Next season's predictions

I'm going to cover all the basis here for how next season should end. I'm going to predict playoff teams, division winners, conference winners, Stanley Cup winner, point leaders, wins, etc.

first lets start with player stats. For the player stats i'll do top 5

Points:

1) Sidney Crosby (120-134) 

2) Alex Ovechkin (115-125) 

3) Henrik Zetterburg (100-110)

4) Jarome Iginla (93-103)

5) Evgeni Malkin (90-110) I give him such a huge margin because it's hard to predict how much he'll produce assuming Crosby is in the line-up all season long

Goals:

1) Alex Ovechkin (60-75)

2) Ilya Kovalchuk (52-64)

3) Dany Heatly (46-60)

4) Evgeni Malkin (45-53)

5) Johan Franzen (43-50)

Assists:

1) Sidney Crosby (70-90)

2) Pavel Datsyuk (70-83)

3) Joe Thornton (65-77)

4) Marc Savard (60-70)

5) Niklas Lidstrom (50-65)

Plus/Minus:

1) Pavel Datsyuk

2) Sidney Crosby

3) Niklas Lidstrom

4) Ryan Getzlaf

5) Duncan Keith

Goaltenders top 5

Wins:

1) Marc-Andre Fluery (44-47)

2) Martin Brodeur (43-46)

3) Chris Osgood (40-44)

4) Henrik Lundqvist (39-42)

5) Carey Price (37-40)

Goals Against Average:

1) Chris Osgood

2) Henrik Lundqvist

3) Pascal Leclaire

4) Evgeni Nabokov

5) Marc-Andre Fluery

Save Percentage:

1) Marc-Andre Fluery

2) Dan Ellis

3) Jean-Sebastien Giguere

4) Carey Price

5) Tim Thomas

Shut Outs:

1) Pascal Leclaire (10-12)

2) Henrik Lundqvist (9-11)

3) Martin Brodeur (7-9)

4) Dan Ellis (6-8)

5) Martin Biron (6-7)

Playoffs: (i'm extending it to ten in each for possible upsets)

East:

1) Pittsburgh Penguins(Atlantic)

2) Montreal Canadiens (Northeast)

3) Washington Capitals (Southeast)

4) New York Rangers

5) Philidelphia Flyers

6) New Jersey Devils

7) Carolina Hurricanes

8) Boston Bruins

9) Ottawa Senators

10) Tampa Bay Lightning

West:

1) Detroit Red Wings (Central)

2) Dallas Stars (Pacific)

3) Calgary Flames (Northwest)

4) Anaheim Ducks

5) Chicago Blackhawks

6) San Jose Sharks

7) Edmonton Oilers

8) Phoenix Coyotes

9) Minnasota Wild

10) Columbus Blue Jackets

East Champions: Pittsburgh Penguins

West Champions: Detroit Red Wings

Stanley Cup Winner: Detroit Red Wings

Yes, I'm predicting a back to back match up between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. With the additions of Hossa and everybody coming back from the Red Wings with the exception of retired players Hasek and Drake, the Red Wings should take the Cup back to Hockeytown again. The penguins actually returning I'm not too positive about. They'll have their defense and goaltending returning that was essential but the offense has taken a hit through the market. If Sundin accepts the offer from Montreal, than Montreal could make the finals pitting an original six match-up.