NHL 2005-2006 Season / 2006 Offseason Thread
 

How does everybody see the season going this year? Cup/standings predicitions, who's gonna win the scoring title. I'll post mine later.

Division Champs:

Northeast: Ottawa

Southeast: Tampa Bay

Atlantic Division: Philadelphia

Central Division: Detroit

Pacific Division: San Jose

Northwest: Edmonton

I personally think this is going to be the year for the Ottawa Senators to win the Cup. I have a great feeling with these new rules. My only concern is if Hasek gets injured. (ps I'm not saying this because I'm a homer either)

For the scoring title I'm going with Iginla.

Northeast: Ottawa

Southeast: Tampa Bay

Atlantic Division: Philadelphia

Central Division: Chicago

Pacific Division: San Jose

Northwest: Vancouver


Chicago is my surprise team. Thye have last 2003 calgary Flmaes written all over them.

Scoring title is gonna go to Joe Thornton this year in my opinion. IF by some strange reason the Leafs don't win it this year, it'll probably be Ottawa.

Devils :cool:

just out of curiousity who is gonna score the goals for them?

Northeast: Montreal

Southeast: Tampa Bay

Atlantic: Philly

Central: Detriot

Pacific: Dallas

Northwest: Vancouver

Scoring Title: Iginla

Stanley Cup champions: Calgary.

DEVILS TO WIN THE CUP.

Canucks will take it

Just out of curiosity Cheebs...CALGARY????

EAST

Northeast

Ottawa
Boston
Montreal
Toronto
Buffalo

Southeast

Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta
Carolina
Washington

Atlantic

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
NY Islanders
NY Rangers

1. Ottawa
2. Tampa Bay
3. Philadelphia
4. Pittsburgh
5. Boston
6. New Jersey
7. Montreal
8. Florida

Ottawa vs Florida - Ottawa in 5
Tampa Bay vs Montreal - Tampa Bay in 5
Philadelphia vs New Jersey - Philadelphia in 7
Pittsburgh vs Boston - Boston in 6

Ottawa vs Boston - Ottawa in 5
Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia - Philadelphia in 6

Ottawa vs Philadelphia - Ottawa in 7

WEST

Central

Detroit
Nashville
Chicago
Columbus
St. Louis

Pacific

San Jose
Phoenix
Dallas
Anaheim
Los Angeles

Northwest

Vancouver
Colorado
Calgary
Edmonton
Minnesota

1. Vancouver
2. Detroit
3. San Jose
4. Colorado
5. Calgary
6. Phoenix
7. Dallas
8. Nashville

Vancouver vs Nashville - Vancouver in 6
Detroit vs Dallas - Detroit in 5
San Jose vs Phoenix - Phoenix in 7
Colorado vs Calgary - Calgary in 6

Vancouver vs Phoenix - Vancouver in 5
Detroit vs Calgary - Calgary in 6

Vancouver vs Calgary - Vancouver in 7

Cup Finals

Vancouver vs Ottawa - Ottawa in 6

EAST

Northeast

Ottawa
Toronto
Boston
Montreal
Buffalo

Southeast

Tampa Bay
Atlanta
Carolina
Florida
Washington

Atlantic

Philadelphia
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
NY Islanders
NY Rangers

1. Ottawa
2. Tampa Bay
3. Philadelphia
4. New Jersey
5. Toronto
6. Boston
7. Atlanta
8. Pittsburgh

Ottawa vs Pittsburgh - Ottawa in 6
Tampa Bay vs Atlanta - Tampa Bay in 6
Philadelphia vs Boston - Philadelphia in 5
Toronto vs New Jersey - Toronto in 6

Ottawa vs Toronto - Ottawa in 6
Tampa Bay vs Philadelphia - Philadelphia in 6

Ottawa vs Philadelphia - Ottawa in 6

WEST

Central

Detroit
Nashville
St. Louis
Chicago
Columbus


Pacific

San Jose
Dallas
Phoenix
Anaheim
Los Angeles

Northwest

Colorado
Calgary
Minnesota
Vancouver
Edmonton

1. Detroit
2. Colorado
3. San Jose
4. Calgary
5. Nashville
6. Dallas
7. Minnesota
8. Phoenix

Detroit vs Phoenix - Detroit in 5
Colorado vs Minnesota - Minnesota in 7
San Jose vs Dallas - San Jose in 5
Calgary vs Nashville - Nashville in 6

Detroit vs Nashville - Detroit in 6
San Jose vs Minnesota - San Jose in 5

Detroit vs San Jose - Detroit in 6

Cup Finals

Detroit vs Ottawa - Ottawa in 6

I will only predict that Lecavalier wins the scoring championship this year.

And Montreal will last up to the Conference Finals.

