phelps 6,951 Posted October 9, 2023 #41 Share Posted October 9, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,803 Posted October 9, 2023 #42 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 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 phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted October 24, 2023 #43 Share Posted October 24, 2023 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 phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted November 5, 2023 #44 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) 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 Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted November 5, 2023 #45 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted December 2, 2023 #46 Share Posted December 2, 2023 (edited) 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 Topicmaster1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,976 Posted December 8, 2023 #47 Share Posted December 8, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted December 8, 2023 #48 Share Posted December 8, 2023 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 Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,287 Posted December 10, 2023 #49 Share Posted December 10, 2023 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,976 Posted December 10, 2023 #50 Share Posted December 10, 2023 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! hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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