Pre-season power rankings contest

[Rob]

I am early in posting this since I'm sure no-one wants to make any predictions until after FA, but we're going to do a little contest this year.  Respond to this thread with your prediction for this coming years standings from 1 to 20 (post-playoff standings).  Your list will be scored at the end of the season as follows:

5 points for correctly predicting a teams exact position in the standings
4 points for predicting a team within 1 position in the standings
3 points for predicting a team within 2 positions
2 points for predicting a team within 3 positions
1 point for predicting a team within 4 positions
10 points for predicting the correct champion
Tiebreaker - predict the total combined score of our Stanley Cup Championship round

The winner of this contest will receive a 20% discount on any extension during the 2017 offseason extension period! In addition the winner shall receive a brand new award that I'm naming "The Prognosticator Award".

***The discount is applied to the normal extendable amount and the length of the contract is based on the normal extendable amount.  For example, if a player would normally extend at $5m for 4 or 5 years - the discounted contract would be $4m for 4 or 5 years.  Note that the final contract does not adhere to the extension contract limits ($4m/year would normally qualify for 3 or 4 years) - the length limits apply to the original amount, not the discounted amount***

***This discount may be applied in addition to the Prospect Discount.  It must be applied to the already discounted amount.  So it's 30% off the original for prospect, then 20% off that amount.  NOT 50% off the original extension price.***

All should play! 

Again, it should be a while before anyone is comfortable posting their lists, but I wanted to get you thinking about it.

Good luck!

[snugerud]

This should be fun. 

[snugerud]

1- Colorado
2- Florida
3- Carolina
4 - Detroit
5- St. Louis
6- Washington
7- Anahiem
8 - LA
9- Philly
10 - Chicago
11- edmonton
12 - Boston
13 - Toronto
14 - Montreal
15 - Buffalo
16- tampa
17 - Calgary
18 - Pittsburgh
19 - Vancouver
20 - Arizona

Forgot to add my tiebreaker 687 points.

[Rob]

Interesting...

[Rob]

Here's how I see it:

01) Florida Panthers
02) St Louis Blues
03) Washington Capitals
04) Colorado Avalanche
05) Anaheim Ducks
06) Detroit Red Wings
07) Philadelphia Flyers
08) Boston Bruins
09) Los Angeles Kings
10) Toronto Maple Leafs
11) Carolina Hurricanes
12) Chicago Blackhawks
13) Buffalo Sabres
14) Edmonton Oilers
15) Tampa Bay Lightning
16) Montreal Canadiens
17) Calgary Flames
18) Pittsburgh Penguins
19) Vancouver Canucks
20) Arizona Coyotes

Tiebreaker - 700 points

[jlapo11]

My turn

1) Florida Panthers
2) St Louis Blues
3) Carolina Hurricanes
4) Philadelphia Flyers
5) Washington Capitals
6) Anaheim Ducks
7) Los Angeles Kings
8) Buffalo Sabres
9) Chicago Blackhawks
10) Edmonton Oilers
11) Colorado
12) Tampa Bay Lightning
13) Detroit
14) Montreal Canadiens
15) Toronto
16) Boston
17) Calgary Flames
18) Pittsburgh Penguins
19) Vancouver Canucks
20) Arizona Coyotes

Tiebreaker - 708 points

[papps]

1) Florida Panthers
2) Anaheim Ducks
3) St Louis Blues
4) Carolina Hurricanes
5) Philadelphia Flyers
6) Washington Capitals
 7) Colorado
8) Buffalo Sabres
9) Chicago Blackhawks
10) Edmonton Oilers
11) Boston
12) Tampa Bay Lightning
13) Los Angeles Kings
14) Detroit
15) Toronto
16) Montreal Canadiens
17) Calgary Flames
18) Pittsburgh Penguins
19) Vancouver Canucks
20) Arizona Coyotes

Tiebreaker - 734 points

[GypsieDeathBringer]

01) Florida Panthers
02) Washington Capitals
03) Anaheim Ducks
04) Colorado Avalanche
05) St Louis Blues
06) Carolina Hurricanes
07) Detroit Red Wings
08) Edmonton Oilers
09) Philadelphia Flyers
10) Los Angeles Kings
11) Boston Bruins
12) Chicago Blackhawks
13) Buffalo Sabres
14) Toronto Maple Leafs
15) Montreal Canadiens
16) Calgary Flames
17) Pittsburgh Penguins
18) Tampa Bay Lightning
19) Vancouver Canucks
20) Arizona Coyotes

Tiebreaker - 713 points

[snugerud]

i kinda feel bad that my list looks so bland compared to you guys and your very official looking lists with team logos and all.

[papps]

i kinda feel bad that my list looks so bland compared to you guys and your very official looking lists with team logos and all.

Your list looks bad cause you got Philly ranked so low!