2007-08 NHL season predictions
Time for me to make a fool of myself, although we won’t have firm evidence for at least a few weeks…. Time for me to predict the season. First, the western conference: None of last year’s playoff teams really got worse, and this is going to make the west a tough conference again. I’m predicting 95 points to make the playoffs at all. Division winners: Central: Detroit (and most points in the west, and president’s trophy) Pacific: San Jose (2nd seed) Northwest: Vancouver (third seed) is it possible for only one team in the central to make the playoffs? Probably not. St. Louis is better, but not a playoff team. Chicago is better, too, but not this year. Nashville, I worry that the ownership issues will get in the way. And I’m not convinced Columbus is good. But changes are, one other team will put it together and make a late spot. Since I’m rooting ofr them, I’ll choose the Blues in 8th. 4th seed: Anaheim 5th: Dallas 6th: Colorado 7th: Los Angeles 8th: St. Louis Right now, who comes out of the west is a pick’em among Detroit, San Jose, and Anaheim. It depends entirely on who gets lucky and who stays healthy and who avoids the traps each team has: Detroit: will hasek stay healthy? If not…. San jose: will they work out the consistency problems? Will...
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