Revisit

I thought it would be fun to go back and take a look at a previous post I wrote at the beginning of the season titled "10 bold predictions".

The next question is do I get to crow or eat it? Let's take a look with reactions in blue.

1. The powerplay finishes top 15 for the year.
Yikes... way off.

2. Rick Nash, with increased talent around him, notches 50 goals on the nose.
Well he got to 40 but Juice didn't have quite the impact on his goal total that I was anticipating.

3. Jan Hejda scores a goal!
He not only scored 1... he ended up with 3 big ones!

4. The Jackets go .500 or better on the road.
They gave it a good run but came up short going 16-18-7.

5. Pascal Leclaire stays healthy the entire season.
Ouch... can I get cheese on that crow?

6. Expect the Jackets to be buyers at this year's deadline if they are even remotely in the playoff picture. With a year to remake this roster its Howson's squad now and anything short of the playoffs will be a dissapointment and he knows that as well as anyone.
Welcome Antoine "give me a blue?" Vermette! Nailed this one to the gound! Chalk up one for the good guy..yeoow!

7. A Blue Jacket wins the Calder trophy for rookie of the year.
It wasn't who I was expecting but Steve Mason should win this baby. Score!

8. The Jackets will go 3-2-1 against Nashville this season.
Bingo!!

9. Manny Malhotra is traded at some point during the season.
Craps!

10. Jackets start slow out of the gate as they look to build chemistry but find it by game 15 and yes....for the first time in their history make the NHL playoffs as the 8th seed with 93 points. The downside is that the Wings are their first playoff opponent.
I'm not gonna throw my arm out patting myself on the back... but damn.. that was pretty friggan close... I only missed it by a point and unfortunatly even got the first round opponent right.

I'll give myself a score of 5 out of 10 with a couple of just misses.

Fire away - what predictions did you miss/hit?

-LTL