Fearless Forecasts: 2011-2012

[hawkdog]

Great thread guys!
Here are few bold and crazy predictions:

1. Chris Tanev scores 30 points
2. Schenn beats out Voracek and Jagr for ice time.
3. Gaborik misses 40 games with injury.
4. Pronger retires.
5. Ryan Whitney scores 62 points.
6. Jon Blum scores 40 plus.
7. Seguin scores 74 points.
8. Perry wins the Rocket for the second year in a row.
9. Weber gets traded to NJ for Larrson, Josefson, picks

and for the boldest

9. A nashville player breaks the 60 point mark!

[Big Ev]

1. Mike Smith finishes with more wins, a higher SV% and a lower GAA than Ilya Bryzgalov.

2. A defenceman not named Keith or Seabrook leads the Hawks D in scoring

3. Mika Zibanejad not only makes the NHL but challenges for the Calder

4. Jared Cowen finishes with more points than David Rundblad

5. Phil Kessel is the only Leaf to score 20 goals.

6. The Stars win the Pacific Division.

7. Lidstrom finally appears done and only puts up between 20-25 points.

8. Scott Gomez finishes with the most goals on the Habs.

9. Andrew Cogliano records more points than Taylor Hall

10. Paul MacLean is nominated for the Jack Adams Award

[JagrBomb]

1. Mike Smith finishes with more wins, a higher SV% and a lower GAA than Ilya Bryzgalov.

2. A defenceman not named Keith or Seabrook leads the Hawks D in scoring

3. Mika Zibanejad not only makes the NHL but challenges for the Calder

4. Jared Cowen finishes with more points than David Rundblad

5. Phil Kessel is the only Leaf to score 20 goals.

6. The Stars win the Pacific Division.

7. Lidstrom finally appears done and only puts up between 20-25 points.

8. Scott Gomez finishes with the most goals on the Habs.

9. Andrew Cogliano records more points than Taylor Hall

10. Paul MacLean is nominated for the Jack Adams Award

i can definitely see you going 0/10 haha, nice!

[Laendarian]

Anybody remember what the thread from the 2010-2011 season was called, I'd be curious to check back on some of those from the year before.

[JagrBomb]

Anybody remember what the thread from the 2010-2011 season was called, I'd be curious to check back on some of those from the year before.

theres a link to the very first one in my initial post, but i think that was 09/10. i dont even recall having a 10/11 one, i could be wrong though.

[Laendarian]

theres a link to the very first one in my initial post, but i think that was 09/10. i dont even recall having a 10/11 one, i could be wrong though.

Yeah saw that 09 one, I coulda sworn I saw a 2010 one though, o well thanks anyways!

[LeTrefle]

1. Andrei Markov plays 80 games and get 60+ points.
2. Islanders make the playoffs.
3. Lidstrom wins another Norris.
4. Philadelphia misses playoffs.
5. Bobby Ryan leads Ducks in points.
6. Crosby plays 0 game.
7. Panthers make the playoffs.
8. Goligoski and Souray combine for 100+ points.
9. Schneider starts more games than Luongo for the Canucks.
10. Buffalo wins the Cup.

[Gramps]

1. Bruce Boudreau is the first coach fired
2. Cody Hodgson wins the rookie of the year (52 points)
3. Havlat gets 84 points, Heatley gets 48
4. Gary Bettman steps down
5. One team from New York makes the playoffs and its not the Rangers
6. Malkin leads the Crosby less Pens and rattles off 130+ points
7. Stamkos finishes with fewer than 70 points
8. Colorado finishes 28th and wins the draft lottery
9. Brodeur retires mid season
10. James Reimer finishes second in Vezina voting

[pbhockey4]

1. Vinny Lecavelier struggles early and gets traded
2. Varlamov stays healthy and posts post 35 wins
3. Tuuka Rask takes over for a struggling Thomas in December, Thomas is moved at the deadline
4. Peter Mueller plays 78 games and scores 70 points
5. Detroit misses the playoffs
6. DiPietro gets injured in preseason, Montoya stinks it up, and Nabokov leads the Isles to the playoffs
7. JVR puts up 75 points
8. Fowler outscores Visnovsky and hits 60 points (and Vis only misses 10 games to injury)
9. Tavares scores more goals than Stamkos (48)
10. Brodeur wins his last Vezina and retires on top

How bout them apples?