The divisions are so drastic. Like the Northwest, preseason any of those five teams could be in the playoffs, its just up to which one(s) choke. Same goes for the Northeast (minus Buffalo maybe). Then the Pacific is pretty horrible. MAKE SOME CHANGES, GIVE THE WILD A CHANCE.

Actually the Wild had a great offseason by not wasting money on any overpriced aging veterans. The teams with a bunch of stars, ie the Flyers, Avs, Wings etc., spent all their money on the first line.

Bell, Daze, Calder, Arnason, Barnaby, Lapointe, Ruutu. They have goal scorers. None of them are guys that will lead the league, but they all can get the job done.

EASTERN
NORTHEAST
Ottawa
Boston
Toronto
Montreal
Buffalo

ATLANTIC
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
NY Islanders
NY Rangers

SOUTHEAST
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta
Carolina
Washington

Eastern Finals:
Ottawa over Boston

WESTERN
NORTHWEST
Vancouver
Calgary
Colorado
Edmonton
Minnesota

PACIFIC
Phoenix
Dallas
San Jose
Anaheim
Los Angeles

CENTRAL
Chicago
Nashville
Detroit
Columbus
St.Louis

Western Finals:
Vancouver over Chicago

Stanley Cup Finals:
Ottawa over Vancouver

Fuck you MoRcHeEbA

Tuomo Ruutu is gonna be an all-star

The teams who didn't waste their money are going to surprise.

My prediction for the last place finisher is the Rangers.

Eastern

1. Ottawa
2. Phili
3. Tampa
4. Boston
5. New Jersey
6. Atlanta
7. Toronto
8. Pitty

Conference Finals

Ottawa over Boston


West

1. Vancouver
2. Anaheim
3. Detroit
4. San Jose
5. Chicago
6. Colorado
7. Dallas
8. Edmonton

Chicago over Vancouver



Ottawa over Chicago.

I'm sorry to disappoint everybody, but Ottawa is going to choke again this year in the playoffs after a great season, just like the always do.

Chicago in the finals? :love:

I dunno if there is a point picking right now, the way the league is its all going to come down to which rookies/younger players step up

That being said I think Calgary and Vancouver are the two best teams in the league. and if Hasek is good then Ottawa is there too. Nashville will also win their division

And St Louis will challenge for the worst team in the league

i think calgary is horribly over-rated

How so? They have a goalie who should easily be considered the next Hasek. They have arguably the best forward in Iginla. Their defense is crazy good with Regher, Warriner, Hamrlik, Ferrence, Top 3 rookie this year in Phanuef.

Iginla on a top line with Amonte and Lankow will make that probably the 2nd best line in the league. Not to mention the rule changed basically all go in Favour of Calgary in their young ways. A force to be reckoned with.

and im a canucks fan :(

WOOO GOOo DEVILS!!11!!1

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DEVILs FOR TEH CUP IN 05_06!1!!!

Gonzo knows whats up

Nah, Calgary is a hook and hold'em type team. Watching them last season when they were in the playoffs, that was clearly the case.

Amonte is nothing to be scared of anymore.

Anyways, the smart pick is Ottawa, although I will not be shocked to see some team bump them right off.

Devils

ARE THEY ANY GOOD Mr. Hockey "master" zen?

only their Goalie NF :(

Remember when Calgary went to the stanley cup while the Canadiens were Golfing it up.

See I think Ottawa has been overrated much more than Calgary. I don't think anyone knows what we are going to get out of Hasek, I mean he hasn't played a full season in like 3 or 4 years.

Brodeur right? He was the man I remember

The west is weak. The east is a beast.

Hey, in 1986, Montreal beat Calgary in 5 for the Cup. Stop living in the past.




...then in 1989, Calgary beat Montreal in 6 for the Cup. :(

Yes but if we're living in the past, why not gloat?

You can take the cup wins of all the canadian teams, add them up, and they still wouldnt equal our total.:y:

We fucking dominated everyone like nobody could ever do.

The Wild are the only team to ever come back from a 3-1 deficit, TWICE

didn't Giguere only win like 3 games the year after :cool:

Yeah. Bragging is fun after all.

So, anybody remembers that time we shut up Wayne Gretzky and his team in 1993?

Yeah, twas after they punked the Leafs. The Leafs were just lucky to not advance, it would have been a complete massacre.

Cant wait to smack our bitches up come October..talking bout the B's.

chris simon is on their second line. They aren't gonna score any goals.

lol at iginla, Amonte and Lankow being the second best line in the league.


They will be lucky to make the playoffs.

I take overachieving and beating two of the best teams in the league over winning in the regular season and then losing first round to a small market upset. I don't see why that is supposed to insult me?

