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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Oct 4, 2006 8:10:14 GMT -5
Time to lay it on the line and show your choices for the upcoming NHL Season.
Winner gets a big cookie.
EASTERN CONFERENCE 1 - Buffalo Sabres 2 - Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - Phildelphia Flyers 4 - Ottawa Senators 5 - Carolina Hurricanes 6 - New Jersey Devils 7 - Atlanta Thrashers 8 - New York Rangers 9 - Boston Bruins 10 - Florida Panthers 11 - Pittsburgh Penguins 12 - Montreal Canadiens 13 - Toronto Maple Leafs 14 - New York Islanders 15 - Washington Capitals
WESTERN CONFERENCE 1 - Anaheim Ducks 2 - Nashville Predators 3 - Calgary Flames 4 - San Jose Sharks 5 - Vancouver Canucks 6 - Detroit Red Wings 7 - Edmonton Oilers 8 - Minnesota Wild 9 - Dallas Stars 10 - Los Angeles Kings 11 - Phoenix Coyotes 12 - Colorado Avalanche 13 - Columbus Blue Jackets 14 - Chicago Blackhawks 15 - St. Louis Blues
Picking the Stars to fall for no reason whatsoever, only because it seems to happen every year.
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Post by habsgm on Oct 4, 2006 10:54:34 GMT -5
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1 - Tampa Bay Lightning - stable goaltending - watch out! 2 - New York Rangers - better than last year 3 - Buffalo Sabres - will hit the ground runnig 4 - Carolina Hurricanes - Ward will struggle just a bit at times 5 - Ottawa Senators - getting weaker, not as potent O and D 6 - New Jersey Devils - Brodeur will carry club 7 - Toronto Maple Leafs - timely scoring and Raycroft 8 - Montreal Canadiens - still questions on D and after top line 9 - Phildelphia Flyers - weak goaltending will see club falter notably 10 - Atlanta Thrashers - Lehtonen injured again, Hartly gets canned 11 - Boston Bruins - top line falters, Savard a bust, Thomas retires 12 - Florida Panthers - Olli - Todd great, but that's it 13 - Pittsburgh Penguins - Fleury shaky and D can't get job done 14 - Washington Capitals - lots of great highlights 15 - New York Islanders - DiPietro quits hockey to pursue modelling
WESTERN CONFERENCE
1 - San Jose Sharks - full season of Joe and Patrick 2 - Calgary Flames - much stronger than last year 3 - Nashville Predators - Arnott takes club to next level 4 - Anaheim Ducks - push Sharks but plagued by lack of scoring 5 - Detroit Red Wings - know how to win day in day out 6 - Colorado Avalanche - so so all season, hot down the stretch 7 - Minnesota Wild - Manny holds his own and Pavol Parrish help 8 - Columbus Blue Jackets - breakthrough season, no big injuries 9 - Edmonton Oilers - Rollie rolls over and can't last full season 10- Dallas Stars - Big E can't replace Arnott, Turco inconsistent 11 - Vancouver Canucks - Too many Swedes, two half lines but some great G! 12 - Los Angeles Kings - Crow gets team playing good second half 13 - Phoenix Coyotes - Sorry Gretz, poor chemistry and no O 14 - St. Louis Blues - slight improvement but first line wears down 15 - Chicago Blackhawks - smoldering train wreck
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Post by panthers on Oct 4, 2006 11:55:14 GMT -5
Here are my choices:
EASTERN CONFERENCE 1 - Ottawa Senators 2 - New York Rangers 3 - Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - Buffalo Sabres 5 - Phildelphia Flyers 6 - New Jersey Devils 7 - Boston Bruins 8 - Carolina Hurricanes
