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Men's Ice Hockey NHL 2023 - 2024


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1 hour ago, Wumo said:

With the NHL 2023-24 Season beginning tomorrow, I will give it try to make estimated predictions for each team for their regular season and come with my predicted final ranking of the NHL 2023-24 Regular Season.

 

NHL 2023-24 Regular Season Predictions

 

 

Pacific

 

Div. Rank Team Points (Between)

Conf. Rank

(Between)

Predicted Rank
1 Edmonton Oilers 100-110 1-3 2
2 Vegas Golden Knights 96-106 2-5 4
3 Calgary Flames 91-101 5-10 7
4 Los Angeles Kings 90-100 5-9 8
5 Seattle Krakens 87-97 5-10 10
6 Vancouver Canucks 84-94 7-12 11
7 Anaheim Ducks 65-75 12-16 14
8 San Jose Sharks 59-69 14-16 16

 

Central

 

Div. Rank Team Points

Conf. Rank

(Between)

Predicted Rank
1 Dallas Stars 102-112 1-3 1
2 Colorado Avalanches 97-107 1-4 3
3 Winnipeg Jets 93-103 5-10 5
4 Minnesota Wilds 92-102 5-10 6
5 Nashville Predators 88-98 6-11 9
6 St. Louis Blues 75-85 9-14 12
7 Arizona Coyotes 70-80 11-15 13
8 Chicago Blackhawks 62-72 12-16 15

 

Metropolitan

 

Div. Rank Team Points

Conf. Rank

(Between)

Predicted Rank
1 Carolina Hurricanes 104-114 1-4 1
2 New Jersey Devils 102-112 1-4 2
3 New York Rangers 100-110 2-5 4
4 New York Islanders 89-99 5-10 8
5 Pittsburgh Penguins 89-99 6-10 9
6 Washington Capitals 80-90 9-13 12
7 Columbus Blue Jackets 72-82 14-16 14
8 Philadelphia Flyers 65-75 14-16 16

 

Atlantic

 

Div. Rank Team Points

Conf. Rank

(Between)

Predicted Rank
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 101-111 1-4 3
2 Boston Bruins 99-109 2-5 5
3 Tampa Bay Lightnings 98-108 4-6 6
4 Florida Panthers 91-101 5-10 7
5 Buffalo Sabres 87-97 6-11 10
6 Ottawa Senators 85-95 7-12 11
7 Detroit Red Wings 78-88 9-13 13
8 Montreal Canadiens 71-81 14-16 15

 

 

 

Western Conference

 

 

Div. Rank Team Points (Between)

Predicted Rank

1 Dallas Stars 102-112 1
2 Edmonton Oilers 100-110 2
3 Colorado Avalanches 97-107 3
4 Vegas Golden Knights 96-106 4
5 Winnipeg Jets 93-103 5
6 Minnesota Wilds 92-102 6
7 Calgary Flames 91-101 7
8 Los Angeles Kings 90-100 8
9 Nashville Predators 88-98 9
10 Seattle Krakens 87-97 10
11 Vancouver Canucks 84-94 11
12 St. Louis Blues 75-85 12
13 Arizona Coyotes 70-80 13
14 Anaheim Ducks 65-75 14
15 Chicago Blackhawks 62-72 15
16 San Jose Sharks 59-69 16

 

 

 

Eastern Conference

 

 

Div. Rank Team Points (Between)

Predicted Rank

1 Carolina Hurricanes 104-114 1
2 New Jersey Devils 102-112 2
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 101-111 3
4 New York Rangers 100-110 4
5 Boston Bruins 99-109 5
6 Tampa Bay Lightnings 98-108 6
7 Florida Panthers 91-101 7
8 New York Islanders 89-99 8
9 Pittsburgh Penguins 89-99 9
10 Buffalo Sabres 87-97 10
11 Ottawa Senators 85-95 11
12 Washington Capitals 80-90 12
13 Detroit Red Wings 78-88 13
14 Columbus Blue Jackets 72-82 14
15 Montreal Canadiens 71-81 15
16 Philadelphia Flyers 65-75 16

 

 

My 2 cents...

 

teams you might have overestimated: Calgary, Winnipeg, Nashville, NY Islanders

 

teams you might have underestimated: LA Kings (I hope, here I'm really biased :p), Pittsburgh, Florida, Ottawa

 

actually, Florida must have a great season because I just drafted a lot of their players, starting with Matt Tkachuk and the 2 between the pipes :yikes: :lol: :rolleyes:

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48 minutes ago, phelps said:

My 2 cents...

 

teams you might have overestimated: Calgary, Winnipeg, Nashville, NY Islanders

 

teams you might have underestimated: LA Kings (I hope, here I'm really biased :p), Pittsburgh, Florida, Ottawa

 

actually, Florida must have a great season because I just drafted a lot of their players, starting with Matt Tkachuk and the 2 between the pipes :yikes: :lol: :rolleyes:

I agree that Calgary, Winnipeg and Islanders are all teams that could miss the playoffs and it wouldn't be a huge surprise. Nashville getting just outside the playoffs wouldn't be too much of a suprise. Though the possible ranking of becoming 6th in West would be a slight surprise. I see Nashville bottom being 11th in the ranks and that could be a more likely scenario than seing them grab a playoff spot.

