At The Half Way Point........

1) Hard to believe, but we are actually at the half way mark of the NHL season. Seems like just yesterday that we were discussing and making preseason predictions, etc. Much like Fauxrumors did at the "Quarter pole' we will PROJECT, (NOT PREDICT) where each team will end up based upon their current points/games played. Its a bit more accurate than the 1/4 mark, as trends have firmly been made between the contenders and pretenders now, but there are still lots of games and time remaining for teams to ascend or decline from their current situations. Like usual, we will do the East, then West. I will also list my current Awards winners based upon the first half.

2) East:

1. NY Rangers- 118


2. Boston- 114


3. Philadelphia- 107


4. Florida- 97


5. New Jersey- 96


6. Ottawa- 95


7. Pittsburgh-94


8. Toronto-94


9. Washington- 90


10. Winnipeg- 90


11. Buffalo-82


12. Montreal-78


13. Tampa Bay-76


14. NY Isalnders- 71


15. Carolina-67

West:

1. San Jose- 108


2. Detroit- 106


3. St. Louis- 106


4. Vancouver- 104


5. Chicago-103


6. Dallas-96


7. Nashville-96


8. Minnesota-94


9. LA- 93


10. Colorado-90


11. Phoenix-88


12. Calgary- 82


13. Edmonton-70


14. Anaheim-61


15. Columbus-54

3) Next our picks as Half way Trophy winners:

• Hart/MVP: Claude Giroux


• Norris: Shea Weber


• Vezina: Henrik Lundqvist


• Calder: Adam Henrique


• Adams: Ken Hitchcock