_/ 2016-17 NHL Season Thread: Centenial Edition, Now Playoff Discussion \_

[UncleBen59]

The 100th Season, well technically 99th, of the NHL is upon us. Will the Penguins retain the title? Will Toronto have a winning season? Will Detroit miss the playoffs for the first time in 20+ years? Which rookie will win the Calder? Will there be another John Scott situation for the All Star Game (let's vote Tanner Glass)? Find soon on the next season of the NHL!

So let's do our annual Bold predictions. I'll do mine in a little while.

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

not gonna do bold predictions. just gonna post what my standings will look like:

Eastern

1. Tampa Bay
2. Montreal
3. Boston

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. New Jersey

1. Florida
2. NY Islanders

3. Philadelphia
4. Florida
5. NY Rangers
6. Carolina
7. Toronto
8. Ottawa
9. Buffalo
10. Columbus


Western:

1. Nashville
2. Chicago
3. Dallas

1. Los Angeles
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim

1. St. Louis
2. Arizona

3. Calgary
4. Winnipeg
5. Edmonton
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Vancouver



Hart: Jamie Benn
Rocket: Ovy
Art Ross: Benn
norris: Karlsson
vezina: Price


Stanley Cup Final: Tampa wins over LA

 

[tmg.exe]

You have Tampa getting there with Bishop, or with an asset they got in return for Bishop?

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

honestly i dont think it matters. but for arguments sake, they get there with bishop.

 

[steelersfan70]

Going homer & Pens win again.

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

Auston Mathews officially the leader scorer of the NHL.

scored on his 3rd NHL shift.

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

and there is his second goal. jesus h christ...

 

[The_Saga]

Auston Mathews is a pretty good hockey player.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Karlsson undressed.

 

[chris_30]

Auston Matthews woooooo!!

 

[UncleBen59]

I swear if he scores a hatty in his first game...

 

[tmg.exe]

A hatty is nothing. He's on pace for 6 goals tonight en route to a 492 goal season.

 

[The_Saga]

A hatty is nothing. He's on pace for 6 goals tonight en route to a 492 goal season.

See a Hatty was nothing, gonna score 9 goals tonight.

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

and there it is.

jesus marry and joseph this is not ideal as a habs fan..

 

[The_Saga]

Well Ottawa could just be REALLY bad to.

 

[UncleBen59]

and there it is.

jesus marry and joseph this is not ideal as a habs fan..

This aint good for the Bruins either.

Is this the time to start drinking?

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

and there it is.

jesus marry and joseph this is not ideal as a habs fan..

This aint good for the Bruins either.

Is this the time to start drinking?

yes. yes it is

 

[UncleBen59]

and there it is.

jesus marry and joseph this is not ideal as a habs fan..

This aint good for the Bruins either.

Is this the time to start drinking?

yes. yes it is

Alright, I'm heading to the packie, whaddya want?

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

get me some of them sam adams haha. we dont have those up here

 

[steelersfan70]

auston matthews for calder, hart, smythe and ross

 

[UncleBen59]

get me some of them sam adams haha. we dont have those up here

Really?

I'm actually not surprised. I think the only canadian beer we have here is Molson

 

[steelersfan70]

molson isn't even canadian anymore

you definitely have labatt though too, which isn't really canadian anymore either though

 

[tmg.exe]

You can get Sam Adams in Canada. It isn't terribly popular, but if you look for it you can find it.

 

[UncleBen59]

He has 4...

Well GG everyone.

 

[steelersfan70]

Just stepping up for the game while Sid takes a break.

 

[BigRandal_ps3]

You can get Sam Adams in Canada. It isn't terribly popular, but if you look for it you can find it.

never seen it in quebec.


and ya mathews can mail it in the rest of his carreer. this is gonna be the highlight of his life

 

[HuskerTornado]

If tonight is any indication, going to be a long year in Ottawa. Anderson looks like garbage and so does their D.

 

[LivingLegend_]

Anderson or Andersen? Andersen or Anderson?

 

[The_Saga]

If tonight is any indication, going to be a long year in Ottawa. Anderson looks like garbage and so does their D.

For the Leafs as well. As fun as it is to see Mathews score 4(or maybe more), they also gave up four goals, and Mathews isn't going to score 4 every game.

 

[UncleBen59]

If tonight is any indication, going to be a long year in Ottawa. Anderson looks like garbage and so does their D.

For the Leafs as well. As fun as it is to see Mathews score 4(or maybe more), they also gave up four goals, and Mathews isn't going to score 4 every game.

Yeah Torotno's defense still needs a ton of work. Freddie is good but he cant do it himself

Yeah, Freddie desperately needs help in front of him.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Ottawa may be begging for Bishop or Fleury in a few months.

 

[The_Saga]

New NHL rule, no opening ceremonies past 10 minutes.

 

[UncleBen59]

Luongo with the best tweet of the night

 

[UncleBen59]

New NHL rule, no opening ceremonies past 10 minutes.

Comcast wont let me watch the Flames-Oilers.

Also, love how much we've been posting so far for the first night. I hope we can keep this up for big games

 

[The_Saga]

45 FREAKING MINUTES, that's how long it took to get to puck drop, seriously, do this ceremony crap before 8, 8 is already a stupidly late start because of the eastern game.

 

[The_Saga]

HAHHAHAHAHHH, Grossman is the freaking worst player in the NHL.

 

[UncleBen59]

Lucic already protecting McDavid

 

[The_Saga]

Either Gulutzan fixes his defensive deployments and gives Grossman his permanent home in the press box or he's gonna be the first coach of the season to be fired.

