Here are Sam Carchidi’s predictions for the 2017-18 NHL season:
Flyers
Record: 41-32-9, 91 points. They will be only slightly better than last season’s disappointing 88-point campaign, but this is a young team on the upswing.
Where they’ll finish in the East: Ninth, barely missing the playoffs.
* Points for Claude Giroux: 66 (21 goals, 45 assists).
* Points for Nolan Patrick: 46 (16 goals, 30 assists).
* Goals for Wayne Simmonds: 30.
* Stats for Michal Neuvirth: 2.46 GAA, .917 save percentage.
* Stats for Brian Elliott: 2.