Official Thread for Season Prediction Comparisons. Will return to this once the leafs Hoist the cup in June
Atlantic
1. Tampa Bay Lightning 118
2. Toronto Maple Leafs 112
3. Boston Bruins 106
4. Florida Panthers 97*
5. Montreal Canadiens 90
6. Buffalo Sabres 85
7. Detroit Red Wings 70
8. Ottawa Senators 55
Metropolitan
1. Washington Capitals 107
2. Philadelphia Flyers 101
3. Carolina Hurricanes 99
4. Pittsburgh Penguins 95**
5. New Jersey Devils 90
6. New York Rangers 86
7. New York Islanders 80
8. Columbus Blue Jackets 77
Central
1. Nashville Predators 109
2. St. Louis Blues 105
3. Dallas Stars 101
4. Colorado Avalanche 97*
5. Chicago Blackhawks 95**
6. Winnipeg Jets 91
7. Minnesota Wild 74
Pacific
1. Vegas Golden Knights 105
2. San Jose Sharks 100
3. Calgary Flames 97
4. Arizona Coyotes 94
5. Vancouver Canucks 89
6. Anaheim Ducks 87
7. Edmonton Oilers 83
8. Los Angelas Kings 71
First Round
Tampa over Pittsburgh in 7
Toronto over Boston in 7
Florida over Washington in 6
Philadelphia over Carolina in 7
Nashville over Chicago in 5
St. Louis over Dallas in 7
Vegas over Colorado in 6
San Jose over Calgary in 5
2nd Round
Toronto over Tampa in 7
Florida over Philadelphia in 7
Nashville over St. Louis in 5
Vegas over San Jose in 7
Conference Finals
Toronto over Florida in 5
Nashville over Vegas in 6
Stanley Cup Finals:
Game 1: Toronto 4 Nashville 2
Game 2: Toronto 2 Nashville 1 OT ( Johnsson winner)
Game 3: Nashville 4 Toronto 1
Game 4: Toronto 3 Nashville 2 Double OT ( Rielly Winner)
Game 5: Nashville 4 Toronto 3
Game 6: Toronto 5 Nashville 3
Toronto in 6
Awards
Art Ross ( Top 5)
Connor Mdavid 120 Points
Nathan Mackinnon 114
Nikita Kucherov 110
Johnny Gaudreau 107
Auston Matthews 103
Hart Trophy: Mcdavid ( Gaudreau, Mackinnon)
Norris Trophy: Hedman ( Burns, Josi)
Vezina: Vasilevsky ( Gibson, Fleury)
Calder: Makar ( Kakko, Glass)
Richard Top 5:
Matthews 54
Ovechkin 50
Pastrnak 50
Mcdavid 47
Stamkos 47
Lady Byng: Barkov ( Gaudreau, Matthews)
Selke: Barkov ( Bergeron, Stone)
Ted Lindsey: Mcdavid ( Matthews, Mackinnon)
Jack Adams: Laviolette ( Vigneault, Cooper)
GM: Dubas ( Tallon, Sakic)
NHL Entry Draft Top 15:
1. Minnesota Wild - Alexis Lafriniere
2. Columbus Blue Jackets - Quinten Byfield
3. New York Islanders - Lucas Raymond
4. Ottawa Senators - Anton Lundell
5. Detroit Red Wings - Jamie Drysdale
6. Los Angelas Kings - Cole Perfetti
7. Edmonton Oilers - Alexander Holtz
8. Buffalo Sabres - Noel Gunler
9. New York Rangers - Marco Rossi
10. Anaheim Ducks - Hendrix Lapierre
11. Vancouver Canucks ( Tampa) - Dylan Holloway
12. New Jersey Devils - Yaroslav Askarov
13. Montreal Canadiens - JeanLuc Foudy
14. Winnipeg Jets - Antonio Strangers
15. Arizona Coyotes - Kaiden Guhle
Notable Free Agents and Transactions
Final RFAs
Brayden Point - 3yrs 7.5M
Mikko Rantenen - 7yrs 9.98M
Matthew Tkachuk - 6yrs 8.5M
Kyle Connor - 7yrs 7M
Patrick Laine - Trade to MTL Dec 1 - Signs 3yrs 8M
Nick Backstrom - extension
Hoffman - Edmonton
Dadanov - Extension
Gustafsson - Extension
Barrie - Vancouver
Josi - Extension
Granlund - CBJ
Schenn - WPG
Muzzin - LA
Pietrangelo - extension
Hall - Extension