May 5, 2008

NHL Playoffs Pick 'Em, round 2 results.: Plus round 3 rules inside

read story | posted by NoMich to Fantasy Sports at 7:47 PM CDT (28 comments total)

SpoFite	PHI v MON	PIT v NYR	DET v COL	DAL v SJS	Rd Points	Ttl Points
rumple	-	Pittsburgh 5 games Malkin Jagr	-	Morrow	7	23
MrFrisby	Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games Malkin Jagr	-	Dallas 6 games Morrow	10	19
BoKnows	Kovalev	Pittsburgh Malkin Jagr	Detroit	Dallas 6 games Morrow	8	17
86	Kovalev	Jagr	Philadelphia 4 games	-	4	16
Folkways	Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games	-	Dallas	4	16
mkn	Koivu	Pittsburgh Malkin	Detroit	Morrow	5	16
NoMich	Koivu	Malkin	Detroit	Dallas Morrow	5	16
skydivedad	Kovalev	Pittsburgh Malkin Jagr	Detroit	Dallas 6 games	7	16
Ying Yang Mafia	Philadelphia Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games	Detroit Franzen	Morrow	7	16
HATER 187	Philadelphia Kovalev	Malkin	-	Dallas 6 games	5	15
Amateur	-	-	-	-	0	13
grum@work	-	Pittsburgh Malkin	Detroit	-	3	13
Monica Poland	Philadelphia Kovalev	Malkin	Detroit	Morrow	5	13
tahoemoj	Kovalev	Pittsburgh	Detroit	-	3	13

Rumple still has the lead, but Fritsy and Bo rocketed up the standings.

posted by NoMich at 7:48 PM CDT on May 5

Round 3 rules are as follows:

- 2 points for picking the team that wins its series.
- 1 bonus point for picking the correct number of games a series lasts (You still have to get the series winner right).
- 2 points each for picking the player from either team who scores the most goals in the series (pick one from each team, possible for 4 points here).
- 5 bonus points for getting all picks correct in a series (that's getting the winning team right, the series length right and both goal scorers right).

Some serious points can be won here.

posted by NoMich at 7:52 PM CDT on May 5

My picks:

Eastern Conference
Pittsburgh (Malkin) over Philadelphia (Briere) in 7 games.

Western Conference
Detroit (Datsyuk) over Dallas (Morrow) in 6 games.

Thus setting up the NHL's dream Cup Finals. Sid v. the mighty Red Wings.

posted by NoMich at 7:54 PM CDT on May 5

East:

Pittsburgh (Malkin) over Philadelphia (Richards) in 5 games

West:

Detroit (Zetterberg) over Dallas (Lehtinen) in 6 games

posted by BoKnows at 8:20 PM CDT on May 5

Detroit in 5
Zetterberg, Morrow

Pittsburgh in 7
Hossa, Briere (though I'm tempted to go with Umberger, but I think that was just a total fluke)

posted by mkn at 9:02 PM CDT on May 5

And here's the (not up to date) Confidence Pool leaderboard, since it's been bumped off the front page.

posted by mkn at 9:05 PM CDT on May 5

OK, I think I've spotted you all enough of a lead.

Detroit (Zetterberg) over Dallas (Morrow) in 5 games

Philadelphia (Briere) over Pittsburgh (Malkin) in 7 games

posted by Amateur at 9:10 PM CDT on May 5

Well, I can't win the confidence pool, and I'm doomed in this one unless I go underdogs and longshots from here on out.

Oh well, let's go for gold!

East:
Pittsburgh (Crosby) over Philadelphia (Briere) in 4 games

Dallas (Morrow) over Detroit (Franzen) in 4 games.

posted by grum@work at 10:39 PM CDT on May 5

Philly (Briere) over Pitt (Crosby) in 6 games

Dallas (Morrow) over Detroit (Datsyuk) in 6 games

posted by HATER 187 at 1:16 AM CDT on May 6

Eastern Conference
Philadelphia (Richards) over Pittsburgh (Crosby) in 5 games.

Western Conference
Detroit (Zetterberg) over Dallas (Morrow) in 5 games.

posted by 86 at 7:21 AM CDT on May 6

Philadelphia (Richards) over Pittsburgh (Crosby) in 5 games.

Dallas (Morrow) over Detroit (Datsyuk) in 6 games

posted by Folkways at 7:58 AM CDT on May 6

The confidence pool has been updated.