[Nifty Mittens]

1) Carcillo puts a bounty on Markus Naslund & mistakes Kesler for Kessel.
2) Edler amasses a career high 56 pts forcing Dobber to change his upside to 60+.
3) Jagr finishes 2nd on the Flyers in scoring with 74 pts leading Dobber to change his upside to 75.
4) Nifty Mittens reaches the Dobber Pirates League playoffs.
5) LA Kings finish 1st in the conference.

more to come.....

[4T2]

I made a few of these in the predicted standings thread since the OP did too but no one followed suit. So I will re-post them here with some new ones.

1- Six players crack the 100-point plateau, none named Sedin (Stamkos, Malkin, Crosby, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Perry)
2- Philly struggles early in the season and looks in danger of missing the playoffs, but turn it up and are the hottest team in the league for the second half
3- Toronto actually starts off quite well for a change and then completely tanks after Christmas, Burke trades away his 1st round pick in next years draft before the deadline
4- PK Subban gets knocked out cold after challenging someone to a fight before realizing Hal Gill was not on the ice to protect him
5- Lidstrom is one of the leading contenders for the Conn Smythe
6- Winnipeg is Top 5 in attendance despite never even sniffing at a playoff spot. They acquire Jason Spezza from Ottawa at the trade deadline
7- Claude Giroux does not take the leap that everyone expects and finishes around 70 points.
8- Eklund actually breaks a legitimate trade rumor
9- Chris Stewart has his breakout year tallying 85 points and helping St Louis make the playoffs.
10- No one outside of Habs fans will consider this bold, but the Montreal fans reading this will react as if I said the Earth was flat. MONTREAL WILL MISS THE PLAYOFFS!!!

[habs83]

1) Tim Thomas fails to win 20 games after the loss of his puck-magnet-jock.
2) Michael Grabner wins the Rocket Richard and the Cy Young with his 43-3 stat line.
3) In three separate deals, Joe Thornton is trade for Mikko Koivu, Antti Niemi for Niklas Backstrom and Joe Pavelski for P-M. Bouchard.
4) The NHL announces that the 2012-13 Winter Classi will feature the LA Kings and the Anaheim Ducks in a roller-hockey game.
5) Pekka rinne leads the league in W, Sv%, GAA and also leads Nashville in points.
6) Brett Favre announces that he signed a four year deal with the Florida Panthers.
7) Pascal Leclaire finally gets an offer but suffers a season-ending injury when he paper-cuts his fingers with the contract.

[habs83]

Now the real ones

1) Thomas fails to get 30 Wins (magic jock or not)
2) P.K. Subban gets 20 goals
3) Pietrangelo gets nominated for the Norris
4) Benn leads Dalla in points
5) Tavares wins the Rocket Richard
6) Washington wins the President trophy but is eliminated in the 2nd round
7) Calgary and Toronto finish last in their respective conference
8) Halak wins the Vezina
9) Kovalchuk scores less than 35 goals
10) Unfortunately, a player will die on the ice this season...

[habs83]

Great thread by the way

[Dakkster]

The last time I did this was the 09/10 season and I got two and a half out of ten right. Let's try it again!

1. Ryan Getzlaf plays in 82 games.
2. Mike Green scores 80 points.
3. Both Parise and Kovy score at least 40 goals.
4. Detroit trades for a veteran star like Alfie, Doan or Iginla or someone like that before the deadline.
5. Matt Cooke gets the longest suspension ever, getting more than Chris Simon's 30 games in 07.
6. Cammalleri scores 40+ goals and 80+ points.
7. Someone breaks 350 PIM.
8. Kevin Smith's last movie Hit Somebody comes out and is completely awesome.
9. Malkin gets injured again and misses considerable time, Stamkos scores 50 again and Dobber still insists on Malkin being the more valuable player
10. My keeper team becomes league champion