 

[Kevin_Nash_nWo]

You can get Sam Adams in Canada. It isn't terribly popular, but if you look for it you can find it.

Yeah the LCBO here even has the seasonal stuff sometimes.

The Matthews hype is super real. It would be so Leafs if this was just a fluke game lol

 

[UncleBen59]

Also, looking at the highlights to the Toronto/Ottawa game, Auston looked disinterested in some of his goals

 

[The_Saga]

Nah, he was just really trying not to celebrate to much or face the wrath of Don cherry.

 

[steelersfan70]

Sid sure doesn't seem to be hurting much from that concussion.

MAF not waiting anytime giving up his first goal this season, 59 seconds in.

TIL Tom Sestito still plays and he's even dressing tonight!

 

[UncleBen59]

Brad Marchand: 2 goals, 3 assists, +5.

Most gusta

 

[The_Saga]

Also Yak got a goal tonight, only 14 more to go and Edmonton gets a second.

 

[HuskerTornado]

OK, suspension better be coming for Justin Williams. What a piece of shit. I hope Malkin doesn't have a broken neck.....or concussion.........

No excuse for that shit whatsoever. In obvious pain as teams went to locker room for intermission.

 

[X_Pointblank_X]

not gonna do bold predictions. just gonna post what my standings will look like:

Eastern

1. Tampa Bay
2. Montreal
3. Boston

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. New Jersey

1. Florida
2. NY Islanders

3. Philadelphia
4. Florida
5. NY Rangers
6. Carolina
7. Toronto
8. Ottawa
9. Buffalo
10. Columbus


Western:

1. Nashville
2. Chicago
3. Dallas

1. Los Angeles
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim

1. St. Louis
2. Arizona

3. Calgary
4. Winnipeg
5. Edmonton
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Vancouver



Hart: Jamie Benn
Rocket: Ovy
Art Ross: Benn
norris: Karlsson
vezina: Price


Stanley Cup Final: Tampa wins over LA

You sure have a lot of faith in the Leafs, especially coming for a Habs fan
I'm still so hyped from game one and have tickets to the opener on Saturday so I'm really excited..! but I don't see us making playoffs. This year and potentially most of next year is to develop the youngsters. We're still losing a lot, and as long as we see games such as yesterday's with Matthews' lighting it up I'm perfectly fine with this.
Also, although what I said is all true, I'm still upset we lost the game in OT, ONLY because of Matthews' insane game.

 

[steelersfan70]

not gonna do bold predictions. just gonna post what my standings will look like:

Eastern

1. Tampa Bay
2. Montreal
3. Boston

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. New Jersey

1. Florida
2. NY Islanders

3. Philadelphia
4. Florida
5. NY Rangers
6. Carolina
7. Toronto
8. Ottawa
9. Buffalo
10. Columbus


Western:

1. Nashville
2. Chicago
3. Dallas

1. Los Angeles
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim

1. St. Louis
2. Arizona

3. Calgary
4. Winnipeg
5. Edmonton
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Vancouver



Hart: Jamie Benn
Rocket: Ovy
Art Ross: Benn
norris: Karlsson
vezina: Price


Stanley Cup Final: Tampa wins over LA

You sure have a lot of faith in the Leafs, especially coming for a Habs fan
I'm still so hyped from game one and have tickets to the opener on Saturday so I'm really excited..! but I don't see us making playoffs. This year and potentially most of next year is to develop the youngsters. We're still losing a lot, and as long as we see games such as yesterday's with Matthews' lighting it up I'm perfectly fine with this.
Also, although what I said is all true, I'm still upset we lost the game in OT, ONLY because of Matthews' insane game.

He has them finishing 13/16. That's not a lot of faith.

 

[UncleBen59]

Laine got his first

 

[UncleBen59]

OK, suspension better be coming for Justin Williams. What a piece of shit. I hope Malkin doesn't have a broken neck.....or concussion.........

No excuse for that shit whatsoever. In obvious pain as teams went to locker room for intermission.

Jesus that looks like some WWF shit right there

 

[X_Pointblank_X]

not gonna do bold predictions. just gonna post what my standings will look like:

Eastern

1. Tampa Bay
2. Montreal
3. Boston

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. New Jersey

1. Florida
2. NY Islanders

3. Philadelphia
4. Florida
5. NY Rangers
6. Carolina
7. Toronto
8. Ottawa
9. Buffalo
10. Columbus


Western:

1. Nashville
2. Chicago
3. Dallas

1. Los Angeles
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim

1. St. Louis
2. Arizona

3. Calgary
4. Winnipeg
5. Edmonton
6. Minnesota
7. Colorado
8. Vancouver



Hart: Jamie Benn
Rocket: Ovy
Art Ross: Benn
norris: Karlsson
vezina: Price


Stanley Cup Final: Tampa wins over LA

You sure have a lot of faith in the Leafs, especially coming for a Habs fan
I'm still so hyped from game one and have tickets to the opener on Saturday so I'm really excited..! but I don't see us making playoffs. This year and potentially most of next year is to develop the youngsters. We're still losing a lot, and as long as we see games such as yesterday's with Matthews' lighting it up I'm perfectly fine with this.
Also, although what I said is all true, I'm still upset we lost the game in OT, ONLY because of Matthews' insane game.

He has them finishing 13/16. That's not a lot of faith.

Lol yup, noticed afterwards. I'm just slow.