Edited Jul. 10, 2018 at 7:25 p.m.
Now that free agency is (mostly) done, and there have been some trades and all that, i'm updating my predictions. I will do this one and one more (which will be right before the start of the season, so probably i'll do one on October 2nd, because the season starts on October 3rd). I will make regular season AND playoff predictions right now.
I'm not sure if all these point totals are actually possible. I'm just guessing random numbers.
Atlantic Division:
1 - Tampa Bay Lightning (120 points)
2 - Toronto Maple Leafs (116 points)
3 - Boston Bruins (106 points)
4 - Florida Panthers (94 points)
5 - Buffalo Sabres (83 points)
6 - Ottawa Senators (73 points)
7 - Montreal Canadiens (70 points)
8 - Detroit Red Wings (54 points)
Metropolitan Division:
1 - Washington Capitals (117 points)
2 - Pittsburgh Penguins (102 points)
3 - Philadelphia Flyers (99 points)
4 - Columbus Blue Jackets (98 points)
5 - New Jersey Devils (87 points)
6 - Carolina Hurricanes (83 points)
7 - New York Rangers (70 points)
8 - New York Islanders (68 points)
Central Division:
1 - Nashville Predators (114 points)
2 - Winnipeg Jets (110 points)
3 - St. Louis Blues (101 points)
4 - Colorado Avalanche (97 points)
5 - Dallas Stars (87 points)
6 - Minnesota Wild (86 points)
7 - Chicago Blackhawks (66 points)
Pacific Division:
1 - San Jose Sharks (102 points)
2 - Edmonton Oilers (99 points)
3 - Vegas Golden Knights (97 points)
4 - Arizona Coyotes (92 points)
5 - Anaheim Ducks (91 points)
6 - Calgary Flames (90 points)
7 - Los Angeles Kings (79 points)
8 - Vancouver Canucks (67 points)
Playoffs:
vs.
Tampa Bay in 5
vs.
Toronto in 6
vs.
Washington in 4
vs.
Pittsburgh in 6
vs.
Nashville in 4
vs.
Winnipeg in 6
vs.
Colorado in 5
vs.
Edmonton in 6
Round 2:
vs.
Toronto in 6
vs.
Washington in 5
vs.
Winnipeg in 7
vs.
Colorado in 6
Round 3:
vs.
Washington in 7
vs.
Winnipeg in 6
vs.
Winnipeg in 6
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