2019-2020 Blackhawks / Season Predictions
Posted: Tue Oct 1, 2019 9:21 pm
Team is pretty much set now in Prague... We just sent Dahlstrom to waivers (claimed by Jets) and assigned D Gilbert and F Wedin to Rockford... That leaves Nyalnder, Perlini, Dach, and Kubalik in good position to get those first cracks at playing with our top guys.
The D pairings look set as well. Our top 6 plus Slater Koekkoek is the clear order and then we have Gilbert / Boqvist likely to get some time this year from Rockford.
Our lines this season:
Caggulia - Toews - Kane
DeBrincat - Strome - Shaw
Saad - Kampf - Nylander
Kubalik - Carpenter - Smith
(Perlini, Dach)
Gustafson - Keith
Murphy - De Haan
Maata - Seabrook
(Koekkoek)
Crawford - Lehner
I think obviously the bottom 6 lines will jump all around and that in the beginning of the season Dach will get those 5-9 games centering Saad / Shaw / Nylander / Caggulia / Kubalik and see how he does before returning to Saskatoon. Our top 6 defenseman due scare me a bit health wise and speed wise so expect to see Gilbert / Boqvist / and possiblely late season Ian Mitchell if we are fighting for a playoff spot.
Prediction: We will score and we will give up in close goals, but our net minders are good and our experience in the 3rd period should come through in that 92-97 point range good enough for a seeding in that 6-8 range.
Hawks predictions:
Kane 38-53- 91pts
DeBrincat 35-40- 75pts
Toews 26-45 - 71pts
Strome 22-44 - 66pts
Saad 19 - 34 - 53pts
Gustafson 14-39 - 53pts
Keith 6-41 - 47pts
Murphy 7 - 31 - 38pts
Crawford 2.41 .921
Lehner 2.47 .916
NHL
Avalanche over Maple Leafs 4-1
The D pairings look set as well. Our top 6 plus Slater Koekkoek is the clear order and then we have Gilbert / Boqvist likely to get some time this year from Rockford.
Our lines this season:
Caggulia - Toews - Kane
DeBrincat - Strome - Shaw
Saad - Kampf - Nylander
Kubalik - Carpenter - Smith
(Perlini, Dach)
Gustafson - Keith
Murphy - De Haan
Maata - Seabrook
(Koekkoek)
Crawford - Lehner
I think obviously the bottom 6 lines will jump all around and that in the beginning of the season Dach will get those 5-9 games centering Saad / Shaw / Nylander / Caggulia / Kubalik and see how he does before returning to Saskatoon. Our top 6 defenseman due scare me a bit health wise and speed wise so expect to see Gilbert / Boqvist / and possiblely late season Ian Mitchell if we are fighting for a playoff spot.
Prediction: We will score and we will give up in close goals, but our net minders are good and our experience in the 3rd period should come through in that 92-97 point range good enough for a seeding in that 6-8 range.
Hawks predictions:
Kane 38-53- 91pts
DeBrincat 35-40- 75pts
Toews 26-45 - 71pts
Strome 22-44 - 66pts
Saad 19 - 34 - 53pts
Gustafson 14-39 - 53pts
Keith 6-41 - 47pts
Murphy 7 - 31 - 38pts
Crawford 2.41 .921
Lehner 2.47 .916
NHL
Avalanche over Maple Leafs 4-1