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These will change before October for sure and will be wrong then too! But here are my VERY EARLY 2010-11 NHL season predictions:

Stanley Cup champion: Los Angeles Kings
Eastern Conference Champion: New Jersey Devils
Western Conference Champion: Los Angeles Kings
President’s Trophy: New Jersey Devils

Eastern Conference

1. New Jersey Devils
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Boston Bruins
4. Pittsburgh Penguins
5. Washington Capitals
6. Montreal Canadiens
7. New York Rangers
8. Philadelphia Flyers
9. Atlanta Thrashers
10. Toronto Maple Leafs
11. Ottawa Senators
12. Carolina Hurricanes
13. Buffalo Sabres
14. New York Islanders
15. Florida Panthers

Western Conference

1. Detroit Red Wings
2. Los Angeles Kings
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. Chicago Blackhawks
5. Phoenix Coyotes
6. San Jose Sharks
7. St. Louis Blues
8. Columbus Blue Jackets
9. Minnesota Wild
10. Calgary Flames
11. Colorado Avalanche
12. Anaheim Ducks
13. Nashville Predators
14. Edmonton Oilers
15. Dallas Stars

Awards

Hart Trophy: Steve Stamkos
Art Ross Trophy: Steve Stamkos
Maurice Richard: Steve Stamkos
Vezina Trophy: Tuukka Rask
Norris Trophy: Drew Doughty
Calder Trophy: Tyler Seguin
Jack Adams: Guy Boucher

Ilya Kovalchuk may have chosen the Devils over the Kings this past summer but he will play the last game of the 2010-11 NHL season at the Staples Center and will wish he was playing for the home team as the Kings will hoist their first Stanley Cup beating the Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals.

In the Eastern Conference, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be back in the playoff mix dethroning the Capitals for the Southeast Division crown. Steve Stamkos will have a monster season and a hat-trick on the award front. The Bruins bounce back from they’re monumental playoff collapse to take the Northeast Division while the Devils win the President’s Trophy and Atlantic Division.

In the Western Conference the Red Wings, provided they have a healthy lineup for the majority of the season, will take the Western Conference regular season title and Central Division but lose out to the Devils for the President’s Trophy. The Kings seize the Pacific Division crown from the Sharks and the Canucks take the Northwest again.

In the playoffs, the Devils will beat the Bruins in the Eastern Conference finals and the Kings will beat the Canucks to set-up the Devils-Kings finals match-up that the Kings will win in six games. Keep an eye on the Blue Jackets though to make some noise out west and the Lightning to make the second round in the east.

As we pointed out above, you should expect a huge season from Steve Stamkos whom this scribe believes will win the Hart, Art Ross and Maurice Richard trophies. Tuukka Rask continues his brilliant play between the pipes for the Bruins and becomes the second Bruin in the last three seasons to grab the Vezina. If not signed to an extension by next July 1, Drew Doughty will be in for an even bigger payday after winning the Norris Trophy. Tyler Seguin will have the Bruins happy that the Oilers took Taylor Hall and Seguin fell to them at No.2 in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft as he will win the Calder Trophy and Guy Boucher in his first season as an NHL head coach will win the Jack Adams Trophy.

Sláinte!

Murph

Hi all,

Apologies that I haven’t updated enough here. I plan on doing so more often this summer and next season. But for now off to celebrate the holiday weekend! Have a great one!

Sláinte!

Murph

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by HockeyPrimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

This Saturday is our season finale and we’re psyched to be broadcasting live from the Aloft Montreal Airport Hotel June 2-4 p.m.! Conor McKenna of the Team 990 will be co-hosting with Murph and renowned musician (and another Murph!), Shane Murphy will play acoustic tunes from his new album “Street Money Miracle”! We are thrilled to be in Montreal and if you live in the area or will be up there that day, come on by for great prizes and two draft beers for $5 during the show at the cool lobby bar at Aloft WXYZ! Merci beaucoup to Sam Eng (Hockeyprimetime.com), Kathleen Machabee (Aloft Hotel), Marc Aflalo (XM), Conor and everyone else working hard behind the scenes for making this happen.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as the Stanley Cup finals are over and we’ll analyze the Blackhawks historic win the same way we analyze a Guinness pour by an unsuspecting bartender or bar maid! We will also talk via phone to Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi to get his insight on what was a great series by the Flyers and Blackhawks, look ahead to the NHL Entry Draft and his future with the Bruins and NHL in general. Patrick King and special guest David Burstyn of McKeen’s Hockey take us on the Junior Circuit giving us all the latest news around the junior hockey world and a look ahead to the NHL Entry Draft.

