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Temë: NHL Playoffs Challenge (2022) |
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Starting this week, 16 NHL teams will battle it out to be the NHL Champion and the right to lift the most coveted trophy in ice hockey, the Stanley Cup! The playoffs are played in 4 rounds, each a best-of-7 series, where the first team to win 4 games advances. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to predict as many series of the NHL Playoffs correctly as you can.
Past Winners:
2011 - Greg Tierney
2012 - Pedro Diogo
2013 - Mike Dixon
2014 - Ivelin Dobrev
2015 - Marc Page
2016 - Martin Frei
2017 - Jukka Sireni
2018 - Keith Partridge
2019 - Frank Stocco
2021 - Jozef Lesay
How do I enter?
Here are the matchups:
For each series, you must pick the winner, and the number of games that series will last (from 4 to 7 games). In addition, your bracket must be consistent; that is, you can't pick a team to lose and then pick them in a later round. You are sending me your predictions for all of the playoffs at once!
Tiebreaker: Total number of goals scored in Stanley Cup Final (the series).
Scoring:
First round: 5 points - # of games off from actual series length.
Second round: 10 points - # of games off from actual series length.
Third round: 15 points - # of games off from actual series length.
Finals: 20 points - # of games off from actual series length.
Best possible score overall is 130.
A couple helpful links:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/stanleycup.htm
http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?type=con#&navid=nav-stn-conf
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Remember -- You are picking for the entire playoffs, not just the first round!
Entry Template:
Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
(Carolina) vs. (Boston) in # Games
(NY Rangers) vs. (Pittsburgh) in # Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
(Florida) vs. (Washington) in # Games
(Toronto) vs. (Tampa Bay) in # Games
Central Division Semifinals:
(Colorado) vs. (Nashville) in # Games
(Minnesota) vs. (St. Louis) in # Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
(Calgary) vs. (Dallas) in # Games
(Edmonton) vs. (Los Angeles) in # Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
(Team Name) in # Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
(Team Name) in # Games
Central Division Finals:
(Team Name) in # Games
Pacific Division Finals:
(Team Name) in # Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
(Team Name) in # Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
(Team Name) in # Games
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Stanley Cup Final
(Team Name) in # Games
Tiebreaker: # Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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Submit entries via PM or posting. If posting, please avoid copycatting.
Deadline is Thursday, May 5th @ 01:00 CET. (Wednesday night in North America)
That's puck drop of the first "Game 2" of a series -- you get some "free preview time" since there's no break between season/playoffs this year.
Good Luck!
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#2 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 04:09:02
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##join
Greg, do you think you can send us a reminder about 24h before the deadline or maybe just tag us. I'd rather wait until the first game is played if I can.
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Quote ( Ivelin Dobrev @ May 2nd 2022,04:09:02 ) Greg, do you think you can send us a reminder about 24h before the deadline or maybe just tag us. I'd rather wait until the first game is played if I can.
Sounds good --if people just put ##join without an entry, I'll try to do a forum tagged reminder ~24h before for those people.
