Predictions

Today's Montreal Gazette has a special NHL preview section where Red Fisher, Pat Hickey and Jack Todd look at what is to come during the 2007-08 season for the Canadiens and across the league. Get Red's predictions on where the Canadiens will finish this season and where he thinks the other 29 teams will rank. View the entire section here.

Unlike many expert predictions about the Canadiens' chances this season, The Gazette's Pat Hickey expects the team to make the postseason. But, like anything in life, there's a catch. Read all about it here.

Here's how the NHL is previewing the Canadiens in a preseason media package distributed today.

E.J. Hradek of ESPN thinks the Canadiens are a better team this season, saying they're improved because of their goaltending.

According to The Hockey News, the Montreal Canadiens will miss the playoffs again this season, finishing 13th in the Eastern Conference. Only the Bruins and Islanders are predicted to do worse.

The magazine also gives the Canadiens a grade of D. The only teams to get worse marks are the Oilers, Blue Jackets and Coyotes.

The Hockey News also predicts that the Senators, Rangers and Hurricanes will grab the conference's top three spots at the end of the 2007-08 season.