ATLANTIC Division 2016-2017 Player Projections

[Dean Ambrose]

Player projections for each Eastern Conference team:

* = ROOKIE/"YOUNG GUN" (only denoting "young gun" because I'm too lazy to search up requirements to qualify as a rookie/Calder).

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BOSTON BRUINS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
C PATRICE BERGERON	82	27	42	69
LW BRAD MARCHAND	79	31	28	59
C DAVID KREJCI	68	16	38	54
C/RW DAVID BACKES	74	22	25	47
RW JIMMY HAYES	78	21	20	41
D TOREY KRUG	74	5	36	41
RW DAVID PASTRNAK	71	18	22	40
C/LW RYAN SPOONER	74	12	27	39
D COLIN MILLER*	76	12	23	35
LW MATT BELESKEY	73	14	19	33
D ZDENO CHARA	75	10	22	32
LW FRANK VATRANO	61	14	23	27
D JOHN-MICHAEL LILES	77	4	19	23
C DOMINIC MOORE	60	6	9	15
C/RW SETH GRIFFITH	62	8	7	15
D JOE MORROW*	59	5	9	14
C/RW RILEY NASH	64	5	6	11
D KEVAN MILLER	59	1	9	10
C NOEL ACCIARI*	38	3	6	9
D ADAM MCQUAID	61	0	8	8
LW TYLER RANDELL	57	2	4	6

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
TUUKKA RASK	61	32	5	.918	2.43
ANTON KHUDOBIN	21	11	1	.916	2.46

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BUFFALO SABRES

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
C JACK EICHEL	82	33	39	72
RW/C RYAN O'REILLY	78	21	43	64
RW KYLE OKPOSO	82	22	39	61
C/RW SAM REINHART	81	22	34	56
D RASMUS RISTOLAINEN	82	13	30	43
C/LW/RW TYLER ENNIS	63	12	22	34
RW HUDSON FASCHING*	71	15	19	34
C/LW ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS	73	11	16	27
D DMITRY KULIKOV	77	6	21	27
D ZACH BOGOSIAN	70	8	19	27
LW EVANDER KANE	56	13	13	26
RW BRIAN GIONTA	66	11	12	23
C JOHAN LARSSON	80	9	12	21
D CODY FRANSON	61	2	17	19
D JAKE MCCABE	74	3	15	18
LW MARCUS FOLIGNO	76	7	10	17
LW/RW MATT MOULSON	51	8	8	16
D CASEY NELSON*	51	2	14	16
LW NICOLAS DESLAURIERS	62	5	6	11
C/LW CAL O'REILLY	39	3	8	11
D JOSH GORGES	65	0	10	10

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
ROBIN LEHNER	45	20	2	.919	2.41
ANDERS NILSSON	20	6	0	.904	2.90
LINUS ULLMARK	17	7	2	.915	2.47

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DETROIT RED WINGS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
LW/RW GUSTAV NYQUIST	82	23	25	48
C/LW DYLAN LARKIN	82	21	27	48
LW TOMAS TATAR	77	18	28	46
LW/RW THOMAS VANEK	66	15	26	41
LW/RW JUSTIN ABDELKADER	81	18	21	39
C/LW HENRIK ZETTERBERG	68	11	26	37
C FRANS NIELSEN	77	14	22	36
D MIKE GREEN	68	10	23	33
C/LW RILEY SHEAHAN	74	9	22	31
D DANNY DEKEYSER	80	6	25	31
D ALEXEY MARCHENKO	77	3	18	21
RW/LW TEEMU PULKKINEN	59	8	12	20
LW ANDREAS ATHANASIOU	55	8	11	19
D NIKLAS KRONWALL	63	4	15	19
C/LW DARREN HELM	61	6	9	15
C/RW LUKE GLENDENING	75	6	7	13
RW ANTHONY MANTHA*	32	7	6	13
D BRENDAN SMITH	69	3	10	13
D JONATHAN ERICSSON	54	1	7	8
D BRIAN LASHOFF	46	2	5	7
LW DREW MILLER	38	1	3	4
C/LW/RW STEVE OTT	34	2	2	4

