The Atlantic is probably the best and most competitive...but probably the most crazy and unstable to analyze ! I salute you for trying to make a ranking and i get kinda why everybody put Montréal last...but that might become the biggest surprise of the year for any of those teams ! I mean all of them have crazy thing to do, or big if to pass to be at the top ! -The Panther...did the replace Montour and the depth enough to be at the top again ? -The Leafs...Did they improve the depth enough, the goalie position enough and will Berube be a good fit for them ? Also will they finally clean that whole Marner thing before it goes really bad... -The lightning...Stamkos and Sergachev gone...do they have enough gas in the tank ? -The Bruins...will they have a number 1 goalie this year or will it be the great duo of Korpisalo and Dipietro...and will the loss of Marchand hurt them ? -The Wings...was last year a hiccup or a feature ? -The Senator...is Ullmark enough and will that depth finally click ? -The Sabre...Was last year a hiccup or a feature and will Lindy Ruff bring them to victory ? - Montréal...will you please stop being injured so we can see in all his glory the real top 6 that Hugues wants to create and will Monty and Primeau be enough ? So no sure thing at all, it's gonna be crazy in the Atlantic !!!
@@billsfan1443 it's very possible with their improvements in the off season that they can finish above .500 as well. I still believe they finish last, but I also believe they can be .500 and still be last
@@andrewsurowiec80 I don’t get the MTL hype they only had 20 regulation wins 3rd least in the NHL. No one is afraid of Laine he hasn’t been a factor since 2018
yeah, the only real heavy thing they have is Vasilevsky. Not sure Guentzel is someone you build around like Stammer. Yes they have Point and the Mad Russian, but They could either make the playoffs as a W/C 2 or completely drop out of the PO race altogether.
Prove everyone wrong again season for the Islanders. My predictions for playoff changes from last years standings: Devils in, Ottawa in -> Tampa out, Washington out
I do also think Detroit and New Jersey will replace Washington and the Islanders for the playoffs but part of me is praying for chaos and see Boston and/or Tampa end up out and Buffalo and/or Montreal end up in.
In case you were wondering: since there have been 30 teams (2001 onwards) the average number of teams to make the playoffs after missing the year prior is almost exactly 5 (4.95 average, 2020-2022 excluded from data set). That includes three recent seasons where 7 teams made it back to the playoffs (2015,2017,2018) which included 5 (😦) Eastern teams jumping back in the playoffs in 2017. There have only been three postseasons where it was 3 new teams or fewer (2001, 2011, and just this past postseason in 2024). So just a long winded way to say, if you only swap 3 teams in your playoffs predictions, recency bias is effecting you and you’re being too conservative. Five is definitely the sweet spot (happened 10 out of the last 20 postseasons excluding the covid seasons) Haven’t watched the video yet, just thought this was interesting and was waiting for a good vid to post on
Can you make a video redesigning the divisions? Personally think it would be cool to see 8 divisions of 4 teams. The top 2 in each division qualify for the playoffs and face each other in the Quarter Finals!
I don’t like that because you could have a division of four bad teams, none of which deserve to make the playoffs. And another division could have four really good teams, and two of those get left out. You see that in the NFL all the time. For the playoffs they should go back to seeding the teams 1 through 8.
I think the East stays the same as last season except the Devils make it instead of the Isles or Caps. I think a lot of people are really overestimating the Red Wings considering their advanced stats last season not sustainable going into this season but hey maybe we do see 1 of the Atlantic never ending rebuilds make it
I think this is the year the Atlantic starts to flip around a bit. I don't think FLA-TOR-TBL-BOS will necessarily be the top 4 teams but no idea who drops out and who jumps up. Also I doubt Montreal finishes 8th this year.
Habs fan here. Don’t mind being 8 in the standing, i understand that the atlantic is tough but with a Dach healthy, Laine back to prime’ish and if the young blueline improved and play great we can suprise and steal the spot of buffalo or even the sens but being +.500 can be a improvement even if we even finish last.
For 2 years, I put Senators and Sabres in playoffs, and last year put red wings in too. Not getting fooled 3 times, I'll put devils and canadiens for wild card spots.
my predictions: Floridax Torontox Detroitx Tampax Bostonx Buffalo Ottawa Montreal Rangersx New Jerseyx Carolinax Islanders Washington Pittsburg Columbus Philly
@@TheHockeyGuy I agree. But playing with Pasta will make him much better as it does anyone. It's going to be interesting. But I love how they bigger,faster and harder to play against.
For me: Atlantic: Florida Toronto Detroit* Boston* Montreal* Tampa Bay Buffalo Ottawa Metro: New York Rangers Carolina New Jersey New York Islanders Washington Philadelphia Pittsburgh Columbus
Honestly I think from what I’ve seen, it’s not that I want to pull the habs up as much as I just think due to the off season the sabres gotta go down, they gotta be worse right?
I heard Crosby will resign a 2 x 8.7 millions dollars deal again, I don't know what move they'll make if they want to be in the playoffs. In the atlantic division, I'm an habs fan and my top 4 would be Panthers, Toronto, Tampa and Detroit/Ottawa. I think the bruins are becoming older and I don't think they'll have the same season as the last one (if they do, well good for them). Detroit and Ottawa have been in rebuild mode for a long time, I hope they get better or even make the playoffs. People are talking about Ottawa since like 2020 saying they should make the playoffs, so I think it should start real soon otherwise they'll have to do something about it. Detroit were so close to making the playoffs, they had 91 pts (same as the capitals who were in the playoffs) so I think this season they should be better by adding some depth with Tarasenko and Tyler Motte.
