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Regular Season Hot Takes, Western Conference Edition: the predictions no one else will make

It’s prediction time, baby.

With the start of the NHL regular season just a day away, analysts and satire columnists are doing what they do best - which is, of course, flooding the hockey world with prognostications for the upcoming season.

These big names claim they like to go out on a limb, of course. In the final week leading up to the season, you can’t spend five minutes scrolling through your Twitter timeline without coming across a post promising one bold take for every team, or the most daring predictions of the year.

Of course, the hot takery is never quite as scorching as promised.