Sod16 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Time for a summer doldrums thread. Which three teams that made the playoffs last year are the most likely to miss this coming season, and which three who missed last year are most likely to now make it? Most Likely to miss: Minnesota: slowly getting worse. Suter-Parise window over. Good defense, but forwards are getting stale. Philadelphia: The 30 year quest for a decent goalie persists. I can't spell the names of their best three players (two start with a G and one with a C), but beyond them, they aren't that great. LA: It's going to take something other than Kovalchuk to prop them up, no matter how good Doughty is. (Honorable mention: Pittsburgh. It may be time. Vegas. Welcome to the real world) Most likely to make it: FLA: clearly on upswing STL: Lost coin flip on last day EDM: Some were wildly picking them for the cup last year and they were terrible. Happy medium is where they'll settle (Honorable mention: Carolina) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Out: Wild Avalanche Ducks Dark horse: jets In: Oilers Flames Stars Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Out: Avs Devils Flyers In: Carolina Florida Blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giacomin Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Time for a summer doldrums thread. Which three teams that made the playoffs last year are the most likely to miss this coming season, and which three who missed last year are most likely to now make it? Most Likely to miss: Minnesota: slowly getting worse. Suter-Parise window over. Good defense, but forwards are getting stale. Philadelphia: The 30 year quest for a decent goalie persists. I can't spell the names of their best three players (two start with a G and one with a C), but beyond them, they aren't that great. LA: It's going to take something other than Kovalchuk to prop them up, no matter how good Doughty is. (Honorable mention: Pittsburgh. It may be time. Vegas. Welcome to the real world) Most likely to make it: FLA: clearly on upswing STL: Lost coin flip on last day EDM: Some were wildly picking them for the cup last year and they were terrible. Happy medium is where they'll settle (Honorable mention: Carolina) Those were mine. I like your honorable mention in Carolina too. The Ducks to miss. Pitt and Vegas could easily drop, but that far? Losing Neal could hurt, he leaves a big hole that Stasny can't fill. Josh, the Jets are not missing the playoffs. Presidents trophy is more likely. I was 1 year early on my Jets over Tampa Cup prediction. That's this year. I'll call it the big tease. rnc51, like what the Avs are building. Maybe they take one step back to take two forward the following year. But if they get goaltending they are going to be tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Carolina and Florida in the EC. Blues in the WC. Dropping out will be Jersey and Columbus. Ducks in the WC. And yes, I do have the lottery numbers if anyone’s interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 OUT: ANA NJD CBJ In: FLA STL CAR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Out: Devils, Kings, Wild In: Carolina (this is the year!), Oilers, Stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Out: Devils, Kings, Wild In: Carolina (this is the year!), Oilers, Stars That avatar is so awesome :rofl: Out: Kings, Ducks, Devils In: Oilers, Flames, Rangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 The more I think about it, the more I wonder if I should be moving Pittsburgh from honorable mention to the top three! These things sometimes come to an end faster than you expect. After the Rangers run in 97, I don't think many picked them to miss the playoffs the next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puck Head Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 The more I think about it, the more I wonder if I should be moving Pittsburgh from honorable mention to the top three! These things sometimes come to an end faster than you expect. After the Rangers run in 97, I don't think many picked them to miss the playoffs the next season. Rangers had a pretty big turnover between those two years. Pens might just have been the 2nd or 3rd best team in the playoffs last year. Of the big two stay healthy is expect them to be hunting for a cup again Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjweimar Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Devils avalanche wild out Rangers stars oilers in Sent from my [device_name] using http://Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Out: Avs Devils Flyers In: Carolina Florida Blues I think this is a pretty good list, though Colorado is trending in the right direction, rather than the wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 out: Vegas - probably not but we'll see NJD - Can Hall really do it all by himself again? Wild - haven't progressed over the years. Probably can't count on Staal to repeat the season he had. a decline is probably overdue in: Coyotes - really turned it around late in the season and I think they will be much better Blues - They've probably had one of the best offseasons in the league Carolina - Some pretty good offseason moves. They always feel like they are just one or two peices away. we'll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Out: Devils Ducks Golden Knights In: Panthers Blues Stars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 out: Vegas - probably not but we'll see NJD - Can Hall really do it all by himself again? Wild - haven't progressed over the years. Probably can't count on Staal to repeat the season he had. a decline is probably overdue in: Coyotes - really turned it around late in the season and I think they will be much better Blues - They've probably had one of the best offseasons in the league Carolina - Some pretty good offseason moves. They always feel like they are just one or two peices away. we'll see Good analysis here. Coyotes deserve more mention than they've been getting on this thread. They were not bad at all after that 0-13-1 or whatever it was start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thought I'd resurrect this thread to see how our predictions are looking so far. Just about everyone picked NJ to miss and that looks right. Many also picked Philly, which looks good. A lot of people thought FLA and STL would make it. That's not looking good so far. Nobody picked MTL or Buf to make it. That remains to be seen, but they've been surprising. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Thought I'd resurrect this thread to see how our predictions are looking so far. Just about everyone picked NJ to miss and that looks right. Many also picked Philly, which looks good. A lot of people thought FLA and STL would make it. That's not looking good so far. Nobody picked MTL or Buf to make it. That remains to be seen, but they've been surprising. Florida is honestly baffling to me. I just don't understand how they aren't better. STL too, though they I think had less margin for error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Florida is honestly baffling to me. I just don't understand how they aren't better. Agreed. They have a really strong roster on paper. They are dramatically underachieving in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Out-Kings, Devils, Flyers but who knows in the mediocre metro this year, pick 2 teams to be out. In-Panthers, Flames, Oilers Some really fun hockey in western Canada and the state of Florida this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 East: Devils and Flyers out; Canes and Goylundahs in West: Wild, Kings and Ducks out; Blues, Flames and Stars in. NYI the only major surprise, although no one would have had the Flames going from out of the playoffs to leading the conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Out-Kings, Devils, Flyers but who knows in the mediocre metro this year, pick 2 teams to be out. In-Panthers, Flames, Oilers Some really fun hockey in western Canada and the state of Florida this year. I did really well picking the Kings, Devils, and Flyers to be out. Only got the Flames right to be in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Carolina :cool: and Florida :palm: in the EC. Blues in the WC :cool:. Dropping out will be Jersey:cool: and Columbus :palm:. Ducks in the WC :cool:. And yes, I do have the lottery numbers if anyone?s interested. *obama not bad gif* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlairBettsBlocksEverything Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 out: Vegas - probably not but we'll see NJD - Can Hall really do it all by himself again? Wild - haven't progressed over the years. Probably can't count on Staal to repeat the season he had. a decline is probably overdue in: Coyotes - really turned it around late in the season and I think they will be much better Blues - They've probably had one of the best offseasons in the league Carolina - Some pretty good offseason moves. They always feel like they are just one or two peices away. we'll see I got two out of three for each and was almost 3 for 3 on in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillyb Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Damn, I wish I posted in here. I love seeing these threads come back when the season's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 That avatar is so awesome :rofl: Out: Kings, Ducks, Devils In: Oilers, Flames, Rangers Got all out right. Rangers was mostly for fun, dont know why I believed in Oilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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