9 - Montreal Canadiens 10 - Florida Panthers 11 - Atlanta Thrashers 12 - Pittsburgh Penguins 13 - Toronto Maple Leafs 14 - Washington Capitals 15 - New York Islanders
WESTERN CONFERENCE 1 - San Jose Sharks 2 - Nashville Predators 3 - Calgary Flames 4 - Anaheim Ducks 5 - Detroit Red Wings 6 - Minnesota Wild 7 - Dallas Stars 8 - Vancouver Canucks
9 - Phoenix Coyotes 10 - Edmonton Oilers 11 - Los Angeles Kings 12 - Colorado Avalanche 13 - Chicago Blackhawks 14 - St. Louis Blues 15 - Columbus Blue Jackets
Ricky.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Oct 4, 2006 12:04:54 GMT -5
EASTERN CONFERENCE #1 - Ottawa Senators (2 100pt forwards) #2 - New York Rangers (Jagr puts team on back again) #3- Carolina Hurricanes (Ward not as good but team still #1) #4 - Buffalo Sabres (Solid throughout still, even ragtag defence pulls together) #5 - New Jersey Devils (Broduer average but Elias/Gionta explode) #6 - Boston Bruins (Win a few 1 goal games and shootouts to sneak in) #7 - Philadelphia Flyers (Team implodes late but still makes it) #8 - Atlanta Thrashers (Finally) ------------------------------ #9 - Tampa Bay Lightning (Weak defence, one line does them in) #10 - Montreal Canadians (Weak defence, Huet human) #11 - Toronto Mapleleafes (Weak goaltending, no offense) #12 - Pittsburgh Penguins (A growth year) #13 - Washington Capitals (Ovechkin injured only 80 pts, Semin flops) #14 - New York Islanders (DiPietro average, Yashin still a cancer) #15 - Florida Panthers (Team disfunction)
WESTERN CONFERENCE #1 - Anaheim Ducks (Holy solid throughout, Getzlaf 80pts) #2 - Calgary Flames (Finally some offense spurs the charge) #3 - Detroit Redwings (Offense, defense, goaltending all balanced) #4 - San Jose Sharks (Only because Anaheim is #1, they are #4) #5 - Nashville Predators (Kariya carries the team, Vokoun not so much) #6 - Minnesota Wild (Demitra and Gaborik put on a clinic) #7 - Chicago Blackhawks (Fresh faces, Khabi returns to form) #8 - Phoenix Coyotes (Surprise surprise) ------------------------- #9 - Vancouver Canucks (One line = lack of offense, Nonis still retains job) #10 - Edmonton Oilers (Losing Pronger hurt, Roloson shows age) #11 - Dallas Stars (Cannot get it together) #12 - Colorado Avalanche (Same as Stars, miss Blake A LOT) #13 - Columbus Blue Jackets (Doug McLean gets fired) #14 - St.Louis Blues (Still getting pieces in place after last year) #15 - Los Angeles Kings (Absolutely brutal... Cloutier injured, Garon falters, injuries around, penalties abound)
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Post by edmontongm on Oct 5, 2006 21:20:41 GMT -5
EASTERN CONFERENCE #1 - Ottawa Senators #2 - New Jersey Devils #3 - Carolina Hurricanes #4 - New York Rangers #5 - Buffalo Sabres #6 - Atlanta Thrashers #7 - Philadelphia Flyers #8 - Tampa Bay Lightning --------------------- #9 - Toronto Maple Leafs #10 - Montreal Canadiens #11 - Boston Bruins #12 - New York Islanders #13 - Florida Panthers #14 - Pittsburgh Penguins #15 - Washington Capitals
WESTERN CONFERENCE #1 - Anaheim Ducks #2 - Calgary Flames #3 - Nashville Predators #4 - San Jose Sharks #5 - Minnesota Wild #6 - Columbus Blue Jackets #7 - Detroit Red Wings #8 - Phoenix Coyotes -------------- #9 - Colorado Avalanche #10 - Edmonton Oilers #11 - Vancouver Canucks #12 - Dallas Stars #13 - Los Angeles Kings #14 - Chicago Blackhawks #15 - St. Louis Blues
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