Morning Skate: Some of our NHL predictions were very foolish

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Lace ‘em up. Time for the Morning Skate.

For the purposes of this exercise, I’m actually an October Fool. The playoffs are just around the corner, so I figured it was a good time to take a look back on how my predictions for the season panned out.

They were, uh, not good, pal.

That’s not fair, I guess. They weren’t awful. But a few of them were wrong enough that they’re worth pointing and laughing at. So I’ll provide the target, but the tomatoes are your responsibility.

The Canadiens and Bruins should’ve been swapped

I had the Canadiens finishing third and the Bruins finishing sixth in the Atlantic. I guess I had very little faith in the Bruins’ defense this season and more in the Canadiens prowess in front of Carey Price. And for a month, I was right! I will cherish that month forever.

Too much faith in the Flames

Had them finishing second in the Pacific. No excuses. I saw the possession stats warning signs and drove off the unfinished bridge anyways.

And too little faith in the Devils and Hurricanes

They were supposed to be dead last. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DRAFTING AUSTON MATTHEWS, DAMMIT.

Coyotes finishing last

I expected the Oilers to at least be good enough to be the second-worst team in the Pacific this year. I expected too much of them. Never again.

So those weren’t great. But at least I did better than the robot?

NOPE, NOPE, NOPE

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