{"id":13952,"date":"2016-10-12T09:38:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btsh.org\/bruise\/?p=13952"},"modified":"2016-10-12T10:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T14:41:47","slug":"btsh-experts-predict-the-2016-2017-nhl-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/btsh-experts-predict-the-2016-2017-nhl-season\/","title":{"rendered":"BTSH Experts Predict the 2016-2017 NHL Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2016-2017 NHL Season is kicking off today! \u00a0And to get everyone fired up about it,\u00a0we\u2019ve assemble a vast panel of the most respected Hockey minds in our community to predict how the season will play out. \u00a0They\u2019ve analyzed all of the off-season moves, team\u2019s training programs, player’s vacations and current relationship status to give a definitive answer. \u00a0Here are their findings:<\/p>\n

(Note: Byron Clavvicle sustained an injury prior to submitting his predictions.\u00a0 It is unclear at the moment if the unfortunate incident will impact his decision making on selecting the winner of the 2016 Clavvy Award.)<\/p>\n

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What team will win each division?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-division-winners\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: 8<\/p>\n

What team will be the surprise sleeper from each division?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-division-sleepers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: Bridgeport Sound Tigers<\/p>\n

Which teams will make the playoffs from each division?<\/strong><\/p>\n

EASTERN CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-atlantic-playoff-teams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: Gilgamesh<\/p>\n

\"16-17-metro-playoff-teams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: Washington!<\/p>\n

WESTERN CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-central-playoff-teams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: there is no western conference<\/p>\n

\"16-17-pacific-playoff-teams\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle:<\/p>\n

Which teams will represent their conference in the finals and which one will win the Cup?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-cup-winner\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: Ak Bars Kazan<\/p>\n

Which team will win the President’s Trophy for most points?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"16-17-presidents-trophy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Clavvicle: Metallurg Magnetogorsk<\/p>\n

Who will be MVP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
\nEli: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
\nSif: Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
\nIsaac: Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
\nClavvicle:\u00a0Bob Boughner<\/p>\n

Who will be ROY?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
\nEli: Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets
\nSif: Patrik Laine, Winnipeg Jets
\nIsaac: Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs
\nClavvicle: ROY WILL BE ROY<\/p>\n

Who will win the Selke Trophy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper:\u00a0Who cares. Probably Toews or some shit.
\nEli: Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
\nSif:\u00a0Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings
\nIsaac:\u00a0Nicklas Backstrom, Washington Capitals
\nClavvicle: John Walker, obviously<\/p>\n

Who will win the Norris Trophy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
\nEli:\u00a0Erik Karlsson, Ottawa Senators
\nSif: Shea Weber, Montreal Canadiens
\nIsaac: Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks
\nClavvicle: Zach Norris<\/p>\n

Who will be Coach of the Year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Guy Boucher, Ottawa Senators
\nEli: Peter Laviolette, Nashville Predators
\nSif: Barry Trotz, Washington Capitals
\nIsaac: Bruce Broudreau, Minnesota Wild
\nClavvicle: Zoltan Istvan<\/p>\n

Who will lead the league in points?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
\nEli:\u00a0Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
\nSif: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington Capitals
\nIsaac: Jamie Benn, Dallas Stars
\nClavvicle: Eli Kazin<\/p>\n

Who is most likely to be traded?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper: Martin Hanzal, Arizona Coyotes (LOCK)
\nEli: Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning
\nSif: Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
\nIsaac: Henrik Lunquist, New York Rangers
\nClavvicle: 1.<\/strong> Eli Kazin. 2.<\/strong> Penguins to KHL.<\/p>\n

Who will be involved in an off-ice scandal? And what will it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hopper:\u00a01.<\/strong> Patrick Kane and Evander Kane will literally blow up a hospital, Joker from Dark Knight style, and face zero consequences. 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Montreal fires Michel Therrien then makes the playoffs with a different coach. 3.<\/strong>\u00a0The first team to fire it’s coach will hire Ralph Krueger, the Team Europe guy (unless it’s Montreal. Maybe Islanders or Detroit?).
\nSif: One of the lesser known Kardashians will start dating an NHL player on a team in the Western Conference. Leading to front office groans, fan disgust and protest, and an almost trade.
\nIsaac:\u00a0During the All-Star break Phil Kessel will visit Hershey Park, PA for the first time, never to be heard from again\u2026
\nClavvicle: Donald Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2016-2017 NHL Season is kicking off today! \u00a0And to get everyone fired up about it,\u00a0we\u2019ve assemble a vast panel of the most respected Hockey minds in our community to predict how the season will play out. \u00a0They\u2019ve analyzed all of the off-season moves, team\u2019s training programs, player’s vacations and current relationship status to give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[265,215],"class_list":["post-13952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-league-info","tag-nhl","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13952"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13976,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13952\/revisions\/13976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miyagimedia.com\/bruise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}