My 2010/11 NHL Playoff Predictions For The 1st Round (plus Cup Winner)

Well here they are folks. My bold predictions for this years 1st round of the 2010/11 Stanley Cup playoffs. Lets see how I do this year.

WEST

Blackhawks will win in 7 games over the Canucks

Sharks will win in 6 games over the Kings

Detroit will win in 6 games over the Coyotes

Ducks will win in 6 games over the Predators

EAST

Capitals will win in 6 games over the Rangers

Penguins will win in 7 games over the Lightning

Bruins will win in 6 games over the Canadiens

Flyers will win in 6 games over the Sabres

The team that will win the Stanley Cup.... Washington Capitals

What are your picks?

- WRITTEN BY SMOKIN' RAY -

2010/11 NHL Predictions by Paq Twinn

Its been a while since the OJ faithful has heard from me. This will change. I will be contributing on a regular basis here at Oilers Jambalaya. So allow me to reintroduce myself, I am Paq Twinn. I am a life long Oilers fan and love the Oilers, win, lose or draw...wait, I keep forgetting that draws are not possible anymore. I believe that Tambellini had a successful summer and I am very excited to get this season going.

So without further ado, here are my predictions for the 10/11 NHL standings.

EASTERN CONFERENCE
1.Washington Capitals
2.Pittsburgh Penguins
3.Buffalo Sabres
4.New Jersey Devils
5.Philadelphia Flyers
6.Tampa Bay Lightning
7.Boston Bruins
8.Montreal Canadiens
9.Ottawa Senators
10.Florida Panthers
11.New York Rangers
12.Carolina Hurricanes
13.New York Islanders
14.Atlanta Thrashers
15.Toronto Maple Leafs

WESTERN CONFERENCE
1.San Jose Sharks
2.Vancouver Canucks
3.Chicago Blackhawks
4.Detroit Redwings
5.Anaheim Ducks
6.St.Louis Blues
7.Los Angeles Kings
8.Phoenix Coyotes
9.Calgary Flames
10.Nashville Predators
11.Edmonton Oilers
12.Colorado Avalanche
13.Dallas Stars
14.Minnesota Wild
15.Columbus Blue Jackets

The Final Four
Washington vs Pittsburgh
San Jose vs Chicago

Stanley Cup Finals
Pittsburgh vs Chicago.

Stanley Cup Champion
Pittsburgh Penguins

Well there it is. Feel free to laugh, point fingers and snicker when it all goes awry.

-Written by Paq Twinn-

The Oilers Jambalaya Predictions (Smokin' Ray Picks)

Here are my BOLD picks for this season. I'm hoping I'm close this year. *fingers crossed*

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. San Jose Sharks

2. Chicago Blackhawks

3. Vancouver Canucks

4. Detroit Red Wings

5. Anaheim Ducks
6. LA Kings
7. Dallas Stars
8. Colorado Avalanche

9. Phoenix Coyotes*
10. Edmonton Oilers
11. Calgary Flames
12. St. Louis Blues
13. Nashville Predators
14. Columbus Blue Jackets*
15. Minnesota Wild

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. Washington Capitals
2. Boston Bruins
3. Philadelphia Flyers
4. Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Buffalo Sabres*
6. New Jersey Devils
7. Montreal Canadiens
8. Atlanta Thrashers
9. New York Rangers
10. Florida Panthers
11. Carolina Hurricanes*
12. Toronto Maple Leafs
13. Tampa Bay Lightning
14. Ottawa Senators
15. New York Islanders

STANLEY CUP FINALS

Washington vs San Jose Sharks

*Switched after original post. Posted in error.

-Written by Smokin' Ray-

NHL Equivalence Numbers

I enjoy stats, so I figured I'd take Behind the Net's Gabriel Desjardins' NHLE on my day off and come up with what we could expect to see next year if they were to play the full season in one league.  I highly doubt that will happen, but it gives a good idea. Keep in mind that I just used the regular seasons for these numbers. Math isn't exactly my strong suit, so if I messed up, please call me out on it.

