2024 2025 Season Predictions

[leafs4life94]

EAST
Brampton
Oshawa
Barrie
Kingston
Brantford
Sudbury
North Bay
Ottawa
Niagara
Peterborough

WEST
London
Saginaw
Flint
Erie
Guelph
Sarnia
Sault Ste Marie
Windsor
Kitchener
Owen Sound

Finals - Brampton over London

2/10 in the East
2/10 in the West

Decently close in the East, couple massive whiffs in the West

 

[OHLTG]

Mine with reality...

East
Brampton - 5
Oshawa - 4
Barrie - 2
Brantford - 1
Sudbury - 6
Kingston - 3
North Bay - 8
Niagara - 7
Ottawa - 9
Peterborough - 10

 West
London - 1
Saginaw - 4
Erie - 5
Flint - 6
 Windsor - 2
Guelph - 10
Kitchener - 3
Sarnia - 9
SSM - 7
Owen Sound - 8

I got 3 of 20. The top handful in the east could have been interchanged at any point, so I wasn't tooooo far off there. I whiffed (and happy to admit that) on Windsor and Kitchener. I had Saginaw-to-Flint right, just three spots higher than reality. Sarnia/SSM/OS weren't too far off. LOL this could have been a lot worse.

 

[All the Answers]

East
Brampton
Oshawa
Barrie
Brantford
Kingston
Sudbury
North Bay
Ottawa
Peterborough
Niagara

West
London
Saginaw
Erie
Guelph
Flint
Windsor
Kitchener
Sarnia
Owen Sound
Salt Ste Marie

Oshawa over London in the final

I actually did well overall in retrospect. 1-5 in the east can go in a blender, only 11 pts separate them and got Sudbury correct in 6th.

In the west I have London, Saginaw, Erie in correct order. Have a misplaced Guelph, and like most others have Kitchener and Windsor too low. I will never doubt Jussi again, and if he doesn't win COTY it'll be a shame.

 

[lazyboy]

EAST - an arms race in the East this year w/a clear cut top 4 followed by 3 also rans
Brampton
Brantford
Barrie
Oshawa
Kingston
Sudbury
Ottawa
Niagara - really seesaw'd on this pick but ownership troubles trump the positives
North Bay
Peterborough
WEST - its been a long time since the East was this much stronger than the West (could make it more interesting since its wide open)
London - Hunter will plug up the holes on this team but their returning squad is so strong
Saginaw - Normally I think 'sell' after winning it all, but with such a weak division why not go for it again
Erie - Could give the Knights a run
Flint - West division is so weak they will challenge but the Bertucci trade sent mixed signal
Guelph - They have some pieces and again given the conference strength I can see George making moves to go for it
Sarnia
Windsor
Kitchener
SSM
Owen Sound

Brampton over London

East - Had Brampton way too high and I thought they would be runaway winners
West - I missed badly on both Windsor (my team) and Kitchener (yes COTY winner for me), Erie was also a miss but not as bad as the other 2

 

[Voice from the North]

Eastern Conference:
1. Barrie
2. Oshawa
3. Brampton
4. Brantford
5. Kingston
6. Sudbury
7. North Bay
8. Ottawa
9. Peterborough
10. Niagara

Western Conference:
1. London
2. Saginaw
3. Erie
4. Flint
5. Guelph
6. Soo
7. Windsor
8. Sarnia
9. Kitchener
10. Owen Sound

OHL Final: Oshawa vs London - London wins

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In the East, I knew who the good teams were and the bad teams we're, just got the order wrong. Got Sudbury right though. In the West, like everyone else I blew it on Kitchener and Windsor, got London right and misplaced Guelph badly

 

[Kingpin794]

West:
London
Flint
Erie
Saginaw
Guelph
Windsor
Sarnia
Soo
Kitchener
Owen Sound


East:
Brampton
Oshawa
Barrie
Brantford
Kingston
Sudbury
Ottawa
Petes
Niagara
North Bay

I'll call the boring/expected final: London vs Brampton. Brampton wins.

