NHL PREDICTIONS FOR
THE UPCOMING SEASON
As a fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins, how do you feel our
team will fare this year, and what are your feelings about how other teams in
the division and around the league will do?
Following my wildly successful predictions for the 2017-2018
NHL season, found here, (just missed on how the Pittsburgh Penguins finished)
in which I correctly predicted that the young, upstart Edmonton Oilers, led by
Connor McDavid would defeat the Washington Capitals for the Stanley Cup
Champion… wait, that’s not right.
I guess I can really only blame myself for expecting the
Oilers to not only make the playoffs, but beat the Capitals in a seven-game
series. Anyway, I’m back for the second annual “You’re Wrong, I’m Right” set of
NHL season predictions, where I’ll make predictions for 2018-2019 season on
standings, leading scorers, playoffs, and awards.
DIVISION STANDINGS:
METROPOLITAN
DIVISION:
1) Washington
Capitals
2) Columbus Blue
Jackets
3) New Jersey Devils
4) Pittsburgh
Penguins (WC)
5) Carolina
Hurricanes
6) Philadelphia
Flyers
7) New York
Rangers
8) New York
Islanders
Atlantic Division:
1) Toronto Maple
Leafs
2) Tampa Bay
Lightning
3) Florida
Panthers
4) Boston Bruins
(WC)
5) Buffalo Sabres
6) Detroit Red
Wings
7) Montreal
Canadiens
8) Ottawa Senators
CENTRAL DIVISION
1) Nashville
Predators
2) Dallas Stars
3) Winnipeg Jets
4) St. Louis Blues
(WC)
5) Chicago Blackhawks
(WC)
6) Minnesota Wild
7) Colorado
Avalanche
PACIFIC DIVISION
1) San Jose Sharks
2) Edmonton Oilers
3) Calgary Flames
4) Anaheim Ducks
5) Vegas Golden
Knights
6) Los Angeles
Kings
7) Arizona Coyotes
8) Vancouver
Canucks
Playoffs:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
FINALS: Toronto (1) vs. Pittsburgh (WC). Pittsburgh wins series 4-3
WESTERN CONFERENCE
FINALS: San Jose Sharks (1) vs. Winnipeg Jets (3). San Jose wins series 4-1
STANLEY CUP FINALS:
Pittsburgh over San Jose 4-2
TOP REGULAR SEASON
SCORERS:
GOALS:
1) Evgeni Malkin
2) Alex Ovechkin
3) Auston Matthews
4) Taylor Hall
5) Vladimir
Tarasenko
POINTS:
1) John Tavares
2) Connor McDavid
3) Nikita Kucherov
4) Phil Kessel
5) Johnny Gaudreau
REGULAR SEASON AWARDS:
HART TROPHY: John
Tavares
TED LINDSAY AWARD:
Connor McDavid
JAMES NORRIS TROPHY:
Brent Burns
VEZINA TROPHY:
Braden Holtby
CALDER TROPHY:
Andrei Svechnikov
SELKE AWARD:
Aleksander Barkov
LADY BYNG:
Patrick Marleau
JACK ADAMS: Mike
Babcock
PLAYOFF
AWARDS/LEADING SCORERS
CONN SMYTHE: Joe
Thornton
LEADING GOAL SCORER:
Auston Matthews
LEADING POINT SCORER:
Brent Burns
Since all of these predictions will, just like last year,
get absolutely destroyed a few weeks into the season, please feel free to mock
me relentlessly on twitter over them, but only if you add your own below in the
comments.
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