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
PETR MRAZEK	51	24	4	.920	2.42
JIMMY HOWARD	31	11	1	.905	2.87

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FLORIDA PANTHERS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
C ALEKSANDER BARKOV	75	26	38	64
RW JAROMIR JAGR	72	22	32	54
D KEITH YANDLE	82	7	45	52
LW JONATHAN HUBERDEAU	76	18	33	51
RW REILLY SMITH	82	21	28	49
D AARON EKBLAD	82	18	31	49
C/LW/RW JUSSI JOKINEN	76	19	29	48
C/RW VINCENT TROCHECK	80	24	24	48
C/RW NICK BJUGSTAD	78	22	17	39
RW COLTON SCEVIOUR	79	13	16	29
D JASON DEMERS	72	8	19	27
C/LW JARED MCCANN	65	9	16	25
LW JONATHAN MARCHESSAULT	52	7	11	18
D MIKE MATHESON*	59	3	13	16
D MARK PYSYK	71	3	11	14
LW/RW LOGAN SHAW	55	5	7	12
D STEVEN KAMPFER	44	3	8	11
C DEREK MACKENZIE	68	4	6	10
D ALEX PETROVIC	52	2	7	9
RW SHAWN THORNTON	56	2	1	3

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
ROBERTO LUONGO	43	24	4	.918	2.41
JAMES REIMER	32	20	3	.920	2.33
RETO BERRA	7	3	0	.910	2.64

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MONTREAL CANADIENS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
C ALEX GALCHENYUK	82	30	38	68
LW MAX PACIORETTY	81	34	28	62
RW ALEXANDER RADULOV	74	22	40	62
RW BRENDAN GALLAGHER	79	28	31	59
D SHEA WEBER	80	21	31	52
C TOMAS PLEKANEC	82	13	38	51
D ANDREI MARKOV	76	4	35	39
C/RW/LW ANDREW SHAW	80	14	19	33
D JEFF PETRY	78	7	23	30
D NATHAN BEAULIEU	79	3	26	29
RW/LW SVEN ANDRIGHETTO	66	9	18	27
C/LW DAVID DESHARNAIS	66	8	18	26
LW/RW DANIEL CARR*	63	13	12	25
LW CHARLES HUDON*	33	5	10	15
C/RW TORREY MITCHELL	65	6	9	15
D ALEXEI EMELIN	68	0	15	15
D MARK BARBERIO	46	2	12	14
C/LW PHILIP DANAULT	74	5	8	13
D GREG PATERYN	55	3	9	12
C/LW/RW PAUL BYRON	53	4	3	7

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
CAREY PRICE	63	42	8	.928	2.04
AL MONTOYA	19	8	1	.913	2.59

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OTTAWA SENATORS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
D ERIK KARLSSON	82	21	62	83
RW MARK STONE	77	21	42	63
RW BOBBY RYAN	80	26	35	61
LW MIKE HOFFMAN	82	29	31	60
C DERICK BRASSARD	82	22	36	58
C KYLE TURRIS	78	21	35	56
LW/RW CLARKE MACARTHUR	66	15	22	37
C JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU	73	17	19	36
D CODY CECI	78	8	20	28
C/LW ZACK SMITH	70	14	13	27
D DION PHANEUF	72	6	21	27
LW/RW MATT PUEMPEL*	58	10	10	20
D CHRIS WIDEMAN	60	5	13	18
C/RW CURTIS LAZAR	54	8	9	17
D THOMAS CHABOT*	49	3	13	16
D MARC METHOT	67	2	12	14
C CHRIS KELLY	69	5	6	11
LW RYAN DZINGEL	58	5	5	10
D MARK BOROWIECKI	59	0	6	6
RW CHRIS NEIL	66	3	3	6

