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Willing to make bets about the eliteness of your favourite teams goaltender (or other things)? This is the place for you. Round 1 Prediction Bracket. Bring out your Xs. Submissions open until puck drops on the first game Wednesday
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fits posted:Willing to make bets about the eliteness of your favourite teams goaltender (or other things)? This is the place for you. (A1) Montreal Canadiens over (WC1) New York Rangers in six (A3) Boston Bruins over Ottawa Senators (A2) in seven (M1) Washington Capitals over (WC2) Toronto Maple Leafs in four (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins over (M3) Columbus Blue Jackets in five (C1) Chicago Blackhawks over (WC2) Nashville Predators in six (C2) Minnesota Wild over (C3) St. Louis Blues in five (P1) Anaheim Ducks over (WC1) Calgary Flames in seven (P3) San Jose Sharks over (P2) Edmonton Oilers in five I think that's how I had it but I forgot to look at what I did before posting
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Apr 10, 2017 06:19
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  NHLe: well I forgot to record my submission and I don't remember it so I can't post it 
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Apr 10, 2017 06:24
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Here are my very bad, no good picks (plus stuff past the first round):
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Apr 10, 2017 06:51
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The Oilers are winning the cup, the rest of the bracket doesn't matter.
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Apr 10, 2017 06:54
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oh cool, you going to stop posting until that happens then?
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Apr 10, 2017 06:57
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I think I chose: Montreal in 5 Boston in 6 Capitals in 6 Pitt in 7 Nashville in 6 St. Louis in 6 Anaheim in 5 Edmonton in 6 Hopefully that's what I actually submitted....
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Apr 10, 2017 07:23
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Rangers in 6 Bruins in 5 Capitals in 5 Jackets in 7 Hawks in 5 Blues in 7 Ducks in 4 Sharks in 7 (  )
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Apr 10, 2017 07:40
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Montreal in 6 Boston in 6 Washington in 5 Pittsburgh in 6 Chicago in 5 Minnesota in 7 Anaheim in 5 Oilers are back, baby in 6
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Apr 10, 2017 08:01
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I think these are the game #s that I picked... New York Rangers in six Ottawa Senators in five Washington Capitals in five Pittsburgh Penguins in seven Chicago Blackhawks in six Minnesota Wild in six Anaheim Ducks in five Edmonton Oilers in five
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Apr 10, 2017 12:09
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Uh I should have paid more attention to what I submitted in the form so I'll just post what I picked on NHL.com's bracket thing: Hawks def Preds in 5 Wild def Blues in 6 Ducks def Flames in 5 Oilers def Sharks in 6 Habs def Rags in 6 Bruins def Sens in 5 Caps def Leafs in 5 Pens def Jackets in 6 No 7 game series wah wah Bonus round 2 coverage: Habs def Bruins in I FORGOT Caps def Pens in I FORGOT Hawks def Wild in I FORGOT Oilers def Ducks in I FORGOT More hockey: Caps def Habs in WHO CARES HOCKEY IS NOW OVER Oilers def Hawks in PROBABLY 7 WHO KNOWS Nobody should care about hockey now that Habs are out: Some team from USA def Mighty Canadian warriors by probably cheating. Enjoy your ceremonial visit to Mar-a-lago you dum-dums. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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Apr 10, 2017 13:08
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EAST: Habs d Rags in 7: Dis gon be gooooood. On exposed form, the Habs should win this. The margin is razor thin. Also by "Dis gon be gooooood" I meant, "this is going to be a snoozefest powered by impossible saves". Sens d Bs in 6: I don't see the Bruins beating a fully fit Sens. Caps d Leafs in 7: The Caps will jump out to a large lead, forget that it's a best of 7 and not show up for a few games before having someone yell it at them causing a domination in game 7, or a heartbreaking last minute win. Either way, the Caps are juuust bad enough to raise Leafs fans hopes while also being good enough to win the series even if they forget to play the first 3 games. Pens d Jackets in 5: The Pens are scarry. I am scarried. I don't think the Jackets can compete if Pittsburgh is mostly fit. Which it's looking and sounding like they will be. WEST: Bhawks d Preds in 5: I don't see the chance for evil to be averted. Blues d Wild in 7: I don't see the Wild winning this. Ducks d Flames in 4: I don't see the Flames winning a game. Oilers d Sharks in 5: Sharks look like an old, battered, bruised team. The Oilers seem really confident and aggressive and energised and synergistic. Round 2 Habs d Sens in 7: Because I'm a homer. This series will feature a bullshit cheapshot that will generate waaaaay too much drama. Because it has to. Because it always does. If it happens to Carey, the Sens win. If it happens to Karlsson, the Habs win. If it happens to someone else, the Habs probably have the edge. Pens d Caps in 7: Because you know this is going to be the round 2 matchup on the Metro side of the draw and you know this is going to be the score. Bhawks d Blues in 6: This series will feature a bullshit goal that will lead to the collective hockey world realising "Oh god, it's happening again". Ducks d Oilers in 5: something something Ducks playoff experience something something Oilers in southern california for most of the games something something gently caress Corey Perry.' Conference Finals Pens d Habs in 5: The Habs aren't good enough for a Pens/Habs matchup. Carey is good, but he's not that good. Bhawks d Ducks in 6: Oh god it's definitely happening again. The Ducks don't have the Bruce Boudreau curse, so they won't even make it to 7. Final Pens/Hawks in "snooze, I'd rather watch F1 and Rugby than these teams duke it out": It'll be a good series, good hockey will get played, and two large media markets will get Gary his pay cheque. I just don't remotely care who wins. NHL wouldn't accept my bracket, so here's my effort post explaining the most obvious playoff bracket for the 2016-2017 NHL season ever ever.