(...hopefully I remember to do that myself hahah)
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My entry, for fairness:
CAR in 6
NYR in 7
FLA in 5
TB in 6
COL in 5
STL in 6
CAL in 4
LA in 5
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CAR in 6
TB in 7
COL in 6
LA in 7
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CAR in 6
COL in 5
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COL in 6
TB: 34
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#5 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 20:39:50
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#6 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 20:45:16
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
Carolina in 6 Games
NY Rangers 6 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 6 Games
Tampa Bay in 7 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 5 Games
Minnesota in 6 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 5 Games
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Carolina in 7 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Florida in 7 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 5 Games
Pacific Division Finals:
Calgary in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Florida in 6 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 6 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Florida in 7 Games
Tiebreaker: 46 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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#7 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 21:07:29
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##Join
FLA in 5
TB in 5
BOS in 7
NYR in 6
COL in 5
STL in 7
CAL in 6
EDM in 6
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FLA in 6
NYR in 7
COL in 6
CAL in 6
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FLA in 5
COL in 7
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FLA in 6
TB: 35
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#8 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 21:11:41
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#9 Postuar 2 Maj 2022, 21:15:40
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Citim
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##Join
Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
Boston in 7 Games
NY Rangers in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 4 Games
Tampa Bay in 5 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 5 Games
St. Louis in 6 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 4 Games
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Boston in 5 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Tampa Bay in 7 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 6 Games
Pacific Division Finals:
Calgary in 5 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Tampa Bay in 5 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 7 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Tampa Bay in 5 Games
Tiebreaker: 30 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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For once when the #1 seeds look likely to fail, meh, the lower seeds look even likelier? :D
##join
Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
Boston in 7 Games
NY Rangers in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 5 Games
Tampa Bay in 7 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 7 Games
Minnesota in 5 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Dallas in 7 Games
Edmonton in 5 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Boston in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Florida in 6 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 7 Games
Pacific Division Finals:
Dallas in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Florida in 6 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 5 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Florida in 5 Games and Lindbohm to Triple Gold Club
Tiebreaker: 34 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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6 entries in so far for this year's NHL Playoffs challenge!
Just about 36 hours left to go -- I will tag-bump for the ##joiners later today.
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals
Carolina in 6 Games
Pittsburgh in 7 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 7 Games
Toronto in 6 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 5 Games
Minnesota in 7 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 6 Games
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Carolina in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Florida in 5 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 7 Games
Pacific Division Finals
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Florida in 7 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 7 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Colorado in 5 Games
Tiebreaker: 26 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
Carolina in 6
NY Rangers in 6
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 7
Toronto in 6
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 6
Minnesota in 7
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 6
Los Angeles in 6
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Carolina in 6
Atlantic Division Finals:
Toronto in 7
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 5
Pacific Division Finals:
Calgary in 6
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Toronto in 6
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 7
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Stanley Cup Final
Toronto in 6
Tiebreaker: 31
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
(Carolina) in 5 Games
(NY Rangers) in 7 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
(Florida) in 7 Games
(Tampa Bay) in 6 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
(Colorado) in 5 Games
(Minnesota) in 6 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
(Calgary) in 6 Games
(Edmonton) in 7 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
(Calorina) in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
(Tampa Bay) in 7 Games
Central Division Finals:
(Colorado) in 6 Games
Pacific Division Finals:
(Calgary) in 7 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
(Calorina) in 5 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
(Calgary) in 7 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
(Calorina) in 7 Games
Tiebreaker: 28 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals:
Carolina in 6 Games
Pittsburgh in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 7 Games
Toronto in 5 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 5 Games
St. Louis in 6 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 6 Games
Los Angeles in 7 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Carolina in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Toronto in 6 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 7 Games
Pacific Division Finals:
Calgary in 5 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Toronto in 7 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 6 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Toronto in 6 Games
Tiebreaker: 30 Total Goals Scored in the Stanley Cup Final (series)
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Toronto wins 5-0 and people think they won’t choke as usual? :P
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So, I forgot to tag yesterday, but it looks like all but one person who put down ##join or indicated interest has now also put in an entry. So I will simply tag @Mairo Toom (A23) to remind him.
For everybody else -- about 5 hours (or the length of last night's triple ot game) until the deadline!
