Some Slightly Serious Predictions Regarding the NHL 2010-2011 season

Wow, another post with no comedy in it. Sometimes things happen, like total excitement regarding the new season. Now, I already picked the winners of the major NHL awards in a guest post on PKLC. 


With that, I'm gonna pick some important Flyers stats for the upcoming year:




Leading Scorers:


Jeff Carter: 47G 30A
Mike Richards: 32G 45A
Chris Pronger: 8G 43A




James van Riemsdyk:


improves on last year: 21G 24A


Nikolai Nikolay Zherdev: 27G 21A


Hartnell-Briere-Leino line


Hartnell: 32G 23A
Briere: 33G 44A
Leino: 15G 34A










I did the defensemen in this classic DGS post. 




So yeah:




Now for the NHL picks




Atlantic Division:


Devils (3)
Flyers (4)
Penguins (5)
Rangers
Islanders


Northeast Division:


Bruins (2)
Sabres (6)
Maple Leafs (8)
Canadiens
Senators


Southeast Division:


Capitals (1)
Lightning (7)
Thrashers
Hurricanes
Panthers














Central Division:


Blackhawks (3)
Blues (8)
Red Wings
Predators
Blue Jackets




Northwest Division:


Canucks (1) (President's Trophy)
Avalanche (4)
Wild (7)
Flames
Oilers


Pacific Division:


Sharks (2)
Kings (5)
Coyotes (6)
Ducks
Stars






West Playoffs


Canucks def Blues 4-2
Wild def Sharks 4-3
Blackhawks def Coyotes 4-2
Avalanche def Kings 4-3


Canucks def Wild 4-2
Avalanche def Blackhawks 4-3


Avalanche def Canucks 4-1


Campbell Bowl Winner: Colorado Avalanche




East Playoffs:


Maple Leafs def. Capitals 4-3
Lightning def. Bruins 4-3
Devils def. Sabres 4-3
Flyers def. Penguins 4-3


Maples Leafs def. Devils 4-3
Flyers def. Lightning 4-0


Flyers def. Leafs 4-0


Prince of Wales Winner: Philadelphia Flyers




:Stanley Cup Finals:


Game 1: Flyers 4 Avalanche 3
Game 2: Flyers 2 Avalanche 3 (OT)
Game 3: Avalanche 0 Flyers 1
Game 4: Avalanche 4 Flyers 1
Game 5: Flyers 7 Avalanche 4
Game 6: Avalanche 2 Flyers 5


Stanley Cup Champion: Philadelphia Flyers
Flyers win series in 6








Disagree, want to flame me?


Well, go for it.


Also, PS, I'm appearing on the Up the Pucks! podcast with Brandon and Peter next week, on the podcast, I will justify my picks.