Bold Prediction Thread

[Geeoff]

fans in the stands for the playoffs

[CalgaryFan1988]

Toronto win the North division.

[jg13]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

Toronto win the North division.

They're the betting favourite to win the division..

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by jg13

They're the betting favourite to win the division..

Yup.

2020-21 NHL All Canadian Division Odds

Team.........................Odds
Toronto Maple Leafs.....+175
Edmonton Oilers..........+250
Calgary Flames............+600
Winnipeg Jets..............+650
Vancouver Canucks.......+750
Montreal Canadiens.......+750
Ottawa Senators...........+2500

[ricardodw]

Here are some predictions

The Flames play 9 back to back games in 56 games like they did last season under a 70 game season and 10 back to backs in 82 games in 2019-20.

Certain Flames were not at their best in BTB games: Monahan had 1 goal in 9 B_T_B games last season Tkachuk had 4 assists in his 8 BTB games

There will be injuries. The taxi squad will not be enough. Huge advantage to Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa having AHL in Canada and close to team. Predict that the Flames Canucks and Oilers "loan" a couple of top AHL players to a Canadian AHL team.

There will be bad season ruining losing streaks where there is no between game time to sort things out.

The back up goalie will be extremely important and will be getting 1 start out of 4.

Toronto Ottawa and Montreal will be impacted by more travel and games out of their own time zone.

Last year Toronto had 14 games out of 70 games outside the Eastern time zone... this year they will have 18 out of 56 games out of their home time zone.

Elite scoring will be suppressed... McDavid and Drasitl Matthews, Marner Connor, Schiefele, will have a tough time playing over 20 minutes a game at their 2019-20 level in a compressed schedule.

The coaches need to figure out on how to pace their older players (less ice time and possibly sitting out some games)

It will be really interesting how the Flames manage Gio's TOI. This compressed schedule is not ideal for the older players. And there will be some drastic fall offs in performance versus expectations.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Edmonton Oilers..........+250

Hahaha!

What on earth?

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[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Yup.

2020-21 NHL All Canadian Division Odds

Team.........................Odds
Toronto Maple Leafs.....+175
Edmonton Oilers..........+250
Calgary Flames............+600
Winnipeg Jets..............+650
Vancouver Canucks.......+750
Montreal Canadiens.......+750
Ottawa Senators...........+2500

Sell EDM, buy CGY.

Profit.

[topfiverecords]

Sell EDM, Buy OTT, retire.

[timbit]

ONE playoff appearance in the last FOURTEEN seasons.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by timbit

ONE playoff appearance in the last FOURTEEN seasons.

Yet every year the media pundits and Vegas oddsmakers pick them to be one of the top teams. It is truly baffling!!!

[EVERLAST]

Valimaki wins Norris beating out Raz by only a few votes.
The Vezina comes to Calgary for 1 of out goalies.
Lindholm and Backs are mentioned in Selke talk.
Ward wins the Jack Adams
7 players have career years in Calgary

[N-E-B]

Well, we’re guaranteed to see a Canadian team in the conference finals, so I’ll say Canada ends it’s drought and a Canadian team wins the Stanley Cup.

[VilleN]

Originally Posted by EVERLAST

Valimaki wins Norris beating out Raz by only a few votes.
The Vezina comes to Calgary for 1 of out goalies.
Lindholm and Backs are mentioned in Selke talk.
Ward wins the Jack Adams
7 players have career years in Calgary

The Flames set the regular season record for points if all this happens. I wouldn’t complain.

[Bingo]

Originally Posted by stang

Yes they sure did finish higher

Are you really sure?

Edmonton was 37-25-9 for .584 when play stopped while Calgary was 36-27-7 for .564

But you have to tack on the play in games as they're not technically playoffs, which the Oilers missed.

So Edmonton's pre playoff record was 38-28-9 for .567

Calgary was 39-28-7 for .574

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Rejean31

Yet every year the media pundits and Vegas oddsmakers pick them to be one of the top teams. It is truly baffling!!!

Don't forget how odds are made...idiots are putting money on them

[activeStick]

Flames finish tops in the Canadian division and top 3 in the league.

Johnny leads the Flames in scoring with 80+ points. Tkachuk is second on Flames also with 80+ points.

Markstrom comes as advertised and rounds out the group of Johnny, Tkachuk and Markstrom as Flames MVP.

Valimaki starts the season on the bottom pairing and by mid-season, moves up to the second pairing in terms of minutes played. Finds a spot on the top PP unit early in the season.

Dube brings it and becomes a lock in the top 6.

[stang]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Yup.

2020-21 NHL All Canadian Division Odds

Team.........................Odds
Toronto Maple Leafs.....+175
Edmonton Oilers..........+250
Calgary Flames............+600
Winnipeg Jets..............+650
Vancouver Canucks.......+750
Montreal Canadiens.......+750
Ottawa Senators...........+2500

Guess my prediction wasn’t that bold.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by VilleN

The Flames set the regular season record for points if all this happens. I wouldn’t complain.

Given that there are only 56 games, I don’t see a record in points.

Unless it’s most points in a 56 game season

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by stang

Not much of a bold prediction but the Oilers finish ahead of the Flames like they did last year.

Edit: And still miss the playoffs somehow?

[djsFlames]

Monahan regains his confidence and fills the net with the help of new linemate Leivo, finishes top 3 in league goal scoring.