Hockey Insider Stevens Questions Cunny's Crystal Ball

New Hockey Insider Joseph D. Stevens

As the Hockey Voice insider, I feel it is my duty to put out a story that is based on facts. It will not be a bunch of crap that some guy in Pennfield sitting in front of a crystal ball puts together.

Leafs – let’s be perfectly clear, they are better. When you’re 30th best in just about every category in a 30 team league, what else can you do? Yes, you can polish a turd if you have enough money and want to scrub really hard. Unfortunately, the games are decided by whoever puts the more goals in the other guy’s net than they do in yours. If it was won by who goons more, this team will be on top.

Prediction - Miss the playoffs again! They should hand out Shamwows to all Leafs fans to soak up the tears they will cry.


Habs – best team in Montreal since the 1994 Expos. Carey Price will not be drinking on all days that end in “Y” this year and will be solid between the pipes. He will be so good that Brodeur and Luongo will be carrying his bags at the Olympics. Gomez will fight for top spot in the scoring race and it appears that finally, there will be at least a half dozen Habs in the top 25.

Prediction - First or second place in the East and a playoff run that captivate the country and bring us altogether as one. I’m already booked into a hotel in Montreal for June to watch the parade.

Senators – can’t believe they took Montreal’s junk. I remember putting a three armed stuffed octopus in my trash one day and watching somebody pick it up and take it. You see where I’m going with this.

Prediction - These guys will fight with Toronto to get 9th or 10th place in the East. Nobody said Heatley was bright, but he is bright enough to read the writing when it’s on the wall.

Blue Jays – the 7th or 8th year of Ricciardi’s 5 year plan ain’t been so good. There were more people watching a horseshoe tournament in Piskahegan this summer than the Jays games lately. They should have traded Halladay in July instead of playing gotcha-let-ya-go with him. They will now trade him this winter and get a couple guys from the scrap heap. At least it won’t be Ricciardi making the deal.

Yankees – will probably win American League East and compete for the World Series. Money does buy happiness.

Red Sox – making a charge but won’t be serious contenders. Bostonians will see that when the Bruins hit the ice at Fenway that they aren’t the only guys from Boston lugging around a cold club in their hands.