Fearless Forecasts: 2011-2012

[dmvincent]

1. Andrei Markov stays healthy in 2011-2012
2. James Reimer wins 30-plus games
3. No NHL rookie hits 65 points
4. Tomas Vokoun wins 40 games
5. Zach Parise hits 90 points
6. The Los Angeles Kings capture the 2011-2012 Stanley Cup
7. Mike Green rebounds to his 70 point form
8. The Leafs make the playoffs
9. Brad Richards under 80 points
10. Brent Burns-Dan Boyle are the most lethal D pairing in the league

[ross10019]

1. Nabokov regains his SJ form in LI and helps the Isles to the playoffs, where they win a round.
2. Ballard has a career season, 40+ pts
3. Gaborik has another one of his injury-filled seasons, Richards <75 pts.
4. The Jagr experiment proves a disaster, but the Flyers make the ECF anyway.
5. Chicago acquisitions prove too old & slow to mesh effectively with the young core, Crawford struggles and they finish 9th behind St Louis.
6. Best UFA signing will prove to be Upshall, worst Cole, w 4 Edmonton-esque years at $4M per.
7. Canucks are the only Canadian team to make the playoffs.
8. Bryz loss will prove crippling to the Yotes, who will finish bottom 3, trade Doan to the Canucks at the deadline for Schneider, pick.
9. Bernier steals the job from Quick and wins the Calder.
10. Canucks win cup over Caps, jackasses riot again.

I'm confused. Is this what you predict will happen, or rather what you HOPE will happen?

[keytolife]

1. Dekanich takes over for Mason midseason.
2. Detroit misses the playoffs for the first time since ages, and injuries are the reason for it.
3. Philly will barly make the playoffs but sneak in. Too huge of a roster overhaul.
4. Thomas Vokoun will not be the solution to Washingtons goalie situation and Neuvirth and him will battle the whole season for the starting gig.
5. Eriksson isn´t getting less points without Richards.
6. Stephen Weiss has a career year with 69 points.
7. RDP will stay healthy and be a solid goalie the full season..
8. resulting in the Islanders finishing 8th.
9. Little will return to his form and finish with 65 points.
10. Cam Ward for Vezina

[theIceWookie]

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

[bondon]

Alright time to have some fun. Gonna be somewhat realistic but still far out there. This is fun. I want to do 20 lol.

1. Ryan Kesler makes it back in time for the first game of the season, scores 40 goals again and adds 40 assists for a career year of 80 points.
2. Joe Thornton scores 30 goals.
3. Marian Gaborik scores 90 points and stays healthy all year.
4. No forwards on the Blues crack 70 points, no defenseman cracks 50. Patrik Berglund scores 67 points and is the highest scoring forward on the team.
5. The Blues get into the playoffs as 7th in the West
6. Sidney Crosby doesn't play a single game this season
7. Robin Lehner starts at least 15 games this season and posts 7-9 wins (due to a Craig Anderson injury)
8. Jonas Gustavsson finishes the year as the Leafs' starter
9. Parise is a Canuck by the end of the season.
10. Brett Lebda gets signed by an NHL team

[Dakkster]

Gonna be somewhat realistic but still far out there.

10. Brett Lebda gets signed by an NHL team

Really?

[bondon]

Really?

Hehe, I saved the best for last

[Shake]

1) Keith hits 60 points
2) Toews hits 90 points
3) Blackhawks win West vs Van -return to SC Final
4) Frolik scores 30 goals
4a) Shane Doan traded to Blackhawks

Ok enough of my homer-ism


5) Lundqvist wins Vezina
6) Filatov scores 46 points
7) Crosby plays 75% of season finishes 3rd overall in scoring
8) Shea Weber will be a Red Wing and be the next Captain
9) Sabres most improved team in east
10) Varlmalov stays healthy all season
Those are my boring forecasts ( except for my Blackhawks back in SC final)

[Fast Tony DeNiro]

1 - Chicago finishes top 2 in the West
2 - Vancouver loses in the 1st round
3 - Sven Bartschi wins rookie of the year
4 - Steve Mason wins 34 games and has a GAA under 2.40
5 - Dennis Wideman leads the Capitals defense in scoring (how's that for bold)
6 - Marian Hossa scores 40+ goals
7 - The Leafs finish top 6 in the east
8 - Detroit misses the playoffs
9 - New Jersey makes the playoffs, but Brodeur chokes it away again
10 - Jake Voracek scores 70+ playing with JVR and Giroux
11 - Ben Eager gets flashed while in the penalty box again
12 - Max Pacioretty scores 30+ goals
13 - Marty Havlat remembers he's a BAB and plays 35 games
14 - He returns for the playoffs and the Sharks finally reach the finals
15 - Tim Thomas keeps proving everyone wrong, wins another Vezina

It was so fun I had to do 15 of them. Hopefully those choices are pretty out there, I think most of them are.

