Flames 20-21 Predictions: Season Eve Edition - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

djsFlames · 01-12-2021, 05:30 PM

10 simple questions on the 20-21 season.. And go!

1. Player with biggest breakout: Mangiapane (over 45 points)

2. Player with greatest drop off: Ryan

3. Points leader: Gaudreau (around 60 points)

4. Goal scoring leader: Lindholm (30)

5. Plus/minus leader: Tanev (+20)

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Valimaki Calder Finalist, Lindholm Selke Finalist

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: Domingue has to step in and helps them win their first series, gets pied after a victory (in fitting fashion).

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 7 points ahead!

TheScorpion · 01-12-2021, 05:37 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Valimaki

2. Player with greatest drop off: Backlund

3. Points leader: Tkachuk (60 points exactly)

4. Goal scoring leader: Tkachuk (23)

5. Plus/minus leader: Ryan (+15)

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): N/A

7. Place in the North Division: 1

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Bennett

10. Most unexpected development: Rittich starts more games than Markstrom.

Enoch Root · 01-12-2021, 05:40 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dube (and Mangiapane)

2. Player with greatest drop off: Ryan

3. Points leader: Lindholm

4. Goal scoring leader: Lindholm

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): N/A

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 4

9. First player traded: Hanifin (I don't want this to happen)

10. Most unexpected development: Flames have a good PP (top 10)

Dube is going to explode playing with Tkachuk and Lindholm

Reggie Dunlop · 01-12-2021, 05:50 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Andersson

2. Player with greatest drop off: Leivo

3. Points leader: Lindholm

4. Goal scoring leader: Gaudreau

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Giordano (Norris) Valimaki (Calder)

7. Place in the North Division: 1

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 4

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: AHL shuts down

djsFlames · 01-12-2021, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheScorpion

1. Player with biggest breakout: Valimaki

2. Player with greatest drop off: Backlund

3. Points leader: Tkachuk (60 points exactly)

4. Goal scoring leader: Tkachuk (23)

5. Plus/minus leader: Ryan (+15)

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): N/A

7. Place in the North Division: 1

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Bennett

10. Most unexpected development: Rittich starts more games than Markstrom.

Shots fired.

1qqaaz · 01-12-2021, 06:04 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Andersson

2. Player with greatest drop off: Ryan

3. Points leader: Gaudreau

4. Goal scoring leader: Monahan

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): None

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: Rittich has a higher save percentage than Markstrom

1qqaaz · 01-12-2021, 06:07 PM

If draft picks count as players, I would guess that a draft pick is the first player traded.

topfiverecords · 01-12-2021, 06:08 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dube

2. Player with greatest drop off: Gaudreau

3. Points leader: Tkachuk

4. Goal scoring leader: Tkachuk

5. Plus/minus leader: Backlund

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): N/A

7. Place in the North Division: 3

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: N/A

10. Most unexpected development: Unexpectedly nothing unexpected happens.

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 10 points ahead

JBR · 01-12-2021, 06:10 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dube

2. Player with greatest drop off: Giordano

3. Points leader: Gaudreau

4. Goal scoring leader: Lindholm

5. Plus/minus leader: Tanev

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Conn Smythe/Markstrom

7. Place in the North Division: 3

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 4

9. First player traded: Ryan

10. Most unexpected development: Flames win season opener

Strange Brew · 01-12-2021, 06:14 PM

Breakout: Mangiapane
Drop off: Monahan
Points leader: Gaudreau
Goals leader: Lindholm
+-: Valimaki
Trophy finalists: none of the major awards
Place in the North: 4th
Playoff rounds: all of them
First player traded: No players traded, only picks
Unexpected development: Mackey plays 30+ games

ForeverFlameFan · 01-12-2021, 06:18 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Hanifin with a .7 PPG clip

2. Player with greatest drop off: Giordano, just simply getting old.

3. Points leader: Gaudreau --> 63 points

4. Goal scoring leader: Monahan --> 25

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson --> +18

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Lindholm as a full time center can potentially have him as a Selke finalist.