Flyers have the same team as last year plus Michkov. Yes they didnt make any major offseason moves, but they won most of their games last year off of hard work and good coaching. No reason that changes into this year.
Only two thoughts: 1) Looking at that standings, I can see it being 4/4 for playoffs with the last spot determine the last few games like last season. If New Jersey doesn't get that bounce back, then I would agree on the 5/3. 2) Like I said in their preview, Columbus is a complete guess. From my viewpoint, I can see them rally around and move up a spot, but if it is a complete dumpster fire, then I agree at 8. However, if they rally like what Vegas did in their first season, treat it as they are playing house money, and become Charlie from that one episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where he cut the brakes. Either way, gonna be a weird season.
Load management with Swayman could prove troublesome. This will be his first season without a Vezina winner sharing the net. Big step for him and will sink or swim Boston’s season.
My Atlantic predictions (only top 4 make the playoffs): 1. FLA 2. Toronto 3. Boston 4. TB 5. Detroit 6. Buffalo 7. Ottawa 8. Montreal Just realized that these standings are almost what we had last year (except with Boston and Toronto flipped around).
I’m not even a red wing fan or care about the east but I do think the redwings make the playoffs. I know there’s a lot of good teams but Detroit is simply better. Especially if you watched last szn you would know that Philly and Pittsburg probably didn’t deserve the spot over the red wings.
I am excited to watch next year's version of this to see if Philly is making moves or will continue to be at the bottom. Is Michkov good, does the new cap space they get next year as they throw off the shackles of the Fletcher era get put to good use, etc. 7 is totally fair this year, it just hurts my feelings.
@@joeb2151 The Flyers had 87 points last year. They're bringing back essentially the same team plus Michkov. Obviously they need a center, but I just don't see them finishing behind NYI and PIT.
@@chrisdyer5879 I don't see Roy letting that team languish, so I don't think they fall below Philly. Pittsburgh knows the window is nearly closed. They need a serious push. They're aging, but they still have good players. And Pittsburgh can't tank until McKenna is available at the draft, so next season is the regularly scheduled selloff if I remember when McKenna will most likely be #1 overall.
@@joeb2151 I think the window has already closed on PIT. Karlsson was not the answer. I'll concede NYI, especially since they added DuClair. But I really think people are gonna be surprised by the Philly. They're gonna be defensively tough again, and Michkov will take the PP out of the basement. We'll see. The Flyers definitely ran out of gas last year.
For three years, I've been asking for the Rangers to prove they can roll in the postseason, instead of just getting there. All that high end talent, and it always boils down to Shesti keeping them in most games
@@nikitasviridov1792 the Leafs are a different brand of failure. The Rags are disappointing because in both of those conference finals appearances, they choked in brutal fashion against the Panthers (who were the better team) and a weakened Lightning squad where they dropped four straight after winning two. Not to mention laying an egg against the Devils in a game 7 AFTER choking that series.
I agree but in terms of winning the cup I think they are the weakest. Florida is VERY much a cup contender but that’s all you got. You got oilers Canucks/ vegas, Avs stars, rangers, canes in the rest. In terms of competing for playoffs absolutely
I’m surprised BOS is so low on these predictions. After getting bullied by FL two years in a row, they’ve taken a page out of their book and built their roster for playoff hockey. McAvoy is their smallest D, and their bottom six wingers are big bruisers who can skate on the forecheck. 2nd tallest team on average, 1st heaviest team on average, 6th youngest team on average.
other than the panthers, the next 7 to me can easily like picking them out of a bag. Toronto Tampa and the bruins either through pieces moving on, historical deficiencies (toronto), aging squads, and lack of shoring up, and the bottom 4 growing and building I can see a shift and would not be surprised if all 4 of the bottom teams squeak in and pass 3 of the 4 top teams. Those that pan montreal, last year they were not an easy win and if my memory serves they were in the most 1 goal games. So they added talent and if players they lost through injury stay healthy, they can win 6-10 games more. I would not bet for them to win the cup, but looking at the division i see an increasing parity because of the cycles of the teams that were at the top and the bottom teams are all on an uptick. I still see toronto further down the slope, as I do boston, and especially tampa. Tampa lost too much talent and don't have the prospects to step up to maintain their spot. Boston is becoming a goalie team, and losing their 1b to ottawa puts them an injury away from the lottery. Toronto on top of getting older, losing parts, have not addressed their unbalanced team, and like I said the bottom teams are primed to speed their return to league's bottom (as long as Shanahan is there they remain a pretender at best). Sport can be cruel and the Atlantic will become cut throat island
I think if Montreal can stay 75% healthier than last season, they will win much more of those 1 goal games they ended up losing (they had the most 1 goal games in the league last yr) and they can be better than at least 3 of the other Atlantic teams
I really think people are overstating the Hurricanes losses this off season. Same with the Devils additions. I think, if anything, the Devils have risen to the level of the Hurricanes and Rangers. Those three teams are going to be very even matchups this year. The Hurricanes have added scoring defensemen, Kochetkov is just getting better, Necas is going to turn it on this year, Jarvis is now going to get 1st line minutes with Aho and Svechnikov, last year he was a 3rd liner with Staal and Martinook. Then there are some really good rookies coming into the team this year as well.
