Peter Puck Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 The 19th 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. 2022 Season The Montreal Canadiens compiled a regular season record 22-49-7-4 for 55 points. Almost duplicating the points from their cup final year of 2021 but finishing 32nd in the league. DalHabs predicted 31-39-7-5 for a total of 74 points. For the second year in a row all contestants over estimated the Habs performance. --------------------------------------------- 2023 Season Montreal finish the 2022-2023 Regular Season with 68 points leading to a 4 way tie in Habsworld predictions: DalHabs 27-42-6-7 = 67 points 8th, 29th, 31 goals by Caufield DutchHabsFan 25-40-10-7 = 67 points 6th, 27th, 25 goals hab29RETIRED 28-43-8-3 = 67 points 8th, 2th, 39 goals alfredoh2009 29-44-5-4 = 67 points 7th, 29th, 29 goals The tiebreaker was predicting the number of goals scored by Cole Caufield. Caufield scored 26 regular season goals plus 2 shoot out goals for a total of 28 goals. alfredoh2009 won the tiebreaker with his prediction of 29 goals. ------------------------------------------------------- 2023-24 Contest The 2023-24 Habs finished the season 30-36-8-8 for 76 points. They were 8th in the Atlantic Division, 15th in the East, and 28th in the league. @xXx..CK..xXx won the 2023-2024 contest predicting the exact total of 76 points. --------------------------------------------------------- DalHabs and illWill are the two repeat winners!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2024-2025 edition Predict the Habs regular season performance during the upcoming 2024-2025 NHL season. Rules for this 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) Tiebreaker: How many 20 goal scorers will the Habs have this season. e) Tiebreaker: How many points will Suzuki finish the season with. f) Tiebreaker: How many points will Hutson finish the season with. 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 or nearly correct. The tie breakers will be combined in some crazy way to break ties if required. 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 9 at 7:07pm EST. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 1 hour ago, Peter Puck said: The 19th 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. 2022 Season The Montreal Canadiens compiled a regular season record 22-49-7-4 for 55 points. Almost duplicating the points from their cup final year of 2021 but finishing 32nd in the league. DalHabs predicted 31-39-7-5 for a total of 74 points. For the second year in a row all contestants over estimated the Habs performance. --------------------------------------------- 2023 Season Montreal finish the 2022-2023 Regular Season with 68 points leading to a 4 way tie in Habsworld predictions: DalHabs 27-42-6-7 = 67 points 8th, 29th, 31 goals by Caufield DutchHabsFan 25-40-10-7 = 67 points 6th, 27th, 25 goals hab29RETIRED 28-43-8-3 = 67 points 8th, 2th, 39 goals alfredoh2009 29-44-5-4 = 67 points 7th, 29th, 29 goals The tiebreaker was predicting the number of goals scored by Cole Caufield. Caufield scored 26 regular season goals plus 2 shoot out goals for a total of 28 goals. alfredoh2009 won the tiebreaker with his prediction of 29 goals. ------------------------------------------------------- 2023-24 Contest The 2023-24 Habs finished the season 30-36-8-8 for 76 points. They were 8th in the Atlantic Division, 15th in the East, and 28th in the league. @xXx..CK..xXx won the 2023-2024 contest predicting the exact total of 76 points. --------------------------------------------------------- DalHabs and illWill are the two repeat winners!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2024-2025 edition Predict the Habs regular season performance during the upcoming 2024-2025 NHL season. Rules for this 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) Tiebreaker: How many 20 goal scorers will the Habs have this season. e) Tiebreaker: How many points will Suzuki finish the season with. f) Tiebreaker: How many points will Hudson finish the season with. 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 or nearly correct. The tie breakers will be combined in some crazy way to break ties if required. 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 11 at 7:07pm EST. Good luck. Im assumimg you mean Hutson for "f" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 2 hours ago, Peter Puck said: Rules for this 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) Tiebreaker: How many 20 goal scorers will the Habs have this season. e) Tiebreaker: How many points will Suzuki finish the season with. f) Tiebreaker: How many points will Hudson finish the season with. 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 or nearly correct. The tie breakers will be combined in some crazy way to break ties if required. 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 11 at 7:07pm EST. Good luck. A) 36-34-12 for 84 points. B) 6th C) 22 D) 5 e) 82 F) 47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 41-35-2-4 for 88 points 5th in division, 18th overall 5, 85, 50 More optimistic than for the past few years! Edit: corrected the points calculation 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 38-39-3-2- 81pts 7th in division, 24th overall 3 -20g scorers 65pts- Suzuki 40pts - Hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 a) 34-36-6-6 b) 6th in the Atlantic Division c) 24th in the league d) Tiebreaker: 4x 20 goal scorers e) Tiebreaker: 79 pts for Suzuki f) Tiebreaker: 41 pts for Hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Puck Posted October 1 Author Share Posted October 1 16 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said: Im assumimg you mean Hutson for "f" Whoops. Thanks. Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brindavis Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 (edited) A) 40-34-4-4 for 88 points. B) 5th C) 18th D) 4 (CC, Suzuki, Slaf, Ando (before being traded) e) 74 Suzuki F) 30 Hutson (from 60 games) Edited October 1 by brindavis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 37-32-7-6 87 points 6th 21st 3x20 goals 80 pts suzuki 37 hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 40-25-9-8 97 points 4th in Atlantic 14th in league 6 with 20+ goals Suzuki 75 points Hutson 67 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Cue the unbridled and misguided optimism: a) what the Habs regular season record will be: wins-losses-OTL-SOL 41-25-8-8 b) in what place in the Atlantic Division the Habs will finish 5th c) in what place in the league the Habs will finish 15 d) Tiebreaker: How many 20 goal scorers will the Habs have this season. 5 e) Tiebreaker: How many points will Suzuki finish the season with. 80 f) Tiebreaker: How many points will Hutson finish the season with. 42 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 38 W-34 L-4 OTL-6 SOL 86pts 5th in Atlantic 20th in league 5 with 20 goals among (Suzuki, Caufield, Dach, Newhook, Slafkowsky, Laine) Suzuki 80 points Hutson 36 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habsfan84 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 A) 35-39-4-4 (78pts) B) 7th in Atlantic C) 27th in League D) 3 x 20G E) 79pts F) 33pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 a) 37-32-8-5 = 87 points b) 6th c) 22 d) 5 - 20 goal scorers e) 86 points for Suzuki - doubling down on what I had last year (can't remember if I had 86 or 87). f) 48 points for Hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 a) 34-33-8-7 83 pts b) 7th c) 23rd in league d) 4 - 20 goal scorers e) 78 points for Suzuki f) 35 points for Hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Puck Posted October 9 Author Share Posted October 9 a) 36-36-5-5 (82 points) b) 6th in the Atlantic c) 21 overall d) 5 x 20 goal scores e) Suzuki: 82 points f) Hutson: 41 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 a) 34-35-7-6 (81 points) b) 6th c) 23rd d) 4 e) 83 f) 43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 a) 34-40-5-3 (76 points) b) 7th c) 27th d) 3 x 20 goal scorers e) 74 points Suzuki f) 28 points Hutson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illWill Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 A) 39-28-7-8 = 93 points B) 5th in division C) 17th in league D) 5 20 goal scorers E) 77 Suzuki points F) 46 Hutson points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvvrob Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 38-33-7-4=87 pts 6th in Atlantic 18th in league 5 20 goal scorers Suzuki 55 points Hutson 35 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted Saturday at 01:57 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:57 AM So, what does the survey say? --- Back in the playoffs --- 98 PMAC 97 Dalhabs 93 illWill --- In the mix --- 88 tomh009, brindavis 87 BCHabnut, hab29retired, revvvrob 86 alfredoh2009 --- On the outside looking in --- 84 Commandant 83 Habs Fan in Edmonton 82 Peter Puck 81 DON, GHT120 80 JoeLassister 78 Habsfan84 76 xXx..CK..xXx --- Actual results --- 76 2023-24 68 2022-23 55 2021-22 We're on pace for 82 at the moment--after just two games--let's see what it looks like next spring! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted Saturday at 02:23 AM Share Posted Saturday at 02:23 AM 25 minutes ago, tomh009 said: ... We're on pace for ... Four of the most dangerous words in sports 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted Saturday at 01:57 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:57 PM 11 hours ago, tomh009 said: So, what does the survey say? --- Back in the playoffs --- 98 PMAC 97 Dalhabs 93 illWill --- In the mix --- 88 tomh009, brindavis 87 BCHabnut, hab29retired, revvvrob 86 alfredoh2009 --- On the outside looking in --- 84 Commandant 83 Habs Fan in Edmonton 82 Peter Puck 81 DON, GHT120 80 JoeLassister 78 Habsfan84 76 xXx..CK..xXx --- Actual results --- 76 2023-24 68 2022-23 55 2021-22 We're on pace for 82 at the moment--after just two games--let's see what it looks like next spring! i would be great if we had an "on pace for" every now and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted Saturday at 02:37 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:37 PM 39 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said: i would be great if we had an "on pace for" every now and then Suzuki is "on pace for" 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points and -41 this season ... but I don't think that is what you mean😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted Saturday at 03:28 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:28 PM 49 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Suzuki is "on pace for" 0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points and -41 this season ... but I don't think that is what you mean😉 I like what @tomh009 posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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