Predictions, Predictions, Predictions

With a little less than 24 hours to go before the NHL drops the curtain on the 2006-07 season with a pair of regular season games between the Ducks and Kings in London, I've asked my colleagues here at FanHouse to gather up all of their predictions for the upcoming season. First up, he's the overall order of finish by division starting with the Eastern Conference based on the season preview posts that we've been writing since the end of August.

**Eastern Conference**
Atlantic (Wyshynski)	Northeast (Luongo)	Southeast (Press)
Pittsburgh	Ottawa	Carolina
New York Rangers	Buffalo	Washington
New Jersey	Toronto	Tampa Bay
Philadelphia	Montreal	Atlanta
New York Islanders	Boston	Florida

And now, the West ...

**Western Conference**
Central (Mirtle)	Northwest (Golbez)	Pacific (McErlain)
Detroit	Vancouver	San Jose
Nashville	Colorado	Anaheim
St. Louis	Minnesota	Dallas
Columbus	Calgary	Los Angeles
Chicago	Edmonton	Phoenix

Next, the picks for the Conference champions, playoff surprises and the major awards:

**Champions and Awards**
Winner/Award	Mirtle	Golbez	McErlain
Eastern Conference	NY Rangers	Ottawa	NY Rangers
Western Conference	Minnesota	San Jose	San Jose
Stanley Cup	Minnesota	San Jose	San Jose
Playoff Surprise	Florida	Los Angeles	Philadelphia
MVP	Jarome Iginla	Sidney Crosby	Sidney Crosby
Vezina	Miika Kiprusoff	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo
Norris	Jay Bouwmeester	Nicklas Lidstrom	Nicklas Lidstrom
Adams	Jacques Martin	Ron Wilson	John Stevens
Calder	Jack Johnson	Erik Johnson	Jack Johnson

If these predictions are any indication, it looks to be a big year for San Jose.


Winner/Award	Wyshynski	Luongo	Press
Eastern Conference	NY Rangers	Ottawa	Ottawa
Western Conference	San Jose	San Jose	San Jose
Stanley Cup	San Jose	San Jose	Ottawa
Playoff Surprise	Washington	NY Islanders	Minnesota
MVP	Joe Thornton	Sidney Crosby	Dany Heatley
Vezina	Martin Brodeur	Roberto Luongo	Roberto Luongo
Norris	Nicklas Lidstrom	Roberto Luongo	Chris Pronger
Adams	Joel Quenneville	Ted Nolan	Ron Wilson
Calder	Erik Johnson	Jonathan Toews	Nicklas Backstrom

Thanks to all of our writers here at FanHouse for working so hard over the last month to put together our previews. It was a long haul, but it was worth it.