NHL Thoughts

For most teams it's five games down, 77 more to go in the NHL season.  While football is in full swing, we've been a little lacking on hockey coverage so to remedy that situation I'm going to provide some early personal reflections on the new season:

NHL Math

• Vancouver = Luongo + 2(Sedin) and following that logic Vancouver = finishing just out of the playoffs 
  
• $6.75 million+ $5.625 million = overpriced goaltending in Chicago with not much to show 
• Washington > Pittsburgh
• 32+ = average age of the Red Wings, every year this number goes up and yet there is no drop off in wins
• 552-542 = number of wins until Brodeur is the all time winningest goalie (Roy's record is 551)
  

Predictions

• Atlantic: NY Rangers
• Northeast: Montreal (sorry Sabres fans - still not a believer)
• Southeast: Washington
• Central: Detroit
• Northwest: Minnesota
• Pacific: San Jose
• Eastern Conference: NY Rangers (though if Washington slips in here, I'd be ok with that)
• Western Conference: Detroit
• Stanley Cup: Detroit

While we're on the topic of predictions, ND will win dominate the Frozen Four this spring and win it's first hockey national championship too.  I also predict that Blozar will lose a bit more of his sanity everyday that Brady is not the QB1 for the Browns.