15/16 NHL Playoff Pick'em/Discussion

[T-Force]

Welcome, once again, to the 6th Annual FFR NHL Playoff Pick'em Challenge!

QUICK LINKS
Po2: Match-Ups
Po3: Standings
Po4: Bracket

Who will be the next one to step up and claim the title of Playoff Pick'em Champion and follow in the footsteps of the champions before them?

In fact, let's look at the history now!

10/11: Reshiram [10-5]
11/12: pikakirby123 [9-6]
12/13: trumaestro [11-4]
13/14: lumphoboextreme; Poison- [10-5*]
14/15: Kibblre [12-3]

13/14 Bracket: Kibblre; DarkManticoreX2; Poison- [13 pts each]
14/15 Bracket: DarkManticoreX2 [14 pts]

* While 4 people went 10-5, these two won due to the series game total tiebreaker.



Now for the important stuff:

THE RULES
1.) All picks MUST be in before the puck drops on the first game of a round. This does get a little more into crunch time the further a series goes, and I will be lenient (like usual), but I would appreciate it if this was the deadline people focused on.

2.) NO EDITTING YOUR PICKS! Pick wisely because there's no going back. If picks are editted, you will be disqualified for the round - thus eliminating you from the championship pool - and your post modified.

3.) In order to be in the running for Playoff Pick'em Champion, you must submit for ALL 4 rounds.

4.) Have fun.

5.) Grow those glorious playoff beards.

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THE SET-UP
All picks are to be made in this format
Winner vs. Loser

I will accept abbreviations, or you can just copy/paste the templates I will make round-by-round.

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Returning for a third season, it's
THE PLAYOFF BRACKET CHALLENGE!
Like the March Madness tournament, you will pick your FULL round winners, and not just round-by-round.
Like previous years, this is a separate challenge with a separate prize, and brackets are due at the same deadline as the round 1 picks.

If you wish to participate, PLEASE MAKE A SEPARATE POST FROM YOUR ROUND CHOICES.

One other thing, you DON'T need to participate, but, hey, they're free credits: why not?

You will score points for however many correct winners you have.
- If you correctly guess the winner in round 1, you score 1 point.
- If you correctly guess the round winner, and their correct opponent, in rounds 2-4, you score 2 points.
- If you correctly guess a round winner, but not the correct opponent, you score 1 point. (this will kick in after round 1)

Ex: You guess BOS v MTL, but in reality, it was BOS v TBL, you would score 1 point for correctly guessing BOS even though they did not play MTL.

Please remember that teams do not re-seed after the rounds. They will stay inter-division until a "division champion" is crowned.

[T-Force]

THE MATCH-UPS


STANLEY CUP FINAL
(E-M2) Pittsburgh Penguins 4 vs. (W-P3) San Jose Sharks) 2

CONFERENCE FINALS
Eastern Conference

(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins 4 vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning 3



Western Conference

(C2) St. Louis Blues 2 vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks 4

DIVISION FINALS
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning 4 vs. (W1) New York Islanders 1

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals 2 vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins 4



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars 3 vs. (C2) St. Louis Blues 4

Pacific Division
(P3) San Jose Sharks 4 vs. (W1) Nashville Predators 3

DIVISION SEMI-FINALS
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A1) Florida Panthers 2 vs. (W1) New York Islanders 3
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning 4 vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings 1

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals 4 vs. (W2) Philadelphia Flyers 2
(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins 4 vs. (M3) New York Rangers 1



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars 4 vs. (W2) Minnesota Wild 2
(C2) St. Louis Blues 4 vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks 3

Pacific Division
(P1) Anaheim Ducks 3 vs. (W1) Nashville Predators 4
(P2) Los Angeles Kings 1 vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks 4

[noname219]

Let's hope I have as much success as I did in the hockey pool...

THE MATCH-UPS

DIVISION SEMI-FINALS
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (W1) New York Islanders
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (W2) Philadelphia Flyers
(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (W2) Minnesota Wild
(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

Pacific Division
(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (W1) Nashville Predators
(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks

IT'S SAFE BET YEAR... except for the Kings People seem to forget how good San Jose was against Los Angeles and Anaheim this year. They also were 3-0 against the Kings in the playoffs 2 years ago, so they definitely can beat them. (it's just, they tend to choke out)

[noname219]

BRACKET
FLA v NYI
TBL v DET
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WSH v PHI
PIT v NYR

DAL v MIN
STL v CHI
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ANA v NSH
LAK v SJS

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FLA v TBL
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WSH v PIT

DAL v CHI
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ANA v SJS

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FLA v WSH

DAL v SJS

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WSH v DAL

[noname219]

Forgot about the Stanley cup finals but it's gonna be Washington in 7

[Kraezymann]

BRACKET
FLA v NYI
TBL v DET
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WSH v PHI
PIT v NYR

DAL v MIN
STL v CHI
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ANA v NSH
LAK v SJS

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FLA v TBL
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WSH v PIT

DAL v CHI
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LA v NSH

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FLA v WSH

CHI v LA

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WSH v CHI

[Deadlyx39]

DIVISION SEMI-FINALS
Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (W1) New York Islanders
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (W2) Philadelphia Flyers
(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (W2) Minnesota Wild
(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

Pacific Division
(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (W1) Nashville Predators
(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks

Time to go 0-4 in the east because bias lol.