I expect Carolina to make the playoffs, but they do have a very realistic chance of getting poor goaltending next season and missing the playoffs. Their goaltending got off to a very bad start last season and then turned it around a little before the midpoint of the season. But I wouldn't be surprised if their goaltending gets off to a bad start again next season, and doesn't turn things around early enough or strongly enough to make the playoffs.
The Hockey News HATES the Red Wings. Dunno what we ever did to them lol. I also can’t see Buffalo finishing behind Ottawa. I think Buffalo has issues…like, NO ONE plays defense…but Ottawa just seems like it’s a shit show. My hot take is…I think the order in the Atlantic is…Florida, Toronto, Boston, Detroit, Tampa. I think Tampa is in decline and trying to use bubble gum and duct tape to keep it together. I think losing Stammer and Sergachev is gonna hurt them.
I think the Metro is the most competitive 4 to 7 with an outside chance of 3rd being up in the air, too. 4 to 7 beating each other closer to .500 makes the only 3 from the Metro pretty likely. But I hope not.
Is Columbus above the cap floor and do they receive any consideration from the league due to the circumstances? The East is tough, but lets have another team flounder like NJD did...
People that haven't watched the Lightning only look at stats and don't realize Stammer was awful at 5v5 and Kuch set him up on a platter for all of the PP goals. And then people don't realize Serg missed most of the season last year and they got better with Moser and McD
Expecting great things from Michkov. The big 'if' for the Flyers is, of course, goaltending. I'm betting on Kolosov emerging. Agreed on all except the Caps and Flyers, who I'd flip their places.
Montreal could finish 5th/6th if everything is lined up, Laine goes back to being Laine, all the young players improves, Matheson keeps his offensive production going, if they have no major injuries, goaltending overperforms, if Gally/Andy are passable and they make 1 or 2 additional great moves. Thats a lot of ifs. Realistically too many elements are unproven and green to even consider them over 7th before games are played, Buffalo is stagnating.
Not really. You're asking for the stars to align, on top of Montembeault to not play like the backup goalie he's destined to be. Buffalo is mediocre, but they're at least consistently mediocre.
@@cmz5847 and the other teams in the east? You really think phi will beat out Ottawa buffalo or Detroit? Don’t see it happening. One of the worst tandem in the league. Even if they have michkov with a huge season, can’t prevent goals.
@@stefan1132the only team that got better in the metro is the caps. And they’re still extremely mid but could surprise. They’re at least finishing 5th with a ceiling of 3rd
It’s always about injuries and missed ice time. Detroit will make the play offs if they avoid major injuries. No big deal if they miss, hopefully, they will see a lot more minutes for the new generation of youth that should make the wings Stanly Cup challengers for the next few years.
Devils will be in the mix with the rangers for 1st if they can stay healthy. Carolina could go the way of Boston last year when they lost so many pieces, becoming a stingy systems team under Brind’amour
Of all the teams in the Atlantic, it`ll be interesting to see how Tampa Bay does this year after losing two key players in Stamkos and Sergachev. They seem to look good offensively and have an elite goalie in Vasilevskiy, but they might have the worst defense core (on paper) of the projected top-four teams in the Atlantic. My guess is at best they finish fourth and make the playoffs, but lose in the first round.
Unfortunately I beleive he is spot on with the flyers. Torts had an average team playing well above their ability. Questionable goaltending and holes everywhere in the lineup will be exploited. Unfortunately the stench of Chuckles the Incompetent Clown will remain in the franchise. The good news is their salary structure will improve after this season I thought when db was hired, it’d be 3-5 yrs before getting back into the playoffs. Unless they shock us this season, my prediction will be true. Unfortunately Chuckles, along with Homer and Clarkie (and the failure of Hexy) have made this franchise virtually unsalvageable If they don’t hit on their three first round picks next season and make substantial growth next summer, it will be much longer until they turn it around
Especially with luke hughes being hurt , you could make an argument 7 of best 8 east teams are from the atlantic , thats why they need to drop this shitty playoff format and go back to 1v8 2v7
It's so frustrating that in order for Buffalo to break the no playoffs streak, we can't just squeak in but have to surpass one of these elite Atlantic teams and all of the other risers. Getting to the point we are just gonna be locked out no matter how many things we do right from here forward. 14, 15, 16 years here we come...
It wouldn't be surprising at all to see them finish 4th in that division. Those other teams are really good. I could also see them winning it but is Swayman a guy who can play 65 games? Time will tell on that. B's are in a tough spot. This might the year they fall off when so many predicted it would be last season.
Like for real. We're not screaming playoff team, but there's no way in my mind that they for sure finish 8th. I see them at 6th (worst) and possibly higher...
@@zors5188 I see them a lot like the Devils team, injuries kept the Devils from being in the mix last year, and in the same way Montreal has had that happen 3 years in a row. A healthy season will stun the Atlantic division.
@@vipeholmskolan6052 Ottawa and Buffalo are not ever going to make the jump. Dorion doomed Ottawa , and Buffalo has no real veterans, so they are in a perpetual losing culture. Detroit put all it's hopes on mid goaltending, I'm not sold.
