You Call 'em

I'm calling Vokoun for the Vez this year. I was just looking at his stats. In 632 NHL games with the Preds and the Panthers, he's 262-267-35-41 with a career .917 SV%. Imagine what his splits'll look like after a season playing in front of a team that's built to score goals. He's gonna be lights out. Barring another "Tim Thomas 2010-11" performance from someone like--oh, I don't know--Tim Thomas, he's gonna walk away with the hardware next off-season.

Book it.

Anyone else have a bold claim about the next award winners? Let's hear it.

90% of the predictions in this thread will not come to pass.
At least 50% of them, upon review at the end of the season, will result in their predictors posting this in reply:
Less than 10% will go down in Montagoose-Sighting Society lore like my classic "Bongo"


Book it!

The Kings are gonna whoop some western conference ass this year. Booked.

wprager wrote:
90% of the predictions in this thread will not come to pass.
At least 50% of them, upon review at the end of the season, will result in their predictors posting this in reply:
Less than 10% will go down in Montagoose-Sighting Society lore like my classic "Bongo"


Book it!

That's 73% of the fun!

Rundblad for the Calder.

He probably has the best shot at an award, from an Ottawa perspective. Maybe Zibby if he somehow lands that 2nd line C spot and catches fire.

tim1_2 wrote:Rundblad for the Calder.

He probably has the best shot at an award, from an Ottawa perspective. Maybe Zibby if he somehow lands that 2nd line C spot and catches fire.

For the record, Dobber has Rundblad picked as his favourite for the Calder, too, although he is very aware of how difficult it is for a defenseman to do so.

rooneypoo wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Rundblad for the Calder.

He probably has the best shot at an award, from an Ottawa perspective. Maybe Zibby if he somehow lands that 2nd line C spot and catches fire.

For the record, Dobber has Rundblad picked as his favourite for the Calder, too, although he is very aware of how difficult it is for a defenseman to do so.

Probably easier for an offensive d-man than a defensive one to be picked for Calder.

tim1_2 wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Rundblad for the Calder.

He probably has the best shot at an award, from an Ottawa perspective. Maybe Zibby if he somehow lands that 2nd line C spot and catches fire.

For the record, Dobber has Rundblad picked as his favourite for the Calder, too, although he is very aware of how difficult it is for a defenseman to do so.

Probably easier for an offensive d-man than a defensive one to be picked for Calder.

No doubt. But for that same reason, it's easier for a forward to be picked for the Calder. Runblad would need a 40+ point year to get a sniff. That's a tall order.

rooneypoo wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Rundblad for the Calder.

He probably has the best shot at an award, from an Ottawa perspective. Maybe Zibby if he somehow lands that 2nd line C spot and catches fire.

For the record, Dobber has Rundblad picked as his favourite for the Calder, too, although he is very aware of how difficult it is for a defenseman to do so.

Probably easier for an offensive d-man than a defensive one to be picked for Calder.

No doubt. But for that same reason, it's easier for a forward to be picked for the Calder. Runblad would need a 40+ point year to get a sniff. That's a tall order.

Absolutely. Who else threatens for the Calder this year? RNH? Landeskog? My money would likely be on Landeskog.

The Sharks win the Cup.

SpezDispenser wrote:The Sharks win the Cup.

A team other than the Sharks wins the Cup.

SpezDispenser wrote:The Sharks win the Cup.

They play the Caps in the final (led by Vokoun's Vezina award-winning season).

Chirp calls for a 12 goal, 42 point outing from Gonchar this season: http://t.co/l06ceAn

spader wrote:Chirp calls for a 12 goal, 42 point outing from Gonchar this season: http://t.co/l06ceAn

Funny. A friend, earlier today, was asking what I thought of Gonchar this season (for a hockey pool) and I said, despite all the potential issues the Sens will have scoring, I still expect him to get 40-45 points.

spader wrote:Chirp calls for a 12 goal, 42 point outing from Gonchar this season: http://t.co/l06ceAn

While an improvement, it's still much lower than I thought he'd be getting with us.