[dwigt02]

1. Luke Schenn scores 40pts, outscores his brother.
2. The Canadiens miss the playoffs.
3. Ryan Miller wins the Vezina.
4. Tavares has a breakout season.
5. Colorado doesn't give Washington a lottery pick.

[Pengwin7]

B-U-M-P

With the slow NHL week... I think one of our Dobber faithful should go through and multi-quote the BEST & WORST predictions at the mid-way mark of fantasy leagues.

Any takers?
(I got my #8 correct!!! teehee)

[Nights]

8. Jonas Gustavsson finishes the year as the Leafs' starter
10. Brett Lebda gets signed by an NHL team

We got ourselves a prophet...

[ross10019]

Haven't looked at mine yet, but immediatley saw my good buddy Tripel's predictions, talk about completely off on just about everything!

Originally Posted by tripel
1. Nabokov regains his SJ form in LI and helps the Isles to the playoffs, where they win a round.
2. Ballard has a career season, 40+ pts
3. Gaborik has another one of his injury-filled seasons, Richards <75 pts.
4. The Jagr experiment proves a disaster, but the Flyers make the ECF anyway.
5. Chicago acquisitions prove too old & slow to mesh effectively with the young core, Crawford struggles and they finish 9th behind St Louis.
6. Best UFA signing will prove to be Upshall, worst Cole, w 4 Edmonton-esque years at $4M per.
7. Canucks are the only Canadian team to make the playoffs.
8. Bryz loss will prove crippling to the Yotes, who will finish bottom 3, trade Doan to the Canucks at the deadline for Schneider, pick.
9. Bernier steals the job from Quick and wins the Calder.
10. Canucks win cup over Caps, jackasses riot again.

[jeffl97]

i almost bumped this as well, I'll go ahead and do mine:

1. Neuvirth beats out Vokoun as the starter by the end of the season. POSSIBLE
2. P. Kane hits 90 points. MISS
3. Getzlaf hits 100 points. MISS
4. Grabner hits 40 goals. MISS
5. Varlamov has an injury free season. POSSIBLE
6. Colorado makes the playoffs. POSSIBLE
7. Mike Green hits 70 points. MISS
8. Florida finishes 30th overall. MISS
9. Spezza plays 75 games. POSSIBLE
10. Jordan Staal hits 60 points. MISS
11. Los Angeles finishes #1 in the West MISS
12. Kiprusoff or Iginla gets traded POSSIBLE
13. Malkin fails to hit 80 points. MISS
14. Toronto makes the playoffs POSSIBLE

So only 6 of mine can come true (barring malkin injury) but hey that's what fearless forecasts are all about lol.

[JagrBomb]

May as well start now with training camp and preseason coming up in the next month. Kudos again to Angus for the idea he came up with in the forums two years ago. The original thread can be found here.

Here is a short break down of mine (full list with explanations can be found in the Roto Guide released today).

1. Alex Goligoski records less than 50 points HIT

2. Sedin twins each record less than 95 points possible

3. Thornton breaks 90 points MISS

4. Bruins do not win the Northeast Division MISS

5. Richards breaks 70 assists MISS

6. Karlsson and Rundblad combine for 90 points f%^&&ing rundblad

7. Yandle leads Phoenix in points MISS

8. Neal breaks 40 goals; Staal breaks 70 points (looks kind of foolish now that Crosby might not start the season) HIT AND MISS

9. McDonald breaks 70 points MISS

10. Kessel scores 40 goals likely

11. P.Kane scores less than 82 points likely

12. Skinner outpoints E.Staal MISS


Feel free to list your own, try to post at least 10. Will be fun to look back and see how terrible our predictions were

did good on goligoski, kane, neal. would have been right about skinner if he didnt get injured. if rundblad stayed in the nhl i could have been right too. oh well