Saturday, August 30, 2008

THN's Projected NHL Standings for 2008-09.



Recently I posted The Score Sports Forecaster’s projected standings for the 2008-09 season. The Hockey News’ 2008-09 Yearbook recently hit the stands,which contained their projected standings. See below: Western Conference1. Detroit Red Wings2. San Jose Sharks3. Minnesota Wild4. Dallas Stars 5. Anaheim Ducks6. Edmonton Oilers7. Chicago Blackhawks8. Calgary Flames9. Nashville Predators10. Phoenix Coyotes11. Vancouver Canucks12. Columbus Blue Jackets13. Los Angeles Kings14. Colorado Avalanche15. St. Louis BluesEastern Conference1. Montreal Canadiens2. Pittsburgh Penguins3. Washington Capitals4. Philadelphia Flyers5. Ottawa Senators 6. New York Rangers7. New Jersey Devils8. Carolina Hurricanes9. Tampa Bay Lightning10. Boston Bruins11. Buffalo Sabres 12. Florida Panthers13. Atlanta Thrashers 14. Toronto Maple Leafs15. New York Islanders Compared to The Score’s ranking, there are little significantdifference of opinion between the two publications over which teams will makethe playoffs, how those teams will place and which ones won’t make thepost-season dance. The biggest difference of opinion is THN has the Canadiensfinishing first in the East (The Score picked the Flyers) and the Coyotesmissing the playoffs (The Score picked them to make it over the Wild). As for the rest, the two publications both rank the RedWings as topping the West, and while there’s some difference in where theirprojected playoffs clubs finish in the standings they’ve picked the same teams(the difference between the Coyotes and Wild aside).Again, I'll be posting my predictions for the upcoming season standings in late September as most if not all of the rosters should be set by that point. Discuss!29 CommentsSource

2 comments:

Eric J. Burton said...

You also stole that article from a hockey publican because I read that article as well. Are you going to source that one as well or are you going to keep plagiarizing people's work?

Later on today after I get up I am going to give a heads up to the writer that wrote that article and let him know that you stole his work.

Eric J. Burton said...

You stole this one from the Spectors's blog.
http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/Spector/2008/08/21/THNs_Projected_NHL_Standings_for