Aladeen Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Am I the only one who thinks there is a strong chance Detroit doesn't make the playoffs this year? I know its like betting on the Washington Generals to beat the Globetrotters. But I just think Detroit is due to miss! I think the loss of Lidstrom is just too much to recover from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageForever420 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Am I the only one who thinks there is a strong chance Detroit doesn't make the playoffs this year? I know its like betting on the Washington Generals to beat the Globetrotters. But I just think Detroit is due to miss! I think the loss of Lidstrom is just too much to recover from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFastOne21 Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 East: 1: NYI 2: MTL 3: WPG 4: CAR 5: TOR 6: NJD 7: TBL 8: FLO WEST: 1: CBJ 2: ANA 3: EDM 4: CAL 5: COL 6: NSH 7: PHX 8: DAL Since there probably will not be a season ( ) I decided to put all the teams that struggle in and let them duke it out for a change (and the worst TV ratings in the NHL history). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 WEST 1. St. Louis 2. LA 3. Vancouver 4. Chicago 5. San Jose 6. Detroit 7. Dallas 8.Minnesota 9. Calgary 10. Colorado 11. Nashville 12. Edmonton 13. Anaheim 14. Phoenix 15. Columbus EAST 1. NYR 2. Pittsburgh 3. Boston 4. Philadelphia 5. Washington 6. Buffalo 7. Winnipeg 8. Carolina 9. Ottawa 10. New Jersey 11. Florida 12. Toronto 13. Tampa Bay 14. NYI 15. Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 East: Who cares? West: 1.LA Kings 2.Vancouver Canucks 3.St. Louis Blues 4. Dallas Stars 5. SJ Sharks 6. Chicago Blackhawks 7.Minnisota Wild 8.Nashville Predators +++++++++++++++++++++++ 9.Detroit Redwings 10.Phoenix Coyotes 11.Colorado Avelanche 12.Calgary Flames 13.Edmonton Oilers 14.Anaheim Ducks 15.Columbus Bluejackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauntlet Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 West 1. Chicago Pure offense will outweigh lack of defense. Seabrook and Keith will have good enough seasons, but the team will still break down in the playoffs 2. Vancouver Barley won the conference last year with two all-star goalies. Could probably win it again if we overplayed Schnider, but that's not worth it 3. San Jose As someone else said, not sure why people are underrating this team 4. LA Their best players have a chance to keep getting better 5. Detroit No Lidstrom, but they've still got great players; Howard is an underrated goalie. 6. St Louis Not expecting as great a performance out of their goalies next year, but they'll still be solid. 7. Nashville Suter is a big loss, but they've still got forward depth, Weber, and Rinne 8. Minnesota Season is riding on Backstrom more than their new acquisitions. There was a brief period last season where they were the best team in the league, so I think with two new all-stars, they'll make it in 9. Anaheim Some of the best forwards in the league, and a solid goalie means they did worse last season then they should have 10. Dallas Good forwards, but I have 0 faith in Kari Lehtonen 11. Calgary Middle of the pack again. The team looks pretty bad, but Kiprusoff will carry them 12. Phoenix Not sure how they did what they did last season, but they've lost Whitney and they might lose Doan 13. Edmonton Forwards get better, but they still have bad D and no goalie 14. Colorado Average team. A bunch of their wins came from great play by Giguire which I don't think will happen again 15. Columbus Won't be as bad a season, but they're still the weakest team in the West East 1. Pittsburgh Healthy Crosby and a better year goaltending wise 2. Boston Depth a' plenty and Rask is great 3. Washington The best in a bad division 4. NYR Not as solid a regular season, but they've still got Lundqvist 5. Buffalo I feel their end of year performance was more representative of what this team can do 6. Philidelphia Awkward goaltending and average D unless Pronger comes back which is unlikely 7. Tampa Bay Rolason was awful last year and anyone seems like they'd be better 8. Carolina It was a tough call between New Jersey and these guys, but J Staal gives them big forward depth and Cam Ward is one of the most underrated players in the league. 9. New Jersey Brodeur will be a tiny bit worse, which will cause them to barley miss the playoffs 10. Florida Still feels like a mediocre bubble team. Then again, they looked like one last year too 11. Winnipeg Still looks like an average team up and down the roster. The home ice magic might put them over the top though 12. Ottawa Everyone other than Anderson brought their A+ game this past season and I don't think it will happen again 13. Montreal They've got Price, which is huge, but that's all they've got 14. Toronto Could be higher if they solve their goaltending situation 15. NY Islanders Really not sure what to say about these poor bastards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 1. Canucks 2. Dallas 3. St Louis 4. Phx 5. Detriot 6. Ducks 7. Chicago 8. Avs 9. Wild 10. Edmonton 11. Sharks 12. Kings 13. Columbus 14. predators 15.Columbus 1. pens 2. New jersery 3. Washington 4. Flyers 5. Sens 6. TB 7. Canes 8. Jets 9. Bruins 10. Montreal 11. Rangers 12. Toronto 13. Islanders 14. Buffalo 15. Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckCupFever Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 The off-season isn't over yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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