Pittsburgh (Crosby) over Philadephia (Lupul) in 5

Detroit (Franzen) over Dallas (Modano) in 6

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 2:33 PM CDT on May 6

I am basically in the basement in all pools so....here goes nothing.

In the Battle of the D cities (alphabetical not grades)

wings (Zetterberg) over stars (Morrow) in 7 games

In the Battle for Penn's Wood (or the P cities)

flightless birds (Crosby) over flyers (Richards) in 6 games

posted by Monica Poland at 2:36 PM CDT on May 6

MP-No complaining about being a cellar dweller when yer steppin' on my head!

Wings (Zetterberg) over Stars (Richards) in 5.

Pens (Malone) over Flyers (Briere) in 6.

I know y'all are trembling at my mad prognosticatin' skills

posted by tahoemoj at 6:59 PM CDT on May 6

I am perfectly fine with the Wings over the Stars in five actually.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 9:33 PM CDT on May 6

Wings (Franzen) over Dallas (Morrow) in 5
Penguins (Hossa) over Flyers (Umberger) in 5

Can I still get the Costanza?

posted by rumple at 10:16 PM CDT on May 7

Not with those picks.

posted by NoMich at 7:04 AM CDT on May 8

Philadephia (Lupul) over Pittsburgh (Hossa) in 7

Dallas (Morrow) over Detroit (Zetterberg) in 6

posted by MrFrisby at 11:53 AM CDT on May 8

Sorry rumple and Fritsy, but you two were too late with your picks. You are automatically disqualified from this contest. You two guys plus BoKnows, 86, Folkways and mkn are all out. Guess makes me the new leader.

posted by NoMich at 7:38 PM CDT on May 8

That plan works for me.

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 10:01 PM CDT on May 8

Oh yeah, you're out too.

posted by NoMich at 10:29 PM CDT on May 8

Rightly so, I guess, since you're making up stats anyway.

posted by BoKnows at 11:37 PM CDT on May 8

The chart above shows that I picked Philadelphia to win the Colorado / Detroit series... And got it right!

That has to be worth a x2 points multiplier based on degree of difficulty. I now have 32 points.

posted by 86 at 9:00 AM CDT on May 9

Oops. What else did I eff up?

posted by NoMich at 10:31 AM CDT on May 9

Tahoe I'm only steppin on your head because of the alphabet.

posted by Monica Poland at 10:49 AM CDT on May 9

Corrected table:

SpoFite	PHI v MON	PIT v NYR	DET v COL	DAL v SJS	Rd Points	Ttl Points
rumple	-	Pittsburgh 5 games Malkin Jagr	-	Morrow	7	23
MrFrisby	Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games Malkin Jagr	-	Dallas 6 games Morrow	10	19
BoKnows	Kovalev	Pittsburgh Malkin Jagr	Detroit	Dallas 6 games Morrow	8	17
86	Kovalev	Jagr	Detroit 4 games	-	4	16
Folkways	Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games	-	Dallas	4	16
mkn	Koivu	Pittsburgh Malkin	Detroit	Morrow	5	16
NoMich	Koivu	Malkin	Detroit	Dallas Morrow	5	16
skydivedad	Kovalev	Pittsburgh Malkin Jagr	Detroit	Dallas 6 games	7	16
Ying Yang Mafia	Philadelphia Kovalev	Pittsburgh 5 games	Detroit Franzen	Morrow	7	16
HATER 187	Philadelphia Kovalev	Malkin	-	Dallas 6 games	5	15
Amateur	-	-	-	-	0	13
grum@work	-	Pittsburgh Malkin	Detroit	-	3	13
Monica Poland	Philadelphia Kovalev	Malkin	Detroit	Morrow	5	13
tahoemoj	Kovalev	Pittsburgh	Detroit	-	3	13

posted by NoMich at 4:14 PM CDT on May 9

Tahoe I'm only steppin on your head because of the alphabet.

Monica, when it comes to these things, take any advantage you can.

NoMich, I didn't bother looking up who the highest goal scorers were, but other than that, you have/had all my picks right. I still think that I should have received and extra point or two though in the first round for being the only person to correctly pick Sykora.

Oh, and now your gonna give an extra five points for correctly picking every part of a series. You bastard.

posted by MrFrisby at 7:53 PM CDT on May 9

I also want some second-round points because I would have got it all correct. Except for Philadelphia. And Dallas. And Franzen. And Morrow.

posted by Amateur at 8:37 PM CDT on May 9

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