Devils and Rangers will have a dogfight for first in the Metro. I think the Devils will scrape out a title, but it’ll be close. Same four will make the playoffs in the Atlantic with a bonus team in Buffalo taking the second WC. The Wings just don’t inspire me in any way and the Sens hired a bad coach. Caps and Islanders will drop out.
@ericsummers1230 that's marchy bud, their only player over 32.. off the top of my head the leafs have patches, tanev, and tavarez all over 35. The leafs and panthers are both older teams than boston. Calling boston an aging team is a lazy take.
There will be so many "so called" experts doing an about face on Montreal by the end of the season it will be fun just listening to the back peddling. One of the games in my Islander season plan is the Canadiens...really looking forward to that game.😊
The leafs will miss there playoff so that Matthews will not loose a playoff game and can recover early in the summer by some rounds of golf. Detroit with Kane and a strong Seider will make the playoffs and go to the conference final. Cheers!
Yeah it's a muggs game trying to predict the season ahead of time. Im afraid Bobrovsky may, after winning his cup, struggle to have a good full season. They dont have a back up they can count on. I like Detroit making the playoffs. Ithink boston may have a better regular season. Poor Buffalo and Ottawa and Detroit. Montreal improves a little but I don't think .500. Their defense has to make a big step forward. I have New York first, New Jersey and then carolina. Islanders, Washington, Pittsburgh and Pjilly are all going to be pretty horrible. :The Islanders were terrible defensively last year. Not sure where the improvement comes. Columbus not to have a good year.
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Can’t wait to see what happens in the east, specifically the Atlantic. I think this season is gonna be even more dramatic than last year haha
3:22 Curious if there is a follow up video about that marker?Asking for a friend who won't be able to sleep unless that marker gets picked up.
The Atlantic is probably the best and most competitive...but probably the most crazy and unstable to analyze ! I salute you for trying to make a ranking and i get kinda why everybody put Montréal last...but that might become the biggest surprise of the year for any of those teams ! I mean all of them have crazy thing to do, or big if to pass to be at the top !
-The Panther...did the replace Montour and the depth enough to be at the top again ?
-The Leafs...Did they improve the depth enough, the goalie position enough and will Berube be a good fit for them ? Also will they finally clean that whole Marner thing before it goes really bad...
-The lightning...Stamkos and Sergachev gone...do they have enough gas in the tank ?
-The Bruins...will they have a number 1 goalie this year or will it be the great duo of Korpisalo and Dipietro...and will the loss of Marchand hurt them ?
-The Wings...was last year a hiccup or a feature ?
-The Senator...is Ullmark enough and will that depth finally click ?
-The Sabre...Was last year a hiccup or a feature and will Lindy Ruff bring them to victory ?
- Montréal...will you please stop being injured so we can see in all his glory the real top 6 that Hugues wants to create and will Monty and Primeau be enough ?
So no sure thing at all, it's gonna be crazy in the Atlantic !!!
The Atlantic might be the only division in the league this year where every team finishes above .500
MTL will be the only team under .500. 6/8 teams have fished above .500 last two years in a row.
@@billsfan1443 it's very possible with their improvements in the off season that they can finish above .500 as well. I still believe they finish last, but I also believe they can be .500 and still be last
@@billsfan1443 Delusional.
@@andrewsurowiec80 I don’t get the MTL hype they only had 20 regulation wins 3rd least in the NHL. No one is afraid of Laine he hasn’t been a factor since 2018
@@martinlatour9311 if they did a tournament with the last place division teams MTL definitely would be the best
I think Tampa will very much disappoint this season.
Bodies can't live much without a heart.
Why?
yeah, the only real heavy thing they have is Vasilevsky. Not sure Guentzel is someone you build around like Stammer. Yes they have Point and the Mad Russian, but They could either make the playoffs as a W/C 2 or completely drop out of the PO race altogether.
Prove everyone wrong again season for the Islanders.
My predictions for playoff changes from last years standings: Devils in, Ottawa in -> Tampa out, Washington out
I do also think Detroit and New Jersey will replace Washington and the Islanders for the playoffs but part of me is praying for chaos and see Boston and/or Tampa end up out and Buffalo and/or Montreal end up in.
If the wings goaltending is better and they stay relatively healthy they should make it, but I am still not sold they will.
In case you were wondering: since there have been 30 teams (2001 onwards) the average number of teams to make the playoffs after missing the year prior is almost exactly 5 (4.95 average, 2020-2022 excluded from data set).
That includes three recent seasons where 7 teams made it back to the playoffs (2015,2017,2018) which included 5 (😦) Eastern teams jumping back in the playoffs in 2017. There have only been three postseasons where it was 3 new teams or fewer (2001, 2011, and just this past postseason in 2024).
So just a long winded way to say, if you only swap 3 teams in your playoffs predictions, recency bias is effecting you and you’re being too conservative. Five is definitely the sweet spot (happened 10 out of the last 20 postseasons excluding the covid seasons)
Haven’t watched the video yet, just thought this was interesting and was waiting for a good vid to post on
Can you make a video redesigning the divisions? Personally think it would be cool to see 8 divisions of 4 teams. The top 2 in each division qualify for the playoffs and face each other in the Quarter Finals!
I don’t like that because you could have a division of four bad teams, none of which deserve to make the playoffs. And another division could have four really good teams, and two of those get left out. You see that in the NFL all the time. For the playoffs they should go back to seeding the teams 1 through 8.
hakanpaa!