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
CRAIG ANDERSON	43	20	2	.917	2.50
ANDREW HAMMOND	29	13	0	.908	2.77
MATT O'CONNOR	10	6	1	.917	2.58

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[Dean Ambrose]

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
RW NIKITA KUCHEROV	82	39	38	77
C/RW STEVEN STAMKOS	78	36	33	69
C TYLER JOHNSON	76	16	42	58
LW ONDREJ PALAT	72	19	35	54
C/LW JONATHAN DROUIN	71	17	37	54
D VICTOR HEDMAN	79	11	41	52
C/LW VLADISLAV NAMESTNIKOV	79	14	25	39
C/LW ALEX KILLORN	74	11	25	36
D ANTON STRALMAN	78	6	28	34
D JASON GARRISON	82	4	25	29
C BRIAN BOYLE	82	11	12	23
C VALTTERI FILPPULA	62	5	14	19
RW RYAN CALLAHAN	55	8	11	19
LW CEDRIC PAQUETTE	58	7	10	17
D NIKITA NESTEROV	53	5	12	17
RW JT BROWN	65	7	9	16
D JAMES WISNIEWSKI (PTO)	51	3	12	15
D SLATER KOEKKOEK*	61	4	8	12
D BRAYDON COBURN	69	2	9	11
RW ERIK CONDRA	46	3	4	7

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
BEN BISHOP	55	34	7	.925	2.16
ANDREI VASILEVSKIY	27	18	3	.922	2.31

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TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS
LW JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK	78	26	31	57
C NAZEM KADRI	76	26	28	54
C AUSTON MATTHEWS*	80	21	30	51
C/RW WILLIAM NYLANDER*	78	17	30	47
C TYLER BOZAK	70	16	24	40
LW LEO KOMAROV	68	19	20	39
D MORGAN RIELLY	80	8	30	38
RW MITCH MARNER*	66	8	21	29
D JAKE GARDINER	81	5	22	27
D MARTIN MARINCIN	73	4	13	17
LW/RW MILAN MICHALEK	44	6	7	13
D NIKITA ZAITSEV*	66	2	11	13
LW MATT MARTIN	74	5	7	12
D CONNOR CARRICK*	31	4	6	10
D ROMAN POLAK	60	3	6	9
LW COLIN GREENING	55	4	4	8
C/LW BROOKS LAICH	57	3	4	7
D MATT HUNWICK	56	2	5	7
D FRANK CORRADO	26	2	4	6

PLAYER	GP	WIN	SO	SV%	GAA
FREDERIK ANDERSEN	51	23	4	.915	2.62
JHONAS ENROTH	22	9	0	.906	2.74
GARRET SPARKS	9	3	0	.907	2.77

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[Matt the Aussie]

What are these based on? Did you calculate these?

[Dean Ambrose]

They are player projections. Based off team depth charts, how I think teams will do, etc.

[Matt the Aussie]

OK cool, just wanted to know if you'd copied and pasted these from somewhere or not. Be interesting to come back to these in July and see how they went.

[Dean Ambrose]

Yeah I do them every year but usually lose them, so I thought I may as well post them and see how my predictions go by the end of the season.

[Josh]

What stands out to me most here is Detroit. You've got them pegged to miss their first Playoffs in forever. I think they're going to bounce back with quite a strong year actually.

[Dean Ambrose]

What stands out to me most here is Detroit. You've got them pegged to miss their first Playoffs in forever. I think they're going to bounce back with quite a strong year actually.

Detroit is going to be awful, imo. Zetterberg's decline, throwing contracts at Vanek & Nielsen because they couldn't get Radulov and Stamkos, aging/injury-riddled/bad defense in general.

They *barely* got in this past season -- it won't happen again.

Florida, Tampa, Montreal, Boston are better, you can argue that Buffalo and Ottawa are better, and Toronto is Toronto.