Welcome to the 2018 Playoff Prediction Game thread! This thread will be a round-by-round format where you pick both the series winner and the series length, one round at a time.
Rules:
1. Each round, pick the winning team of each series and the length of the series. Points awarded:
2. Also, before the first round, you can guess the following: the teams to meet in the Stanley Cup Finals, the winner of the Stanley Cup Finals, and the length of the series. Point awarded are as follows:
3. Tiebreakers are points from your original SCF guess before the playoffs began. The next tiebreaker is points earned in the SCF round, then the Conference finals, etc.
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Example picks for Round 1 (not mine):
SCF prediction: MIN over PIT in 7
NAS in 4 (obviously)
WIN in 5
ANA in 7
LA in 5
TB in 4
BOS in 6
WAS in 7
PIT in 5
Get your picks in by 6pm Wednesday night for Round 1!
Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Nashville vs. Colorado
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota
Anaheim vs. San Jose
Vegas vs. Los Angeles
Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey
Boston vs. Toronto
Washington vs. Columbus
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia
Rules:
1. Each round, pick the winning team of each series and the length of the series. Points awarded:
- 3 points for correctly guessing the team to win the series
- 2 points for correctly guessing the length of the series (if you also got team correct)
- 1 point for correctly guessing the length of the series (and guessed the wrong team)
2. Also, before the first round, you can guess the following: the teams to meet in the Stanley Cup Finals, the winner of the Stanley Cup Finals, and the length of the series. Point awarded are as follows:
- 4 points for correctly guessing a team in the Stanley Cup Finals (so 8 points for both)
- 5 points for correctly guessing the Stanley Cup champion
- 2 points for correctly guessing series length (regardless of who wins)
3. Tiebreakers are points from your original SCF guess before the playoffs began. The next tiebreaker is points earned in the SCF round, then the Conference finals, etc.
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Example picks for Round 1 (not mine):
SCF prediction: MIN over PIT in 7
NAS in 4 (obviously)
WIN in 5
ANA in 7
LA in 5
TB in 4
BOS in 6
WAS in 7
PIT in 5
Get your picks in by 6pm Wednesday night for Round 1!
Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Nashville vs. Colorado
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota
Anaheim vs. San Jose
Vegas vs. Los Angeles
Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey
Boston vs. Toronto
Washington vs. Columbus
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia