from Sam McCaig of The Hockey News,

...we’re keeping things light with 31 outlandish predictions and reality checks, one for each and every NHL team:

Anaheim Ducks
Outlandish prediction: Rickard Rakell scores 50 goals.
Reality check: Coming off back-to-back 30-plus goal campaigns, the 25-year-old Rakell has clicked at a 0.45 goals-per-game rate over the past two seasons, which ranks ninth in the NHL. Fifty goals? OK, that’s a stretch. But 40 is well within his reach.

Arizona Coyotes
Outlandish prediction: Antti Raanta wins the Vezina Trophy.
Reality check: Raanta went 13-4-1 with a 1.80 goals-against average and .945 save percentage – for the Coyotes, remember – after the all-star break last season. He’s got the talent, he just needs a little more help from the rest of the team.

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