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Your Best Predictions on HFB?
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I predicted that Connor McDavid might be good at ice hockey (if he works hard) way back in 2020 (before everyone knew)
Nogatco Rd
Did you just call me Coltrane?
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Leafs record in the next 5 games?
Maybe the 5 most important regular season games we've played since the Babcock implosion. 5 good teams, and we need some wins.
The curse of the liar is not that he isn't to be believed........it's that he can't believe anyone else.
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Machinehead
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-I had the Lightning losing in the first round in 2019
-I said Subban would win the Norris after watching his first game (his debut was before HF but I'm counting it).
Those have been lost to the sands of the server migration. I also had Boston losing in the first round in 2023, I might be able to find that one.
-I said Subban would win the Norris after watching his first game (his debut was before HF but I'm counting it).
Those have been lost to the sands of the server migration. I also had Boston losing in the first round in 2023, I might be able to find that one.
brentashton
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You have experience with that I see, over 36000 posts to date. Well done.
All I’m suggesting is to anyone posting a glorious fib, er I mean prediction, is to show your work. If you said it many times should be easy to retrieve.
Machinehead
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I did find it!
Around the NHL – Part XL - Mod post page 249
Around the NHL - Part XLI - (Playoffs Edition)
I was taking the piss a bit saying it would be in 5, but the top post highlights my concerns about Boston.
Around the NHL – Part XL - Mod post page 249
Around the NHL - Part XLI - (Playoffs Edition)
I was taking the piss a bit saying it would be in 5, but the top post highlights my concerns about Boston.
Clint Eastwood
Eff the Habs
I predicted the Rangers drafting Vitali Kravtsov, K’Andre Miller & Nils Lundkvist in 2018
Draft Day Predictions
What are your guys predictions for who we'll select and what trades will be made? :rangers 18th Overall Pick :cbj Kevin Hayes 9. Oliver Wahlstrom 18. Vitali Kravtsov 26. KAndre Miller 28. Ryan Merkley 39. Jonatan Berggren 48. Nils Lundkvist 70. Jake Wise 88. Niklas Nordgren 101. Alexander...forums.hfboards.com
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I hope someone loves me as much as you love Kravtsov one of these days.
I just hope I don't let them down like Kravtsov has let you down.
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Posted this 9/4/23 in "who will be the RNH or Chris Kreisler of this season?" thread
DitchMarner
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My concern (except not really because I hate BOS
) was that the Bruins would run out of gas in those playoffs. They had some older guys (their top two centres were near retirement), and surely, when you win more than 60 games in the regular season, you're putting a good amount of wear and tear on the body. They were competing hard constantly. I can't say I expected them to lose in round one, but I didn't think they would win the Cup.
RogerRoger
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Im not the one challenging or doubting posters. You are. ha!You have experience with that I see, over 36000 posts to date. Well done.
All I’m suggesting is to anyone posting a glorious fib, er I mean prediction, is to show your work. If you said it many times should be easy to retrieve.
I'm a tech Neanderthal.
Wouldn't know how to retrieve them if ya paid me.
But if you or anyone doubts those two predictions. That's cool. I'm not concerned.
Cheers
DitchMarner
TheGlitchintheSwitch
Good call, but if he becomes a consistent 30 goal guy or wins the Rocket next year, it won't look as prophetic...
brentashton
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That’s good . It makes two of us who don’t give a damn.Im not the one challenging or doubting posters. You are. ha!
I'm a tech Neanderthal.
Wouldn't know how to retrieve them if ya paid me.
But if you or anyone doubts those two predictions. That's cool. I'm not concerned.
Cheers
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I almost predicted the Hamilton/Lindholm deal. I suggested Lindhom and Hanifin for Hamilton and Ferland, just missed out on FoxA reference to the (in)famous Bartkowski goal prediction made me think of other great predictions on here...
Let's see some good ones. Provide a link to the original thread and quote your post...
I think this one from me is decent. I was off by 13 but did a lot better than a number of other individuals...
How many points could McDavid possibly score in a season?
I mean, we can only assume he has another level to reach since he is only 21, and when you consider he played with Lucic for much of this season and was also sick for a month, not to mention the horrible powerplay he was on and still managed 108. What will happen in a full season where...
