Posts in category NHL Season Preview
The NHL-30 (October)
My version of Scott Cullen’s TSN “Power Rankings”. I was inspired to do this after disagreeing intensely with some of his picks (Washington 6th, Buffalo 7th, Minnesota 27th). Like Cullen’s item, it isn’t meant to indicate the top team in the standings, but rather the team(s) I feel are most equipped to make a ser [...]
Can We Play in YOUR Division?
The Florida Panthers last post-season appearance was shortly after Y2K. Yeah.
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There was a time when the South-East division was the weakest in the league. Florida and Atlanta were laughing stocks, Tampa Bay had some rough stretches, while Carolina and Washington were the best of a bad lot. Then Washington took a big step forward, and starte [...]
What Line Does So-and-So Play On?
***UPDATED OCTOBER 14***
Complete NHL line-ups updated on a weekly basis
Confirmed Line-Up’s
Winnipeg
(LW-C-RW)
Ladd-Little-Wheeler
MacLean-Burmistrov-Antropov
Kane-Scheifele-Wellwood
Glass-Slater-Thorburn
IR: Fehr (more…)
2012 NHL Standings Forecast
Standings forecast on a divisional basis
Might want to check out the FULL SEASON PREVIEW first, but here’s a plain old forecast of the NHL’s 2011-2012 regular season standings:
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1WASHINGTON CAPITALS
2BUFFALO SABRES
3PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
4BOSTON BRUINS
5PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
6TAMPA BAY LIGHTING
7NEW YORK RANGERS
8NE [...]
2012 NHL Preview: Western Conference ...
SJ's summer catch, Brent Burns
See the following for a comprehensive NHL Season Preview
Yesterday I previewed the top teams in the Eastern Conference. It was not only a long and impressive list, but filled with uncertainty due Sidney Crosby’s injury, the roster overhaul in Philadelphia, and the potential of up-and-coming clubs in Bu [...]
2012 NHL Season Preview: Eastern Conf...
Washington's FA steal: Tomas Vokoun
Relevant links:
Comprehensive NHL Season Preview
Western Conference Contenders Preview
There are a number of good teams in the NHL today; in fact, there are so many that you’ll often hear analysts say that you can’t rule anyone out. Once the playoffs begin, anything can happen. They point to Philadel [...]
2012 NHL Season Preview
Drew “Norris T” Doughty
Other previews:
Eastern Conference Contenders
Western Conference Contenders
The NHL regular season is still over a month away, but rosters are all but solidified. Sure there’ll be the usual competition between 20-somethings and NHL vets for a few spots at the end of the lineup, but each team’s key players [...]
NHL Season Preview ’11-’1...
This is the first in a series of articles that breaks down all 30 NHL teams. I thought it best to start with Canadian teams, and no team provokes stronger reactions – on both sides of the ledger – than the Toronto Maple Leafs.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Despite the infamous and debilitating Kessel trade of 2009, the Leafs organization is stronge [...]