Lui's Knob Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1) Minnesota Wild (remember, they were hot off the gate last year for 1/2 season...) 2) St.Louis Blues 3) LA Kings (they'll greatly benefit from a long break) 4) Chicago Blackhawks 5) Vancouver Canucks 6) San Jose Sharks 7) Detroit Red Wings 8) Nashville Predators 9) Dallas Stars 10) Edmonton Oilers 11) Colorado Avalanche 12) Phoenix Coyotes 13) Anaheim Ducks (fire sale at deadline) 14) Calgary Flames 15) Columbus Blue Jackets If Luongo is ever dealt to Chi-town, what an opening series that'll be. List your predictions here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Doughty Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm going to say this again. Edmonton will make the playoffs. Their young guns (eberle-RNH-Hall) have been playing together in the AHL and have already developed chemistry. Horcoff and Hemsky are in mid season form through their play in Europe. Dubnyk will be a proven starter with the mentor ship of Khabi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1. Vancouver (will still be a powerhouse in the west) 2. St Louis 3. LA 4. Detroit 5. Nashville 6. Chicago 7. Minnesota 8. San Jose 9. Dallas 10. Phoenix 11. Colorado 12. Edmonton 13. Calgary 14. Anaheim 15. Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool story bro Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'd switch the places of Edmonton/Nashville and Calgary/Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kassassin Train Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Calgary wont be as bad as everyone thinks. They will misss but last is far fetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Gaunce Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'm sorry but Minnesota is not winning this conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj29 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Vancouver St. Louis LA Detroit Edmonton Chicago Minnesota San Jose -------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1st: Vancouver (2nd in league) 2nd: St. Louis 3rd: Los Angeles 4th: Minnesota 5th: Chicago 6th: Nashville 7th: Detroit 8th: Phoenix ------------------------------------- 9th: San Jose 10th: Edmonton (Oilers will do good this year but will come up just short) 11th: Dallas 12th: Colorado 13th: Anaheim (I agree with you about the trade deadline fire sale) 14th. Calgary 15th: Columbus Jackets improved this off season but still have some work to do. Mackinnon/Jones/Drouin/Barkov will help with the progress) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1st: Vancouver 2nd: St. Louis 3rd: Los Angeles 4th: Minnesota 5th: Chicago 6th: Nashville 7th: Detroit 8th: Edmonton -------------------------------------- 9th: Phoenix 10th: San Jose 11th: Dallas 12th: Anaheim (I agree with you about the fire sale at the trade deadline) 13th: Colorado 14th: Calgary (rebuild insues) 15th: Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Guys, there's no way we come in 1st in the West without Ryan Kesler in our lineup for the majority of our season. That is, unless Sedins and Schneider and Luongo play lights out every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1. Kings(Hot off there cup win) 2. Canucks 3. Blues 4. Chicago 5. Stars 6. Red Wings 7. Wild 8. Preds 9. Sharks 10. Oilers 11. Avs 12. Ducks 13. Yotes 14. Flames 15. Blue Jackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Oilers will make the playoffs, their top 6 is crazy. Yakupov on the 2nd line, don't forget he was putting up better numbers then Ovi in the KHL. Hall-RNH-Eberle Hemsky-Gagner-Yakupov Smyth-Hartikainen-Horcoff Belanger-Jones-Eager Hordi Smid-J.Schultz Whitney-N. Schultz Peckham-Potter Sutton Petry Dubynk Khabi (I don't know their lineup very well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB007 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Guys, there's no way we come in 1st in the West without Ryan Kesler in our lineup for the majority of our season. That is, unless Sedins and Schneider and Luongo play lights out every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 In a shortened season anything can happen. Results will be all over the place. 1. St. Louis 2. Los Angeles 3. Vancouver (But fewer points in the standings than teams below) 4. Nashville 5. Chicago 6. Calgary 7. Detroit 8. Edmonton 9. Minnesota 10. San Jose 11. Colorado 12. Dallas 13. Phoenix 14. Columbus 15. Anaheim Canucks are in the playoffs (and 3rd seed) only by virtue of being in a relatively weak division. LA and St. Louis are obvious divisional choices. I actually like Calgary's team on paper, and Edmonton will start hot with their stars in midseason form and squeak in. The Sharks regressed significantly last year, and they have very weak forward depth. I think they'll fall out. Even without Suter, Nashville still has a well-rounded team. To me, the Ducks look weak. They have one line, and after their big forwards the forward depth drops. The defense is below average. Goaltending at this point is average. But in a short season, anything could happen. One hot streak and you're on top. Slow start or a slump could bury you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Or if we trade Luongo for a 2C like Stephen Weiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyosama Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Oilers will make the playoffs, their top 6 is crazy. Yakupov on the 2nd line, don't forget he was putting up better numbers then Ovi in the KHL. Hall-RNH-Eberle Hemsky-Gagner-Yakupov Smyth-Hartikainen-Horcoff Belanger-Jones-Eager Hordi Smid-J.Schultz Whitney-N. Schultz Peckham-Potter Sutton Petry Dubynk Khabi (I don't know their lineup very well) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 1. San Jose 2. Vancouver 3. Detroit 4. Los Angeles 5. Nashville 6. Chicago 7. Minnesota 8. St. Louis 9. Phoenix 10. Calgary 11. Edmonton 12. Anaheim 13. Dallas 14. Colorado 15. Columbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silfverberg Snipes Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I think a LOT of people are overestimating the Canucks. Our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines are guaranteed to be shuffled around for the majority of this season leaving no time for chemistry to build. I can only see the Sedin's and our goalie tandem being the consistent performers this year. I predict a second round exit after barely holding onto a division title. 1. St. Louis 2. Los Angeles 3. Vancouver 4. Chicago 5. Minnesota 6. Nashville 7. San Jose 8. Detroit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 nw: van 58 pts cal 50 pts min 47 pts edm 45 pts col 36 pts pac: dal 62 pts lak 54 pts pho 52 pts sjs 49 pts ana 39 pts cen: stl 57 pts chi 52 pts det 49 pts cbj 49 pts nsh 40 pts 1. dal 2. van 3. stl 4. lak 5. pho 6. chi 7. cal 8. det 9. sjs 10. cbj 11. min 12. edm 13. nsh 14. ana 15. col Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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