Matty Sundin
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For players that left my team to go somewhere else, I knew Jack Campbell wasn’t gonna fit in Edmonton the moment I heard he signed there. I like the guy but I knew the team infront of him wouldn’t bail him out and that he’d just fall apart mentally and lose his game. I also knew Zach Hyman was great fit in Edmonton and would have huge success there.
I predicted Tampa Bay cup contending years were over after 2022 Finals and I got called out on that with people saying they were gonna contend for years still.
The top 4 teams in Canadian Covid season I felt was very predictable and got it right(Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal).
I’ve been saying since he been inactive, She’s Weber is making Hall of Fame first ballot.
I predicted Tampa Bay cup contending years were over after 2022 Finals and I got called out on that with people saying they were gonna contend for years still.
The top 4 teams in Canadian Covid season I felt was very predictable and got it right(Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal).
I’ve been saying since he been inactive, She’s Weber is making Hall of Fame first ballot.
Fez Whatley
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One Blackhawks fan predicted a random ass artem anisimov trade at like the beginning of the off-season. Got everything correct. I was blown away.|
Edit: found it. Also it was a sens fan.
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Edit: found it. Also it was a sens fan.
Proposal: - Chicago-Ottawa
Chicago gets Zack Smith Ottawa gets Artem Anisimov Reason for Chicago They pick up a similar but slightly less producing forward (however smith was on a less offensive team so it might even be closer), gain some cap flexibility (roughly 750k but it looks like chicago needs to add 2 forwards...
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MarkusNaslund19
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Looking through past posts on hfboards is such a slow, unintuitive process.
I choose to look at late in 2023 and just isolate some takes from then:
From the Hronek trade thread in early March last year after acquiring him:
"I keep hearing how he's redundant because of Hughes on the pp etc. Which is just an uninformed take. At the time of the trade Hronek was 8th in pp ice time for Detroit but was 2nd overall in scoring on the team. He was also 2nd in plus minus, which is an often discarded stat but in the context of being a decent plus on a minus team it usually means something encouraging.
He was 27th in the entire league in even strength assists for a dman. So in that context he's literally a number one defence man (note I'm not saying he is overall), so he obviously more than holds his own at 5-on-5.
He literally led their entire team in scoring in the Covid year. Yeah, they were a bad team, but he was like 21/22 and, playing as a defence man, led an NHL team in scoring. That means something too.
So to me, these are the things we're watching for this season and with our stars playing absolutely lights out they're providing some positive feedback for item #1 (timing of window), and for #2 the Islanders seem to be winning while their chasers are stumbling.
What remains is to watch Hronek and see how our draft and summer play out. I think it's going to be a really interesting summer and I think we're going to have a pretty good team next year."
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When people were down on Jonathan Lekkerimaki on the hfboards Canucks thread in April of 2023:
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Lekkerimaki is one of the youngest players in his draft class, has an incredible shot and a knack for getting into space to get it off.
He also appears to have precocious hockey sense.
People are up in arms because he 'regressed' from the previous season where he had a fantastic year for a 17 year old in the SEL.
This year, through injuries, illness, and poor play he struggled in the Alsvenskan.
But if the previous year he had played in the Swedish junior league and graduated to the Alsvenskan people would be more patient.
People see temporary regression as a final nail in the coffin of a player who missed being eligible for this draft by very little and was already in the SEL putting up numbers a year and a half ago.
Give him time, he's likely going to make people look stupid."
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Arguing against Canucks fans who hated the Hronek trade, thought we should dump all of our players and tank in April of 2023:
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The vast majority of Stanley Cup winners over the last 100 years have an elite D and an elite C and often an elite G.
Nobody is arguing that's enough on its own. Like, literally nobody.
What we are saying, is that it's absolutely the nucleus of something that could become special. And all members of the nucleus are young.
Also, Hronek is 25 years old, so acting like we gave up a lottery pick for Tarasenko is just disingenuous.
And Vancouver doesn't have to improve drastically just to sniff the playoffs. We, as currently built, are a bubble team who had dysfunction, terrible coaching, and horrendous historically impoverished goaltending.
When even some of that was mildly corrected we made all of the tankers panic by how quickly we climbed the standings.
Arguing against someone who thought we shouldn't have acquired Hronek and should have signed Severson on May 3rd of last year:
"Severson becomes Myers. The quality and upside isn't even close."