We’ll then be joined via phone by Los Angeles Kings GM Dean Lombardi. The Kings of course are hosting the NHL Entry Draft and are coming off a great season. But Lombardi has a big offseason ahead of him as he tries to build off the reborn love of hockey in LA. We’ll get his take on that and numerous other tid-bits. Farrel Miller the owner of the Montreal Juniors (QMJHL) will join us in person to chat about what has already been a very eventful offseason for his team and last but not least, we’ll finish things off by going “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll to close out the show.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208 and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. If you’re in the area come on by to the Aloft Montreal Airport Hotel (500 McMillan Blvd. Montreal, QC H9P 0A2 (514) 633-0900) and say hello!

Since this is our last show of the season, I’d like to give thanks to Matthew Davies, Michael Lippa, Chris Baedorf, Craig James, Joe Thistel and the great folks at NHL Home Ice XM 204 n Sirius 208; Conor McKenna, Chris Robitaille, Rod Francis, Jimmy G, Mitch Gallo and the crew at the Team 990; Sam Eng and Jeff Ludlow of Hockeyprimetime.com; Kathleen Machabee of the Aloft Hotel Montreal Airport; Kevin Greenstein and Insidehockey.com; Toddy Carroll; Patrick King; Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com; all our guests and of course our listeners! Another great season and here’s to an even better next season! Merci beaucoup!

Sláinte!

Murph

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you byHockeyPrimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as the Stanley Cup Playoffs head into the Stanley Cup finals and we’ll analyze it the same way we analyze a Guinness pour by an unsuspecting bartender or bar maid! The Flyers and Blackhawks will begin their series Saturday night at the always rocking United Center and coming on to preview Game 1 and the series will be Wes Goldstein of CBSSportsline.com and Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News. Patrick King of Sportsnet.ca takes us on the Junior Circuit giving us all the latest news around the junior hockey world and a recap of the Memorial Cup.

We’ll stay with junior hockey to start the second hour when Warren Rychel, Owner and GM of the back-to-back Memorial Cup champions, Windsor Spitfires joins us.  Conor McKenna of the Team 990 makes his regular visit and last but not least, we’ll finish things off by going “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll to close out the show.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208 and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for last week’s and previous shows, check out our archive at InsideHockey.com/show and Hockeyprimetime.com.

Sláinte!

Murph

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

My apologies for the long layoff for the Inside Hockey Radio Show but we’re back! The Stanley Cup Playoffs have dominated my time for the last month and a half and hopefully if the Bruins can win Game 7 against the Flyers, a lot longer. A Bruins-Habs Eastern Conference finals would be amazing! Here’s my prediction for Game 7:

Bruins 3-1.

You can follow all my Bruins coverage here:

http://www.nesn.com/james-murphy/

Before I go off to cover Game 7, here’s the latest info on my show:

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you byHockeyPrimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, Team 990 (www.team990.com) and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as the Stanley Cup Playoffs head into the Eastern Conference finals and we’ll analyze it the same way we analyze a Guinness pour by an unsuspecting bartender or bar maid! Roger Millions of Sportsnet and I will break down the final four teams in the playoffs to start things off. Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com will come on to recap Game 7 of the Bruins-Flyers series; Hall of Fame hockey scribe Russ Conway will join us to talk about “The Goal” and the 40^th anniversary (last Monday) of Bobby Orr winning the Stanley Cup for the Bruins and also some playoff memories from his storied career; Patrick King of Sportsnet.ca takes us on the Junior Circuit giving us all the latest news around the junior hockey world and a live report from the Memorial Cup. Conor McKenna of the Team 990 makes his regular visit and last but not least, we’ll finish things off by going “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll to close out the show.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208 and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for last week’s and previous shows, check out our archive atInsideHockey.com/show.

Unfortunately, this will be the last Inside Hockey Radio Show on the Team 990 and I’d like to personally thank P.J. Stock who opened the door for me at the team, Station GM Wayne Bews for giving the show and me a chance there, Mitch Melnick being a great mentor and friend with all his career and music advice, Conor McKenna for his co-hosting, pinch-hitting hosting, “Hotel McKenna” and becoming one of my dearest friends, Tony Marinaro for good Italian eats in Montreal, Sean Campbell for producing and being another close friend, Jimmy G for all your help producing, Andie Bennett for all her help and friendship, Mitch Gallo for his producing help, Chris Robitaille for all your help, the rest of that wonderful staff and of course to my Montreal listeners! I love you all and will always be here when you need me! Merci Beaucoup!

