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The 16th Annual HabsWorld regular season prediction contest.

Hall of Fame:

2006-2007 Jean won with a prediction of 92 points when the Habs finished the year with 90 pts. If only we could have won that last game.

2007-2008 Adirondack Bud exactly predicted our final total of 104 pts.

2008-2009 Zowpeb won by predicting a strong start followed by a slower 2nd half ending with 99 points. The Habs finished the season in 8th place with 93 points. On September 22, 2008 Zowpeb predicted "I think we'll see a rough patch just past the mid-year point..." Wow!

2009-2010 Joelassister correctly predicted the Habs would finish with 88 points.
Honourable mention to kaos who predicted a season record of 39-34-9 (87 pts) while the Habs finished 39-33-10.

2010-2011 Chips produced the all time best prediction. His preseason prediction of 44-30-8 for 96 pts 6th in the East, 14th in the NHL was exactly correct in every aspect. That amazing feat will be hard to duplicate.
Honourable mentions went to Seb whose excellent prediction of 44-30-8 for 96 pts. 5th in east, 13th in NHL came up just short; and to Peter Puck who also correctly predicted the Habs would finish with 96 points.

2011-2012 sakiqc
Our fearless leader won with his prediction of 37-34-11 for 85 points. The Habs record was 31-35-16 for 78 points.
Honourable mention went to Habsfan who correctly predicted that the Habs would score 212 goals.

2012-2013 illWill won by predicting the Habs would finish with a record of 27-16-5 for 59 points.
The Habs finished 29-14-5 for 63 points.
Honourable mention to PMAC and to former champion Chips who both predicted the Habs to finish with 58 points.

2013-2014 Meller93 exactly predicted the Habs final record 46-28-5-3.
Honourable mention to thehabbit who correctly predicted the Habs final point total and just missed getting their record exactly right.

 

2013-2014 nihliz predicted 50-23-5-4 for 109 points. In fact the Habs finished the season 50-22-5-5 for 110 points. Honourable mentions went to nhfarberwho predicted 49-23-4-6 for 108 points and to sakiqc who predicted 51-26-1-4 for 107 points

 

2015-2016 Chris predicted 40-30-8-4 for 92 points. The injury ridden Habs finished the season 38-38-3-3 for 82 points.

 

2016-2017 The Habs finished the regular season 47-26-7-2 for 103 points.

Using tie breakers:

thehabbit had the winning prediction when he predicted 47-25-5-5 = 104 pts  and

Honourable mentions to kaos and Bluecross.

kaos predicted 46-26-6-4 = 102 pts

BlueKross predicted 46-24-6-4 =102 pts. 

 

2017-2018 The Habs finished the regular season 29-40-7-6 for 71 points.

All the predictions were bad but the least bad was by

Dalhabs who won by predicting 42-30-6-4 = 94 pts.

 

 

2018-2019 The Habs finished the regular season 44-30-8 for 96 points and 246 goals.

The prediction contest came down to the last game of the season, indeed down to the number of goals scored in that game.

The winner was

BCHabnut  predicted 42-27-6-7 (97 points) and crucially 248 goals.

Honourable mentions go to:

Dalhabs  42-30-6-4 (94 points)

and

illWill 42-29-7-4 (95 points) 243 goals.

 

 

 

2019-2020 The Habs finished the pandemic season 31-31-9 for 71 points in 71 games.

 

The winner was

illWill  predicted 39-36-2-5 (85 points).

Honourable mention to:

tomh009 who predicted 0-0-0-82.  Unfortunately for posterity tomh009 also predicted 40-32-10

 

 

2021 Season The Habs finished the season 24-21-8-3 for 59 points in the North Division in 56 games.

Habsfan84 won by predicting  27-22-3-4 for 61 points.  Like every entry his prediction overestimated the Habs final points.

Habsfan84 also correctly predicted the Habs would get to the 2nd round but thought they would lose there instead of making the Stanley Cup final.

 


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2021-2022 edition


Similar rules as last season.

Predict
a) what the Habs regular season record will be: wins-losses-OTL-SOL
b) in what place in the Atlantic Division the Habs will finish
c) in what place in the league the Habs will finish
d) (New Tiebreaker) the total number of goals Cole Caufield will score this season (including 1 goal per shootout win).

The winner will be based upon the most accurate prediction of the Habs final points.

In the event of a tie bonus points will be awarded for getting the number of wins, number of losses, number of OTL's or number of SOL's correct.

The latter three predictions will be used successively to break ties.

