I thought it would be fun to put some pre-season predictions out there, so we can all go back at the end of the year and make fun of each other for how wrong we were.
Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Vancouver
4 Calgary
5 Los Angeles
6 Seattle
7 Anaheim
8 San Jose
Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 Dallas
4 Minnesota
5 St. Louis
6 Chicago
7 Nashville
8 Arizona
Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 Toronto
3 Florida
4 Boston
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo
Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Washington
3 Pittsburgh
4 Devils
5 Rangers
6 Carolina
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus
Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Vasilevski
MVP: McDavid
Norris: Hedman
Calder: Zegras
Vezina: Hellebuyck
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Trotz
Western Final: Colorado over Edmonton
Eastern Final: Islanders over Florida
Stanley Cup Final: Colorado over Islanders
Eichel Traded To: Anaheim
Biggest Surprise Trade: San Jose deals Burns and Karlsson at deadline
Lottery Winner: Buffalo or Arizona... geez they're both bad
First Coach Fired: Vigneault
Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Jack Hughes
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 22 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 81 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 38 games
Biggest Surprise: Sharangovich scores 30+ goals, while Zacha comes close
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 3rd or 4th
Devils Playoff Fate: Squeezing in as the 4th Metro seed in the final week of the season, but beaten by either 1st place Isles or Tampa in the first round despite valiant battle.
Let's see your predictions!
Pacific:
1 Vegas
2 Edmonton
3 Vancouver
4 Calgary
5 Los Angeles
6 Seattle
7 Anaheim
8 San Jose
Central:
1 Colorado
2 Winnipeg
3 Dallas
4 Minnesota
5 St. Louis
6 Chicago
7 Nashville
8 Arizona
Atlantic:
1 Tampa
2 Toronto
3 Florida
4 Boston
5 Montreal
6 Detroit
7 Ottawa
8 Buffalo
Metro:
1 Islanders
2 Washington
3 Pittsburgh
4 Devils
5 Rangers
6 Carolina
7 Philadelphia
8 Columbus
Scoring Leader: McDavid
Goals Leader: Matthews
Wins Leader: Vasilevski
MVP: McDavid
Norris: Hedman
Calder: Zegras
Vezina: Hellebuyck
Selke: Barkov
Jack Adams: Trotz
Western Final: Colorado over Edmonton
Eastern Final: Islanders over Florida
Stanley Cup Final: Colorado over Islanders
Eichel Traded To: Anaheim
Biggest Surprise Trade: San Jose deals Burns and Karlsson at deadline
Lottery Winner: Buffalo or Arizona... geez they're both bad
First Coach Fired: Vigneault
Devils:
Devils Leading Scorer: Jack Hughes
Devils Leading D Scorer: Dougie Hamilton
Alex Holtz Plays: 22 games
Dawson Mercer Plays: 81 games
Mackenzie Blackwood Plays: 38 games
Biggest Surprise: Sharangovich scores 30+ goals, while Zacha comes close
Biggest Disappointment: Johnsson still bad at hockey
Mercer Calder Finish: 3rd or 4th
Devils Playoff Fate: Squeezing in as the 4th Metro seed in the final week of the season, but beaten by either 1st place Isles or Tampa in the first round despite valiant battle.
Let's see your predictions!