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March 18th thread on if Canucks are better than people think:
I'm definitely wrong sometimes too, but I feel like this last season has been quite validating on some of the opinions I had last season about the way the Canucks, their players, and some of their prospects were trending.
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For wrong takes: I didn't think Loui Eriksson would miraculously make us a great team, but i thought his style would sync with the Sedins, and I thought Gudbranson would be a solid addition to our team, so...it's the give and the take.
I choose to look at late in 2023 and just isolate some takes from then:
From the Hronek trade thread in early March last year after acquiring him:
"I keep hearing how he's redundant because of Hughes on the pp etc. Which is just an uninformed take. At the time of the trade Hronek was 8th in pp ice time for Detroit but was 2nd overall in scoring on the team. He was also 2nd in plus minus, which is an often discarded stat but in the context of being a decent plus on a minus team it usually means something encouraging.
He was 27th in the entire league in even strength assists for a dman. So in that context he's literally a number one defence man (note I'm not saying he is overall), so he obviously more than holds his own at 5-on-5.
He literally led their entire team in scoring in the Covid year. Yeah, they were a bad team, but he was like 21/22 and, playing as a defence man, led an NHL team in scoring. That means something too.
So to me, these are the things we're watching for this season and with our stars playing absolutely lights out they're providing some positive feedback for item #1 (timing of window), and for #2 the Islanders seem to be winning while their chasers are stumbling.
What remains is to watch Hronek and see how our draft and summer play out. I think it's going to be a really interesting summer and I think we're going to have a pretty good team next year."
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When people were down on Jonathan Lekkerimaki on the hfboards Canucks thread in April of 2023:
"
Lekkerimaki is one of the youngest players in his draft class, has an incredible shot and a knack for getting into space to get it off.
He also appears to have precocious hockey sense.
People are up in arms because he 'regressed' from the previous season where he had a fantastic year for a 17 year old in the SEL.
This year, through injuries, illness, and poor play he struggled in the Alsvenskan.
But if the previous year he had played in the Swedish junior league and graduated to the Alsvenskan people would be more patient.
People see temporary regression as a final nail in the coffin of a player who missed being eligible for this draft by very little and was already in the SEL putting up numbers a year and a half ago.
Give him time, he's likely going to make people look stupid."
-
Arguing against Canucks fans who hated the Hronek trade, thought we should dump all of our players and tank in April of 2023:
"
The vast majority of Stanley Cup winners over the last 100 years have an elite D and an elite C and often an elite G.
Nobody is arguing that's enough on its own. Like, literally nobody.
What we are saying, is that it's absolutely the nucleus of something that could become special. And all members of the nucleus are young.
Also, Hronek is 25 years old, so acting like we gave up a lottery pick for Tarasenko is just disingenuous.
And Vancouver doesn't have to improve drastically just to sniff the playoffs. We, as currently built, are a bubble team who had dysfunction, terrible coaching, and horrendous historically impoverished goaltending.
When even some of that was mildly corrected we made all of the tankers panic by how quickly we climbed the standings.
Arguing against someone who thought we shouldn't have acquired Hronek and should have signed Severson on May 3rd of last year:
"Severson becomes Myers. The quality and upside isn't even close."
-
March 18th thread on if Canucks are better than people think:
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I'm definitely wrong sometimes too, but I feel like this last season has been quite validating on some of the opinions I had last season about the way the Canucks, their players, and some of their prospects were trending.
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For wrong takes: I didn't think Loui Eriksson would miraculously make us a great team, but i thought his style would sync with the Sedins, and I thought Gudbranson would be a solid addition to our team, so...it's the give and the take.
RogerRoger
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Bozo Nicholson
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You’re one sick puppy.I predicted the Rangers drafting Vitali Kravtsov, K’Andre Miller & Nils Lundkvist in 2018
Draft Day Predictions
What are your guys predictions for who we'll select and what trades will be made? :rangers 18th Overall Pick :cbj Kevin Hayes 9. Oliver Wahlstrom 18. Vitali Kravtsov 26. KAndre Miller 28. Ryan Merkley 39. Jonatan Berggren 48. Nils Lundkvist 70. Jake Wise 88. Niklas Nordgren 101. Alexander...
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