Final Predictions for 2007-2008

Seeing as this is the final day of the off-season, I figured it was time to get off the fence and lay my Kreskin skills down. Feel free to tell me how wrong I am in the comments section. The above picture has nothing to do with anything but, damn, that sweater rules.

East

1. Buffalo
2. Pittsburgh
3. Tampa Bay
4. Ottawa
5. New Jersey
6. Florida
7. NY Rangers
8. NY Islanders

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9. Carolina
10. Boston
11. Atlanta
12. Philadelphia
13. Montreal
14. Washington
15. Toronto


West

1. San Jose
2. Detroit
3. Calgary
4. Anaheim
5. Minnesota
6. Vancouver
7. Colorado
8. Nashville

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9. Dallas
10. St. Louis
11. Chicago
12. Los Angeles
13. Edmonton
14. Columbus
15. Phoenix

Using The Score yearbook template, here's my picks:

Stanley Cup Champion: Ottawa Senators

Stanley Cup Finalist: Calgary Flames

President’s Trophy: San Jose Sharks

Art Ross Trophy: Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh

Calder Trophy: Nicklas Backstrom – Washington

Vezina Trophy: Miikka Kiprusoff – Calgary

Hart Trophy: Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh

James Norris Trophy: Zdeno Chara – Boston

Jack Adams Trophy: Mike Keenan

Most Exciting Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

Best Offensive Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

Best Defensive Team: Vancouver Canucks

Breakthrough: Patrick Eaves – Ottawa, Milan Michalek – San Jose, Ryan Suter – Nashville

Risky Pick: Tim Connolly – Buffalo

Most Underrated: Brian Rolston – Minnesota

Don’t Overrate: Joni Pitkanen – Edmonton

Sleeper: Forward – Valtteri Filppula – Detroit, Defenseman – Andrej Meszaros - Ottawa

First Coach to be Fired: John Stevens - Philadelphia