The 2021-22 NHL season is upon us! And the regular season schedule gets underway tonight with a pair of games featured on ESPN.

Here are some of Hockey Royalty’s contributor’s NHL Season Predictions for the upcoming season.

Ryan Sikes

Selke – Patrice Bergeron
Norris – Cale Makar
Vezina – Andrei Vasilevskiy
Calder – Cole Caufield
Hart – Auston Matthews
Eastern Conference Champion – Florida Panthers
Western Conference Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Do the LA Kings make the playoffs? – Yes, and grab the third seed in the Pacific Division

Russell Morgan

Selke – Phillip Danault
Norris – Cale Makar
Vezina – Darcy Kuemper
Calder – Vladimir Tkachev
Hart – Aleksander Barkov
Eastern Conference Champion – Florida Panthers
Western Conference Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Do the LA Kings make the playoffs? – Yes

Scott Kinville

Selke – Phillip Danault
Norris – Cale Makar
Vezina – Andrei Vasilevskiy
Calder – Trevor Zegras
Hart – Connor McDavid
Eastern Conference Champion – New York Islanders
Western Conference Champion – Winnipeg Jets
Stanley Cup Champion – New York Islanders
Do the LA Kings make the playoffs? – Yes

Joseph Patarino

Selke – Phillip Danault
Norris – Victor Hedman
Vezina – Andrei Vasilevskiy
Calder – Spencer Knight
Hart – Connor McDavid
Eastern Conference Champion – Toronto Maple Leafs
Western Conference Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup Champion – Colorado Avalanche
Do the LA Kings make the playoffs? – No

Jack Weber

Selke – Mark Stone
Norris – Cale Makar
Vezina – Andrei Vasilevskiy
Calder – Cole Caufield
Hart – Nathan MacKinnon
Eastern Conference champion – Tampa Bay Lightning
Western Conference champion – Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup champion – Tampa Bay Lightning
Do the LA Kings make the playoffs? – Yes

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