Wooden Spoon Predictions

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Alex asked me this week for my divisional wooden spoon predictions. My immediate response was "Canucks!".

August is a bad sports month for me. There's no NHL and no NFL. Sure there's the soccer, but I follow a team who quite honestly, suck right now. So after opening the season with a 4-0 loss (it really could have been a lot more), I've been in a serious sports funk. Alex's team won at the weekend. Just to rub salt in the wound.

Anyway. I do not think that the Canucks will be propping up the Pacific Division next season. I was just angry at the world of sport.

So. Who will be leaving the party early? It's tricky to say at this time but here goes.

Metropolitan Division - Philadelphia Flyers

Atlantic Division - Florida Panthers

Pacific Division - Calgary Flames

Central Division - Colorado Avalanche

We'll revisit this halfway through the season and see how things are going.

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