Gesundheit!
Once again, Shannon has a very fair assessment and half the people will say he's off his rocker. pro-tip: He doesn't even own a rocker.
I think the East stays the same as last season except the Devils make it instead of the Isles or Caps. I think a lot of people are really overestimating the Red Wings considering their advanced stats last season not sustainable going into this season but hey maybe we do see 1 of the Atlantic never ending rebuilds make it
I think this is the year the Atlantic starts to flip around a bit. I don't think FLA-TOR-TBL-BOS will necessarily be the top 4 teams but no idea who drops out and who jumps up. Also I doubt Montreal finishes 8th this year.
I'm curious if you think there's any teams who would make the playoffs if they were in a different division.
Habs fan here. Don’t mind being 8 in the standing, i understand that the atlantic is tough but with a Dach healthy, Laine back to prime’ish and if the young blueline improved and play great we can suprise and steal the spot of buffalo or even the sens but being +.500 can be a improvement even if we even finish last.
For 2 years, I put Senators and Sabres in playoffs, and last year put red wings in too. Not getting fooled 3 times, I'll put devils and canadiens for wild card spots.
Canadiens 💀
@@t1n032 They can surprise some people if they stay healthy. They're not as bad as a people think a rebuilding team should be.
@@neeltheother2342 they ain't making the playoffs though yet
@@t1n032 They're certainly better than the Sens and Wings lmao
@@cringy_cuber5132 don't put words in my mouth
my predictions:
Floridax
Torontox
Detroitx
Tampax
Bostonx
Buffalo
Ottawa
Montreal
Rangersx
New Jerseyx
Carolinax
Islanders
Washington
Pittsburg
Columbus
Philly
Detroit and Ottawa swap.
8th in the Atlantic will have a better record than 6-8 in the metro, doesn’t matter who gets 8th
5 atlantic teams in for sure
The Bruins are stronger now on defense,plus adding Lindholm the forwards are better. They are like the 4th youngest team too.
Lindholm is coming off of a rough year.
@@TheHockeyGuy I agree. But playing with Pasta will make him much better as it does anyone. It's going to be interesting. But I love how they bigger,faster and harder to play against.
And Korpisalo as the goalie. Lol
They are NOT the 4th youngest team
@@Kendall-v4k They also had Lindholm . Lol joking obviously you meant Elias not Hampus . Never looked up if they're related or not .
For me:
Atlantic:
Florida
Toronto
Detroit*
Boston*
Montreal*
Tampa Bay
Buffalo
Ottawa
Metro:
New York Rangers
Carolina
New Jersey
New York Islanders
Washington
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Columbus
🤣🤣🤣
Honestly I think from what I’ve seen, it’s not that I want to pull the habs up as much as I just think due to the off season the sabres gotta go down, they gotta be worse right?
Two years in a row getting to the finals takes a lot out of guys. I see Fla. taking a step back this year...
People said that last year
I heard Crosby will resign a 2 x 8.7 millions dollars deal again, I don't know what move they'll make if they want to be in the playoffs.
In the atlantic division, I'm an habs fan and my top 4 would be Panthers, Toronto, Tampa and Detroit/Ottawa. I think the bruins are becoming older and I don't think they'll have the same season as the last one (if they do, well good for them). Detroit and Ottawa have been in rebuild mode for a long time, I hope they get better or even make the playoffs. People are talking about Ottawa since like 2020 saying they should make the playoffs, so I think it should start real soon otherwise they'll have to do something about it. Detroit were so close to making the playoffs, they had 91 pts (same as the capitals who were in the playoffs) so I think this season they should be better by adding some depth with Tarasenko and Tyler Motte.
i'm not counting out montreal. i like montembeault a lot
Tor vs Mon might be interesting this year with Laine vs Matthews
My predictions
Atlantic-FLA, BOS, TOR, DET (WC1), TB (WC2), BUFF, OTT, MTL
Metro-NYR, CAR, NJ, NYI, PHIL, PITT, WASH, CLM
Bold Hot Take-Phil gets Gibson from Anaheim
Flyers have the same team as last year plus Michkov. Yes they didnt make any major offseason moves, but they won most of their games last year off of hard work and good coaching. No reason that changes into this year.
Pretty evident that if everyone has the habs to finish last, they certainly won't 😅
Florida, Toronto, Boston, Buffalo
At this point I’m not really concerned with hockey at this point just not ready
I love that jersey
Only two thoughts:
1) Looking at that standings, I can see it being 4/4 for playoffs with the last spot determine the last few games like last season. If New Jersey doesn't get that bounce back, then I would agree on the 5/3.
2) Like I said in their preview, Columbus is a complete guess. From my viewpoint, I can see them rally around and move up a spot, but if it is a complete dumpster fire, then I agree at 8. However, if they rally like what Vegas did in their first season, treat it as they are playing house money, and become Charlie from that one episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where he cut the brakes. Either way, gonna be a weird season.
Load management with Swayman could prove troublesome. This will be his first season without a Vezina winner sharing the net. Big step for him and will sink or swim Boston’s season.