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I sent my tips by PM to Greg. I can copy them here aswell:
Metropolitan
Carolina over Boston 7 games
NY Rangers over Pittsburgh 6 games
Atlantic
Florida over Washington 7 games
Toronto over Tampa 6 games
Central
Nashville over Colorado 7 games
Minnesota over St Louis 5 games
Pacific
Calgary over Dallas 5 games
Edmonton over LA 7 games
NY Rangers over Carolina 4 games
Florida over Toronto 5 games
Minnesota over Nashville 5 games
Calgary over Edmonton 6 games
Florida over NY rangers 7 games
Calgary over Minnesota 5 games
Florida over Calgary 5 games
Total goals in Finals series: 26 goals
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Metropolitan Division Semifinals
Carolina in 6 Games
Pittsburgh in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Semifinals:
Florida in 6 Games
Toronto in 6 Games
Central Division Semifinals:
Colorado in 6 Games
Minnesota in 6 Games
Pacific Division Semifinals:
Calgary in 6 Games
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Division Finals:
Carolina in 6 Games
Atlantic Division Finals:
Florida in 6 Games
Central Division Finals:
Colorado in 6 Games
Pacific Division Finals
Los Angeles in 6 Games
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Metropolitan Champion vs. Atlantic Champion:
Florida in 6 Games
Central Champion vs. Pacific Champion:
Colorado in 6 Games
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Stanley Cup Final
Florida in 6 Games
Tiebreaker: 25
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Standings After 1st Round
1.) Jozef Lesay 29
2.) Greg Tierney 28
3.) Denis Smirnov 27
4.) Jimmy Holm 26
5.) Davi Queiroz 21
Roman Izutov 21
Christer Kallin 21
8.) Keith Partridge 19
9.) Mikko Suhonen 18
10.) Ivelin Dobrev 16
Mairo Toom 16
A wild first round sees five Game 7s, including 2 that go to overtime! Meanwhile, in our challenge, Jozef and I lead the way but most of the field is still quite tightly bunched!
Full/Expanded standings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0dd7nIl0mYD5AQDnce...
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I gueas I will need the Blues to win their series over Avalanche now.
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Standings after the Conference Semifinals
1.) Denis Smirnov 47
2.) Jozef Lesay 46
3.) Greg Tierney 45
4.) Roman Izutov 38
5.) Jimmy Holm 35
6.) Davi Queiroz 30
7.) Keith Partridge 28
Christer Kallin 28
9.) Mikko Suhonen 27
10.) Mairo Toom 26
11.) Ivelin Dobrev 25
There's still plenty of people in the hunt, as most saw Colorado through to this point, but rare was the person who had either Tampa Bay or the Rangers! Roman still sits in 4th, behind the leading pack, but crucially has all the possible potential points remaining. Will he claim this one at the line?
Full/Expanded standings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0dd7nIl0mYD5AQDnce...
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#24 Postuar 13 Qershor 2022, 22:02:54
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Standings after the Conference Finals
1.) Roman Izutov 64
2.) Denis Smirnov 59
Greg Tierney 59
4.) Jimmy Holm 48
5.) Jozef Lesay 46
6.) Davi Queiroz 43
7.) Mikko Suhonen 41
8.) Keith Partridge 40
9.) Mairo Toom 39
10.) Ivelin Dobrev 37
11.) Christer Kallin 28
With the Lightning winning, it's now down to two different people to potentially win: if TB wins, Roman wins. And if Colorado wins, I win (and Ivelin will also pop up the standings quite a bit too.)
Good luck Roman!
Full/Expanded standings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0dd7nIl0mYD5AQDnce...
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#25 Postuar 28 Qershor 2022, 17:15:57 (Së fundi edituar 28 Qershor 2022, 17:16:07 nga Greg Tierney)
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Final Standings
1.) Greg Tierney 79
2.) Roman Izutov 64
3.) Denis Smirnov 59
4.) Ivelin Dobrev 56
5.) Jimmy Holm 48
6.) Jozef Lesay 46
7.) Davi Queiroz 43
8.) Mikko Suhonen 41
9.) Keith Partridge 40
10.) Mairo Toom 39
11.) Christer Kallin 28
With the Avalanche winning their first cup in 21 years, that means I win this year's NHL Playoffs Challenge! It also means that Ivelin makes a pretty big leap up the board from 10th to 4th. Congrats also to Roman and Denis, who rounded out the podium.
Thanks everyone for playing!!
Full/Expanded standings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JN0dd7nIl0mYD5AQDnce...
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#26 Postuar 28 Qershor 2022, 22:52:21
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Congrats Greg! 11 years in the making. Thanks for hosting too.
At least managed to watch a couple of the games/replays of the Stanley Cup series. Was enough entertaining matches.
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