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[Vladifan]

Predictions:

NHL officials have to come up with a new penalty in honor of Crosby: Over-Whining.

The Blackhawks' locker room will have a piggy bank stuffed with coins. On it is written, "For little Patty Kane".

During a commercial break, "What-Whistle?"-Jackman gets taken out by Hudler as Happy leans over to re-tie his skates.

An NHL referee chokes on his whistle while trying to decide "intent" and the magnet used to remove it also pulls out the computer-chip-feed from Bettman. The game is forfeited.

Wishful predictions:

Ozzie gets real playing time.

The Hawks have such a fire sale at the end of the season that their ice is never the same.

Wings Win! Wings Win!!!

[55fan]

And also dealing with an off-ice transvestite hooker scandal.

Good heavens! I should hope that would be an off-ice scandal.

[funguy21]

League Prediction

-Ilya Kovalchuk has a nervous breakdown before he signs with any team causing him to lose his mind which results in him signing a 20 year 20,000 lithium tablet contract with the Happy Hill Insane Asylum floor hockey team (they play with foam sticks and nerf pucks so no one gets hurt).

-After not winning the Stanley Cup, the Olympics, the scoring race, or the points race Ovie comes back a different player. He become a straight faced Russian scoring machine plowing down anyone in his way. He also stop the excessive goal celebration. However in a game against the Penguins Crosby score a natural hat trick in the first period which push Ovie over the edge and he starts a fight with Crosby which he wins.

-A few games after the Crosby vs Ovie fight the Penguin play Detroit. Zetterberg shuts Crosby down like he usually does which frustrates Crosby. Fresh off his fight with Ovie he decides to start one with Zetterberg. During the fight Zetterberg lands a right hook to the chin of Crosby giving him a concussion. Zetterberg gets suspended for 15 games for no other reason then Bettman was so far up Crosby ass that he too suffered concussion like syndroms.

-After realizing that most of his expansion teams did not work out, his inability to make a deal with ESPN, and the face of the league (Crosby) may never play again Gary Bettman hands in his letter of resignation. For some unknown reason Jim Basillie become the new commissioner of the NHL and his first act is to move the team in terrible markets to Canada. This results in 4 new Canadian teams The Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, The Hamilton Loonie Toonie's (cause that will be as much as the city of Hamilton will have left after the renovations of Copps), and the Toronto We Are Even Better Then The Leafs.

Detroit predictions

-By November Franzen will be on the top line with Zetterberg and Datsyuk, Hudler will be playing with Bertuzzi and Filpula. Holmstrom will play with Modano and Cleary.

-Helm, Eaves, Abdelkader will score more then Holmstrom, Modano, Cleary.

-Howard will win the Vezina Trophy.


Thats all.

[Shaman464]

And also dealing with an off-ice transvestite hooker scandal.

Hes a multitasker what can you say? He can do a lot of things well at once

[55fan]

Hes a multitasker what can you say? He can do a lot of things well at once

I suppose, but imagine the confusion when a player gets called for high sticking twice in one play.

[drumnj]

For nostalgia reasons Gary Thorne comes back to do the play by play for one game....happens to be Chicago at Detroit.
Turco gets lit up, Hawks get mad, chaos ensues...something close to the Wings/Avs brawl days. (Howard vs Turco ??? )

Why Gary Thorne, because he is the F-ing man.


Ahhh the 90's

[skyphoenix]

The Wings will win the cup and the president's trophy
Datsyuk and Zetterberg will both hit 100 points
Modano will score 20 goals and finish with 40-50pts
Franzen and Hudler will hit 70pts
Ericsson will finish with a positive +/-
Abdelkader will be in 5 fights this season
Howard will play less games this season but will continue to be a top 5 goalie in the league based on stats
Filppula will break out this season and have 50pts with around 25 goals
Modano will see around 50pts being rejuvenated on the Wings
Modano and Bertuzzi will be switched around frequently
Holmstrom will score 30 goals

[brett]

yes would love dats to get 100pts
would love to see franzen with 40 goals
huds 60 pts
flip 60pts
howard continues his good play
defense improves
pk improves
mc crimmon gone chelios in
kindl called up
ab fights alot
best 3rd and 4th line in the league

[cmonster]

After reading some of these predictions, mine don't seem so bold anymore! They actually make mine seem plausible!

[Hockeytown0001]

Modano scores 40 points in a Detroit uniform.

[RedFlag85]

Ericsson mysteriously warps into andy sutton, demolishes kane, starts a rivalry with chicago in which we dominate

This. Please This.

[Hockeytown0001]

Franzen whips out Kane's mouthguard again at some point this season.

[cusimano_brothers]

A career-ending injury to a player, on an icing call "race", will force the General Managers and the NHL to eat crow and acknowledge that the League needs no-touch icing in it's rules.

[titanium2]

Franzen whips out Kane's mouthguard again at some point this season.

Why not all of his teeth? Like Mortal Kombat or something.

[Xitium]

Howard will be struck by the sophomore jinx.

Ozzie picks up 400, and then some.

Ozzie leads the Wings to another Cup run, then retires.

[CaliWingsNut]

Good heavens! I should hope that would be an off-ice scandal.

I could picture Kane pulling that off... Hudler... meh.

[InKennyWeTrust]

Crosby gets knocked out by Roethlisberger at a photo shoot in Pittsburgh staring all of the city's sports stars. Says Roethlisberger: "I didn't know who the guy was- why would some Canadian be in Pittsburgh? Anyone have some blow?" Bettman holds a news conference in which he announces the Roethlisberger suspension. Shortly thereafter, in a coup d'etat, Shanahan takes over the commissioner's position.

Hudler invents a new dirty move- the reverse clothesline. First performed on Pronger, it involves skating directly at a player and, due to one's shortness, taking out his legs.

Lilja signs for league minimum with the Canadians because "I really want to beat the s*** out of Lebda every chance I get."

Mike Babcock causes Osgood to spontaneously combust by glaring at him after Chris lets in a bad goal.

Edited by InKennyWeTrust, 17 August 2010 - 06:22 PM.

[zombi]

Hey all,

I thought that it would fun to post your bold predictions for the upcoming 2010-2011 season.

I think we all have a "gut feeling" about what is going to go down....

I'll start...

• Sidney Crosby and/or Evgeni Malkin will suffer injuries that will keep them from playing for at least a month.
• No one on the Wing's top two lines will suffer any injuries that will last more than two weeks.
• Tampa Bay, Calgary, Carolina, and Anaheim will all make it to the post season.

You're turn.

Hmmmm......1 out of 3 ain't bad.