ATL:
1. FLA*
2. BOS*
3. TBL*
4. TOR*
5. OTT
6. DET
7. MTL
8. BUF
MET:
1. NYR*
2. CAR*
3. PIT*
4. WSH*
5. NJD
6. NYI
7. PHI
8. CBJ
The leafs have tons of power but I am worried about goaltending
My Atlantic predictions (only top 4 make the playoffs):
1. FLA
2. Toronto
3. Boston
4. TB
5. Detroit
6. Buffalo
7. Ottawa
8. Montreal
Just realized that these standings are almost what we had last year (except with Boston and Toronto flipped around).
I’m not even a red wing fan or care about the east but I do think the redwings make the playoffs. I know there’s a lot of good teams but Detroit is simply better. Especially if you watched last szn you would know that Philly and Pittsburg probably didn’t deserve the spot over the red wings.
That Panthers jersey rules. Will always love their original threads.
I am excited to watch next year's version of this to see if Philly is making moves or will continue to be at the bottom. Is Michkov good, does the new cap space they get next year as they throw off the shackles of the Fletcher era get put to good use, etc.
7 is totally fair this year, it just hurts my feelings.
@@joeb2151 The Flyers had 87 points last year. They're bringing back essentially the same team plus Michkov. Obviously they need a center, but I just don't see them finishing behind NYI and PIT.
@@chrisdyer5879 I don't see Roy letting that team languish, so I don't think they fall below Philly. Pittsburgh knows the window is nearly closed. They need a serious push. They're aging, but they still have good players. And Pittsburgh can't tank until McKenna is available at the draft, so next season is the regularly scheduled selloff if I remember when McKenna will most likely be #1 overall.
@@joeb2151 I think the window has already closed on PIT. Karlsson was not the answer. I'll concede NYI, especially since they added DuClair. But I really think people are gonna be surprised by the Philly. They're gonna be defensively tough again, and Michkov will take the PP out of the basement. We'll see. The Flyers definitely ran out of gas last year.
For three years, I've been asking for the Rangers to prove they can roll in the postseason, instead of just getting there. All that high end talent, and it always boils down to Shesti keeping them in most games
Just getting there? Two conference finals in three years is considered to be "Just getting there"? Tell it to the Leafs fans 😀
Rangers = no cojones
@@nikitasviridov1792 the Leafs are a different brand of failure. The Rags are disappointing because in both of those conference finals appearances, they choked in brutal fashion against the Panthers (who were the better team) and a weakened Lightning squad where they dropped four straight after winning two. Not to mention laying an egg against the Devils in a game 7 AFTER choking that series.
I mean, that’s been the story since Lundqvist, hasn’t it?
@@tehbeernerd pretty much. If they develop a bite or some killer instinct, then we're talking
The Atlantic division gotta be the strongest overall division in NHL history! I am high on the Habs but I would still pit them last.
I agree but in terms of winning the cup I think they are the weakest. Florida is VERY much a cup contender but that’s all you got. You got oilers Canucks/ vegas, Avs stars, rangers, canes in the rest. In terms of competing for playoffs absolutely
@@jasonkashefi8241 disagree there
@@jasonkashefi8241 You never know, Atlantic division teams made most cup finals in the last 10 years
I’m surprised BOS is so low on these predictions. After getting bullied by FL two years in a row, they’ve taken a page out of their book and built their roster for playoff hockey. McAvoy is their smallest D, and their bottom six wingers are big bruisers who can skate on the forecheck. 2nd tallest team on average, 1st heaviest team on average, 6th youngest team on average.
I hope that the belief in Buffalo is rewarded, maybe Lindy can get them going
Buffalo "Tutaunka" ....yep they get in
other than the panthers, the next 7 to me can easily like picking them out of a bag. Toronto Tampa and the bruins either through pieces moving on, historical deficiencies (toronto), aging squads, and lack of shoring up, and the bottom 4 growing and building I can see a shift and would not be surprised if all 4 of the bottom teams squeak in and pass 3 of the 4 top teams. Those that pan montreal, last year they were not an easy win and if my memory serves they were in the most 1 goal games. So they added talent and if players they lost through injury stay healthy, they can win 6-10 games more. I would not bet for them to win the cup, but looking at the division i see an increasing parity because of the cycles of the teams that were at the top and the bottom teams are all on an uptick. I still see toronto further down the slope, as I do boston, and especially tampa. Tampa lost too much talent and don't have the prospects to step up to maintain their spot. Boston is becoming a goalie team, and losing their 1b to ottawa puts them an injury away from the lottery. Toronto on top of getting older, losing parts, have not addressed their unbalanced team, and like I said the bottom teams are primed to speed their return to league's bottom (as long as Shanahan is there they remain a pretender at best). Sport can be cruel and the Atlantic will become cut throat island
I think if Montreal can stay 75% healthier than last season, they will win much more of those 1 goal games they ended up losing (they had the most 1 goal games in the league last yr) and they can be better than at least 3 of the other Atlantic teams
I really think people are overstating the Hurricanes losses this off season. Same with the Devils additions. I think, if anything, the Devils have risen to the level of the Hurricanes and Rangers. Those three teams are going to be very even matchups this year.
The Hurricanes have added scoring defensemen, Kochetkov is just getting better, Necas is going to turn it on this year, Jarvis is now going to get 1st line minutes with Aho and Svechnikov, last year he was a 3rd liner with Staal and Martinook. Then there are some really good rookies coming into the team this year as well.
