2015-2016 NHL Predictions

The puck drops on the NHL season tomorrow night and I AM PUMPED! I’ve already previewed every team, division-by-division, and now it’s time to make my Stanley Cup Prediction.

Here’s how I think things will shakedown. Remember, the top three teams in each division makes the playoffs and then there are two Wild Card teams.  

Atlantic Division:

Lightning

Canadiens

Sabres

Red Wings

Senators

Panthers

Bruins

Maple Leafs

Metropolitan Division:

Rangers

Capitals

Penguins

Islanders

Blue Jackets

Flyers

Devils

Hurricanes

Pacific Division:

Ducks

Flames

Kings

Sharks

Oilers

Canucks

Coyotes

Central Division:

Blues

Predators

Blackhawks

Stars

Wild

Jets

Avalanche

Wild Card East:

Red Wings

Islanders

Wild Card West:

Stars

Sharks

Eastern Conference Finals

Lightning vs. Penguins

Western Conference Finals

Ducks vs. Stars

Stanley Cup Final

Ducks vs. Penguins

Stanley Cup Champion

Anaheim Ducks

Hart: Sidney Crosby

Norris: Victor Hedman

Vezina: Jonathan Quick

Calder: Connor McDavid

Also, I have predictions from my friend Mike Brendle, a longtime hockey fan who is subjected to my weekly ranting on the Colorado Avalanche. Luckily, Dustin James has no standards and has allowed him to make his season predictions as well. 

Atlantic

1 Lighting

2 Red Wings

3 Canadiens

4 Sabres

5 Panthers

6 Senators

7 Bruins

8 Leafs

Metro

1 Penguins

2 Caps

3 Rangers

4 Jackets

5 Islanders

6 Flyers

7 Devils

8 Canes

Central

1 Stars

2 Predators

3 Blues

4 Blackhawks

5 Jets

6 Avs

7 Wild

Pacific

1 Ducks

2 Kings

3 Flames

4 Sharks

5 Oilers

6 Canucks

7 Coyotes

Wildcard

East

1 Sabers

2 Panthers

West

1 Blackhawks

2 Jets

Conference Finals

East: Lighting vs. Caps

West: Blues vs. Ducks

Cup: Lighting vs. Ducks

Champ: Lighting

Worst Team

East: Leafs (Was a coin toss between them and Canes)

West: Coyotes

NHL: Leafs

Hart: Corey Perry

Norris: P.K. Subban

Vezina: Henrik Lundqvist