For the west, London and Erie are going to be solidly locked into those 1 and 3 spots. Gets messy for 2, 4, and 5. Flint has a ton of ammo left to supplement their roster. They have for a while. If they finally commit to going all in, I'll give them the division pretty easily. If they ride the fence, Saginaw could fight them for it. Guelph is a weird one. The CAN be good but will they? A lot of the same guys are back that under performed last year. Windsor will be better than most people think. They have a nice set of young talent. Just a year away from doing real damage. Sarnia and Soo will battle it out for those 7-8 spots. Owen Sound is going to be gutted. Hello lottery. Kitchener will take their lumps too.

The east will be a warzone. There is a clear line at Kingston. 5 really good teams. Brampton is already loaded with talent and has the ability to get so much more. They have a quality coach to manage it. Hard not to like them. Oshawa getting Barlow I think helps them hold down their division but I do question if they will have enough to push through a tougher conference this time around. Mix and match any of the next 3. Although I like Barrie's depth enough that they seem to be Brampton's true obstacle in the east. Kingston is Kingston. On paper they are good but they might be a victim of a first round exit. Brantford is a year away from being at their peak, but they'll give someone a test in round 2. 6-8, mix and match. Combo of young/mid rosters. Sorry Niagara. I don't think you make it this year either. Just too much of a clown shown still. North Bay last especially if Wakely is off to the pros. Romani will be a nice chip to move though.

As always, I'm ready to be wrong.

I was very wrong on a lot. London, Saginaw correct. Flint disappointed me after all their additions. Windsor took a bigger leap than I expected. VERY VERY wrong on Kitchener. Shouldn't doubt Jussi. Guelph way under performed or I just expected too much from them. Sarnia Soo Owen Sound at the bottom was right. Order wrong. Top five in the east was right but in the wrong order. Ottawa Petes North Bay at the bottom but again wrong order.

 

[StingUpdates]

Still have playoffs so still points to be had, but after the regular season the standings are..

1st- @dirty12 ! 7 correct picks. Impressively nailed 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th in the east.

Tied 2nd - @Savard18 , @Houndzfan20 , @StingUpdates ... 6 correct picks.

Tied 3rd - @HUSH10 , @User13452 with 5 correct picks

10 people also have 4 correct picks.

If I miscounted your score feel free to say so!

Funny that the most common correct picks were London 1st, obviously, but also Sudbury was an overwhelming 6th in most predictions & ppl were right, haha. I was the only person to predict Windsor getting 2nd & looking back it's pretty wild to see that. Flint really let ppl down as did Erie & Brampton.

See if anyone can steal 1st from Dirty with their conference & league winner predictions!

 

[dirty12]

Leading with 7/20 shows how difficult this contest is. I could have had all the entries and probably still not pick Windsor, Kitchener, Erie, & Flint in the correct order.

 

[Savard18]

Leading with 7/20 shows how difficult this contest is. I could have had all the entries and probably still not pick Windsor, Kitchener, Erie, & Flint in the correct order.

Seriously. I was thinking my picks were so garbage I didn’t even want to look at this thread when I saw a new post was up and it turns out I’m tied for 2nd? Jeez. See if I can close that gap through the playoffs. I did notice you took NB in 7. If that happens I’ll just surrender and give you the consensus W.

 

[OMG67]

Leading with 7/20 shows how difficult this contest is. I could have had all the entries and probably still not pick Windsor, Kitchener, Erie, & Flint in the correct order.

Yes. Pretty crazy. You and I were very similar in the East. If I swap Ottawa and Niagara, I run 6th through 10th in the East. That top 5 in the East ended up being a lot closer than we thought! That Western conference was a crap shoot and I think everyone knew that and it showed in how far off a lot of people were compared to how close they were in the Eastern conference.