CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 We're 12 days away from the the first preseason game, 33 days from the start of the regular season (featuring both conference champions inexplicably opening on the road --- good fucking job, NHL schedule-makers!). So, time to try and predict where the 2007-08 hockey season is going to go. Post all predictions/previews/whatever here, as well as all preseason news, and answer me these questions 20: 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? 6. What team had the best offseason? 7. What team had the worst offseason? 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? 10. What was the best offseason move? 11. What was the worst offseason move? 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? 15. Who will be the division winners? 16. Eastern Conference Final: 17. Western Conference Final: 18. Stanley Cup Final: 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? 20. Make one bold prediction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 1, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? Sidney Crosby 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? Roberto Luongo 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? Jack Johnson 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? Crosby 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? Dany Heatley 6. What team had the best offseason? The Kings definitely did, but the best isn't good enough without the missing piece this team is so obviously in lack of. 7. What team had the worst offseason? Nashville. No doubt. 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? Colorado. 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? San Jose or Calgary. Keenan factor is going to be pretty rough on the team, and the Sharks are lacking a proven backup goalie. San Jose also didn't add to their defensive corps, the weakness they had last year, IMO. San Jose will get in, Calgary will not. 10. What was the best offseason move? Pitkanen to Edmonton. Vokoun to Florida is 2nd. 11. What was the worst offseason move? Bertuzzi to Anaheim or the Kings not getting a goalie. And everything Nashville did. 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Toronto, Florida, Boston, Philadelphia, Carolina, St. Louis, Colorado, LA (if goaltending is decent, if not, Chicago) 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? Buffalo, NYI, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, New Jersey, Nashville, Dallas, Calgary 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? Ovechkin, Crosby, Heatley, Lidstrom, Pronger, Luongo 15. Who will be the division winners? Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Carolina, Anaheim, Vancouver, Detroit 16. Eastern Conference Final: Carolina beats Toronto 17. Western Conference Final: Vancouver beats Colorado 18. Stanley Cup Final: Vancouver beats Carolina 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Roberto Luongo 20. Make one bold prediction. Just made it. Carolina goes from out of the playoffs to President Trophy winners and Stanley Cup Finalists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? Joe Thorton 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? Luongo 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? Patrick Kane 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? Oveckin 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? Crosby 6. What team had the best offseason? New York Rangers 7. What team had the worst offseason? New Jersey 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? Philadelphia 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? Buffalo 10. What was the best offseason move? Scott Gomez to the NYR. 11. What was the worst offseason move? Dustin Penner to Edmonton 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Edmonton, Colorado, Toronto, Montreal, St. Louis 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? Dallas, Nashville, Tampa Bay, New Jersey , Minnesota 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? Oveckin, Crosby, Sakic, Souray, Lidstrom, Hasek 15. Who will be the division winners? Anaheim, Detroit, Vancouver, New York Rangers, Atlanta, Ottawa 16. Eastern Conference Final: NYR vs Toronto 17. Western Conference Final: Anaheim vs St. Louis 18. Stanley Cup Final: Anaheim vs NYR 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Henrik Lunqvist 20. Make one bold prediction. Gary Bettman gets fired after the end the season as ratings fall and the NHL is unable to back on ESPN. Also, Jim Balisille fulfills his lifelong dream to have a franchise in Hamilton which causes KC to have a franchise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? Crosby. 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? Luongo. 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? Backstrom. 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? Thornton 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? Ovechkin (He now has Nylander and Backstrom to set him up instead of Kris Beech) 6. What team had the best offseason? Probably Philadelphia. 7. What team had the worst offseason? Nashville. Poor, poor Nashville. 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? Florida. 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? Calgary. 10. What was the best offseason move? Tie between Florida getting Vokoun and Anaheim turning undrafted Dustin Penner into 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounders. 11. What was the worst offseason move? Buffalo letting Briere AND Drury go. 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Kings, Avs, Blues, Panthers, Canes, Leafs, Flyers 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, Tampa, Atlanta, Buffalo, Islanders. 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? Ovechkin-Crosby-Heatley, Lidstrom-Niedermayer, Brodeur. 