1. Philly misses the playoffs. The young core of the forwards and the aging core of the defense prove to be obstacles too large to overcome.
2. New Jersey misses the playoffs again. Brodeur is done, the defense is still horrendous (adding Larsson won't fix it) and not having a top line center for at the very least the first month will hurt them.
3. James Reimer is the Leafs goalie fix and hits 35 wins. Kessel hits 40 goals, Connolly hits 50 assists and Phaneuf hits 20 goals. We said bold right?
4. Rick Nash does not break 40 goals or 70 points. Carter doesn't either. Prospal hits 50 assists though.
5. Steve Mason finally hits his stride and becomes the backbone for the Blue Jackets. They make the playoffs in the place of Chicago (yes I'm saying Chicago misses the race).
6. The League hits ten 40 plus goal scorers again. They are Kessel, Ovechkin, E. Staal, JVR, Stewart, Tavares, D. Sedin, Iginla, Duchene and Stamkos.
7. Mark Scheifele breaks into the league, wins the Calder and works his way to becoming Evander Kane's (who hits 30 goals) center. Images of a terrifying future power tandem emerge.
8. Michael Grabner hits 10 short handed goals but only 2 powerplay goals and hits 30 again.
9. Mikael Backlund breaks out and hits 60 points playing on the top line with Iginla. Mark Giordano hits 50 point.
10. Jordan Eberle is the only Oiler to hit 70 points. Hall hits 68 but hits 30 goals (has a John Tavares like second season).
Bonus: Tyler Seguin scores 8 points in 2 games but only 24 in the other 80 games. Kessel hits 40 goals and 40 assists. Combined Kulemin, Grabovski and Kessel hit 110 goals. Dougie Hamilton drops to a 20 point OHL season. Somehow the infamous "trade" is still considered one of the worst in history for the sad, sad Leafs. Yes, this is a bad joke :P
14T BiWeekly H2H. 4 C/RW/LW, 6 D, 2 G
Cats:G(3), A(1.5), PIM(0.2), PPP(1), SOG(0.2), GWG(1), SHP(2), Hits(0.3), BkS(0.4). W(2), SO(2), OTL(0.5), SV(0.2), GA(-1), L(-1). 9 Keepers in Bold. 12 player Farm team (skaters under 110, goalies under 80 gp) in italics
LW - Gaudreau, Forsberg, Parise, Hyman (C)
C - Backstrom, Getzlaf, N Foligno (LW/RW), Kotkaniemi, Carter (LW/RW)
RW - Tarasenko, Rantanen, Arvidsson, Atkinson, Gourde (C/LW), Mikheyev (RW)
D - Dahlin, Theodore, Ellis, Klingberg, Fox, Andersson
G - Murray, Grubauer
Prospects -Rossi, Turcotte, Kravstov, Tippett, Bouchard, Lehtonen, K Miller, Addison, DeSmith, Kahkonen, Ingram, Gustavsson