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leafs all the way. if belfour gets in a groove and starts resembling anything close to what hes capable of the leafs will have a solid defence to go with their great offense. that new guy, forget his name, is very impressive. i can see him getting nothing but better

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:D FUCK OFF!! Actually, I don't really think I'm an Av's fan anymore... I mainly was 'cause a friend of mine was, and I wasn't big into hockey until last year. I'm teamless. But I still hate the Red Wings. :p

P.S. Close your damn font tag!! :cool:

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Since Pronger is out for most of the year, the Blues' playoff streak will finally come to an end. Thats fine though, because they suck ass in the playoffs, just like the Cardinals.

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Im a leafs fan til the end, but like other people have said already, Belfour needs to play up to his potential otherwise they dont stand a chance cuz their defence is pretty weak. Hopefully Quinn can get off his ass and make a few trades too to beef up the defence a little bit. With Roberts out til January, the leafs have a tough first half of a season. But all that matters is they make the playoffs, cuz its a whole different game then.

Ottawa should be the team to beat for them this year (again), but dont count out Montreal or Pittsburg either. They both look pretty strong. Actually, Montreal is resting alot on Theodore again, so if something should happen to him, they'll have a tough time.

As for the other conference, I could really give two shits. Im sure it will either be Detroit or Colorado in the finals, but I would really like to see Vancouver do it.

Also, what do u guys think of the changes to the rules....theres been ALOT more penalties than normal, and lots of 2 man advantages too. I guess it can make the game a little more exciting at times, but im still against it. Do u think the players are going to adapt, or are the refs gonna lighten up?

rangers over the wings.

bure will continue to be a scoring machine, lindros will contribute once he stays on the ice, and holik, messier, dvorak, nedved and rucinsky will each add 20 goals apiece. heh.

all we need is a real goalie! and Bill Guerin back!

The Flyers under new coach Ken Hitchcock will surprise a lot of teams this year. LeClair looks like he did back in the Legion of Doom days. Recchi and Roenick also look very strong in the early going. Cechmanek is an enigma in goal. He's a talented player with a pretty serious attitude problem. Much of the Flyers success is riding on how he plays in his second season.

Where were you guys when I was trying to set up a fantasy hockey league? No one responded to my post. I fucking kicked out of the league I've been in and now I'm going through Fantasy Hockey withdrawal.

Anyway, you guys for the most part had some excellent analysis of the forthcoming season, save for my boy SP who let his Stars-fandom get in the way of any meaningful analysis of the season.

All I have to add is that that Belfour will not add that much to Tornonto, certainly won't fill the shoes of CuJo. I've watched him fall from grace the past two seasons and it's killed me (and my beloved Stars). He is still great, and clutch, but without question he has seen his better days.

The Wings will be near impossible to beat. If it happens it won't come from the West but it will be in the form of them overlooking their Stanley Cup finals opponent, probably the Flyers.

But if you guys have read my read predictions before you know that I let bias determine everything so I pick:

Stars over Flyers in 7.

No logic. Just complete homerism. How they will beat the boys from the so-called (and I stress "so called") Hockey Town is beyond me. But they will.

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Ya im against it too, for all the reasons you just stated. Plus, I have a feeling that there will be alot of games won b/c of powerplays in the last 2 or 3 min. I just love watching the end of a game with good old 5-on-5 hockey. I think it would be pretty shitty for a game to to be won 2-1 because of a fucking "clutching" penalty with 1 minute to go.
Im not really sure whether or not I like the hurry up faceoffs yet. Im kind of indifferent right now. Im just so used to having those 30-40 seconds to grab a beer or take a quick piss or whatever. Besides, it was still alot shorter between plays than football or baseball.