Since I have yet to watch a full game of hockey, including the playoffs, you have only Weedy's smokage and your intelligent comments here to blame for my standing in the table. Plus I figured at least one underdog beside the Sharks, who weren't really underdogs, would win a first round West series and it wasn't going to be Detroit or Calgary playing golf. Though the Red Wings better man up in a hurry or the trophy for having the best regular season is going to become a curse (i.e., a jinx) in the NHL.
From my Oct 4th comment: If someone said "Pick two teams for the Stanley Cup finals or die!", I'd go with Vancouver and Ottawa. Well, I still have a chance to be half-right. Ottawa because they have lots of great scorers (Heatley, Spezza, Alfredsson, Havlat) and I think a rested Hasek could be a dangerous Hasek. And also because I don't think they'll face Toronto in the playoffs. Well, I was right about their scoring and not playing Toronto in the playoffs. Hasek, however, has had FAR too much rest right now to be considered "dangerous"...
Just to let everyone know, I've had a vision. In this vision, I spoke to the great Scotty Bowman. The conversation went kinda like this: Forgive me, Scotty, for I have sinned. How so, dear hockey fan? I have taken the Wings' name in vain. You must say 16 Hail Stanley's, my son... Hail Stanley, full of grace, the cup keeper is with you. Blessed are you among trophies and blessed is the booze from your cup. Holy Stanley, patron saint of the Original Six, pray for us Wings fans, now and at the hour of our possible elimination...
Updated with the Det EDMONTON WIN
What a win. Unreal. Dr.John - what are the lottery numbers I should be looking at come Friday?
Gawd. I am hating sports. Casually interested in (and watching the end of) the Suns-Lakers tilt Sunday, hoping for a Suns win to make a 2-2 series (more interesting than 3-1) plus pulling for Nash... and they blow it. twice. lousy. Rather interested in the Habs-Canes game Sunday, pulling for the Habs, and they can't get it done and never look anything like they will get it done. disappointing. Rather interested in the Oilers-Wings game but decide to watch 24 instead. All the scoring in the exciting third period seems avoid all the commercial breaks. Miss all the great action and get the result I'm rooting for. hurrah, but I missed it all. Very interested in the Flames-Ducks game, stay up until almost 2am on a Monday. watch the Flames look like their typically offensively challenged selves, lose. (can you decline a powerplay?) arsebiscuits.
If you missed the beginning of the Flames/Ducks game, then you missed a good between Iginla and some Duck. Fists actually landed squarely. Very nice.
For a guy who watches and follows a lot of hockey, I apparently know very little about it. Yikes. Those were some ugly picks on my part.
Looks like DrJohn has the hot stick in these playoffs. He is now leading in confidence points too. That was a good fight, Iginla got the worst of it IMO. I wish I would have been able to stay awake for the 3rd period of the Flames/Ducks game. The lack of sleep from staying up to watch these late games is starting to wear on me.
You're just getting old. har har
if my picks weren't so late...i'd be perfect if calgary can win :)
and while i'm at it ... i'll do up the eastern conference: i take ottawa in 6 and new jersey in 7. if i'm wrong there sue me. ...calgary better win :)
That you would be. I can still throw you into the leaderboard, but the leaderboard's leaders might resent being bumped because of it.
Totally off topic, what do you think of 10,000 days Mr. nintool3369?
I have a question about the leaderboard. I don't understand what the two numbers in parentheses mean. I'm guessing the first one is for correct number of series winners, but what's the second one for? DrJohnEvans' says 5, but he has 6 correct number of games.
I'm not a leader, and I think your picks are great nintool, but you can't be included if you posted them after the puck dropped for the first game, and I'm not even a stickler for 'rules'. Wouldn't you agree? But hey, whatever is decided upon, I'm cool with. I just think of this more as not tempting the wrath of the hockey gods. Besides, if you won, you wouldn't want your win to be tainted.
Woo! In the running for the Costanza on this one it would seem.
DrJohnEvans' says 5, but he has 6 correct number of games. I think it's a typo. It should say (6,6) which would add up to his 18 point total.
Woo! In the running for the Costanza on this one it would seem. I admit I know little about hockey, but I cant believe how poor im doing in both pools. You would think that dumd luck woukd have givin me a better showing in at least one of them. note to self, leave hockey to those who know what the hell they are talking about, and how bout that race at Dega monday, at least I was there
The first bracket number is for how many series winners were picked, no matter how many games it took. The second is how many correct series winners AND the number of games it took them. So the second one is the number of "perfect" picks. You can also sort by those numbers if you click on their "Results" counter-parts. I added those because I figured that adding a point for number of games was kind of arbitrary (though it does balance the scores a bit). Also, I know you weren't asking me, but I can tell you that "10,000 Days" is great. A little bit disappointing in that it's pretty much what you'd expect, but some of the songs are just outsanding anyway (Right In Two).
Don't worry folkways if you ever get depressed at the bottom of the pool I'm down there with you.
yea i had the albumn 10,000 days a month before it was out...so i got burned out early lol. and it's an ok cd i mean, the first track is great...and i can't get over maynard singing so high pitched in that song "the pot". good shit though. it's a tough listen for all you long time tool fans like me :)
yea i guess i wasn't perfect cause anaheim won. it's ok if you don't put me up there...i guess i can imagine i was on time :) oh well...
i guess for the first time since conference play was introduced...it had to happen once...that all the top seeded teams get killed in the first round. maybe i thought too much of calgary. go avs...maybe they beat anaheim in 6 games...and face ...yea edmonton in the conference finals. maybe i pick the avs for the stanley cup finals too :)
Man, that was the most boring game seven I have ever seen. Anaheim could have put a cardboard cutout of Brizgalov in net and they still would have won. If the Anaheim net was in the corners, Calgary would have won 8-2. But, unfortunately for them, they failed to realize that the net was in front and never got anyone to it. What a disappointment. I expected better from Calgary. I guess tomorrow I'll create a round 2 pick'em thread.
Ugh. I've had a bad week watching sports on TV. not a single result that I had even a passing interest in came to pass, except for the Oilers game which I pretty much missed because I was watching something else. The Flames, man. They are now 0-4 in their last four chances to clinch a series. If you can't get motivated for a game 7, at home, then what the heck is wrong with you? They were BRUTAL. and the crowd, egads. The crowd at the Montreal game on Tuesday (at least on tv) was incredible. loud, spirited. the Flames crowd seemed dead, almost Anaheimian or Carolinesque. I am disappointed all around. Please, Flames, add somebody that can score. I guess i'll put my hat in with Edmonton. There is a team that can be fun to watch (stoopid Flames mutter mutter)
I am OGT back from '92 off the first EP and I love the new record. Goddam ducks are making me look stoopid, besides SJ every pick I had in the west wrong and i'm 2 fer 4 in the east.
