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With blogs one of the things that is handy is you can look back very easily at what you said about something earlier. This can be good or bad depending on how it turns out. Before the NHL season started I made my predictions and I just took a look back and it was not pretty.

To show I am not against embarrassing myself here are my predictions and how it actually turned out. Man I was way off.

My pick - Reality

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Philadelphia Flyers - New Jersey
New York Rangers - Pittsburgh
New Jersey Devils - NY Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins - NY Islanders
New York Islanders - Philadelphia

Correct: 0

Northeast Division

Ottawa Senators - Buffalo
Buffalo Sabres - Ottawa
Boston Bruins - Toronto
Montreal Canadiens - Montreal
Toronto Maple Leafs - Boston

Correct: 1

Southeast Division

Carolina Hurricanes - Atlanta
Atlanta Thrashers - Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Lightning - Carolina
Florida Panthers - Florida
Washington Capitals - Washington

Correct: 2

Western Conference

Central Division

Detroit Red Wings - Detroit
Nashville Predators - Nashville
Chicago Black Hawks - St. Louis
St. Louis Blues - Columbus
Columbus Blue Jackets - Chicago

Correct: 2

Northwest Division

Calgary Flames - Vancouver
Edmonton Oilers - Minnesota
Vancouver Canucks - Calgary
Colorado Avalanche - Colorado
Minnesota Wild - Edmonton

Correct: 1

Pacific Division

San Jose Sharks - Anaheim
Anaheim Ducks - San Jose
Dallas Stars - Dallas
Los Angeles Kings - L.A.
Phoenix Coyotes - Phoenix

Correct: 3

Total correct: 9 out of 30

Hardware predicitons

Calder Trophy (best rook) Phil Kessel, Boston Bruins NOPE
Norris Trophy (best d) Chris Pronger, Anaheim Mighty Ducks MAYBE
Vezina Trophy (best goalie) Roberto Lulongo, Vancouver Canucks GOOD CHANCE
Selke Trophy (best d-forward) Rod Brind’amour, Carolina Hurricanes DOUBTFUL
Jack Adams (best coach) Ken Hitchcock, Philadelphia Flyers WORST PICK EVER
Art Ross (most points) Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins WINNER
Maurice Richard Trophy (most goals) Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals NOPE
Lady Bing Trophy (wimpy player) Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators NOPE
Hart Trophy (MVP) Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks LONG-SHOT

Hockey Pools

I entered 3 and finished last in two and second in the other one.

Finally just to rub salt in the wounds here were my predictions for the final four although my Stanley Cup winner is still a good bet.

Phiadelphia Flyers vs. Ottawa Senators
winner: Philadelphia Flyers

Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose Sharks
winner: San Jose Sharks

Stanley Cup: San Jose Sharks vs. Philadelphia Flyers
winner: San Jose Sharks

Speaking of bets, here are the odds for this year’s Cup.

Anaheim Ducks +600

Atlanta Thrashers +2500

Buffalo Sabres +350

Calgary Flames +3000

Dallas Stars +2000

Detroit Red Wings +550

Minnesota Wild +1000

Nashville Predators +1000

New Jersey Devils +800

New York Islanders +4000

New York Rangers +2200

Ottawa Senators +800

Pittsburgh Penguins +700

San Jose Sharks +1400

Tampa Bay Lightning +2000

Vancouver Canucks +900

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