NHL Standings for 09/10 season heading into the playoffs

Hey all,

I realize this is way too early to predict but I'm just curious about how close I'll be once the season is over and if I'm close I want a thread to refer back to to brag about and if not maybe this thread will mysteriously vanish

Cap'n Clutch WEST Detroit Anaheim Vancouver San Jose Chicago Calgary Columbus Minnesota -------------------- Nashville St. Louis Edmonton Dallas Phoenix Los Angeles Colorado EAST Boston Philadelphia Washington Pittsburgh New Jersey Carolina Ottawa New York Rangers ----------------- Montreal Florida Buffalo Tampa Bay Toronto New York Isles Atlanta

SensChirp Western Conference 1. SAN JOSE 2. CHICAGO 3. VANCOUVER 4. DETROIT 5. CALGARY 6. DALLAS 7. ANAHEIM 8. ST. LOUIS 9. EDMONTON 10. LOS ANGELES 11. MINNESOTA 12. COLUMBUS 13. PHOENIX 14. NASHVILLE 15. COLORADO Eastern Conference 1. PITTSBURGH 2. WASHINGTON 3. BOSTON 4. OTTAWA 5. PHILADELPHIA 6. CAROLINA 7. NEW JERSEY 8. MONTREAL 9. NEW YORK 10. TORONTO 11. BUFFALO 12. TAMPA BAY 13. ATLANTA 14. FLORIDA 15. NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Updated with SensChirp's predictions.

we shall see if you have bragging rights at the end of this year. I would have put Ottawa closer to # 5 if I was you though, they are going to surprise this year, mark my words. I see Atlanta being a bubble team that could knock the Rangers out of the playoff picture.

EAST
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Carolina
Ottawa
Montreal
-----------------
Tampa Bay
Toronto
NY Rangers
Buffalo
Atlanta
Florida
New York Isles


WEST

Chicago
San Jose
Vancouver
Detroit
Anaheim
Calgary
Columbus
St. Louis
--------------------

Dallas
Los Angeles
Edmonton
Minnesota
Nashville
Phoenix
Colorado

Hmmmm

Washington
Pitts
Boston
Philly
Ottawa
Carolina
Tampa
NJ

Montreal
Buffalo
Florida
NYR
Atlanta
Toronto
NYI

Chicago
Anahiem
Vancouver
Detroit
Calgary
SJ
Dallas
Columbus

Nashville
Minnisota
Edmonton
St Louis
LA
Colorado
Pheonix

Wow. I actually expected people to start making fun of me for putting this topic up. Good on you all for jumping right in with the predictions. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Wow. I actually expected people to start making fun of me for putting this topic up. Good on you all for jumping right in with the predictions. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

I'm still going to right it out at some point and try to back it up with a paragraph per team, but yeah, it's about that time to make some predictions.

EAST
Boston
Washington
Philadelphia
Ottawa
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Florida
New York Rangers

WEST
San Jose
Detroit
Vancouver
Anaheim
Chicago
Calgary
Columbus
Minnesota

I'll even take it a step further:
Round 1 Winners:

Boston
Washington
New Jersey
Ottawa

Minnesota
Detroit
Vancouver
Anaheim

Round 2:
Washington
Ottawa

Detroit
Anaheim

Round 3 (the rematch)
Ottawa
Anaheim

SC Winner: Ottawa

With God as my witness, I'll mail you a 100 dollar bill if this happens Amnesia.

I won't care anyway, because we would have just won the Cup - potentially without Cowen, Wiercioch or Lehner, so I'd literally be on Cloud 9.

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Wow. I actually expected people to start making fun of me for putting this topic up. Good on you all for jumping right in with the predictions. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Im not aloud making fun of people anymore!

EAST

Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Ottawa
New Jersey
Carolina
Atlanta

WEST
Chicago
San Jose
Vancouver
Detroit
Anaheim
Calgary
Columbus
Minnesota

Alright, I want to join in on the fun too!!

East

Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Pittsburgh
Ottawa - I'm beginning to think this is becoming more possible (but, I will not set myself up for heartbreak if it doesn't)
Carolina
New Jersey
Tampa - my dark horse pick for 8th...you never know
Montreal fighting as well for that spot

West

Chicago
San Jose
Vancouver
Detroit
Anaheim
Calgary
Dallas
Columbus
The last 2 are a crapshoot for sure...no idea.

I wouldnt call Tampa a dark horse. They have a lot of good players there and good goaltending. I have them in 7th so.

N4L wrote:I wouldnt call Tampa a dark horse. They have a lot of good players there and good goaltending. I have them in 7th so.

They do have good players, I'm just not convinced about the D and the G. We'll see, I think they are going to put up a real good fight this year though.

SensGirl11 wrote:

N4L wrote:I wouldnt call Tampa a dark horse. They have a lot of good players there and good goaltending. I have them in 7th so.

They do have good players, I'm just not convinced about the D and the G. We'll see, I think they are going to put up a real good fight this year though.

They're set in nets, but I'm not confident in a lot of things. I think they might need another year to put everything together, but...anything can happen.