 

Kings was a really difficult teams to place as I do believe they will get in the playoff safely despite only being 8th in my ranking. I think Kings could upset one of the top-seeded teams in the first round, as I don't believe Kings will be in the top 4 after the regular season are over. Kings together with Seattle are the two teams the presumed top 4 teams in the West fear the most facing in the Playoff. 

 

My thoughts on Ottawa is split, as seen from having one of the widest margin I have for any team. Predicting they could end up from 7-12. Ottawa is really a team I hope the best for this season and I can read that others have hope for them too. Ottawa and Buffalo are two teams I need to see they can make the playoffs before I truly believe in them. I believe more in Buffalo this season, but Buffalo is a team that has so much talent and potential in their roster that is just waiting to reach their peek. I don't think this will be season for the Sabres, but next year could be more likely, as I believe Tampa's level will go down next season and Islanders I have my doubts about. 

 

If I would make a tier ranking for teams and their chances of making the playoffs, it would look like this:

 

 

West:

Tier 1: Playoff team. Disappointment if they missed the playoffs

Dallas, Edmonton, Colorado and Vegas

 

Tier 2: Playoff team. Should make the playoff. Not a failure if they miss it

Minnesota and LA Kings

 

Tier 3: Team in Playoff contention

Winnipeg, Calgary, Nashville, Seattle and Vancouver. 

 

Tier 4: No chance of Playoff.

St. Louis and Arizona

 

Tier 5: Lottery/tanking teams

Anaheim, Chicago and San Jose

 

East:

Tier 1: Playoff team. Disappointment if they missed the playoffs

Carolina, New Jersey, Toronto, NY Rangers and Boston

 

Tier 2: Playoff team. Should make the playoff. Not a failure if they miss it

Tampa Bay and Florida

 

Tier 3: Team in Playoff contention

NY Islanders, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Ottawa, Washington and Detroit

 

Tier 4: No chance of Playoff

Columbus and Montreal

 

Tier 5: Lottery/tanking teams

Philadelphia

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Not my favorite team, not at all, but big hat off and respect from me for this move

 

 

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San Jose did not exactly returned from their last trip in huge form I assume here

 

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With a record of 0-10 and only 1 single point from OT/PSO defeat with Colorado the Sharks are clearly heading for the worst start of the season of the league history, NYR in 1943/44 did not win first 15 games (but there were also draws at that time), 5 times a team lost all first 11 matches including the other clown of the league Arizona doing it twice...

 

 

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On other more positive news Martin Pospíšil became tonight the 94th Slovak to play a match in the NHL and already in his grand debut for the Calgary Flames the 75th Slovak to score a goal

 

Congrats Martin. Way to Go !

 

 

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Was about time !

 

Last year´s NHL Draft pick #2 Šimon Nemec finally debuted last night in the NHL !  and it was a 2 Assists debut :)

 

Which btw is the all time new :SVK record. 2 points in a debut is more than what achieved Mikita, Pálffy, Bondra, Peter Šťastný or Hossa :bowdown: at the age of 19 years, 9 months and 16 Days, Also became only the second Slovak defencer with point in his NHL debut in history.

 

Well done Šimon.

 

96th Slovak to play in the NHL a match.  we are so close of the hundred now, imagine that for a small 5 million inhabitants country though

 

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My Vancouver Canucks improve to 17-9-1, after a 2-0 (1Q 1:55 ‘Höglander, 3Q 17:55 ‘Blueger) shutout over the Minnesota Wild! :yes
 

Casey. Fucking. DeSmith. 26 save effort by him (including 10 in the 1Q, where we were severely outplayed but still managed to go up 1-0) and his first shutout as a Canuck!

 

Canucks fans haven’t had the greatest (and that’s putting it lightly) last few years (aka 10 or so :p), so it’s great to see them finally getting it together. But I’ll be taking it game by game, there’s a long way to go in the season and there’s still a chance the Canucks could implode. 

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On 12/2/2023 at 7:35 AM, hckošice said:

Was about time !

 

Last year´s NHL Draft pick #2 Šimon Nemec finally debuted last night in the NHL !  and it was a 2 Assists debut :)

 

Which btw is the all time new :SVK record. 2 points in a debut is more than what achieved Mikita, Pálffy, Bondra, Peter Šťastný or Hossa :bowdown: at the age of 19 years, 9 months and 16 Days, Also became only the second Slovak defencer with point in his NHL debut in history.

 

Well done Šimon.

 

96th Slovak to play in the NHL a match.  we are so close of the hundred now, imagine that for a small 5 million inhabitants country though

 

4 days and 2 matches later. The kid scored his first career NHL goal :d

 

76th Slovak to score a goal in the NHL. Well done Šimon !

 

 

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I completely forgot to mention that, but another unbelievable historic moment for Slovak hockey happened in the NHL.

 

Juraj Slafkovský and Šimon Nemec both started their respective game in their teams First lines on the same night. Both are 19 years old aand it happened less than 520 days from their draft. That is another quite a historic stuff you not see often

 

 

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11 minutes ago, hckošice said:

I completely forgot to mention that, but another unbelievable historic moment for Slovak hockey happened in the NHL.

 

Juraj Slafkovský and Šimon Nemec both started their respective game in their teams First lines on the same night. Both are 19 years old aand it happened less than 520 days from their draft. That is another quite a historic stuff you not see often

 

 

Slafkovsky also scored the game winning shootout goal to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres!

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