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Michael Finewax
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Taylor Hall
Best Fantasy D: John Carlson
Best Fantasy G: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Hart Trophy Winner: Connor McDavid
Norris Trophy: John Carlson
Vezina Trophy: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Calder Trophy: Jack Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay
Western Conference Winner: Nashville
Stanley Cup Champion: Tampa Bay
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Victor Olofsson
Biggest Disappointment: Ben Bishop
Oddball Prediction: Carolina wins the Metropolitan Division
Corey Abbott
Best Fantasy Center: Nathan MacKinnon
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Alex Ovechkin
Best Fantasy D: Erik Karlsson
Best Fantasy G: Ben Bishop
Hart Trophy Winner: Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy: Erik Karlsson
Vezina Trophy: Ben Bishop
Calder Trophy: Jack Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay
Western Conference Winner: Dallas
Stanley Cup Champion: Tampa Bay
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Victor Olofsson
Biggest Disappointment: Dustin Byfuglien
Oddball Prediction: Former Calgary goaltender Mike Smith will become the number one goalie in Edmonton and former Oilers netminder Cam Talbot will become the number one goalie for the Flames.
Ryan Dadoun
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Alex Ovechkin
Best Fantasy D: Erik Karlsson
Best Fantasy G: Frederik Andersen
Hart Trophy Winner: Connor McDavid
Norris Trophy: Roman Josi
Vezina Trophy: Ben Bishop
Calder Trophy: Jack Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay
Western Conference Winner: Vegas
Stanley Cup Champion: Vegas
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Alexander Nylander
Biggest Disappointment: Patrik Laine (I think if anyone needed a normal training camp, it was him)
Oddball Prediction: This will be the first time since 2006 that the Pittsburgh Penguins have missed the playoffs.
Brian Rosenbaum
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Patrick Kane
Best Fantasy LW: Brad Marchand
Best Fantasy D: Brent Burns
Best Fantasy G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Hart Trophy Winner: Aleksander Barkov
Norris Trophy: Victor Hedman
Vezina Trophy: Sergei Bobrovsky
Calder Trophy: Cale Makar
Eastern Conference Winner: Florida
Western Conference Winner: Dallas
Stanley Cup Champion: Dallas
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Nikita Gusev
Biggest Disappointment: Erik Gustafsson
Oddball Prediction: The Maple Leafs will have seven scorers with more points than the leading Ottawa Senator scorer.
Joey Alfieri
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Johnny Gaudreau
Best Fantasy D: Brent Burns
Best Fantasy G: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Hart Trophy Winner:
Norris Trophy: Victor Hedman
Vezina Trophy: Carey Price
Calder Trophy: Jack Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning
Western Conference Winner: Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champion: Tampa Bay Lightning
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Nico Hischier
Biggest Disappointment: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Oddball Prediction: Kyle Connor will lead the Jets in scoring
Gus Katsaros
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Brad Marchand
Best Fantasy D: John Klingberg
Best Fantasy G: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Hart Trophy Winner: Auston Matthews
Norris Trophy: John Klingberg
Vezina Trophy: Frederik Andersen
Calder Trophy: Jack Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner Tampa Bay
Western Conference Winner: Dallas
Stanley Cup Champion: Tampa Bay
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Ondrej Kase
Biggest Disappointment: Wayne Simmonds
Oddball Prediction: Auston Matthews wins the Art Ross becoming the first Maple Leaf in NHL history to do so.
Jeff Alfieri
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Taylor Hall
Best Fantasy D: Erik Karlsson
Best Fantasy G: Andrei Vasilevskiy
Hart Trophy Winner: Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy: Erik Karlsson
Vezina Trophy: John Gibson
Calder Trophy: Cale Makar
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning
Western Conference Winner: Vegas Golden Knights
Stanley Cup Champion: Vegas Golden Knights
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Nikita Gusev
Biggest Disappointment: Mark Giordano
Oddball Prediction: Jack Campbell finishes ahead of Jonathan Quick in goaltender rankings at the end of the season.
Dan Dobish
Best Fantasy Center: Nathan MacKinnon
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Alex Ovechkin
Best Fantasy D: Brent Burns
Best Fantasy G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Hart Trophy Winner: MacKinnon
Norris Trophy: Brent Burns
Vezina Trophy: Sergei Bobrovsky
Calder Trophy: Kaapo Kakko
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay
Western Conference Winner: Vegas
Stanley Cup Champion: Vegas
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Evgenii Dadonov
Biggest Disappointment: Jordan Binnington
Oddball Prediction: The Florida Panthers will force Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals before losing in an all Sunshine State affair.
Domenico D’Amato
Best Fantasy Center - Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW - Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW - Brad Marchand
Best Fantasy D - Brent Burns
Best Fantasy Goalie - Andrei Vasilevskiy
Hart Trophy Winner - Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy Winner - Seth Jones
Vezina Trophy Winner - Marc-Andre Fleury
Calder Trophy Winner – Quinn Hughes
Eastern Conference Winner - Tampa Bay Lightning
Western Conference Winner - Vegas Golden Knights
Stanley Cup Champion - Vegas Golden Knights
Most Pleasant Surprise - J.T. Miller
Biggest Disappointment - Ben Bishop
Oddball Prediction - Kaapo Kakko earns more points than Jack Hughes
Anna Dua
Best Fantasy Center: Connor McDavid
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Alex Ovechkin
Best Fantasy D: Brent Burns
Best Fantasy G: Ben Bishop
Hart Trophy Winner: Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy: Brent Burns
Vezina Trophy: Ben Bishop
Calder Trophy: Kaapo Kakko
Eastern Conference Winner: Tampa Bay Lightning
Western Conference Winner: Dallas Stars
Stanley Cup Champion: Dallas Stars
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Jakub Vrana He will score 30+ goals and will finish in the 60-point range.
Biggest Disappointment: Jeff Skinner Will have a decent first half of the season, but a very weak second half.
Oddball Prediction: For the Washington Capitals, goalie Ilya Samsonov will start at least 30 games.
Jon Chik
Best Fantasy Center: Nathan MacKinnon
Best Fantasy RW: Nikita Kucherov
Best Fantasy LW: Alex Ovechkin
Best Fantasy D: Brent Burns
Best Fantasy G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Hart Trophy Winner: Nathan MacKinnon
Norris Trophy: Brent Burns
Vezina Trophy: Sergei Bobrovsky
Calder Trophy: Kaapo Kakko
Eastern Conference Winner: Toronto Maple Leafs
Western Conference Winner: Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champion: Colorado Avalanche
Most Pleasant Surprise Player: Jordan Binnington
Biggest Disappointment: Brad Marchand
Oddball Prediction: Jonathan Quick stays healthy, proves that last season was a fluke and finishes as a top-seven fantasy goalie.
