carcillo and downie on the pens, that's (frank)ing hilarious
- Flyfreaky

They soiled the bottom 6?

1.Detroit missed playoffs
2.Anehiem wins the presidents trophy
3.Edmonton starts the season on fire with a 9-1 record then regresses finishing just 1 point out of the playoffs
4.Buffalo finishes 3rd last. Drafts Barzal
5.Pittsburgh will be 1st in the east
6.Stamkos will win score 60 goals
7.Leafs make the playoffs as 1st wild card
8.Nashville finishes last and loses the draft lottery(drafts Echeil)
9.Winnipeg finishes 8th last and wins the draft lottery(drafts Mcdavid)
10.Hall RNH Eberle all get 70+ points
11.Boston finishes 3rd in the Atlantic
12.Allen emerges as a breakout prospect.(wins the Calder)
13.Mackinnon gets 80+ points
14.Brodeur will be signed by either Montreal or Toronto
15.The St.Louis Blues will win the Stanley cup

8-10 on ice suspensions
2-3 off ice suspensions
habs will cheat
4 coaches fired
2 gm's fired
12-14 trades
25-30 shootouts
refs will suck
sabres will relocate to quebec by feb
i hate the islanders

Carolina did a lot more than it appears.
- BINGO!

And what would that be?

TylerSeguin19’s 5 whacky predicitions
1. Martin Broduer will sign with a team from either the eastern or western conference
2. Dany Heatley will score 49 goals
3. The Edmonton oilers will yet again come in last place and draft Connor McDavid
4. Leafs will dominate the NHL awards lead by Morgan Reilly winning the Norris, Richard, Selke, Byng and Conn Smythe trophies
5. Stanley Cup Champions; The Toronto maple leafs after sweeping the dallas stars in the cup final
- TylerSeguin19

Centre of the hockey universe indeed.

what are your bold predictions for the upcoming season?
- Flyfreaky

I will (frank).

I will (frank).
- BINGO!

t&p

And what would that be?
- RogerRoeper

New GM
New Coach
New goaltending coach
New player evaluation staff
New assistant coaches
New team president

In-Jay McClement, Brad Malone, Tim Gleason
Out- Drayson Bowman, Andrei Loktionov

Bill Peters has a stated commitment to playing scoring prospects in positions to actually score, instead of pushing career 3rd/4th liners into top six roles.

Eric Staal will play LW this season, or at least for the first little while.

Elias Lindholm will be given top-6 minutes right from the start of the year on a line with Jeff Skinner.

Brock McGinn, Victor Rask, Zach Boychuk and Chris Terry will all have opportunity to play in the show.

Peters plans to try and make three balanced scoring lines he can give nearly equal minutes to and rotating bubble guys on a 4th line of checkers/energy players depending on the need.

Tim Gleason will be the 7th defenseman. Ryan Murphy will get a full-time role on the club, specifically with the powerplay.

It's a lot of the same, chronically underachieving players, but placed into an almost entirely new organization with a new mindset.

Let's do a prediction per team so everyone's happy.

Ducks - Gibson and Andersen win the Jennings / Silfverberg proves why he was the centerpiece in the Ryan trade
Coyotes - Finish bottom 5 in the league but Gagne gets 60+ points
Bruins - Eriksson's play seriously drops but the slack is picked up by Smith
Sabres - Finish last in the league but lose the lottery again and draft Eichel
Flames - Goaltending is solid but the loss of Cammi hurts more than anticipated
Hurricanes - Finish bottom 5 in the league and do a fire-sale at the deadline
Hawks - Great play from Saad and Leddy make fitting under the cap next season a nightmare
Avs - Goaltending and defense are HUGE issues in comparison to the elite level that their forwards play at
Jackets - Johansen is a hold-out for 15 games but still breaks his personal bests for goals and points
Stars - Goaltending and defense cause them to underperform until the trade deadline sets them up for a solid playoff run
Wings - Both Nyquist and Tatar break the 60 point plateau
Oilers - Another poor season forces them to move one of their previously deemed "untouchables"
Panthers - Do NOT finish in the bottom 5 in the league thanks to Luongo mostly
Kings - Doughty gets 55 points and wins the Norris by a landslide
Wild - Vanek and Parise both score 35+ goals
Habs - Nothing goes right for most of the season and they just miss the playoffs in 9th seed / Therrien gets fired mid-season
Preds - Neal gets traded again after his attitude gets him ousted from the team
Devils - Schneider proves that he's worth the money and finishes as a close second for the Vezina
Isles - New additions of Halak, Grabo, and Kulemin all pan out well
Rags - Zuccarello gets 70+ points
Sens - Finish bottom 5 in the league / Anderson does not live up to the money
Pens - Jordan Staal comes back in a trade that sets them up for a strong playoff run to the conference finals
Sharks - Stalock takes over as number 1 despite solid play from Niemi
Blues - Win the Stanley Cup with Elliott in nets and Stastny winning the Conn Smythe
Lightning - Drouin proves people wrong and has a poor rookie year due to an immature attitude on the ice that limits his role on the team
Leafs - Finish bottom 5 in the league despite amazing play from Kessel and Bernier
Canucks - Horvat makes the team and is nominated for the Calder
Capitals - Finish 6th last in the league for so many reasons (injuries, goaltending, giving up, etc.) but win the lottery and draft McDavid
Jets - Trouba gets nominated for the Norris after putting up 60 points
- NJD Fan

You forgot the Flyers

The Bruins trade Eriksson, Morrow, Smith, and Matt Fraser back to the Dallas Stars for Seguin and Peverley...then trade Seguin, Hamilton and Knight to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Kessel.

