Hockey is back. The Calgary Flames start their season on the road against the Vancouver Canucks in just two days time. This year, join us for the inaugural Are You Smarter Than The Win Column?

We’ve put together a comprehensive list of things we think might happen for the Flames over the course of the 2018-19 season, and marked them up with thresholds we believe will be the targets for this year. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to decide whether the threshold is realistic. Is Sean Monahan destined to hit the 34 goal mark? Does Sam Bennett have more than 55 penalty minutes?

Submit your predictions using the form linked here.

We will post regular updates throughout the season as thresholds are reached (if any) to see how predictions are coming along.

Our thresholds and predictions are below. Who is the most out to lunch?



Descriptor 2018-19 O/U Bill Karim John Gaudreau Points 81.5 Over Over Over Monahan Goals 33.5 Over Over Over Lindholm Shots 163.5 Over Over Under Tkachuk Penalties Drawn 39.5 Under Over Over Backlund CF% 0.555 Over Over Over Frolik Goals 9.5 Over Over Over Dube Games Played 49.5 Under Over Under Neal Goals 26.5 Under Under Over Bennett PIMs 54.5 Under Over Over Jankowski Goals 14.5 Under Under Over Czarnik Points 29.5 Over Under Over Mangiapane Games Played 41.5 Under Under Under Giordano Points 44.5 Over Over Over Brodie Assists 36.5 Under Under Under Hanifin Points 38.5 Over Under Over Andersson Games Played 16.5 Over Over Over Valimaki Games Played 29.5 Under Under Under Smith Games played 55.5 Under Over Under Rittich SV% 0.8995 Over Over Over Team Double Digit Goal Scorers 10.5 Over Under Over Team Longest Winning Streak 7.5 Under Under Under Team Powerplay Rank 12.5 Under Under Over Team Rookies played 6.5 Under Over Under Team Wins against Oilers 2.5 Over Over Under Team Wins 42.5 Over Over Over

Think you know better how the Flames will do this year? Submit your predictions and try to prove us wrong.