Metropolitan Standings Predictions Thread

[HugeInTheShire]

I don't see why everyone is jumping on NJ, they can't seem to stay healthy even in to offseason.
Haven't even played a preseason game and both Nemec and Luke Hughes are hurt.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Hurricanes
Rangers
Devils

Flyers
Capitals
Penguins
Islanders
Blue Jackets

No WC teams from the Metro.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Rangers
Devils
Hurricanes
Islanders
Capitals
Penguins
Flyers
Blue Jackets

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I have Carolina missing the playoffs - Slavin or Aho miss any time and it could get uglier

That'd make things spicy. Hard to see it though.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

NJ*
NYR*
Carolina*
NYI
Washington
Pittsburgh
Philly
Columbus

* playoff teams

With the declines of Washington and Pittsburgh this is an awful division.

 

[GRob83]

The top dogs

1. RANGERS - A complete, deep team that is perfect for regular season.
2. DEVILS - Another deep team that will benefit from the coaching change.
3. CANES - Best of the rest. Brindy remains a major asset.

The middle of the pack fighting for scraps

4. PENGUINS - Somehow, they'll manage.
5. ISLES - Some nice pieces but they need a new vision.
6. FLYERS - They should be in the playoffs race until late in the season but I don't see it happening.

The lottery squad

7. JACKETS - They've lost their two best forwards and replaced their idiotic GM with another idiot. But I expect the players to stick together.
8. CAPS - LOL. Garbage team "led" by a me-first captain who is completely cooked.

The same guy that had 22 goals in 35 games the last 3 months of the season? That's above a 50 goal pace over 82 games. He had more goals than Cole Caufield who is 15 years younger and willed the Capitals into a playoff spot. Worry about your own teams problems.

 

[Misery74]

NJD*
NYR*
WAS*
CAR*
NYI
PIT
CBJ
PHI

People sleeping on Washington missing the boat. Our goaltending makes less than $2m. Added top end talent, and some kids about to breakout.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

8. CAPS - LOL. Garbage team "led" by a me-first captain who is completely cooked.

Lmao

 

[ViD]

Quite strange for people to predict the Caps being one of the worst teams in the division after they dramatically improved the team that managed to sneak into play offs

 

[Devil Dancer]

Wish this bump was a couple of months later.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Quite strange for people to predict the Caps being one of the worst teams in the division after they dramatically improved the team that managed to sneak into play offs

Not really. It was a team that made the playoffs with a -37GD, which is a freak thing we may not see again in this wild card format.
And a lot of what they've earned this year is not about the new acquisitions, but rather players who were there last year who are playing way better this year.
Strome, Ovi, McMichael, Protas, Sandin, Wilson, etc... All notably to significantly improved.

Plus there's a lot of very high shooting percentages going on atm.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Wish this bump was a couple of months later.

Never the wrong time to ridicule an “ovi is selfish and washed up” take IMO

 

[BallardEra]

4. PENGUINS - Somehow, they'll manage.

Even this was a head scratcher too.

They had missed the playoffs two years in a row, were older, and looked worse with their offseason moves coming into this year.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

In one of these threads I had the Pens near the bottom.

Nailed it.

 

[Finnen]

Washington goes like my table in top 3.

 

[Xirik]

what's really funny is how all the people mocking other's predictions were too scared to make their own predictions.

 

[57special]

Duhaime clearly the difference maker in WAS.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Not really. It was a team that made the playoffs with a -37GD, which is a freak thing we may not see again in this wild card format.
And a lot of what they've earned this year is not about the new acquisitions, but rather players who were there last year who are playing way better this year.
Strome, Ovi, McMichael, Protas, Sandin, Wilson, etc... All notably to significantly improved.

Plus there's a lot of very high shooting percentages going on atm.

Oh stop.

Chychrun has been fantastic. Roy (while injured for a large portion), has been the steadying influence he was advertised to be.

PLD has been GREAT. Honestly. He’s playing some of the hardest F minutes on the squad, and is tilting the ice to the Caps, all the time.

Mangiapane, Duhaime, and Raddyish have all been better than the players they replaced.

And then there is Thompson. So good.

Caps are a huge step up BC the new group of 7 is helping a LOT.