7. Place in the North Division: #2 behind Toronto (would say #1 if it weren't for Markstrom's injury history)

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 3 (I feel fairly confident that we can beat Canadian teams)

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: Simon actually turns out to be a better fit than Ferland with Monahan and Gaudreau.

EDIT: Forgot my bonus. Flames finish 5 points ahead of Edmonton

jg13 · 01-12-2021, 06:22 PM

Breakout: Valimaki
Drop off: Backlund
Points leader: Gaudreau
Goals leader: Tkachuk
+-: Rasmus
Trophy finalists: Valimaki (Calder), Markstrom (Vezina)
Place in the North: 2nd
Playoff rounds: Win 1 (Sweep Oilers)
First player traded: Derek Ryan @ 50% retained for a 3rd at the deadline.
Unexpected development: Leivo puts up 40 points in a top 6 role.

Blaster86 · 01-12-2021, 06:23 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dillon Dube

2. Player with greatest drop off: Mark Giordano

3. Points leader: Matt Tkachuk

4. Goal scoring leader: Matt Tkachuk

5. Plus/minus leader: Vallimaki

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Markstrom Vezina nimnated

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Sean Monahan

10. Most unexpected development: Loses season series to the Oilers.

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 9 points ahead!

Jiri Hrdina · 01-12-2021, 06:25 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Mangiapane

2. Player with greatest drop off: Backlund

3. Points leader: Tkachuk

4. Goal scoring leader: Monahan

5. Plus/minus leader: Hanifin

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Calder: Valimaki

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: Johnny traded at the deadline, even though the team is in the playoffs.

savardandjokinen · 01-12-2021, 06:27 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dube

2. Player with greatest drop off: Backlund

3. Points leader: Gaudreau (58)

4. Goal scoring leader: Lindholm (26)

5. Plus/minus leader: Lindholm (+18)

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): N/A

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 1

9. First player traded: Kylington

10. Most unexpected development: Hanifin-Andersson becomes a top 10 pair in the league

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 8

agulati · 01-12-2021, 07:15 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Dillon Dube

2. Player with greatest drop off: David Rittich

3. Points leader: Johnny Gaudreau

4. Goal scoring leader: Sean Monahan

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Lindholm (nominated for Selke)

7. Place in the North Division: 2

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 3

9. First player traded: Derek Ryan

10. Most unexpected development: Gaudreau emerges as a Hart Trophy candidate yet again

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 5 points ahead!

Jason14h · 01-12-2021, 07:21 PM

Why do so many people have guys who just cleared waivers as the first player traded!

topfiverecords · 01-12-2021, 07:38 PM

He’s worth more after clearing waivers than not.

I myself don’t see any D getting traded away this year.

Mass_nerder · 01-12-2021, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djsFlames

10 simple questions on the 20-21 season.. And go!

1. Player with biggest breakout: Valimaki (~30 points)

2. Player with greatest drop off: Gio

3. Points leader: Gaudreau (69 points (nice))

4. Goal scoring leader: Chucky (27 goals)

5. Plus/minus leader: Andersson

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): Valimaki Calder Finalist

7. Place in the North Division: 3

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 2

9. First player traded: Hanifin

10. Most unexpected development: Simone gets a chance on the top line and sticks for basically the entire season putting up 42 points

Bonus
How many points do they finish ahead/behind the Oilers: 14 points

The Boy Wonder · 01-12-2021, 10:16 PM

1. Player with biggest breakout: Bennett

2. Player with greatest drop off: Ryan

3. Points leader: lindholm

4. Goal scoring leader: mangiapane

5. Plus/minus leader: Rasmus

6. Trophy nominees/winners (list or N/A): markstrom

7. Place in the North Division: 1

8. How many rounds in POs (number or N/A): 1

9. First player traded: Bennett

10. Most unexpected development: Derek Ryan joins Bill Peters in KHL first day of free agency

Bonus:

Flames finish 8 points above oilers