Somewhere in the 53-23-6 range if things line up. We didn’t make any major moves in the off season, but we still feel like we’re trending upwards. Ties are almost an inevitability when you’re playing such a long season.
nammerbom
Clearly the trend will continue and Seattle will end with a 140 point season
amsreg
43-32-7
Picklepucks
I don’t think we’re a 50 win team but we have great depth which should get us into the playoffs. Maybe 45-48 wins
dwisp
I think we end up around the same place in the standings with roughly the same points. I don’t think too many of our guys will have huge regressions, but I do worry about losing Sprong.
fongquardt
I think we will slip a bit. I don’t think we did anything to really shift to a higher level
olygimp
49-23-10, win first two rounds of play offs.
First-Radish727
42-30-10
TheCryingOrc4eva
80-1-1
duckafan
We lost our 4th line, backup goaltender and a 3rd pairing D.
* Donato – had 14 goals, we now have Yamamoto, I view this as an upgrade. Yammers has it in him to get close to twenty. He will be be able to play up and down the lineup as needed. * Sprong – had 21 goals we need to find. Between Kartye and Tolvanen, they should be able to add 21 goals to their totals. Goalvy was on pace for 27 goals over a full season, so that is 11 goals. Kartye needs to cover the other other 10, which seems doable to me. * Geekie – had 9 goals, which will be hard for Bellemare to replace. Goalvy and Bjorkstrand might be able to improve over last year. We also get a slight bump in faceoff wins with Bellemare. * 4th line – The identity for the 4th line this year is to be more a shutdown line with hard forechecking and good defense. They will have much better defense than the offense powered 4th line last year. Will they offset, yes, the top 3 lines can help cover the offense and we should have better defense. * Backup Goalie – We lost Jones, so what? He got W’s last year, but finished with a .886 save percentage. We will not be missing Jones. Daccord and Dreidger are more than capable to fill in the backup role. * Soucy – This one hurts a bit more than people realize. Soucy is a good D even if he takes a dumb penalty here and there. Can Dumoulin revive his career and be the shutdown D that he was in Pittsburg during his championship years? Maybe, but he is playing on the 3rd pairing which helps the team limit the competition he is playing against. Except for McDavid blowing by him in preseason, which he can blow by anyone in the league, Dumoulin handled the puck well.
Overall – I think we can overcome the lost goals and have an improved defensive 4th line. I think we can replicate last season.
My prediction is we will be in the 97-103 point range. Probably a wildcard team or 3rd in division.
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Somewhere in the 53-23-6 range if things line up. We didn’t make any major moves in the off season, but we still feel like we’re trending upwards. Ties are almost an inevitability when you’re playing such a long season.
Clearly the trend will continue and Seattle will end with a 140 point season
43-32-7
I don’t think we’re a 50 win team but we have great depth which should get us into the playoffs. Maybe 45-48 wins
I think we end up around the same place in the standings with roughly the same points. I don’t think too many of our guys will have huge regressions, but I do worry about losing Sprong.
I think we will slip a bit. I don’t think we did anything to really shift to a higher level
49-23-10, win first two rounds of play offs.
42-30-10
80-1-1
We lost our 4th line, backup goaltender and a 3rd pairing D.
* Donato – had 14 goals, we now have Yamamoto, I view this as an upgrade. Yammers has it in him to get close to twenty. He will be be able to play up and down the lineup as needed.
* Sprong – had 21 goals we need to find. Between Kartye and Tolvanen, they should be able to add 21 goals to their totals. Goalvy was on pace for 27 goals over a full season, so that is 11 goals. Kartye needs to cover the other other 10, which seems doable to me.
* Geekie – had 9 goals, which will be hard for Bellemare to replace. Goalvy and Bjorkstrand might be able to improve over last year. We also get a slight bump in faceoff wins with Bellemare.
* 4th line – The identity for the 4th line this year is to be more a shutdown line with hard forechecking and good defense. They will have much better defense than the offense powered 4th line last year. Will they offset, yes, the top 3 lines can help cover the offense and we should have better defense.
* Backup Goalie – We lost Jones, so what? He got W’s last year, but finished with a .886 save percentage. We will not be missing Jones. Daccord and Dreidger are more than capable to fill in the backup role.
* Soucy – This one hurts a bit more than people realize. Soucy is a good D even if he takes a dumb penalty here and there. Can Dumoulin revive his career and be the shutdown D that he was in Pittsburg during his championship years? Maybe, but he is playing on the 3rd pairing which helps the team limit the competition he is playing against. Except for McDavid blowing by him in preseason, which he can blow by anyone in the league, Dumoulin handled the puck well.
Overall – I think we can overcome the lost goals and have an improved defensive 4th line. I think we can replicate last season.
My prediction is we will be in the 97-103 point range. Probably a wildcard team or 3rd in division.
50-26-6
98-0