Last week saw the release of the highly anticipated NHL 12, EA's latest entry into its award winning NHL series of video games. The game has been met with near unanimous praise and beating up Marc-Andre Fleury with Jimmy Howard has yet to get old. However, for a game series that prides itself on being the most realistic sports simulation game on the market, the stories from its regular season (in its excellent Be A GM mode) never cease to amuse me.

NHL 12 is no different. While NHL 12 has yet to bring me an MVP season from Tomas Tatar like NHL 11 did, 12 has definitely had its fair share of amusing quirks and oddities that only a video game can provide. I have done two full 2012 NHL seasons in Be A GM mode (both as the Red Wings, of course) and you need to brace yourself for what this upcoming season will bring. And with that, follow me after the jump as I try to predict the 2011-2012 NHL season using only storylines encountered in NHL 12.

Before we get started, I would like to point out that I do not believe any of these will happen. Not a single one. But that certainly has not prevented me from thoroughly laughing at these events.

And all of that is what I predict will happen next season, using only NHL 12 as my tool. What about you, Red Wings faithful? What has NHL 12 told you will happen this upcoming season?