Sort of like fantasy hockey, but keeping it a little simpler. List out your picks for each of the rounds, and the number of games the series will go. Each successful pick in the 1st round yields 1 point, 2nd round 2 points, 3rd round 4 points, and the Stanley Cup Finals 8 points. Each correct number chosen for the series length is 1 point. I'll try to report the scores after each round. Remember to re-seed the teams after the first round
NYR v Ottawa - NYR in 7
Boston v Washington - Boston in 5
Florida v NJ - NJ in 5
Pittsburgh v Philly - Pittsburgh in 6
Vancouver vs LA - Vancouver in 6
St. Louis vs SJ - St. Louis in 6
Phoenix vs Chicago - Phoenix in 7
Nashville vs Detroit - Nashville in 7
NYR v NJ - NYR in 7
Boston v Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 6
Vancouver v Nashville - Vancouver in 7
St. Louis v Phoenix - St Louis in 6
NYR v Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 6
Vancouver v St Louis - St Louis in 7
NYR v Ottawa - NYR in 4
Boston v Washington - Boston in 6
Florida v NJ - NJ in 6
Pittsburgh v Philly - Pittsburgh in 6
Vancouver vs LA - Vancouver in 4
St. Louis vs SJ - SJ in 6
Phoenix vs Chicago - Chicago in 6
Nashville vs Detroit - Detroit in 6
NYR v NJ - NYR in 5
Boston v Pittsburgh - Boston in 7
Vancouver v SJ - Vancouver in 5
Detroit v Chicago - Detroit in 6
NYR v Boston - NYR in 6
Vancouver v Detroit - Vancouver in 6
NYR v Vancouver - NYR in 6
Edit: Accidentally screwed up Detroit Nashville winner.
ny - ottawa - ny in 5
boston - washington - boston 6
florida - nj - florida 6
pits - philly - philly 7
vancouver - la - vancouver 6
st louis - sj - st louis in 5
phx - chicago - chicago 5
nash - detroit - nashville 6
round 2
ny - philly - philly 6
boston - florida - boston 5
van - chicago - van 5
st louis - nashville - st louis 6
round 3
philly - boston - boston 7
vancouver - st louis - st louis 5
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boston - st louis - st louis 6
might want to do this by round. will keep people who don't do well in one round interested because all their teams won't be knocked out. just my thought.
ny - ottawa ny in 5
boston - washington boston 6
florida - nj florida 6
pits - philly philly 7
vancouver - la vancouver 6
st louis - sj st louis in 5
phx - chicago chicago 5
nash - detroit nashville 6
ny - philly philly 6
boston - florida boston 5
van - chicago van 5
st louis - nashville st louis 6
philly - boston boston 7
vancouver - st louis st louis 5
boston - st louis st louis 6
might want to do this by round. will keep people who don't do well in one round interested because all their teams won't be knocked out. just my thought.
Well we could easily have two different kinds of winners. A round by round winner and an overall. Two separate competitions in one.
NYR vs. Ottawa - NYR in 6
Boston Vs. Washington- Boston in 7
Florida Vs. NJD - NJD in 6
Pitt Vs. Philly - Pittsburgh in 7
Van vs. LAK - Van in 6
STL Vs. SJS - STL in 5
PHX Vs. Chicago - Chicago in 6
Nashville Vs. Detroit - Nashville in 7
Second round
NYR vs. Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 6
Boston vs. Florida - Boston in 5
Vancouver vs. Chicago - Van in 6
STL vs. Nashville - Nashville in 7
Conference finals
Pittsburgh vs. Boston - Pittsburgh in 6
Van vs. Nashville - Vancouver in 6
Final
Pittsburgh vs Vancouver Pittsburgh in 7
Conn Smyth: Malkin.
Can't see anyone stopping Pittsburgh this year.
You did the same as me, listed one team as winning the series then put the other team in the next series (NJD/Florida in your case).
I would tend to agree about nobody stopping Pittsburgh but the fact they will have to go through Philly then likely Boston in the second round is enough reason for me to think they'll be so beat up they don't get through both series.
just a thought not a complaint. i'm good either way.
i just know how it feels when your predictions go bad in one round and your boned the rest of the game is all.
we were both pretty close in terms of series length in the first round...glad to see i'm not out of the loop.
It's sort of framed like march madness. Which is why there is increasing point totals at later stages . I thought about doing that as well, but it makes it too easy once we get to the SCF where you have a 50% chance of winning that round's pick and then a 25% chance of picking the right number of games, so really, just a 1/8 chance of getting all the points. I want to create more of a range, but maybe it's just me.
NYR v Ottawa - NYR in 6
Boston v Washington - Boston in 6
Florida v NJ - NJ in 6
Pittsburgh v Philly - Philly in 7
Vancouver vs LA - Vancouver in 5
St. Louis vs SJ - San Jose 6
Phoenix vs Chicago - Phoenix in 5
Nashville vs Detroit - Nashville in 6
NYR v NJ - NYR in 6
Boston v Philly - Boston in 5
Vancouver v San Jose - Vancouver in 6
Phoenix vs Nashville - Nashville in 6
NYR v Boston - Boston in 7
Vancouver v Nashville - Nashville in 7
Boston vs Nashville - >< I cannot decide. It's a wild guess but Boston for the repeat... in 6 or 7.
NY Rangers vs Ottawa in 7 Boston vs Washington in 6
Florida vs Devils in 4 Penguins vs Flyers in 5
Vancouver vs Kings in 7
Blues vs Sharks in 6 Phoenix vs Hawks in 7
Nashville vs Detroit in 6
NY Rangers vs Devils in 7
Boston vs Penguins in 6
Phoenix vs Kings in 5
Detroit vs Sharks in 7
Penguins vs Devils in 7 Phoenix vs Sharks in 6
Penguins vs Phoenix in 5
I hope I got seedings correctly. I also hope I'm wrong about everything, since I'm on the Flyers/Panthers/Preds/'Yotes bangwagons though I also wouldn't mind Boston winning it again.
NYR v Ottawa - OTT in 6
Boston v Washington - BOS in 5
Florida v NJ - NJ in 5
Pittsburgh v Philly - Pitts in 6
Vancouver vs LA - LA in 7
St. Louis vs SJ - St Louis in 5
Phoenix vs Chicago - Chicago in 6
Nashville vs Detroit - Nashville in 5
BOS v OTT - BOS in 5
Pitt v NJ - Pitt in 5
STL v LA - STL in 6
Nashville v Chicago - Nashville in 7
Bos v Pitt - Pit in 7
Nashville v STL - Nashville in 6
NYR v Ottawa - NYR in 7
Boston v Washington - Boston in 6
Florida v NJ - NJ in 6
Pittsburgh v Philly - Pittsburgh in 7
Vancouver vs LA - Vancouver in 6
St. Louis vs SJ - St. Louis in 6
Phoenix vs Chicago - Chicago in 7
Nashville vs Detroit - Nashville in 7
NYR v NJ - NYR in 7
Boston v Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 7
Vancouver v Chicago - Vancouver in 6
St. Louis v Nashville - Nashville in 7
NYR v Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 7
Vancouver v Nashville - Vancouver in 7
Vancouver v Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh in 6
Think I got it right. Computer crashed when I was reviewing and had to do it again so I just went quickly.
. I thought about doing that as well, but it makes it too easy once we get to the SCF where you have a 50% chance of winning that round's pick and then a 25% chance of picking the right number of games, so really, just a 1/8 chance of getting all the points. I want to create more of a range, but maybe it's just me.
though I also wouldn't mind Boston winning it again.
