{"id":111886,"date":"2024-10-08T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T12:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111886"},"modified":"2024-10-08T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T12:30:57","slug":"predicting-where-every-nhl-team-finishes-in-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111886","title":{"rendered":"Predicting where every NHL team finishes in 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/wyshynski_greg.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Greg Wyshynski, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 8, 2024, 07:30 AM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\"><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Greg Wyshynski is ESPN&#8217;s senior NHL writer.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"165c24ec-4c6b-36f2-b276-3169cf6ab8f7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/dal\/dallas-stars\">Dallas Stars<\/a> are going to win the 2025 Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>That breaks a two-year streak of my picking their Western Conference rivals, the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c78600f3-cea1-f6e0-11cf-dfeefe1897ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/edm\/edmonton-oilers\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>, to finally deliver a Stanley Cup to <a data-player-guid=\"8e2e22e8-01b6-8acb-8a50-47f4941b52c6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/player\/_\/id\/3895074\/connor-mcdavid\">Connor McDavid<\/a> (and, in turn, Canada for the first time since 1993). Missing that Oilers Cup prediction last season by just one victory disappointed us both. OK, probably Connor slightly more than me.<\/p>\n<p>In breaking down the 2024-25 NHL season, I&#8217;ve decided that rather than last season&#8217;s Stanley Cup runner-up, it&#8217;ll be the two-time Western Conference runner-up that lifts the chalice at the end of the season. The Stars lost to the Golden Knights in 2023 and the Oilers in 2024, both in six games. Third time&#8217;s the charm for Peter DeBoer&#8217;s team, an ideal mix of impact veterans, players in their prime and invigorating young talents.<\/p>\n<p>As is tradition, I reached out to the general manager of my Stanley Cup champion-in-waiting to let him know what&#8217;s coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me:<\/strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m picking you to win the Stanley Cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Nill, general manager of the Dallas Stars:<\/strong> &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s good or bad but thank you. I appreciate it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me: <\/strong>&#8220;Usually, I feel bad about picking teams like this because that&#8217;s placing extra expectations on them. But I don&#8217;t feel bad about picking you guys because I feel like you&#8217;ve got expectations anyway, because you&#8217;ve been the bridesmaid twice in a row.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nill:<\/strong> &#8220;No, we do. Our guys are hungry. They know what it takes. People don&#8217;t realize what a tough road it was last year. We had to go through Vegas and Colorado. Those are tough. And then he hit Edmonton, so it wasn&#8217;t an easy, you know, walk through the playoffs for us. Stanley Cup champion, Stanley Cup champion and then Edmonton who went to the finals. But that&#8217;s good, though. To win it all, you&#8217;ve got to beat them all. That&#8217;s our mentality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>My Stanley Cup Final is a Y2K throwback series: The Dallas Stars against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"beb0cb35-4d9f-a5e8-9e7b-d5ca97e51d93\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/team\/_\/name\/nj\/new-jersey-devils\">New Jersey Devils<\/a>, who go from last season&#8217;s embarrassing flop to Eastern Conference champions thanks to an offseason of smart moves and a regular season of good health and great goaltending.<\/p>\n<p>This time, it&#8217;s the Stars on top, hoisting the Cup for the first time since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>What about the rest of the NHL? Here&#8217;s my division-by-division breakdown of the projected standings. Playoff teams are bolded. Good luck to all 32 teams. Hope everyone has fun out there.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"espn-plus-container-wrapper\" data-behavior=\"espnplus_login\">\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/insider\/story\/_\/id\/41664534\/nhl-2024-25-teams-standings-predictions-playoffs-bubble-watch\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 8, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN&#8217;s senior NHL writer. The Dallas Stars are going to win the 2025 Stanley Cup. That breaks a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111886\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}