 

The season is planned for 82 games.  In the event that fewer than that are played the Habs record will be pro-rated to 82 games.

 

The decision of Peter Puck is final.  Contest is void where prohibited.

Don't forget to separate overtime losses and shootout losses.

Entries due before puck drop on Wednesday October 13 at 7:07pm EST.

 

Good luck.

 

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50 minutes ago, Peter Puck said:

Entries due before puck drop on Monday October 11 at 7:07pm EST.

Wednesday maybe? No pucks are being dropped yet today. 🙂

 

This season looks crazy unpredictable, I really have no idea what will happen!

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a) what the Habs regular season record will be: wins-losses-OTL-SOL

 

45-30-5-2 (30 not 40 Ls)


b) in what place in the Atlantic Division the Habs will finish

 

4th


c) in what place in the league the Habs will finish

 

16th


d) (New Tiebreaker) the total number of goals Cole Caufield will score this season (including 1 goal per shootout win).

 

32

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a) what the Habs regular season record will be: wins-losses-OTL-SOL

 

35-35-7-5


b) in what place in the Atlantic Division the Habs will finish

 

5th


c) in what place in the league the Habs will finish

 

22nd


d) (New Tiebreaker) the total number of goals Cole Caufield will score this season (including 1 goal per shootout win).

 

34

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a) 37-34-6-4


b) 4th


c) 18th


d) 29
 

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On 10/11/2021 at 11:21 AM, Plutarch said:

a) what the Habs regular season record will be: wins-losses-OTL-SOL

 

45-40-5-2

Did you mean 45-30-5-2? Unless we should expect an extended season to make up for the last one being short!

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Noticed on NHL.com they had season predictions for the league from everyone but the pet dog it seemed. And Habs didnt make anyone's list for top 4 in the Atlantic or being a wild card team.

 

Sorry to say, I agree with them all.:(

 

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On 10/11/2021 at 10:38 AM, tomh009 said:

 

 

This season looks crazy unpredictable, I really have no idea what will happen!

 

I certainly agree that this is super tricky.  With Price being out and that its really unknown for how long could change everything.

 

Plus there are a ton of different and interesting factors.  ex: do the Habs have a new 5+ mil winger?  i.e. Drouin?  Anderson lives with him so he'll likely be better too.  Caufield, I'm surprised to see numerous people say he'll get under 30 goals.  Danault is gone so what impact will a more offensive minded C have on Gally?

 

Also, shouldn't we have to say if they'll make the playoffs or not?  

 

Here's mine:

a) 48 - 28 - 4 - 2  = 102 pts

b) 3rd

c) 13th

d) 42g (i.e. 38g w 4 SO)

 

 

 

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a) 31 - 35 - 9 - 7 - 78 points

b) 5th

c) 22nd

d) 31 goals

 

this year is going to be a nightmare unless the tram really bands together, and tries to win for Price, so there isn’t a less pressure on him when he returns. Looking forward to Suzuki and Caufield, and have some hope thatAnderson, Drouin, Dvorak, Evans show some consistency to surprise me. The D will be a shit show.

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A) 35-38-5-3 (79 Points)

B) 6th in Division 

C) 25th in League

D) 21 Goals

 

Not as optimistic about this season as last as I believe the D will struggle and we will miss Price at the start of the Season. Time for them to prove me wrong!

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I usually have a good feel for what to expect from the Habs each year, but this one is throwing me for a loop. Has a team that made the Stanley Cup final ever been looked at so negatively the following season? I think that this team underperformed in the regular season last year, and what we saw in the playoffs was more in line with expectations. I'm not so concerned with the players we lost vs the players we brought in, but the injuries right off the bat are certainly cause for concern. With my prediction I am banking on the goaltending holding the fort until Price comes back, a full season of Caufield, a rejuvenated Drouin, a much improved power play, arguably the best wing depth in the league, and improvements from some of the youth. 

 

47-26-4-5 = 103 points 

3rd in the division

9th in the league

33 goals

 

 

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46-30-4- 2 (98 points)

4th in division

14th in the league

Caufield 25 goals + 4 SOG = 29 total

 

As I said earlier, almost anything could happen this year. Some more injuries and we could be a lottery team. My admittedly optimistic scenario assumes that our season is going to be driven by scoring, not defence as has been the case recently. Better PP, more 5-on-5 scoring (Caufield, Suzuki, Hoffman, Dvorak) and a balanced set of lines (yes, with no superstars). If the youngsters can progress and we don't get another rash of injuries, 100 points could be in sight.

 

Or not. 😁

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