston said:
Hard to call any team with that d corps and those two studs up front any worse than "good."
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Yeah. If you absolutely need to, you just spam those 2 out there for 30 minutes a night like Pronger-Niedermayer back in the day.
 
MindzEye said:
135 points to 100-105 points is a pretty sizeable drop off.
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Agreed.

I was mostly referring to JB's prediction to start things out that they're going to the finals.

I don't think they're going to be too competitive with the upper echelon teams, great D or not.
 
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