Sláinte!

Murph

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal (www.team990.com) and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as the Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway and we’ll analyze it the same way we analyze a Guinness pour by an unsuspecting bartender or bar maid! We’re also honored to have a regular on the show, Conor McKenna fill-in for Murph again as a guest host from the Team 990 studio in Montreal! Merci Beaucoup to Conor! Murph is covering the Sabres-Bruins series and will come on in the final segment to give the scoop from Buffalo.

Our feature guests this week are Shawn Roarke of NHL.com and Nate Ewell, the Washington Capitals’ PR guru. Shawn is on an eight games in eight days tour across the Eastern Conference and he will be calling in from the road to update us on his adventures thus far. Nate meanwhile has worked through a renaissance for the Caps and the NHL in Washington DC and has been a pioneer for new media covering the NHL and pro sports. We’ll get his take on that and the Caps-Habs series.

We’re glad to welcome on good friend of the program, Greg Wyshynski a.k.a. “Puck Daddy” of Yahoo! Sports for some playoff talk. We’ll also have junior hockey talk as we go around the “Junior Circuit” with Patrick King of Sportsnet.ca. Murph will be calling in from the Sabres-Bruins tilt in Buffalo and we’ll go “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for last week’s and previous shows, check out our archive at InsideHockey.com/radio.

Sláinte!

Murph

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal (www.team990.com) and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as we close out the NHL season, enter the semifinals of CHL playoff series and crown a National Champion in NCAA hockey. We’re also honored to have a regular on the show, Conor McKenna fill-in for Murph as a guest host from the Team 990 studio in Montreal! Merci Beaucoup to Conor!

Our feature guest this week is Warren Rychel, the part-owner and GM of the Windsor Spitfires. We’ll follow that up with more junior hockey talk as we go around the “Junior Circuit” with Patrick King of Sportsnet.ca. We’ll also get more on the Frozen Four and the Campus Buzz from Bob Snow of NHL.com. John Lu of TSN will make his debut on our show to re-cap an exciting NHL season and preview the playoffs; Murph will be calling in from the Hurricanes-Bruins tilt in Boston and we’ll go “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for last week’s and previous shows, check out our archive at InsideHockey.com/radio.

Sláinte!

Murph

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

We had a great show last Saturday as we welcomed on Boston College head coach Jerry York as our feature guest. Bob Snow of NHL.com gave us the “Campus Buzz”; Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com discussed the Bruins and their frustrating season; Brian Duff of the NHL Network came on to discuss the race for the final spots in the Stanley Cup playoff race; Conor McKenna of the Team 990 jumped on to talk some NHL and we went “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll.

So be sure to check out what was a great show and get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for all previous shows, check out our archive at InsideHockey.com/radio.

Sláinte!

Murph

Joe Haggerty

Brian Duff

Bob Snow

Jerry York

Conor McKenna

Toddy Carroll

Hello, Bonjour & Hóigh!

Join James Murphy and Toddy Carroll for the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com this and every Saturday 2-4 p.m. ET on “NHL Home Ice” XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal (www.team990.com) and now on Hockeyprimetime.com! Featuring notable hockey personalities as guests each week, Murph and Toddy get you inside the latest info and buzz around the rinks of the NHL, AHL, NCAA and Junior Hockey.

We’ve got a great show in store for you this week as we ring in April and approach the Stanley Cup playoffs. Our feature guest this week will be Boston College Head Coach Jerry York who will take his Eagles to Hockeytown next week to compete in the Frozen Four at Ford Field. We’ll also get more on the Frozen Four and the Campus Buzz from Bob Snow. John Lu of TSN will make his debut on our show to try and figure out what teams in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference playoff race really want to make the playoffs? Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com will come on to tee-up the Bruins-Leafs from the Air Canada Centre; Conor McKenna of the Team 990 makes his weekly visit and we’ll go “Toe to Toe” with Toddy Carroll.

So be sure to get Inside Hockey this and every Saturday, 2-4 p.m. on NHL Home Ice XM 204 and Sirius 208, the Team 990 in Montreal and Hockeyprimetime.com on the Inside Hockey Radio Show brought to you by Hockeyprimetime.com. Also for last week’s and previous shows, check out our archive at InsideHockey.com/radio.

Sláinte!

Murph