Reasons your team will/won't win the cup

[Sharkweather]

Will
A miracle

Wont
Everything else

 

[mfbmike]

won't

Because we are a Florida team. It's too hot for us to be good at Hockey.

There is no will.

 

[PEYMAN18]

Won't
- Lost a lot in free agency
- No stable goalie during reg. season, Playoff Ozzie FTMFW

Will
- Its Detroit
- Euro twins = Jizz
- Holland is in Charge
- Most consistent team in the league.
- Still tons of depth despite FA losses.

 

[Hogle]

leafs:

won't: we suck ass

will: if every other team dies in a freak stadium collapse accidents

 

[Ravin]

Penguins

Will
Still a very young team
Defending champions and finalist last two years.
The core of the team is still there.
Still have probably the best 1-2-3 in terms of centre's.

Won't
It is hard to repeat.
Our defence took a major hit. I still cry over the loss of Scuderi
Injuries seem to always hurt us.

 

[Apocalypse]

Won't
- Lost a lot in free agency
- No stable goalie during reg. season, Playoff Ozzie FTMFW

Will
- Its Detroit
- Euro twins = Jizz
- Holland is in Charge
- Most consistent team in the league.
- Still tons of depth despite FA losses.

Second this, not much more to add,

Our young guys will naturally decide what's gonna happen with this season, if they step up and produce then we'll be right back where we were, but even one guy slaking and it'll show through the rest of the lineup..

I'm confident about the goalie situation though, Ozz is gonna be himself in the regular season, be consistent but let in real shitty goals that people will remember him by lol, and Howard will do fine, i wanna see McCullum though...

 

[wr50l]

Will:

Because Gaborik is a top five player and will be fully fit for the playoffs.
Because King Henrik is Vezina and Conn Smythe worthy.
Because Dubinksy, Callahan and Staal make the step up in scoring that we need them to make.

Won't:
Because Gaborik will be injured.
Because Redden and Roszival are forever abhorrent.
Because Dubinsky, Callahan and Staal are good but not elite players.
Because Henrik will burn out if we lean on him too much.

 

[chazmaniandevil]

will: were fucking good

wont: we choke every year

 

[Macken]

minnesota north stars no longer play

 

[Buzzman]

Will

Lidtrom is the capt

Wont

COCKY ATTITUDE

 

[Lanteri]

Will
- Tim Thomas
- 3 lines deep offensively (Lucic-Savard-Kessel, Sturm-Krejci-Ryder, Recchi-Bergeron-Wheeler)
- Claude Julien's coaching.

Won't
- Inconsistency on the offensive end.
- Injury questions (Kessel's shoulder, Krejci's hip, Bergeron's head)

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Florida Panthers

Will
lol wut?

Won't
because we're the Panthers...

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Toronto Maple Leafs

Reasons we will: The rest of the teams all suffer from wicked cases of swine flu and all stars are unable to play.

Reasons we wont: Lulz cause thats how we do things.

 

[Golden Taters]

Seattle hasnt had a team since the 20's that is why we wont win.......Vancouver is my favorite I guess though but its not really a hometown team.

 

[mobbdeep1122]

Will

-Got some much needed vet leadership in Pronger, who just happens to be one of the better defensemen in the game.
-Healthy Briere, Gagne(hopefully) and the first full season for Claude Giroux.
-Players like Richards, Carter, Hartnell, Coburn, Parent gaining experience and maturing as players.

Won't

-Goaltending still a major question and will make or break the Flyers season
-Not much physical presence on D outside of Pronger
-If Briere and Gagne can't stay healthy, the scoring depth drops significantly. Especially after losing players like Lupul and Knuble.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

will
- Kane and Toews are just getting better
- if Hossa has a good season
- Huet proves he was worth the money
- third and fourth lines are getting deeper (Madden, Byfuglien, etc)

won't
- Because we have Marian Hossa.

Fixed for yooooou.

 

[wingsfan77]

Will

-Got some much needed vet leadership in Pronger, who just happens to be one of the better defensemen in the game.
-Healthy Briere, Gagne(hopefully) and the first full season for Claude Giroux.
-Players like Richards, Carter, Hartnell, Coburn, Parent gaining experience and maturing as players.

Won't

-Goaltending still a major question and will make or break the Flyers season
-Not much physical presence on D outside of Pronger
-If Briere and Gagne can't stay healthy, the scoring depth drops significantly. Especially after losing players like Lupul and Knuble.

I agree with this, very strong scoring depth with a solid defense but the goaltending is still suspect