Lui's Knob Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Draft is over, and the free agency frenzy is nearly complete. As it stands now, where do you think teams will end up in the West? 1) Anaheim 2) Minnesota 3) Calgary 4) Nashville 5) Chicago 6) St. Louis 7) LA 8) Winnipeg -------------------- 9) Dallas 10) Colorado 11) Edmonton 12) San Jose 13) Vancouver 14) Arizona Top 7 pick for Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Was gonna put Vancouver in 13th as well No chance Calgary posts 3rd though. LA will have something to say about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriGold Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I have this odd feeling that Edmonton will get the 8th spot in the west and Winnipeg will be out.. The list should be fairly close to what you have though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1)ANA 2)LA 3)STL 4)CHI 5)NAS 6)MIN 7)CGY 8)SJS 9)MIN 10)WPG 11)EDM 12)COL 13)VAN 14)ARI edit: We haven't had an excellent free agency so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 The predictions look pretty close to what i'd guess. Either way, it's going to be a loooong season, at least my expectations are even lower than they were last year. (Which was pretty low) I'll say the same thing I did before last season started. Win or lose, I just want the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1) ANA 2) LAK 3) NSH 4) STL 5) CHI 6) CGY 7) DAK 8) COL --------- 9) MIN 10) WPG 11) EDM 12) VAN 13) SJS 14) ARI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex425 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 We may miss the playoffs, but LA is overrated. Adding Lucic and without 3 players that helped them win the cup. That's going to change LA from the bad team they were this year? I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I have this odd feeling that Edmonton will get the 8th spot in the west and Winnipeg will be out.. The list should be fairly close to what you have though. I have this odd feeling that the Oilers will finish 9th and somehow win the draft lottery from that spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 The ordering suggested by the OP is pretty good. I agree with the consensus that right now Vancouver looks like #13 on paper. The only team that is clearly worse is Arizona. The ESPN power rankings also have Vancouver at 13th in the conference next year (and 26th in the NHL overall). But I think things will be close. My biggest concern is that Vancouver will be close enough to a playoff spot at the deadline (maybe 4 or 5 points out of 8th place) that Benning will not trade vets for picks but will instead "contend for a playoff spot". But if the Canucks do the smart thing and trade Vrby and Hammer for likely first rounders, and Bartkowski, Prust, and Weber (and possibly Higgins) for maybe third rounders at the deadline the Canucks could have a monster draft in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollumpus Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1.) Nashville 2.) Chicago 3.) St. Louis 4.) Anaheim 5.) Calgary 6.) Minnesota 7.) Edmonton 8.) Vancouver 9.) LA 10.) Colorado 11.) Winnipeg 12.) San Jose 13.) Dallas 14.) Arizona regards, G. EDIT: spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tas Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 chicago anaheim minnesota winnipeg la st. louis calgary dallas nashville san jose vancouver edmonton colorado arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Vancouver can easily compete for 7/8. Edmonton, Colorado, Dallas, SJ, Arizona, LA, Winnipeg....all various levels of meh. Cgy is another injury away from same level last year and that other division will cannibalize itself to a degree to our fortune. The entire fate of the franchise is on Virty, no pressure;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1. VANCOUVER - WELCOME TO THE SHOW 2. Wild 3. Ducks 4. Blues 5. Flames 6. Jets 7. Sharks 8. Preds 9. Hawks (Nanana good bye) 10. Stars 11. Avs 12. Coilers 13. Kings 14. Yotes NUX 4 CUP 2016 (although Bieber and lenden are horrible leaders, the eliteness breathed on by the canucks crest and the greatest city in the universe will trump all) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoneypuckOverlord Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 teams that improved in our division L.A + Lucic Anahiem + Bieksa (already a favorite to win it all) Edmonton ( no question about this. Added Connor McDavid, goaltending and defence. Calgary, Hamilton + Frolik, (although not much of a threat still better then VAncouver so to be honest, even divisional standings its like that top makes it in, second one might be a wild card if we finish ahead of the Central wild cards. canucks come in 11th or 12 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustABandwagoner Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Hope we come last or 2nd last. Get a good player from 2016 draft :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Hope we come last or 2nd last. Get a good player from 2016 draft :D Lol good luck with that. Don't hold your breath. People need to put their money where their mouth is. Or in this case where their fingers and keyboard is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1.ANA 2.STL 3.MIN 4.NASH 5.LA 6.CAL 7.CHI 8.COL ..... 9.WIN 10.EDM 11.VAN 12.DAL 13.SJS 14.ARI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDA96 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Pacific ANA CGY LA EDM SJ VAN ARZ Central NSH MIN STL CHI WPG COL DAL Van ends up with top 5 pick next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahf149 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Same thing last year, everyone thought the Canucks would miss...yet they didnt. Just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 The predictions look pretty close to what i'd guess. Either way, it's going to be a loooong season, at least my expectations are even lower than they were last year. (Which was pretty low) I'll say the same thing I did before last season started. Win or lose, I just want the effort. Given that you had pretty low expectations for the Canucks this past season, I'll take your low predictions with a healthy grain of salt. Everybody was counting the Canucks to finish near the basement last season...& they were wrong. Everyone thinks they'll be at the basement this season...& I'll bet they're wrong about that as well. I'm putting my money on the Canucks snagging the first Wild Card spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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