HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Predicting The Atlantic Division Standings

Sabres second. Habs 5th....thats the Hot Stove ive been waiting for.

Tanners back kids,

Habs 5th?
They're second after Tampa

There's no way Carey Price can play as out if this world as he did last year.

Has it ever occured to anyone that maybe that's just Price playing like Price? He's been playing that way since the previous season's Olympic break.

Habs 5th?
They're second after Tampa
- habfanforever

I agree with Tamssy on this one. Corsi Rules

Has it ever occured to anyone that maybe that's just Price playing like Price? He's been playing that way since the previous season's Olympic break."

He'll still be awesome, because he is awesome(damn you Price)!

People just don't think he'll have such an incredibly amazing season. Seriously a season like that from a goalie comes around maybe once a decade.

I wouldn't put habs 5th though thats for sure. Or Buffalo 2nd. LOL

Tanner's wet dream Buffalo vs Edmonton as the surprise 2016 SCF.

With Eichal female dog slapping McDavid into next week when he scores the SCF winner with his foot in the crease.

lol I do love that tanner put the top 4 - tampa, buffalo, florida, ottawa

I would place a sizeable wager that only 1 of those 4 makes the playoffs but kudos for his bold prediction

I agree with Tamssy on this one. Corsi Rules
- DDM-Coga

Goalies aside, I think Buffalo has a better team, assuming that both Eichel and Reinhart are top line players from the get go. I don't even think Buffalo's defense is that bad.

HockeyBuzz Hotstove: Hotstove: Predicting The Atlantic Division Standings
- ToddCordellVAN

Tampa
Habs
Wings
Bruins
Sens
Florida
Buffalo
Toronto

Goalies aside, I think Buffalo has a better team, assuming that both Eichel and Reinhart are top line players from the get go. I don't even think Buffalo's defense is that bad.
- James_Tanner

Franson Effect

Goalies aside, I think Buffalo has a better team, assuming that both Eichel and Reinhart are top line players from the get go. I don't even think Buffalo's defense is that bad.
- James_Tanner

Good luck

Sabres second. Habs 5th....thats the Hot Stove ive been waiting for.

Tanners back kids,
- DDM-Coga

he's a die hard Leaf fan... he'll eat his own poop before praising Montreal. so that part i get. Buffalo in second though is just Tanner trying soooo hard to be controversial.

James Tanner proves in every post that hes an attention-seeker. Buffalo 2nd? wtf

lol I do love that tanner put the top 4 - tampa, buffalo, florida, ottawa

I would place a sizeable wager that only 1 of those 4 makes the playoffs but kudos for his bold prediction
- Joel_Eh

Well when you consider that surprises and anomalies do occur frequently, and when you also consider the parity of the league + the marginal difference in talent between the vast majority of professional players and divide that by how ridiculous predicting anything is in the first place without doing a proper probability analysis, then "crazy" predictions and "safe" predictions are no different.

The standings will be different from last year. I don't think Montreal's season from last year is any more repeatable than Calgary's. Buffalo has a great team, they should be in the Playoffs. Of course then can make anyone play wing, but if they want to, Eichel - Reinhart - Reilly could be the best 1-2-3 punch in the east down the middle.

People will of course wait for them to "prove it" and you can't argue that, but adding Eichel , Reinhart (I assume he makes it) Kane and O'Reilly to the same team at once is a level of insane no one is acknowledging. It is most likely the biggest single addition of talent applied to a team at once ever, in the history of the NHL.

The lines are pretty locked up for the Habs. The line of Pacioretty - Plekanec - Gallagher is pretty sure of some success, and what I've seen so far from the next 2 lines (if Fleischmann gets a contract) is very, very interesting. The defensive core is pretty good too, and with Price to back them up, they'll still be a hard team to score on.

Actually, my only problem with this team is the backup goalie...

I still see the Habs fight for top of the division.

he's a die hard Leaf fan... he'll eat his own poop before praising Montreal. so that part i get. Buffalo in second though is just Tanner trying soooo hard to be controversial.
- DoubleDown

I'll expect an apology when the Sabres finish higher than both the Habs and Wings.

Someone who gets paid to know, and write about hockey in a professional manner just picked the Habs, a team who probably only got better in the offseason to finish 4 spots lower than last season, and the team that finished the absolute worst that it could, 2nd?

That's just embarassing writing, I'm sorry. lol

he's a die hard Leaf fan... he'll eat his own poop before praising Montreal. so that part i get. Buffalo in second though is just Tanner trying soooo hard to be controversial.
- DoubleDown

I love it, I need more Hot Takes from the Tanster

LOL Tanner....first Rangers fans by saying their D is almost as bad as Edmonton's, now Habs fans by saying they will finish 5th in the Atlantic. Whose fan base is next?

I actually like Buffalo's chances to surprise this year (more so than Edmonton's) however I think it will be challenging for a wild card as opposed to finishing in the top 3 of their division.

Well when you consider that surprises and anomalies do occur frequently, and when you also consider the parity of the league + the marginal difference in talent between the vast majority of professional players and divide that by how ridiculous predicting anything is in the first place without doing a proper probability analysis, then "crazy" predictions and "safe" predictions are no different.

The standings will be different from last year. I don't think Montreal's season from last year is any more repeatable than Calgary's. Buffalo has a great team, they should be in the Playoffs. Of course then can make anyone play wing, but if they want to, Eichel - Reinhart - Reilly could be the best 1-2-3 punch in the east down the middle.

People will of course wait for them to "prove it" and you can't argue that, but adding Eichel , Reinhart (I assume he makes it) Kane and O'Reilly to the same team at once is a level of insane no one is acknowledging. It is most likely the biggest single addition of talent applied to a team at once ever, in the history of the NHL.
- James_Tanner

Possibly, but the Sabres last year were also arguably one of the worst teams in NHL history too. At least when it came to possession numbers they were by far worse than any team in the last decade.

Tampa
Habs
Florida
Buffalo
Wings
Bruins
Ottawa










Maple Leafs

Well when you consider that surprises and anomalies do occur frequently, and when you also consider the parity of the league + the marginal difference in talent between the vast majority of professional players and divide that by how ridiculous predicting anything is in the first place without doing a proper probability analysis, then "crazy" predictions and "safe" predictions are no different.

The standings will be different from last year. I don't think Montreal's season from last year is any more repeatable than Calgary's. Buffalo has a great team, they should be in the Playoffs. Of course then can make anyone play wing, but if they want to, Eichel - Reinhart - Reilly could be the best 1-2-3 punch in the east down the middle.

People will of course wait for them to "prove it" and you can't argue that, but adding Eichel , Reinhart (I assume he makes it) Kane and O'Reilly to the same team at once is a level of insane no one is acknowledging. It is most likely the biggest single addition of talent applied to a team at once ever, in the history of the NHL.
- James_Tanner

I think there is a fairly recognizable difference between a safe prediction and a crazy one. I dont want to really discuss montreal's chances as i'll be branded as a homer and i acknowledge they will likely regress to a degree. But to say that Buffalo's roster is comparable or better than the habs to me seems extremely farfetched. They have a much stronger prospect pool and some very strong young talent but at this point they are probably not even equal to the habs offensively (which isnt saying much).

Anomalies often happen however you are predicting a fair number of anomalies all occur within one division for this to come to fruition.

Montreal
Ottawa
Tampa
Detroit
Boston
Florida
Buffalo







Leafs

Sabres second. Habs 5th....thats the Hot Stove ive been waiting for.

Tanners back kids,
- DDM-Coga

Incredible really.