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Illegal Curve 2009/10 Predictions

Here are our predictions for the 2009/10 NHL season. These predictions will, of course, be archived so feel free to praise or ridicule us accordingly throughout the season.

The IC picks across the board are:

IC Writer	Atlantic	Northeast	South	Central	Northwest	Pacific
Richard Pollock
David Minuk
Ezra Ginsburg
Neil Rockman
Ari Baum-Cohen
Rusty Parra
Drew Mindell

Here are IC’s Playoff Predictions as well as team’s we expect to surprise and those we don’t:

IC Writer	East	West	Cup	Surprising Team	Bust Team
Richard Pollock
David Minuk
Ezra Ginsburg
Neil Rockman
Ari Baum-Cohen
Rusty Parra
Drew

In addition to predicting where the teams will finish and who the eventual Stanley Cup champion might be, we have also selected our NHL Awards winners.

IC Writer	Art Ross	Norris	Vezina	Calder	Selke
Richard Pollock	Malkin	Green	Vokoun	Leino	Richards
David Minuk	Malkin	Lidstrom	Luongo	Leino	Datsyuk
Ezra Ginsburg	Crosby	Pronger	Brodeur	Anisimov	Niedermayer
Neil Rockman	Crosby	Phanuef	Luongo	Hedman	Richards
Ari Baum- Cohen	Ovechkin	Green	Rinne	Tavares	Richards
Rusty Parra	Malkin	Lidstrom	Luongo	Riemsdyk	Richards
Drew Mindell	Ovechkin	Bouwmeester	Ward	Helm	Datsyuk

And finally the Hart & Rocket Richard winners (may as well call it the Ovechkin award) as well as surprising & bust players:

IC Writer	Hart	Rocket Richard	Surprise Player	Bust Player
Richard Pollock	Ovechkin	Ovechkin	Pacioretty	Kovalev
David Minuk	Ovechkin	Ovechkin	Richards	Gaborik
Ezra Ginsburg	Crosby	Ovechkin	Williams	Ohlund
Neil Rockman	Crosby	Ovechkin	Koivu	Kessel
Ari Baum-Cohen	Ovechkin	Ovechkin	Emery	Spezza
Rusty Parra	Crosby	Heatley	Comrie	Gustavsson
Drew Mindell	Ovechkin	Ovechkin	Tanguay	Kessel

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.