Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Early NHL predictions

Here are the predictions from McKeen's Hockey and The Hockey News in their annual magazines. So far the pundits are not impressed by the off season moves by the Leafs unless you are shooting for Tavares lottery.

Eastern Conference

McKeen's Hockey The Hockey News
1 Montreal* Montreal*
2 Pittsburgh* Pittsburgh*
3 Philadelphia Washington*
4 Washington* Philadelphia
5 NY Rangers Ottawa
6 Boston NY Rangers
7 Ottawa New Jersey
8 Carolina Carolina
9 New Jersey Tampa Bay
10 Tampa Bay Boston
11 Buffalo Buffalo
12 Florida Florida
13 Toronto Atlanta
14 NY Islanders Toronto
15 Atlanta NY Islanders



Western Conference

McKeen's Hockey The Hockey News
1 Detroit* Detroit*
2 Dallas* San Jose*
3 San Jose Minnesota*
4 Calgary* Dallas
5 Edmonton Anaheim
6 Chicago Edmonton
7 Anaheim Chicago
8 Vancouver Calgary
9 Colorado Nashville
10 Minnesota Phoenix
11 Phoenix Vancouver
12 St. Louis Columbus
13 Columbus Los Angeles
14 Nashville Colorado
15 Los Angeles St. Louis
*- division winners