Linus Omark
2009-10 KHL: 36 points in 56 games = .643 Points per game
2010-11 AHL Projected: 97 points in 80 games = 1.21 PPG
2010-11 NHL Projected: 44 points in 82 games = .533 PPG

Magnus Pääjärvi-Svenson
2009-10 Elitserien: 29 points in 49 games = .591 PPG
2010-11 AHL Projected: 83 points in 80 games = 1.04 PPG
2010-11 NHL Projected: 38 points in 82 games = .461 PPG

Teemu Hartikainen
2009-10 SM-Liiga: 33 points in 53 games = .623 PPG
2010-11 AHL Projected: 61 points in 80 games = .764 PPG
2010-11 NHL Projected: 28 points in 82 games = .337 PPG

Jordan Eberle
2009-10 WHL: 106 points in 57 games = 1.86 PPG
2010-11 AHL Projected: 64 points in 80 games = .800 PPG*
2010-11 NHL Projected: 46 points in 82 games = .558 PPG*
(*Question you probably have right here is, why does Eberle have a lower projection in the AHL but a higher in the NHL than MPS and Omark have. The NHLE numbers have a specific conversion rate for the CHL leagues that skewed the numbers a little bit.)

Toni Rajala
2009-10 WHL: 63 points in 60 games = 1.05 PPG
2010-11 AHL Projected: 36 points in 80 games = .452 PPG
2010-11 NHL Projected: 26 points in 82 games = .315 PPG

Like I said, let me know if I messed something up please.

-Written by Eric Rodgers-

Our Playoff Picks And The Season Prediction

Here is our playoff predictions from the start of the season.  Let's just see how stupid we really are around here. lol.

Actual West Standings:

Sharks

Blackhawks

Canucks

Coyotes

Red Wings

Kings

Predators

Avalanche

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Blues

Flames

Ducks

Stars

Wild

Blue Jackets

Oilers

 

Actual East Standings:

Capitals

Sabres

Devils

Penguins

Senators

Bruins

Flyers

Canadiens

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Rangers

Thrashers

Hurricanes

Lightning

Islanders

Panthers

Leafs

Boy were we wrong. Colorado in 14th? Phoenix in 15th? Edmonton in 6th? Calgary in 3rd?

*face in palm*

So here are my 2009/10 Stanley Cup NHL Playoff Predicitons for this year.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Washington vs. (8) Montreal (Game One: 4/15 at 4 p.m. PST) WASHINGTON WINS IN 4

(2) New Jersey vs. (7) Philadelphia (Game One: 4/14 at 4:30 p.m. PST) DEVILS WIN IN 7

(3) Buffalo vs. (6) Boston (Game One: 4/15 at 4 p.m. PST) BRUINS WIN IN 6

(4) Pittsburgh vs. (5) Ottawa (Game One: 4/14 at 4 p.m. PST) PENGUINS WIN IN 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(1) San Jose vs. (8) Colorado (Game One: 4/14 at 7:30 p.m. PST) COLORADO WINS IN 6

(2) Chicago vs. (7) Nashville (Game One: 4/16 at 5:30 p.m. PST) CHICAGO WINS IN 5

(3) Vancouver vs. (6) Los Angeles (Game One: 4/15 at 7 p.m. PST) CANUCKS WIN IN 6

(4) Phoenix vs. (5) Detroit (Game One: 4/14 at 7 p.m. PST) DETROIT WINS IN 6

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Who's in the 2009-10 Stanley Cup Finals?

Smokin' Ray - Chicago vs. Washington

Paq Twinn - San Jose vs. Washington.

-Smokin' Ray-

Official Jambalaya Predictions

Official Jambalaya Predictions

Well here we go folks. We are leaving it all out on the ice. These are our picks for this season.

Hope we are relatively close considering more moves may happen. Oh well... it's go time!

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Who's in the 2009-10 Stanley Cup Finals?

Smokin' Ray - Chicago vs. Washington

Paq Twinn - San Jose vs. Washington

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Last year on OilersNation.com we picked our Hero's and Goat's.

Here at OJ, we picked some for this season.

Smokin' Ray HERO Sam Gagner GOAT Ethan Moreau

Paq Twinn HERO Lubo Visnovsky GOAT Robert Nilsson

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There you have it folks. What/who are you picking?

My Playoff Picks (Round #1)

Here are my picks for this 1st round.

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San Jose beats Anaheim in six

Detroit beats Columbus in five

Vancouver beats St. Louis in six

Chicago beats Calgary in six

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Boston beats Montreal in six

Washington beats New York Rangers in six

Carolina beats New Jersey in six

Pittsburgh beats Philadealpia in seven

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I think that it will be a San Jose vs. Washington final. Washington will win it all.