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NHL 2017-18 Season Predictions

by
Ryan Grabig
October 2, 2017

Credit: Gene Principe/Sportsnet

The NHL season is officially back on Wednesday! We here at FlurrySports cannot wait for the puck to drop and finally begin the season. With only a couple of days left to wait, it seems like the perfect time to make our predictions for the upcoming season. The following is a list of win and award predictions for the season made by Christian Potts and Ryan Grabig. Do you agree or disagree? Let us know your predictions!

	Christian Potts	Ryan Grabig
Eastern Conference
Atlantic	Pittsburgh	Tampa Bay
Metropolitan	Washington	Washington
Two Wild Card Teams	Rangers & Boston	Detroit & Columbus
Western Conference
Central	Chicago	St. Louis
Pacific	Edmonton	Edmonton
Two Wild Card Teams	San Jose & Minnesota	Dallas & Los Angeles
Stanley Cup Prediction	Pittsburgh vs Edmonton	Tampa Bay vs Edmonton
Stanley Cup Champion	Edmonton	Tampa Bay
NHL Award Predictions
Hart Memorial (MVP)	Connor McDavid	Connor McDavid
Lady Byng (Sportsmanship)	Anze Kopitar	Anze Kopitar
Vezina (Top Goalie)	Carey Price	Jake Allen
Calder (Top Rookie)	Charlie McAvoy	Nolan Patrick
Art Ross (Top Points Scorer)	Connor McDavid	Connor McDavid
James Norris (Top Defenseman)	Drew Doughty	Victor Hedman
Conn Smythe (Top Playoff Player)	Connor McDavid	Nikita Kucherov
Jack Adams (Coach of the Year)	Todd McClellan	Mike Yeo
Frank Selke (Top Offensive Dman)	Duncan Keith	Brent Burns
Williams Jennings (Goalie Fewest Goals Allowed)	Sergei Bobrovsky	Jake Allen
Maurice Richard (Top Goal Scorer)	Alex Ovechkin	Steven Stamkos
GM of the Year	Peter Chiarelli (Edmonton)	Doug Armstrong (Blues)

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1 Comment

Christian Potts

October 2, 2017 at 1:39 PM

I went kind of “old-school” here going back to the days of domination from the Edmonton Oilers. Obviously the Pens will be tough but it’s been more than three decades since a team won the Stanley Cup three straight times. Even those powerful Oilers teams didn’t do that (they got 4 in 5 years in their heyday.) But they’re going to be back this year.