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Originally Posted by Mike F
For litmus testing, last year's TSN predictions w/ actual finish in brackets:
Projected Eastern Conference Standings
1. Washington (Southeast) (7)
2. Pittsburgh (Atlantic) (2)
3. Boston (Northeast) (4)
4. Philadelphia (3)
5. Tampa Bay (10)
6. Buffalo (9)
7. NY Rangers (1)
8. Montreal (15)
9. New Jersey (5)
10. Toronto (13)
11. Carolina (12)
12. Winnipeg (11)
13. NY Islanders (14)
14. Florida (6)
15. Ottawa (8)
Projected Western Conference Standings
1. Vancouver (Northwest) (1)
2. San Jose (Pacific) (7)
3. Chicago (Central) (5)
4. Detroit (4)
5. Los Angeles (8)
6. Anaheim (13)
7. St. Louis (2)
8. Nashville (3)
9. Calgary (9)
10. Dallas (10)
11. Phoenix (6)
12. Columbus (15)
13. Minnesota (12)
14. Edmonton (14)
15. Colorado (11) |
Interesting to look at. I don't understand how Calgary moves down from 9th to 14th/15th in predictions when there's only good things to say about the team's improvements. The roster the Flames had when predictions were made last year were way worse than this year.
For guaranteed starters:
In: Cervenka, Cammalleri, Hudler, Wideman, Baertschi, Stempniak, Comeau, Jones
Out: Jokinen, Bourque, Moss, Hannan, Langkow, Kostopolous, Morrison, Hagman
The current year's team is far better IMO. I think these predictions are way off and all of their arguments seem to say Iginla and Kiprusoff are older... They are both still elite and Iginla has much more secondary scoring to help him out now.