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As regular readers of this website will know, The Hockey News staff recently convened to debate and decide our official standings predictions for the NHL’s 2008-09 season. Other than the completely out-on-a-limb guess that the Red Wings will make the playoffs, there wasn’t much in the way of unanimous consensus regarding any particular team. I won’t give the entire predictions list away, but let’s just say there are some picks that won’t sit well with certain teams or their fans. That’s just the nature of the beast. But when you’re on the other side of the process, you come to understand the difficulties involved in forecasting the fortunes of teams in a league that’s become far less predictable since the salary cap somewhat evened things out. Take, for instance, the St. Louis Blues. There’s a franchise I had high hopes for... [read full story]