Book it.
- RickJames77

THIS

My Predictions for this season:

1) St.Louis wins the President Trophy
2) Kimmo Timonen does not play again, retires after the Season
3) Rangers Win Metro
4) Tampa Wins Atlantic
5) Minny, Dallas, Columbus and Detroit take the Wild Card positions again.
6) Ottawa, Carolina and Buffalo battle for last place in the East.
7) Edmonton fails to make the playoffs again.
8)Giroux wins Hart trophy
9)Bobby Ryan is traded
10) Scott Hartnell, Havlat, Camallerri, M.Richards have a bad seasons.
11) NHL announces two western expansion teams.
12) Patrick Marleau gets traded, Thorton stays and Stalock earns starting position over Neimi

8-10 on ice suspensions
2-3 off ice suspensions
habs will cheat
4 coaches fired
2 gm's fired
12-14 trades
25-30 shootouts
refs will suck
sabres will relocate to quebec by feb
i hate the islanders
- Flyfreaky

I hope you get a communicable disease and go to a Flyers home game.

I hope you get a communicable disease and go to a Flyers home game.
- eichiefs9

I'm allergic to flyers fans

1. Buffalo will Pick 1st at the draft with their pick, and 17th with the Isles.
2. the difference between the 2nd worst Team in the East and the 5th best team in the East will be 8 points.
3. The Chicago Blackhawks will be penalized for ot being Cap Compliant by opening night.
4. The Flyers will find a Clever way to be under the Cap by opening Night.
5.The Bruins will find a legit way to shed salary by opening night.
6. Crosby and Malkin will miss a combined 95 Games games, and somebody will suspended for a long time for causing one of the injuries....and still make the Playoff's.
7.Steven Stamkos will have the most points and goals this year.
8. Craig MacTavish will pull of the greatest trade in Oilers History since Chris Pronger.
9. Anaheim will struggle in net for most of the season and miss the playoff's.
10. The Kings will have their best regular season in years......and get beat in the first round.
11. Calgary, Phoenix and Nashville will all draft in the Top 5.
12. A relative unknown Finnish Goaltender will get called up mid-way through the Season, and have the best Save % for the remaining games in the NHL.
13. Oilers, Canucks and Ducks all play musical Chairs for the last Wild Card, with Vancouver making it on the last night.
14. A 40+ year old former All-Star will attempt a comeback mid way through the season.
15. NHL will announce expansion by 2 teams in 2017, and 2 more by 2019.
16. Wayne Gretzky Will align himself with an expansion team as President.
17. Somebody will try to explain that Corsi is bad for Hockey....and fail miserably.
18.Nail Yakupov will put a 20 point difference between himself and the next most productive player in his draft class, putting to rest his "bust" tag.
19.The Sedins will combine for more that 150 points....and zero minutes on the Penalty kill.
20. The St.Louis Blues will win the cup with Brian Elliot in Net.

1) The Penguins win the cup in 7 vs the sharks.
2) Crosby plays 80 games and gets 60 goals and 70 assists.
3) The Penguins trim the fat out of training camp and trade Scuderi to the Islanders and waive Craig Adams,
$) Letang and Martin become the most potent 1st pairing defence combo in the east.
5) The Penguins are the first team to employ 7 puck moving, offensive defencemen and that ensuing backend outscores the Maple leafs entire team.
6) Kaspari Kapanen makes the team out of training camp and is a dominant force on a line with Crosby and Kuni.
7) Olli Maatta scores 30 goals.
8) Kapanen and Derrick Pouliot are the first forward defence combo from the same team to split the Calder.
9) The Flyers dont win 19 games.
10) Adam Payrle knocks John Scott out with one punch.
11) Chris Kunitz is the first 35 year old to score 40 goals(I think)
12) The Maple Leafs dont make the playoffs and dont get a top 5 pick, just like every year.
13) Steve Downie's ear operations over the summer relieve all that has held him back in the past and he easily scores 30 goal playing with Brandon Sutter on the third line.
14) The Penguins new 3rd jersey is the highest selling jersey of the season by a wide margin.
15) Claude Giroux is stripped of his captaincy after it is revealed that he has been dressing his beagle up in a police uniform and having sexual relations with it.

