Magic Eight Ball Says:

[happyhappy]

Curious how y'all see it playing out. There are a ton of different opinions out there that's for sure. Here's my b4 puck drop predictions (sprinkled with a little hope in places) :

Starting with the easiest (hehe):

PACIFIC 

1- Oilers
2- Knights
3- Kraken
4- Flames
5- Canucks
6- Kings
7- Sharks
8- Ducks

Seattle surprises and team California finishes last. Oilers win Cup.

CENTRAL 

1- Avalanche
2- Stars
3- Wild
4- Predators
5- Jets
6- Blues
7- Hawks
8- Coyotes

Avs take division with fair ease and lose to Oil in Conf finals. Stars step up. Yotes finish last. The rest battle it out to go nowhere in the playoffs. Tough div.

METRO

1- Hurricanes
2- Capitals
3- Islanders
4- Flyers
5- Penguins
6- Rangers
7- Blue Jackets
8- Devils

Another tough division to call. Hurricanes steal top spot in a tight race. Pens miss out on playoffs in a long time. 

ATLANTIC

1- Lightning
2- Panthers
3- Bruins
4- Leafs
5- Canadians
6- Senators
7- Wings
8- Sabres

Panthers inch even closer to being a serious contender but TB prevails in conf finals vs Canes? Lightning go on to lose to Oilers in Cup final. Sabres finish last overall.

GO OILERS GO!!


Thoughts?

[fogolin2]

3rd??!!?? Are you on Kraken?!

[happyhappy]

Oct 7, 2021 13:54:13 GMT -7 fogolin2 said:

3rd??!!?? Are you on Kraken?!

Haha you bet 3rd! My reasoning is simple. Oil and Knights are easily top two. All the California teams suck now and will continue to suck this year. I can't and won't cheer for Cal/Van besides neither roster has improved over the summer. No bias here.  So that leaves the Kraken whom may have the best goaltender tandem in the division in Grubauer/Dredger and that can go a long way. Their defense looks decent too. I'm just not sure who is gonna score for them haha, though I like several of their forwards. After the Oilers obviously, the Kraken will be the next team I'll cheer for in our division, mostly bc I hate the rest of the teams that much, and I have no reason to hate Seattle... yet.

[drtaf]

Oct 7, 2021 14:28:04 GMT -7 happyhappy said:

Oct 7, 2021 13:54:13 GMT -7 fogolin2 said:

3rd??!!?? Are you on Kraken?!

Haha you bet 3rd! My reasoning is simple. Oil and Knights are easily top two. All the California teams suck now and will continue to suck this year. I can't and won't cheer for Cal/Van besides neither roster has improved over the summer. No bias here.  So that leaves the Kraken whom may have the best goaltender tandem in the division in Grubauer/Dredger and that can go a long way. Their defense looks decent too. I'm just not sure who is gonna score for them haha, though I like several of their forwards. After the Oilers obviously, the Kraken will be the next team I'll cheer for in our division, mostly bc I hate the rest of the teams that much, and I have no reason to hate Seattle... yet.

they have Gio, isnt that enough?? All In all, it would be good for league and kraken to do well in first season (just not vegas well). Last thing we need is another fanbase get quickly disillusioned and stop attending, we have enough of those already.