WILD EQUIPMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE

The Minnesota Wild equipment van gotcaught on fire outside the scotiablank place in Ottawa. The fire began at around 2:30 Pm. Firefighters rushed to the scene and were there for about 40 minutes. Reports say there were no injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the fire, they say that most of the equipment has been destroyed.

How the hell are they gonna play!?

Goaltender Niklas Backstrom's equipment has been destroyed, every single piece of it! The Wild are talking with the NHL management to figure out their options. The only choice they have is to purchase all brand new equipment! However, some of the equipment was special, Eric Belanger wore a special foot brace that he needs in order to play, It'll be interesting to see what his situation is come tomorrow's game.

ZETTERBERG OUT FOR 2 WEEKS

The Detroit Red Wings star forward Henrik Zetterberg will be out for a minimum of 2 weeks due to a shoulder seperation during the Red Wings 3-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. Zetterberg got injured during the 1st period after a collision with Mattias Ohlund. He left the game and did not return.

Zetterberg has 10 goals, 22 assists in 34 games this season, the most points on his team.

SPEZZA TO MISS 8 WEEKS.

Ottawa Senators forward Jason Spezza is due to miss up to 8 weeks of hockey!!!! Spezza suffered a severe knee injury Monday night when the Senators lost to the Maple Leafs 3-2. Spezza underwent an MRI on Tuesday. Spezza will not have to go through surgery, source: Cory Clouston (Senators headcoach.)
''It means we'll have to be more of a team than ever,'' Clouston said Tuesday. "We're going to have to have guys step up and play with structure."
Maple Leafs forward Lee Stempniak appeared to roll over Spezza's knee off a faceoff late in the game. The sens forward immideately left for the dressing room.
This could be a huge loss or a huge chance for somebody else to step up in Ottawa.

NHL 09/10 PREDICTIONS. ( STANDINGS, LEAGUE LEADERS, AWARDS, STANLEY CUP FINALS. )

Eastern Conference

1. Washington Capitals ( Ovechkin will lead the way, also Backstrom, Semin, and Varly will help em out for 1st.)
2. New Jersey Devils ( Brodeur is the reason NJ will win the Atlantic division, aswell as Parise tearin' it up!! )
3. Buffalo Sabres ( Thanks to Miller having a career season, Sabres win the Northeast, Vanek, Pominville, Roy also big factors for the success the Sabres will carry out through the season.)
4. Pittsburgh Penguins ( Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Fleury are still superstars, but Pens fall to 4th by April. )
5. Boston Bruins ( Bruins are still a good team and are still playoff worthy, but the loss of Kessel is showing in their game, they fall from 1st to 5th throughout the year. )
6. Atlanta Thrashers (Big improvement over the year, Antropov was clutch, Afinigenov was clutch, also, Peverly and Kovalchuk are on fire!! Aswell as Pavelec!! Thrashers make playoffs this season. )
7. Toronto Maple Leafs ( People thought these guys were crap, please, a gritty, hard-working team night in and night out, these guys keep fighting, their makin' the playoffs, in 7th place. )
8. Philadelphia Flyers ( Flyers, something going wrong right now but they'll snap out of it, Carter, Pronger, Richards will cary them JUST into the playoffs. )
9. Ottawa Senators
10. New York Rangers
11. Montreal Canadiens
12. New York Islanders
13. Florida Panthers
14. Tampa Bay Lightning
15. Carolina Hurricanes


Western Conference

1. San Jose Sharks ( Their a great regular season team & they'll get a few points higher then LA for 1st place )
2. Chicago Blackhawks ( Great job rebuilding, cup contenders and there is no way Detroit is going higher then CHI this year. )
3. Calgary Flames ( Kipper is having a phenomanl season & CGY will beat COL by just a couple of points. )
4. Los Angeles Kings ( LA is stacked this year, they got a tough month ahead in January so my guess is they drop down a few spots and work their way up to atleast 4th place, just a few back from 1st! )
5. Colorado Avalanche ( COL is having a good season but I don't think their good enough to win their division, but they finish a solid 5th )
6. Detroit Red Wings ( Their definetly not the same Detroit without Hossa & Hudler, still a great team but other teams are starting to gain confidence and talent. Red Wings finish 6th. )
7. Phoenix Coyotes ( Coyotes have made a great turn-around and they're good enough for playoff hockey this 2010. )
8. Nashville Predators ( Predators are the team that could and JUST squeeze in for the playoffs. )
9. Vancouver Canucks
10. Dallas Stars
11. Columbus Blue-Jackets
12. Edmonton Oilers
13. St.Louis Blues
14. Minnesota Wild
15. Anaheim Ducks


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LEAGUE LEADERS PREDICTIONS


Goals: Points:

1. Alexander Ovechkin - ( 55 ) 1. Joe Thornton - ( 108 )
2. Marian Gaborik - ( 54 ) 2. Alexander Ovechkin - ( 106 )
3. Dany Heatley - ( 54 ) 3. Marian Gaborik - ( 105 )


Wins: Shutouts:

1. Martin Brodeur - ( 50 ) 1. Ryan Miller - ( 9 )
2. Ryan Miller - ( 45 ) 2. Ilya Bryzgalov - ( 9 )
3. Marc-Andre Fleury - ( 43 ) 3. Craig Anderson - ( 7 )

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AWARDS PREDICTIONS

Presidents Trophy: WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Hart Memorial Trophy: ALEXANDER OVECHKIN
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: DUSTIN PENNER
Vezina Trophy: RYAN MILLER / MIIKKA KIPRUSOFF ( I could not decide for this one!! )
Calder Memorial Trophy: JAMES VAN REIMSDYK
Art Ross Trophy: JOE THORNTON
James Norris Memorial Trophy: TOMAS KABERLE
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: IAN WHITE
Lester B. Pearson Award: ALEXANDER OVECHKIN
Jack Adams Award: TERRY MURRAY ( Los Angeles Kings )
Maurice Rocket Richard Trophy: ALEXANDER OVECHKIN

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STANLEY CUP FINALS

WASHINGTON CAPITALS vs. LOS ANGELES KINGS

Game 1: WSH wins
Game 2: WSH wins
Game 3: LA wins
Game 4: LA wins
Game 5: LA wins
Game 6: WSH wins
Game 7: LA wins


Los Angeles Kings 2010 Stanley Cup Champions

2 GAME WIN STREAK CURSE.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have been playing great hockey as of late...They are 8-3-2 in their last 13 games. But, I've noticed something over the past month where they have 'got their game together'. The Leafs have a 2 game win streak CURSE. Let's get real..

It all started when they won their 3rd game of the season. November 6th - 7th, Leafs won back to back hockey games for the 1st time in the season, the following game, they played a basement team such as the Minnesota Wild, and they got slapped, 5-2. Then, November 25th - 27th, Leafs beat Tampa Bay and Florida to win back to back games once again. The following game they hosted the Buffalo Sabres and got shutout 3-0.
December 1st - 3rd, the Leafs beat Montreal 3-0 and then beat the Blue Jackets 6-3. After those two wins, they go destroyed 7-2 by the Boston Bruins. Then on December 7th - 9th, they won 2 games in a row against the Thrashers and the Islanders. The following game, they lost 5-2 to the Bruins again. The Leafs have been out-scored 20 to 6 in '3 straight wins' chances. Their currently coming off an impressive 6-3 win over the Caps, my guess...They beat the sens tomorrow and loose 9-1 to the yotes on wednesday. haha, juuuusst kiiiddinggg, kinda...