[T-Force]

ROUND STANDINGS
Total Playoff Record

Poison-: 9-6
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igotrhythm: 8-7*

T-Force: 8-7
Kraezymann: 8-7
noname219: 8-7
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Evascythe: 7-8
Hateandhatred: 7-8
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flashpantss: 6-9
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Deadlyx39: 5-10

* = correctly guessed the Cup winner/amount of games

Current Round Record

Kraezymann: SJS - 7
Poison-: SJS - 6
noname219: SJS -6
_Zenith_: SJS - 6
igotrhythm: PIT - 6
Evascythe: SJS - 5
Hateandhatred: SJS - 6
T-Force: SJS - 7
flashpantss: SJS - 6
Deadlyx39: SJS - 4

Deadlyx39: 2-0 PIT/SJS
Poison-: 2-0 PIT/SJS
igotrhythm: 2-0 PIT/SJS
Hateandhatred: 2-0 PIT/SJS
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Evascythe: 1-1 PIT/STL
noname219: 1-1 PIT/STL
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T-Force: 0-2 TBL/STL
flashpantss: 0-2 TBL/STL
Kraezymann: 0-2 TBL/STL

Kraezymann: 3-1
Poison-: 3-1
T-Force: 3-1
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Evascythe: 2-2
Rojaf: 2-2
Sky Kitten: 2-2
Deadlyx39: 2-2
Hateandhatred: 2-2
noname219: 2-2
flashpantss: 2-2
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igotrhythm: 1-3

noname219: 5-3
T-Force: 5-3
Kraezymann: 5-3
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igotrhythm: 4-4
Poison-: 4-4
flashpantss: 4-4
Evascythe: 4-4
Rojaf: 4-4
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Hateandhatred: 3-5
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Deadlyx39: 1-7

[T-Force]

BRACKET
FLA v NYI
TBL v DET
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WSH v PHI
PIT v NYR

DAL v MIN
STL v CHI
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ANA v NSH
LAK v SJS

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TBL v NYI
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WSH v PIT

DAL v STL
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SJS v NSH

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PIT v TBL

STL v SJS

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PIT v SJS



BRACKET STANDINGS

T-Force: 7 pts
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noname219: 6 pts
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Kraezymann: 5 pts
Poison-: 5 pts
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igotrhythm: 4 pts
Evascythe: 4 pts
Rojaf: 4 pts
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Hateandhatred: 3 pts
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Deadlyx39: 1 pts

[Rojaf]

BRACKET
FLA v NYI
TBL v DET
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WSH v PHI
PIT v NYR

DAL v MIN
STL v CHI
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ANA v NSH
LAK v SJS

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FLA v DET
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WSH v PIT

DAL v CHI
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NSH v LAK

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DET v WSH

CHI v LAK

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WSH v LAK

[Deadlyx39]

BRACKET
FLA v NYI
TBL v DET
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WSH v PHI
PIT v NYR

DAL v MIN
STL v CHI
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ANA v NSH
LAK v SJS

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FLA v DET
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PHI v NYR

DAL v CHI
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ANA v LAK

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DET v PHI

CHI v LAK

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DET v CHI


At some point the Wings have to win it all. While it probably wot happen this year, might as well keep rolling with it.

EDIT ONE: This is the same final I had last year lol

EDIT TWO: Forgot to rub in the fact that there's no Canadian teams in the playoffs and I wanted to hear your thoughts about that.

[T-Force]

Alright, once again opening this for discussion. Please don't make picks yet as not all of the spots are confirmed.
DAL and STL still need to determine 1st and 2nd in the Central;
LAK and ANA also need to determine 1st and 2nd in the Pacific;
NYI can pass NYR to take 3rd in the Metropolitan.

[Poison-]

Duckies please stop the LA/Chicago trend!

[igotrhythm]

The Flyers can knock out the Bruins, they're 1 point back with 2 games to go whereas all Boston can do is nibble their fingernails nervously.

Plus, how about the Wings? They fail to get their business done, but after a 6-1 Ottawa roflstomp they're in for the 25th year in a row. That's amazing.

[Poison-]

Flyers clinched. Boston is out.

[T-Force]

^ This.
I wasn't making this thread until all 16 teams were clinched to win.

[T-Force]

Figures this still comes down to the last day of the season..
If Anaheim wins, they clinch the division. If they lose, LA will.

[Evascythe]

wow hype

[T-Force]

Alright, we are open!

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (W1) New York Islanders
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (W2) Philadelphia Flyers
(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (W2) Minnesota Wild
(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

Pacific Division
(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (W1) Nashville Predators
(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks

[Rojaf]

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division
(A1) Florida Panthers vs. (W1) New York Islanders
(A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (A3) Detroit Red Wings

Metropolitan Division
(M1) Washington Capitals vs. (W2) Philadelphia Flyers
(M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (M3) New York Rangers



Western Conference

Central Division
(C1) Dallas Stars vs. (W2) Minnesota Wild
(C2) St. Louis Blues vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks

Pacific Division
(P1) Anaheim Ducks vs. (W1) Nashville Predators
(P2) Los Angeles Kings vs. (P3) San Jose Sharks