Not Keith Richards.
- Jeropotato

1) The Penguins win the cup in 7 vs the sharks.
2) Crosby plays 80 games and gets 60 goals and 70 assists.
3) The Penguins trim the fat out of training camp and trade Scuderi to the Islanders and waive Craig Adams,
$) Letang and Martin become the most potent 1st pairing defence combo in the east.
5) The Penguins are the first team to employ 7 puck moving, offensive defencemen and that ensuing backend outscores the Maple leafs entire team.
6) Kaspari Kapanen makes the team out of training camp and is a dominant force on a line with Crosby and Kuni.
7) Olli Maatta scores 30 goals.
8) Kapanen and Derrick Pouliot are the first forward defence combo from the same team to split the Calder.
9) The Flyers dont win 19 games.
10) Adam Payrle knocks John Scott out with one punch.
11) Chris Kunitz is the first 35 year old to score 40 goals(I think)
12) The Maple Leafs dont make the playoffs and dont get a top 5 pick, just like every year.
13) Steve Downie's ear operations over the summer relieve all that has held him back in the past and he easily scores 30 goal playing with Brandon Sutter on the third line.
14) The Penguins new 3rd jersey is the highest selling jersey of the season by a wide margin.
15) Claude Giroux is stripped of his captaincy after it is revealed that he has been dressing his beagle up in a police uniform and having sexual relations with it.
- Dcoms

Homer much?

1. Buffalo will Pick 1st at the draft with their pick, and 17th with the Isles.
2. the difference between the 2nd worst Team in the East and the 5th best team in the East will be 8 points.
3. The Chicago Blackhawks will be penalized for ot being Cap Compliant by opening night.
4. The Flyers will find a Clever way to be under the Cap by opening Night.
5.The Bruins will find a legit way to shed salary by opening night.
6. Crosby and Malkin will miss a combined 95 Games games, and somebody will suspended for a long time for causing one of the injuries....and still make the Playoff's.
7.Steven Stamkos will have the most points and goals this year.
8. Craig MacTavish will pull of the greatest trade in Oilers History since Chris Pronger.
9. Anaheim will struggle in net for most of the season and miss the playoff's.
10. The Kings will have their best regular season in years......and get beat in the first round.
11. Calgary, Phoenix and Nashville will all draft in the Top 5.
12. A relative unknown Finnish Goaltender will get called up mid-way through the Season, and have the best Save % for the remaining games in the NHL.
13. Oilers, Canucks and Ducks all play musical Chairs for the last Wild Card, with Vancouver making it on the last night.
14. A 40+ year old former All-Star will attempt a comeback mid way through the season.
15. NHL will announce expansion by 2 teams in 2017, and 2 more by 2019.
16. Wayne Gretzky Will align himself with an expansion team as President.
17. Somebody will try to explain that Corsi is bad for Hockey....and fail miserably.
18.Nail Yakupov will put a 20 point difference between himself and the next most productive player in his draft class, putting to rest his "bust" tag.
19.The Sedins will combine for more that 150 points....and zero minutes on the Penalty kill.
20. The St.Louis Blues will win the cup with Brian Elliot in Net.
- Jeropotato

No Clever way needed for the Flyers. Pronger goes on LTIR day before the season starts as part of Option 2. Doing so is the least desired option but they have no choice. Right now the Flyers are mildly over the 4.9 mill limit which means a player will be demoted before the season starts (A.K.A Jay Rosehill)

Homer much?
- Jeropotato

I'm allergic to flyers fans
- Flyfreaky

You forgot the Flyers
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

So I did. I must've subconsciously blocked them out.

Flyers - Finish 8th in the East but Mason puts on a clinic and helps them upset the 1st seed in round one of the playoffs

1. The Habs will make the playoffs
2. Kessel will have a great year, but the Leafs will miss the playoffs just barely.
3. Chicago vs LA will be the Western Conference final for the third straight year.
4. The Sens will be worse than the Leafs
5. Habs/Bruins will meet in the playoffs.
6. Washington will make the playoffs due to Ovechkin having a brilliant year, but will not make it past the first round.
7. Crosby will the have most points in the league unless he gets another concussion then it will be Stamkos.
8. Therrien won't be getting fired at the end of the season due to the Habs doing to well for that.
9. Subban hits 60 points for the first time in his career.
10. Calgary is not going to do well, they will finish last in the West.
11. Pacioretty hits at least 62 points, but no more than 80.
12. Habs will make the Cup Final but lose to Chicago/LA.
13. The Leafs will suck against the Bruins, but will dominate the Battle Of Ontario.
14. The Sedins will play better but the Canucks will miss the playoffs due to the improvements of Dallas and Minnesota.
15. Morgan Reilly hits the 30 point plateau for the first time in his career.
16. Taylor Hall will have a great year, but the Oilers don't make the postseason.
17. Don Cherry will criticize a player's celebration.
18. Yakupov will do better than last season, he won't hit higher than 50 points.
19. Buffalo will be last in the league, allowing them to get a great player in the draft.
20. Habs will be the only Canadian team in the playoffs again.

leafs make playoffs

leafs make playoffs
- Zezel

In the East it's wide open so that's not very bold.

In the East it's wide open so that's not very bold.
- Nucker101

and they'll win a couple of rounds