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Apr 10, 2017 13:36
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I don't remember the games I picked but: East: Rangers, Bruins Penguins, Capitals West: Blackhawks, Wild, Ducks, Sharks
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Apr 10, 2017 13:41
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rangers bruins jackets caps hawks wild ducks oilers rangers caps wild oilers oilers caps caps i don't care about # of games
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Apr 10, 2017 14:06
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Last year something like 14/15 series went the way I was rooting for, it was quite amazing. How about... NYR vs OTT WAS vs CBJ NSH vs MIN CGY vs EDM NYR vs WAS NSH vs EDM WAS vs NSH OV and PK, the best of finalists
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Apr 10, 2017 14:14
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JawKnee posted:oh cool, you going to stop posting until that happens then? I'm sorry for stating my prediction in the prediction thread.
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Apr 10, 2017 14:36
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I think this is the first year in a while where I have no idea what to predict. There's a few teams with recent playoff success mixed with teams that are historically bad in the playoffs also mixed with young teams. I don't feel right predicting a Chicago/Pittsburgh final, so who knows? Last year I was fairly accurate with my predictions, but I think this year will be a complete failure.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:20
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East Rangers in 6 Bruins in 7 Capitals in 5 Penguins in 7 Rangers over Bruins in 6 Capitals over Penguins in 5 Capitals over Rangers in 6 West Blackhawks in 6 Wild in 5 Flames in 6 Sharks in 6 Blackhawks over Wild in 5 Sharks over Flames in 5 Blackhawks over Sharks in 6 Finals Capitals over Blackhawks in 6
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Apr 10, 2017 15:20
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Schlesische posted:EAST: ...I like to see someone calling Ottawa, but Karlsson isn't fully fit, and therefore neither are the Sens. And in round 2, a Julien-Boucher systems matchup might be pretty drat boring. Still - Sens in 6 over Boston, assuming Karlsson/Stone are healthy enough to play well and offset Bergeron/Marchand. Round 2 vs the Habs will be a close one until Ott/Shaw/Whoever severs Karlsson's other hamstring.
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Apr 10, 2017 15:22
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Stabbin' at random wooooo 
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Apr 10, 2017 15:23
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EAST WSH > TOR in 5 PIT > CBJ in 7 MTL > NYR in 7 BOS > OTT in 6 WSH > PIT in 7 (gently caress the curses) BOS > MTL in 6 WSH > BOS in 6 WEST CHI > NSH in 6 STL > MIN in 7 ANA > CGY in 7 SJ > EDM in 6 CHI > STL in 5 SJ > ANA in 6 CHI > SJ in 6 FINAL WSH > CHI in 7 CONN SMYTHE Holtby
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Apr 10, 2017 15:30
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LEAFS ALL THE WAY BABY
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Apr 10, 2017 15:38
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Lots of people picking bruins over sens, despite the season series being 4-0 sens.... EDIT: Toxx compilation Ongoing Toxxes Flyinglemur posted:
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bizarre deformity posted:Slight adjustment to my bunnyofdoom posted:My Toxx is as such. fits posted:
Round 2 RC Cola posted:I already have mine glynnenstein posted:Caps in 5 Round 1 all-Rush mixtape posted:IMHO, the absolute, definitive ceiling the Maple Leafs will have this postseason is the ECF, and that's only if they get a point tomorrow. I have no delusion in thinking we'd get past against any team in the Metropolitan Division. glynnenstein posted:My first round picks are: [/quote] HootTheOwl posted:The Blackhawks are done HootTheOwl posted:The most hockey thing, obviously, is to make it conditional: Top Hats Monthly posted:If Jake Allen has another 45+ saves in regulation against the Wild this playoff season I will purchase an allen shirsey, provided the blues win the series bunnyofdoom fucked around with this message at 19:25 on May 8, 2017 |
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Apr 10, 2017 16:07
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bunnyofdoom posted:Lots of people picking bruins over sens, despite the season series being 4-0 sens.... they bad
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Apr 10, 2017 16:14
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Where are the toxxs, I want to see some Oilers or Leafs fans make some silly ones.
