The Information
We are looking for fourteen pieces of information from you.
A) The First and Last place teams from each of the NHL’s four divisions (so that’s eight selections). Sure, picking the winner is usually the way these things go, but are you also knowledgeable enough to suss out the league’s bottom-feeders in addition to its powerhouses?
B) The amount of points the Florida Panthers will finish the 2025-26 season with
C) Which team will make the greatest improvement (in points) this season over last season
D) Which team will see the greatest decrease (in points) this season over last season
E) Which player will lead the league in points (Art Ross winner)
F) Which player will lead the league in goals (Rocket Richard winner)
G) And finally the tiebreaker, the amount of wins our Cats will finish the campaign with
Scoring
Team picks: Five points will be awarded for every first place correctly selected and three points will be awarded for every last place team correctly selected.
Panthers: If you hit the nail on the proverbial head and correctly call the number of points Florida finishes with, you will receive ten points.
If you come within 3 points (over or under) of the number of points the Panthers finish with, you will receive five points.
If you come within 4-6 points of the number of points the Panthers finish with, you will receive 3 points.
If you are 7 or more points off from the Cats’ final total… you get nada.
Increase/Decrease: There will be five points awarded for a correct pick in each of these two categories. If there is a tie (say Chicago and San Jose each increase their point totals by 20) then there are two right answers and both selections get awarded points.
Art Ross and Rocket Richard Trophy Winners: These categories will be worth 3 points each.
* The maximum amount of points you can amass in this year’s contest is 58
** The tiebreaker will only come into play if there is a tie between multiple contestants.
Enter your picks like this (these are not my personal picks) in the comment section. Picks must be entered by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 7.
Atlantic: Toronto / Buffalo
Metropolitan: Carolina / Philadelphia
Central: Winnipeg / Chicago
Pacific: Vegas / San Jose
Panthers points: 96 (45 wins)
Greatest increase: Chicago
Greatest decrease: Columbus
Art Ross winner: Connor McJesus
Rocket Richard winner: Auston Matthews
Let’s get ready to rumble, prognosticators! Good luck!