The Columbus Blue Jackets season officially kicks off this Friday night with the Jackets playing host to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the season officially gets underway.
To honor the occasion, the staff here at The Cannon have submitted our predicted standings and certain award winners for the 2018-19 season.
Which predictions do you like? Which ones do you think will be ridiculous when we look back on these in April? Share your comments and standings predictions in the comments below!
The Cannon Staff 2019-20 Season Predictions
| Division | Seeds | Pale Dragon | Ryan | Elaine | Rachel | elpalito | Will |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro 1 | Washington | Washington | Carolina | New York Rangers | Carolina | Washington | Washington |
| Metro 2 | Carolina | Carolina | Washington | Columbus | Washington | Pittsburgh | Carolina |
| Metro 3 | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Washington | Columbus | Columbus | NY Islanders |
| Metro 4 | Pittsburgh | Columbus | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Carolina | Pittsburgh |
| Metro 5 | New York Islanders | NY Rangers | Columbus | New Jersey Devils | Rangers | NYI | Columbus |
| Metro 6 | Columbus | NY Islanders | New York Islanders | New York Islanders | New Jersey | Philadelphia | New Jersey |
| Metro 7 | New York Rangers | New Jersey | New Jersey Devils | Carolina | Islanders | New Jersey | NY Rangers |
| Metro 8 | New Jersey | Philadelphia | New York Rangers | Philadelphia | Philly | NYR | Philadelphia |
| Atlantic 1 | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Boston | Boston | Boston | Tampa Bay |
| Atlantic 2 | Toronto | Boston | Boston | Panthers | Toronto | Tampa Bay | Boston |
| Atlantic 3 | Boston | Toronto | Toronto | Maple Leafs | Tampa Bay | Florida | Toronto |
| Atlantic 4 | Florida | Florida | Florida | Red Wings | Montreal | Toronto | Florida |
| Atlantic 5 | Montreal | Montreal | Montreal | Tampa Bay | Florida | Montreal | Montreal |
| Atlantic 6 | Buffalo | Detroit | Buffalo | Buffalo | Detroit | Detroit | Buffalo |
| Atlantic 7 | Detroit | Buffalo | Detroit | Ottawa | Buffalo | Ottawa | Detroit |
| Atlantic 8 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Ottawa | Montreal | Ottawa | Buffalo | Ottawa |
| Central 1 | Colorado | Nashville | Nashville | Colorado | St. Louis | Nashville | Nashville |
| Central 2 | Nashville | Colorado | Colorado | Nashville | Nashville | St. Louis | Colorado |
| Central 3 | St. Louis | Dallas | Dallas | St. Louis | Colorado | Dallas | St. Louis |
| Central 4 | Dallas | St. Louis | St. Louis | Dallas | Dallas | Colorado | Dallas |
| Central 5 | Winnipeg | Chicago | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Chicago | Winnipeg | Chicago |
| Central 6 | Chicago | Winnipeg | Minnesota | Minnesota | Winnipeg | Chicago | Winnipeg |
| Central 7 | Minnesota | Minnesota | Chicago | Chicago | Minnesota | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| Pacific 1 | Vegas | Vegas | Calgary | Anaheim | San Jose | San Jose | San Jose |
| Pacific 2 | San Jose | San Jose | Vegas | Arizona | Arizona | Calgary | Vegas |
| Pacific 3 | Arizona | Calgary | San Jose | Vegas | Vegas | Vegas | Arizona |
| Pacific 4 | Calgary | Arizona | Arizona | San Jose | Calgary | Edmonton | Calgary |
| Pacific 5 | Vancouver | Anaheim | Edmonton | Calgary | Vancouver | Anaheim | Anaheim |
| Pacific 6 | Anaheim | Vancouver | Vancouver | Vancouver | Anaheim | Vancouver | Vancouver |
| Pacific 7 | Edmonton | Edmonton | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | EDM | Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
| Pacific 8 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Anaheim | Edmonton | LAK | Arizona | Edmonton |
| ECF | Tampa Bay over Washington | Tampa Bay over Carolina | Boston over Carolina | Toronto over Columbus | Carolina over Boston | Toronto over Tampa | Tampa Bay over Washington |
| WCF | Vegas over Colorado | Vegas over Dallas | Nashville over Vegas | Nashville over Arizona | San Jose over St. Louis | San Jose over Vegas | Vegas over Nashville |
| Cup Final | Vegas over Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay over Vegas | Nashville over Boston | Nashville over Toronto | Carolina over San Jose | Toronto over San Jose | Tampa Bay over Vegas |
| Hart | Nathan MacKinnon | Artemi Panarin | Nikita Kucherov | Auston Matthews | McDavid | Patrick Kane | |
| Norris | Seth Jones | Scott Harr-jk, Seth Jones | John Klingberg | PK Subban | Seth Joooooones | Seth Jones! | Seth Jones |
| Vezina | Frederik Andersen | Ben Bishop | Sergei Bobrovsky | Pekka Rinne | Binnington | Bobrovsky | Marc-Andre Fleury |
| CBJ O/U 84.5 | Under | Over | Over | Over | Over | Over | Over (87) |