15. Who will be the division winners? Ottawa, Rags, Carolina, Detroit, Vancouver, Ducks 16. Eastern Conference Final: Ottawa d. Panthers 17. Western Conference Final: Detroit d. Vancouver 18. Stanley Cup Final: Ottawa d. Detroit 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Heatley 20. Make one bold prediction. One of Tampa's big three is traded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Soriano's Torn Quad Report post Posted September 1, 2007 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Blackhawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? Crosby 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? Luongo 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? Jack Johnson. 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? Crosby 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? Heatley 6. What team had the best offseason? Philly, by just a little over St. Louis and New York 7. What team had the worst offseason? Nashville 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? Florida. Vokoun was always kind of overlooked in Nashville, I think we're about to see how good he actually is. Think Luongo, but with a better team in front of him. 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? I'm gonna say Buffalo with an asterisk. I think they'll still get into the playoffs, but they'll have to struggle to get there, which is in pretty stark contrast to how good they've been the last 18 months. 10. What was the best offseason move? The Rangers getting Drury and Gomez. It was hardly the best move, but I'm absolutely thrilled with Souray being replaced by Hamrlik. 11. What was the worst offseason move? Edmonton's acquisition of Penner. 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Kings, Avs, Flyers, Leafs, Panthers 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? Stars, Predators, Thrashers, Bolts, Islanders 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? Ovechkin-Crosby-Heatley, Lidstrom-Niedermayer, Luongo 15. Who will be the division winners? Ducks, Wings, Avalanche, Sens, Penguins, Panthers 16. Eastern Conference Final: Ottawa over Pittsburgh. Christ, that'd be good hockey. 17. Western Conference Final: Detroit over Anaheim 18. Stanley Cup Final: Ottawa over Detroit 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Heatley 20. Make one bold prediction. Only Florida represents the Southeast in the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 For Jim Balisille fulfills his lifelong dream this to happen, Gary Bettman gets fired after the end the season this will need to happen first, not after the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 Well I can't see Bettman stepping down or getting fired at the end of the season. Since there are rumors that the NHL wants to expand and AEG was stupid enough to build an arena in KC without a tenant, I feel that Hamilton and KC would get teams. Actually, Bettman will step down after this season. That's my bold prediction because Balisille was rejected by the NHL and he'll sue the league. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 Max: If its Nicklas Backstrom, he can not win the Calder because of his age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? Crosby 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? Huet 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? Toews 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? Crosby 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? Ovechkin 6. What team had the best offseason? Rangers, Toronto, Avalanche 7. What team had the worst offseason? Edmonton and Nashville 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? Colorado 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? Philadelphia 10. What was the best offseason move? Blake to Toronto 11. What was the worst offseason move? Souray and Penner to Edmonton 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? Montreal in the east. Colorado and LA 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? Buffalo, Minnesota and Dallas 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? Crosby, Ovechkin, Jagr, Pronger and Lidstrom. Luongo for goalie 15. Who will be the division winners? Avs, Ducks, Wings. Sens, Rangers, Lightning 16. Eastern Conference Final: Rangers vs Devils 17. Western Conference Final: Wings vs Ducks 18. Stanley Cup Final: Wings vs Rangers 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Lunqvist 20. Make one bold prediction. Ovechkin scores 70 goals. Huet to win the Vezinna. Flyers don't make the playoffs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Chumpstain Report post Posted September 2, 2007 I know I don't post here a lot, but I'd kind of like to be able to look back on this in 9 months and see how well I did with the predictions. 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? - Sidney Crosby 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? - Henrik Lundqvist 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? - Jonathan Toews 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? - Sidney Crosby 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? - Simon Gagne 6. What team had the best offseason? - Philadelphia 7. What team had the worst offseason? - Buffalo 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? - Philadelphia 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? - Anaheim 10. What was the best offseason move? - The Islanders buying out Alexei Yashin 11. What was the worst offseason move? - Paul Kariya to St. Louis for far too much money 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? - Philadelphia (honourable mention to Chicago) 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? - Islanders 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? - Crosby, Ovechkin, Alfredsson, Pronger, Lidstrom, Luongo 15. Who will be the division winners? - San Jose, Detroit, Calgary, Buffalo, New York Rangers, Atlanta 16. Eastern Conference Final: - Ottawa vs. Buffalo 17. Western Conference Final: - Calgary vs. San Jose 18. Stanley Cup Final: - Ottawa vs. Calgary 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? - Ray Emery 20. Make one bold prediction. - An all-Canadian Stanley Cup Final. Is that bold enough? No? Well, is Anaheim missing the playoffs bold enough then? If they lose both Niedermayer and Selanne, with Penner gone too, that's a lot to give up. Schnieder is good, but I don't think he can fill the hole himself, and Bertuzzi brings a ton of baggage with him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2007 There's no way Buffalo is going to make the playoffs, let alone win the division. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2007 Also if Neids does come back to Anaheim, I am changing my prediction throughout this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Buffalo will always have a decent shot at the playoffs with Ryan Miller in net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skullman80 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 1. Who will win the Hart Trophy? --- Sidney Crosby 2. Who will win the Vezina Trophy? -- Roberto Luongo 3. Who will win the Calder Trophy? -- Jon Toews 4. Who will win the Art Ross Trophy? -- Sidney Crosby 5. Who will win the Richard Trophy? -- Sidney Crobsy 6. What team had the best offseason? -- Rangers 7. What team had the worst offseason? -- Islanders 8. Which team will be the most improved over last year? -- Chicago 9. Which team will be the biggest disappointment? -- Nashville 10. What was the best offseason move? -- Drury to the Rags, lots of cash, but the guy is clutch. 11. What was the worst offseason move? -- Penner to the Oilers 12. Who will make the playoffs that didn't last year? -- Chicago, Carolina, Toronto, Colorado 13. Who will not make the playoffs that did last year? -- Calgary, Nashville, Islanders, Atlanta 14. Who would make your All-NHL first team? -- Ovechkin -- Crosby -- Heatley, Pronger -- Lidstrom, Luongo 15. Who will be the division winners? 16. Eastern Conference Final: Senators over Pens 17. Western Conference Final: San Jose over Anaheim 18. Stanley Cup Final: Senators over San Jose 19. Who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy? Heatley 20. Make one bold prediction. -- Chicago WILL make the playoffs this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the max 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 20. Make one bold prediction. -- Chicago WILL make the playoffs this year. Ha! I tried that last year. They're still a year away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Buffalo will always have a decent shot at the playoffs with Ryan Miller in net. That's just money in the bank. They're way deeper than they get credit for. They've still got eight players returning with 15 or more goals, and three players with PPG status. Briere and Drury are, no doubt, huge losses, but there's still more than enough talent on the team to get them to the spring dance, even if they won't waltz in like they have the last two seasons. Ha!I tried that last year. They're still a year away. Imagine if Havlat could stay healthy. I agree with Max, though. Give them a year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Soriano's Torn Quad Report post Posted September 3, 2007 I was over in Vernon Hills yesterday, and dropped by a new sports paraphernalia store. You know, dopey merchandise with team logos, signed jerseys, etc. On the back wall were pennants for all the big four leagues (and more). The following teams were represented: San Jose Sharks, Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, ALL the old XFL teams not: Chicago Blackhawks I was going to complain to someone, y'know, how can you not stock Chicago sports stuff in a Chicago-area sports store, but he would've just directed me to other Hawk stuff, like the Chicago Blackhawks doormat (way too symbolic) and license plate holder, or just told me they sold out. I think I'm the only person who is still giving the Organ-Eye-Zation a chance for redemption. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 How old is Bill Wirtz again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Not that there's anything wrong with CC's thread, but some sort of conference standings prediction thread is in order when this starts to fizzle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Why don't you just do that here? It's not like this thread is exclusively the domain of 20 Questions or anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 I'll let it fizzle before I roll the bones. (I've been singing that for like two weeks.) What're your picks, by the way? I'm also hoping Nskie makes his picks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Buffalo will always have a decent shot at the playoffs with Ryan Miller in net. Who's gonna step it up in Buffalo? Drury and Briere were leaders to the team. Buffalo has no leadership, and they aren't going to win most of their games like they did last season. And Miller is not that great of a goalie. He's good, not great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2007 Having seen Miller firsthand for two playoff series, I can say he's better than good. He's the only reason Buffalo wasn't blown out in every game last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 Mark Bell has been suspended indefinitly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 Bullshit. He better not count against the cap. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted September 4, 2007 He doesn't count for the days that he isn't with the team. His salary will come off in increments, by however much he gets paid per day. Considering it's indefinite, who knows how long that will be. So the Leafs can't trade for a replacement, essentially fucking them in that regard. They'll have gained a decent number of cap space once Bell is able to come back, though. His daily salary will have stockpiled. So every day he isn't with the team, (daily salary) comes off. The NHL makes it sound like his set cap number for the days he is suspended will come off the books all at once. Unfortunately for the Leafs, it goes off day by day, by day, day by day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 Damn, no signing Forsberg, then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 Just another fuck up by John Ferguson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 From what I understand, they pretty well said "We'll give you Toskala as long as you take Bell". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