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Apr 10, 2017 16:18
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My Toxx is as such. Since I am prohibited from drinking for medical reasons until May 5th, on that day, I shall drink one beer for every game the sens lost. (Not good enough?) Real Toxx: I will buy an avatar of whatever team knocks the sens out of the playoffs, which two special cases. 1. Should the leafs make it farther then the sens, then the avatar will instead be a leafs one 2. Should the sens win the cup, it will be a Karlsson and/or Anderson one. (Also, for every round the sens make, I will donate $20 to the Canadian Cancer Society, with an additional $50 if they win the cup.) EDIT: 
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Apr 10, 2017 16:30
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bunnyofdoom posted:Lots of people picking bruins over sens, despite the season series being 4-0 sens.... I think the Pens went like 3-1 or something like that against the Bruins then got promptly swept by them in the ECF a few years back so I wouldn't read too much into that stuff
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Apr 10, 2017 16:34
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 Probably different from what I sent into the google docs but meh ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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Apr 10, 2017 16:44
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Mike_V posted:Where are the toxxs, I want to see some Oilers or Leafs fans make some silly ones. I made a Toxx in another thread, but I can't find it. e: found it! all-Rush mixtape posted:In fact,
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Apr 10, 2017 17:17
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Ginette Reno posted:I think the Pens went like 3-1 or something like that against the Bruins then got promptly swept by them in the ECF a few years back so I wouldn't read too much into that stuff CBJ went 0-5-0 against the Pens in 2013-14 before splitting the first four games in the playoffs.
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Apr 10, 2017 17:47
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The Caps beat the Leafs 2-1 in the season series, and the Leafs swept them in the first round in 2017 on way to the Leafs' long march to winning the Stanley Cup.
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Apr 10, 2017 18:00
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Season series doesn't mean much. There's been multiple cases where a team has dominated another team in the season series, yet struggles and eventually loses to them in the playoffs. Even for these playoffs, the Oilers won the season series against most of the West (only losing to the Preds and Wild), yet I doubt many people would look at that and go "Oh yeah they'll make the Cup Finals for sure!"
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Apr 10, 2017 18:22
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Travis Yost did something on this recently. He only went back to 07-08, but:quote:What’s interesting though is that a team’s head-to-head goal differential against their given opponent(s) seems to matter just as much. As a standalone metric, head-to-head goal differentials have forecasted winners at just about the same success rate – and over the last five years, it’s actually marginally beaten out the likes of Corsi% and Goal% as alternative standalone measures. http://www.tsn.ca/the-search-for-the-ideal-first-round-playoff-scenario-1.702066
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Apr 10, 2017 18:27
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submitted my picks last night so the # of games might deviate slightly from what i posted there. nonetheless the teams are the same: MTL in 7 BOS in 6 WSH in 5 CBJ in 6 CHI in 5 ANA in 6 MIN in 6 EDM in 7
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Apr 10, 2017 18:59
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I think the Preds have what it takes to knock off the Hawks if Rinne can play at a .920 level. I like the Blues to take out the Wild, but I'd be more confident if Paul Stastny hadn't broken his foot 3 weeks ago.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:21
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bunnyofdoom posted:Lots of people picking bruins over sens, despite the season series being 4-0 sens....
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Apr 10, 2017 19:37
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That year we were 5-0 against the Leafs in the regular season and then got swept. -
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Apr 10, 2017 19:40
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Yeah season series doesn't seem to mean a whole lot when playoff hockey seems to play out far different from regular season hockey, and teams can either be backing into the playoffs or riding a ton of momentum compared to when they'd played their opponents in the regular season.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:40
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DJExile posted:Yeah season series doesn't seem to mean a whole lot when playoff hockey seems to play out far different from regular season hockey, and teams can either be backing into the playoffs or riding a ton of momentum compared to when they'd played their opponents in the regular season. I thought so too but T-Bone's article above has me questioning that.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:42
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I do think there's something to be said for one team just having another's number, things like that, but with as goofy as NHL scheduling can be (didn't the Flyers and Pens not play one another last year until they were like 3 months in?) i don't buy it as bible truth or anything. I can definitely buy goal differential as a factor. Like T-bone's article indicates. A season sweep of 4-0 looks a lot different if they were all really tight games or something like that.
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Apr 10, 2017 19:47
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