I expect Carolina to make the playoffs, but they do have a very realistic chance of getting poor goaltending next season and missing the playoffs. Their goaltending got off to a very bad start last season and then turned it around a little before the midpoint of the season. But I wouldn't be surprised if their goaltending gets off to a bad start again next season, and doesn't turn things around early enough or strongly enough to make the playoffs.
unless the devils add at least another solid offensive piece they’re going to have a lot more issues than ppl seem to think
Why? Despite them not even making the playoffs last year, their offensive play was the best in the division and one of the best in the conference.
TOR, NYR, NJ will make the playoffs, after that who knows.
The Hockey News HATES the Red Wings. Dunno what we ever did to them lol. I also can’t see Buffalo finishing behind Ottawa. I think Buffalo has issues…like, NO ONE plays defense…but Ottawa just seems like it’s a shit show. My hot take is…I think the order in the Atlantic is…Florida, Toronto, Boston, Detroit, Tampa. I think Tampa is in decline and trying to use bubble gum and duct tape to keep it together. I think losing Stammer and Sergachev is gonna hurt them.
Sens will make it this year! Ullmark will de the difference.
The Hockey News hopes and aspirations were destroyed by the wings in the 90's and 2000's
I think the Metro is the most competitive 4 to 7 with an outside chance of 3rd being up in the air, too. 4 to 7 beating each other closer to .500 makes the only 3 from the Metro pretty likely. But I hope not.
One of Buffalo, Detroit, or Ottawa have to make the playoffs this year. Boston or Tampa could fall out
Penguins will be in the playoffs this year, calling it out early
Is Columbus above the cap floor and do they receive any consideration from the league due to the circumstances? The East is tough, but lets have another team flounder like NJD did...
Columbus is below the cap floor by 3million.
@@ijxrxmy Thanks, so they will bring someone in, tough position
With no injury like last 3 years theres no way mtl finish last if they do gonna be a big step back in their rebuild
People that haven't watched the Lightning only look at stats and don't realize Stammer was awful at 5v5 and Kuch set him up on a platter for all of the PP goals.
And then people don't realize Serg missed most of the season last year and they got better with Moser and McD
Expecting great things from Michkov. The big 'if' for the Flyers is, of course, goaltending. I'm betting on Kolosov emerging. Agreed on all except the Caps and Flyers, who I'd flip their places.
Montreal could finish 5th/6th if everything is lined up, Laine goes back to being Laine, all the young players improves, Matheson keeps his offensive production going, if they have no major injuries, goaltending overperforms, if Gally/Andy are passable and they make 1 or 2 additional great moves. Thats a lot of ifs.
Realistically too many elements are unproven and green to even consider them over 7th before games are played, Buffalo is stagnating.
Not really. You're asking for the stars to align, on top of Montembeault to not play like the backup goalie he's destined to be. Buffalo is mediocre, but they're at least consistently mediocre.
My man just had almost no love for buffalo, you're killing me Shannon. I'm calling for them to hut 4th,maybe 3rd and be the shocker of the Atlantic .
montreal will surprise you..mark my words
Gonna mark it with a X now🤣
It's always Oilers. Canadians just tug away the shiny toy in hope it will bring that cup back to Canada. It won't
Flyers disrespect duly noted
Your flyers bias is showing. Not sure how you can honestly argue Philly being up any higher besides michkov
@@stefan1132 they were 1 win away from playoffs last year, the young core will be a year older and better, plus adding Michkov….?
@@cmz5847 and the other teams in the east? You really think phi will beat out Ottawa buffalo or Detroit? Don’t see it happening. One of the worst tandem in the league. Even if they have michkov with a huge season, can’t prevent goals.
@@cmz5847 also wasn’t just phi one win away. Plus they were completely out of gas.
@@stefan1132the only team that got better in the metro is the caps. And they’re still extremely mid but could surprise. They’re at least finishing 5th with a ceiling of 3rd
It’s always about injuries and missed ice time. Detroit will make the play offs if they avoid major injuries. No big deal if they miss, hopefully, they will see a lot more minutes for the new generation of youth that should make the wings Stanly Cup challengers for the next few years.
Devils will be in the mix with the rangers for 1st if they can stay healthy. Carolina could go the way of Boston last year when they lost so many pieces, becoming a stingy systems team under Brind’amour
Of all the teams in the Atlantic, it`ll be interesting to see how Tampa Bay does this year after losing two key players in Stamkos and Sergachev. They seem to look good offensively and have an elite goalie in Vasilevskiy, but they might have the worst defense core (on paper) of the projected top-four teams in the Atlantic. My guess is at best they finish fourth and make the playoffs, but lose in the first round.
Bos, Fla, Tor, Ott, TB, Mon, Det, Buf
NJ, NYR, Car, Was, NYI, Pitt, Phi, Clb
Playoff teams: Bos, Fla, Tor, Ott, TB, NJ, NYR, Car
how long can the isles "overachieve" before people realize maybe they might just be decent
I hope the Pens make the playoffs one more year with Crosby
Caps will make it over redwings again, they sneakily improved
Unfortunately I beleive he is spot on with the flyers. Torts had an average team playing well above their ability. Questionable goaltending and holes everywhere in the lineup will be exploited. Unfortunately the stench of Chuckles the Incompetent Clown will remain in the franchise. The good news is their salary structure will improve after this season
I thought when db was hired, it’d be 3-5 yrs before getting back into the playoffs. Unless they shock us this season, my prediction will be true. Unfortunately Chuckles, along with Homer and Clarkie (and the failure of Hexy) have made this franchise virtually unsalvageable
If they don’t hit on their three first round picks next season and make substantial growth next summer, it will be much longer until they turn it around
Leaf fan here… Boston will finish 2nd and we will finish 3rd. Book it
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Especially with luke hughes being hurt , you could make an argument 7 of best 8 east teams are from the atlantic , thats why they need to drop this shitty playoff format and go back to 1v8 2v7
Montreal will have more points than Buffalo and Ottawa.
Love that you are willing to put out a prediction.
😂😂😂
Dude Ottawa is like 14-0 against the Habs in the last 3 years and they just picked up Ullmark. Good luck with that
Bahhahha
Wsh improved goal, D and forwards. They will be 7 or 8
It's so frustrating that in order for Buffalo to break the no playoffs streak, we can't just squeak in but have to surpass one of these elite Atlantic teams and all of the other risers. Getting to the point we are just gonna be locked out no matter how many things we do right from here forward. 14, 15, 16 years here we come...
Wings BETTER MAKE IT.
there's no way boston finishes in a wild card spot in the east
You dont even have a starting goalie yet.
@@Willis6969 uhm sure there is
It wouldn't be surprising at all to see them finish 4th in that division. Those other teams are really good. I could also see them winning it but is Swayman a guy who can play 65 games? Time will tell on that. B's are in a tough spot. This might the year they fall off when so many predicted it would be last season.
Agreed, they will finish first and that's coming from a Panthers fan.
I think if swayman gets signed Boston will be better than Tampa but could be interesting
I can see things not clicking for Ottawa out of the gate and them falling to the basement again
I will be inconsolable if so
No chance Pit misses the playoffs again.
Of course there is. Where did they improve?
People sleeping on Montreal.
Like for real. We're not screaming playoff team, but there's no way in my mind that they for sure finish 8th. I see them at 6th (worst) and possibly higher...
@@zors5188 I see them a lot like the Devils team, injuries kept the Devils from being in the mix last year, and in the same way Montreal has had that happen 3 years in a row. A healthy season will stun the Atlantic division.
You know it. Cheers
@@zors5188In any other division, sure. In this one, there's no team to put below them, although the Habs are good and could very well end up 6-7th.
@@vipeholmskolan6052 Ottawa and Buffalo are not ever going to make the jump. Dorion doomed Ottawa , and Buffalo has no real veterans, so they are in a perpetual losing culture.
Detroit put all it's hopes on mid goaltending, I'm not sold.
There is absolutely no way the flyers finish 7th
Devils and Rangers will have a dogfight for first in the Metro. I think the Devils will scrape out a title, but it’ll be close.
Same four will make the playoffs in the Atlantic with a bonus team in Buffalo taking the second WC. The Wings just don’t inspire me in any way and the Sens hired a bad coach. Caps and Islanders will drop out.
For the caps 🧢 the only thing I can’t see is winning the division or the President’s trophy 🏆
Bostons entire team is 30 or younger except for marchy and coyle at 36 and 32. Saying theyre going to fall off because of age is a lazy take.
No Marchand. They looked completely out of answers offensively with him last year against Panthers amd Leafs. But I think they’ll be 3rd in Atantic.
@ericsummers1230 that's marchy bud, their only player over 32.. off the top of my head the leafs have patches, tanev, and tavarez all over 35. The leafs and panthers are both older teams than boston. Calling boston an aging team is a lazy take.
New York Oilanders.
Atlantic is stacked...
Keep doubting the Islanders. Every year they are expected to drop off. And they don't.
There will be so many "so called" experts doing an about face on Montreal by the end of the season it will be fun just listening to the back peddling. One of the games in my Islander season plan is the Canadiens...really looking forward to that game.😊
Habs fans have been saying this since their rebuild lmfao.
If Boston doesn't make the playoffs I'd be shocked
here come all the comments about the devils being overhyped
I mean until they prove otherwise they're overhyped
Meanwhile they still overhyping the canes. How much longer of the Canes being pathetic in playoff for ppl to realize they arent good.
@@jejsemin33 did they not finish 3rd in the league 2 seasons ago when they were fully healthy and actually had a goalie?
@@judistzoinkiski3395 good regular season team but i’m not sure if that’ll be enough this year
Paper Mâché Jack Hughes will get hurt and they’ll drop in the standings.
When will we learn to stop thinking boston won't finish top 3
Habs will finished 5th in the division
The leafs will miss there playoff so that Matthews will not loose a playoff game and can recover early in the summer by some rounds of golf. Detroit with Kane and a strong Seider will make the playoffs and go to the conference final. Cheers!
Yeah it's a muggs game trying to predict the season ahead of time. Im afraid Bobrovsky may, after winning his cup, struggle to have a good full season. They dont have a back up they can count on.
I like Detroit making the playoffs.
Ithink boston may have a better regular season.
Poor Buffalo and Ottawa and Detroit.
Montreal improves a little but I don't think .500. Their defense has to make a big step forward.
I have New York first, New Jersey and then carolina. Islanders, Washington, Pittsburgh and Pjilly are all going to be pretty horrible. :The Islanders were terrible defensively last year. Not sure where the improvement comes.
Columbus not to have a good year.
Pittsburgh makes the playoffs this year.
Rangers will do well if they can stay healthy. #1.
LGD.