post your standings predictions here. by conference.

west.

1. LA
2. Vancouver
3. nashville
4. chicago
5. san jose
6. detroit
7. anahiem
8. columbus
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9. calgary
10. edmonton
11. st. louis
12. dallas
13. phoenix
14. minnesota
15. colorado


east

1. philadelphia
2. washington
3. boston
4. buffalo
5. tampa bay
6. pittsburgh
7. toronto
8. montreal
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9. ny rangers
10. winnipeg (!)
11. carolina
12. florida
13. ny islanders
14. ottawa
15. new jersey

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East:
1. Tampa Bay Lightning
2. Buffalo Sabres
3. Philadelphia Flyers
4. Boston Bruins
5. Washington Capitals
6. Pittsburgh Peguins
7. Montreal Candiens
8. Carolina Hurricanes
9. New York Rangers
10. Toronto Maple Leafs
11. New York Islanders
12. New Jersey Devils
13. Winnipeg Jets
14. Florida Panthers
15. Ottawa Senators

West:
1. Vancouver
2. Detroit
3. Los Angeles
4. San Jose
5. Anaheim
6. Nashville
7. Phoenix
8. Chicago
9. Dallas
10. St. Louis
11. Minnesota
12. Calgary
13. Edmonton
14. Columbus
15. Colorado

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I had excel's randbetween function predict records for each team keeping their wins within one standard deviation of their previous year, or maybe two, I don't remember. I'll post it later. Off the top of my head though:

1). Washington
2). Pittsburgh
3). Buffalo
4). Boston
5). Philadelphia
6). Tampa Bay
7). NY Rangers
8). Montreal
9). Toronto
10). NYI
11). Florida
12). New Jersey
13). Carolina
14). Winnipeg
15). Ottawa

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East

1. Boston - same team as last year, I think they might repeat
2. Pittsburgh - still a good team even if Crosby is hurt
3. Tampa - made strides last year and they look pretty dam good for this year
4. Buffalo - Ehroff, Lenio and regehr are going to help
5. New Jersey - can't see them having another bad year, they will be much better this year
6. Washington - I think they are coming back to earth this year. They are really not that good
7. Montreal - Goaltending will be the only way they make it this high
8. Rangers - see Montreal explanation
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9. Philly - too many changing parts for them to make this year if you ask me
10. Carolina - they have to have more guys than Staal and Skinner do all the scoring
11. Winnipeg - schedule will eventually kill them
12. Toronto - I honestly think they could be the worst team in the east, they are really not that good. They need a proper rebuild to have any real shot at getting 8th
13. Florida - all the spending to get to the floor will not make them an better.
14. Islanders - Edmonton of the east
15. Ottawa - They just suck

West

1. LA - this team reminds me so much of the 2010 Blackhawks
2. Chicago - 2010 Stanley cup hangover is not going to get to them this year
3. Vancouver - worst divsion in all of hockeyand they will win it no problem
4. Anaheim - could very well challenge LA for top spot in the west
5. Detroit - kind of an old team but you can't really count them out
6. Nashville - no real changes this year but they are still descent
7. San Jose - changes might help but they might not
8. Dallas - They will rebound after not making last year
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9. St. Louis - they will just barely miss making it
10. Columbus - they will challenge for the last spot
11. Minnesota - see columbus explanation
12. Colorado - kind of a weird team to judge.
13. Calgary - too many NTC for too many average players
14. Phoenix - last year in arizona is going to be bad, real bad
15. Edmonton - still too young and not very good

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Am I the only one who thinks Philly is not going to be so good this year?? Losing Carter and Richards and replacing them with Jagr and Talbot is going to hurt a lot more then help them.

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They have solid goaltending. Noway they miss the playoffs, especially with JVR, Giroux, Briere, and Jagr. And Pronger.

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I still think that without their two best scorers they'll have loads of trouble.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

They still have their two best scorers. Girouz led the team with 76 points, Briere was second with 68.

They lost Carter and Richards and Leino, their 3-4-5 top scorers and replaced them with a stronger defense and better goaltending and Jagr. Jagr alone could probably make up 3/4 of what Carter and Richards scored last year.

Jagr is either going to do great or terrible. I just don't think the guy can do average.

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Jeff Carter was their best goal scorer and Richards was their leadership and a decent scorer. Also, their D isn't really that improved. I just don't see them doing better. When you replace Richards and Carter with Jagr and Talbot and get a decent goalie your team isn't all that better.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

A goalie can make or break a team. I don't think they'll do that bad. They'll make the playoffs, but winning their division will be tough, but their only main competition will be Pittsburgh honestly.

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