Sportsnet The " Experts " at Sportsnet Making The Same Mistakes Again

[BostonBob]

First of all - most of them have Toronto ( I know - huge surprise right !!!!! ) winning the Atlantic Division:

Atlantic Division regular season winner

Elliotte Friedman: Toronto (go big or go home with these predictions, I always say)
Ron MacLean: Toronto
David Amber: Toronto
Nick Kypreos: Boston
Justin Bourne: Toronto
Luke Gazdic: Toronto
Iain MacIntyre: Toronto
Eric Francis: Toronto
Mark Spector: Boston
Luke Fox: Boston
Eric Engels: Florida
Matt Marchese: Toronto
Mike Futa: Toronto
Alex Adams: Toronto
Jason Bukala: Florida
Sam Cosentino: Toronto
Ryan Dixon: Toronto
Jacob Stoller: Boston
Sonny Sachdeva: Florida
Rory Boylen: Florida


But even worse is that a couple of them ( Ron MacLean and Matt Marchese ) predict that Boston won't even make the Playoffs:

Which 3-5 Atlantic Division teams will make the playoffs?

Elliotte Friedman: Toronto, Boston, Florida, Tampa Bay, Ottawa
Ron MacLean: Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Ottawa, Buffalo
David Amber: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Florida, Boston, Ottawa
Nick Kypreos: Boston, Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay
Justin Bourne: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Tampa Bay
Luke Gazdic: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Tampa Bay
Iain MacIntyre: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Ottawa, Tampa Bay
Eric Francis: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Tampa Bay, Ottawa
Mark Spector: Florida, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Boston
Luke Fox: Boston, Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Detroit
Eric Engels: Florida, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Montreal, Boston
Matt Marchese: Toronto, Florida, Tampa Bay, Ottawa
Alex Adams: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Ottawa
Jason Bukala: Florida, Toronto, Boston, Tampa Bay
Sam Cosentino: Toronto, Florida, Boston, Tampa Bay
Ryan Dixon: Toronto, Tampa Bay, Florida, Boston, Ottawa
Jacob Stoller: Florida, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston
Sonny Sachdeva: Florida, Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay
Rory Boylen: Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Boston, Ottawa

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[Lobster57]

Maclean is a devout Bruins hater

 

[BostonBob]

Maybe that's why I'm a devout MacLean hater - although his treatment of Don Cherry certainly helps.

 

[LouJersey]

Two team race for the top IMO.... Toronto and Tampa 8-10 pts behind.

 

[mjd1001]

Toronto has the advantage of their top players all being in the prime years of their career. It wouldn't be crazy to see them win the division, but I also wouldn't expect it.

A lot of those guys being based out of Toronto, working for an outfit headquartered in Toronto...homer-ism is to be expected.

 

[NDiesel]

Toronto has the advantage of their top players all being in the prime years of their career.

The problem is they once again have the exact same holes as always. Their goalies may actually be improved this year though, but they are both unproven starters