Fuck man, I never thought RDD could make me feel bad for my small market team and No. 7 seed beating two of the best teams in hockey in miraculous comback fashion. Good thing I don't.

Iggy with anybody and anybody would be the second best line in hockey, fukcer.

They did not.

hardly. Iginla is gonna best pressed to reach 85 points with those line mates.

Lemieux takes the Art Ross, becoming the oldest player to do so.

.... I wish, but hey, 2.75 points per game in preseason, if he can play like that all season and not get hurt, it just might happen.

I think that Heatley, and Spezza should be in the running for the Art Ross. Perhaps Naslund as well.

I don't think that the preseason stats give any certain idea, outside of Heatley, Spezza, and Lemieux. Iggy should end up challenging for the Rocket Richard trophy, but I don't think he'll be in the top 3 for points.

Pre Season Leaders: GP G A PTS

Spezza, Jason, Ott. 7 3 13 16
Heatley, Dany, Ott. 7 6 9 15
Sim, Jon, Phi. 7 8 6 14
Demitra, Pavol, L.A. 6 5 6 11
Lemieux, Mario, Pit. 4 2 9 11
Bochenski, Brandon, Ott. 7 6 4 10
Lupul, Joffrey, Ana. 6 4 6 10
Palffy, Zigmund, Pit. 5 4 6 10

I predict the Avs will be a lot better than people are predicting. Not saying they're going to win the Cup, but they'll go far.

Well they still have Sakic, Hejduk, Tanguay, Selane (I think), Blake, Aebesheir, and a shit load of other players, so I hope they go far. Forsberg isn't even a major loss, he barely played because he was always injured.

Selanne is in Anaheim, but they have everyone else you mentioned and they added a few role players like Andrew Brunette. They're certainly not going to finish 18th in the NHL like SI predicted.

They said 18th? Just no.

Yeah they don't even have them making the playoffs in the West. Pretty shitty prediction IMO.

Like BCWWF has stated, I think the Wild have the potential to surprise and cause an upset.

Mikku Koivu is out for the first four weeks or something

Isn't Gaborik injured also?

Won't be the best start to a season.

I don't think Gabby is

yeah he is

lol come on, leafs have beat sens like 80000 times

exciting game! I knew the Leafs were gonna lose the shoot-out

lol @ all these jack-asses who think The Pens are gonna do anything. They let the Devils run up 5 goals on them!

lol at the Bruins again. Smack my bitch up!

Also, Jagr owns.

man. i was just looking around the NHL.com TV schedule and they are going to be showing about 3 games a week on HDnet.

hockey games in HD with 5.1 Dolby on my 30" widescreen. :drool:

Fuckin'a, Channel Five who (did) show the NHL hockey in britain (well, terrestrial) have told us they will no longer be showing it. What the fuck! I'm hockey-less again.

In other news, the Wild owned the Flames. :cool:

Yeah they did, PMB baby

WOOO DEVILS

OVECHKIN

Hopefully

The new rules or whatever have made it pretty hot. Way less whistles and shit

Michael Ryder is on fire. Same goes for the rest of the rookies in Montreal. This is a huge change from previous draft picks like Hossa, Hainsey and such.

I was sweating it out, wondering if I was going to win the waiver war for Ovechkin. *phew.
I was pissed that he wasn't available on draft day, he was going to be a mid round pick for me. I've got him now. I hope he plays big all year.

didnt you have #1 waiver priority in leauge 1?

I had #3 and I didnt get him, so you were pretty high.

#2 :cool:

PS, Yash is trying to trade for him already.

hahaha

marc savard and eric daze?

lol

he just scored his 1st goal of his career

Christ, we're back to old time hockey pretty much with the scores and comebacks.
Now all we need back are the hits cuz they are less frequent, and fights, and shit will be set.

Habs rule.

I am a casual hockey fan.


Why are the called the "Habs"?

Went to the Sens home opener. Good times all around 5-0 win, Chris Neil of all people had a 2 goal game, Havlat had a beautiful shorthanded goal (he was flying tonight he had at least 4 or 5 shorthanded breakaways during the game. Furthermore I might end up getting tickets right up near the glass (row B) for the Sens/Pens game Feb 6th and the Sens/Florida game Nov 17th and seats just a little higher up for the Sens/Leafs game Dec 17th (Row H). On top of that I'm going to 5 more games as well, Sens vs Carolina Nov 15th, and then TB, Montreal and Boston at various points next year.

Great year for hockey thus far.

Lemieux 2 goals tonight!
Crosby 1 goal, 2 assists
Recchi 3 assists in his first home Pens game since '92.

Pens lose, but I'm happy with those individual numbers.

Despite there losing, the Pens are looking good this year imo.

Corsby :cool: