Men's Ice Hockey NHL 2023 - 2024

[phelps 6,951]

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 ), 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   

[Wumo 2,803]

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 ), 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   

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

 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by Wumo

[hckošice 13,287]

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

 

 

This is the moment Maja Demitra learned that her late husband, Pavol, will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/5L6MS9Fwaq

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) October 23, 2023

[hckošice 13,287]

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

 

 

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...

 

 

Edited November 5, 2023 by hckošice

[hckošice 13,287]

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 !

 

 

Go off, Marty 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Zi6fdkbuep

— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) November 5, 2023

 

 

"I'm living the dream right now; it's something I probably will never forget."#Flames forward Martin Pospisil speaks after scoring his first NHL goal on his debut. pic.twitter.com/oOSptifLo3

— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) November 5, 2023

Edited November 5, 2023 by hckošice

[hckošice 13,287]

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 record. 2 points in a debut is more than what achieved Mikita, Pálffy, Bondra, Peter Šťastný or Hossa 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

 

Simon says it’s time for a rookie lap. pic.twitter.com/wHBmDHWsMV

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) December 1, 2023

 

Šimon Nemec´s first NHL point, (Number 17)

and Second point of the night

Edited December 2, 2023 by hckošice

[Josh 5,976]

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! 
 

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 ), 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. 

[hckošice 13,287]

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 record. 2 points in a debut is more than what achieved Mikita, Pálffy, Bondra, Peter Šťastný or Hossa 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

 

 

Šimon Nemec´s first NHL point, (Number 17)

and Second point of the night

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

 

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

 

 

🚨 First NHL goal alert! 🚨

2022 second-overall selection, Simon Nemec, gives the @NJDevils the lead with his first career goal!

📺: @espn ➡️ https://t.co/FmPv8M6v1l pic.twitter.com/PNoHSlO9pw

— NHL (@NHL) December 8, 2023

[hckošice 13,287]

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

 

 

Juraj Slafkovský a Šimon Nemec nastúpia v rovnaký deň v prvých formáciách svojich tímov.

Obaja majú ešte len 19 rokov, mohli by hrať na MS U20 a podarilo sa im to za 519 dní od draftu, to nie je ani rok a pol. 🎩🎩🎩

— Martin Toth-Vaňo (@Totik96) December 7, 2023

[Josh 5,976]

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!