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So I have to admit that I've really didn't have the excitement of running the annual NHL Hockey Pool over the past few years :(

 

The good news is my excitement is regenerated this year due to my Flames breaking their six year drought and making it into the playoffs even thought the were predicted to be second to last or dead last in what was a rebuilding year ;)

 

Okay, enough of me grandstanding :P , Via the poll above, let me know if you would be interested in participating in a FUN playoff pool for the NHL? Emphasis is on fun, as in teasing, ribbing and having fun with others' great picks and not so great picks.

 

The first thing you should know is there is no cost or requirement to join! The second thing you should know is that I'm personally throwing in a six month Premium Membership to Gay Authors to the winner, or they can donate the equivalent cash value in their name to the day to day operations of the site.

 

If there is enough interest, I will post the full rules and usually we let the first half of the first round go by before all final bets are made.

 

Now if you are like Krista and have the gall to ask which hockey I'm referring too (stone her!!!), you are still invited to play. We have had some winners in the past who barely knew where the cities were, let alone the teams those cities have.

 

It is primarily for FUN.

 

Let me know.

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I will Steve.

 

I've enjoyed the couple of rounds I've taken part in.

 

I always used to lose because for some strange reason I kept on picking the Flyers to win it.  At least I can't make that same dumb mistake this year :P

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Well lets hope that some more show up to play. I usually cut off entries up to the a few games into the first round. I will have to figure out when that will be.

 

So to get things started.......here are some very basic rules. You are trying to figure out who will be the 2014/15 Stanley Cup Champions. You will try to accurately predict the winner of each series. For each series you correctly guess the winner of, you will receive 5 points. Why 5? Because I like that number :) .

 

If you are out with all match ups in the first round but one, it doesn't mean you are out. Depending on how your co pool players do, you might maintain getting points and if your team wins the whole thing, who knows.

 

To try to eliminate confusion, here is how it goes, you need to pick the winner of Round 1 from all the team matched up. Then Round two will be dependent on the outcome of the two teams that will play out of Round 1. If you make a mistake here, I will try to catch it and give you a chance to fix it. In the brackets at the end of the team will be what place that team finished overall in their Division this year.

 

So out EAST we have:

 

Round 1

 

Atlantic Division

 

Montreal Canadians (1)

vs

Ottawa Senators (4)

 

Tampa Bay Lightning (2)

vs

Detroit Red Wings (3)

 

** Winners of these two brackets will play each others in Round 2

 

Metropolitan Division

 

New York Rangers (1)

vs

Pittsburgh Penguins (4)

 

Washington Capital (2)

vs

New York Islanders (3)

 

** Winners of these two brackets will play each others in Round 2

 

The two teams winning round two will move on to the Round 3, the Conference finals.

 

Winner of Conference Final will move to the Stanley Cup Finals

 

Out WEST we have:

 

Round 1

 

Central Division

 

St Louis Blues (1)

vs

Minnesota Wild (4)

 

Nashville Predators (2)

vs

Chicago Blackhawks (3)

 

** Winners of these two brackets will play each others in Round 2

 

Pacific Division

 

Anaheim Ducks (1)

vs

Winnipeg Jets (4)

 

Vancouver Canucks (2)

vs

Calgary Flames (3)

 

** Winners of these two brackets will play each others in Round 2

 

The two teams winning round two will move on to the Round 3, the Conference finals.

 

Winner of Conference Final will move to the Stanley Cup Finals

 

If you like pictures better, check it out here at nhl.com/bracket

 

 

So go ahead, have some fun. I won't torture you and get you to pick how many games, but if you want to put it in there, you might get a honourable shout out :)

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Round One winners

 

Montreal Canadians

Detroit Red Wings

New York Rangers

New York Islanders

St Louis Blues

Chicago Blackhawks

Anaheim Ducks

Vancouver Canucks

 

 

Round Two winners

 

Montreal Canadians

New York Islanders

St Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks

 

Conference Finals Winners

 

Montreal Canadians

Vancouver Canucks

 

 

Stanley Cup winner

 

I have to rely on the knowledge of Teal'c from Stargate on this one.

 

The winners will be Vancouver Canucks

 

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Oh my...... is there really only a few people interested in the pool this year :(

 

Okay talk to your friends, talk to your family, talk to your pets but lets get some entries going :)

 

I think the cutoff will be Saturday night as I believe all teams will have a couple of games under their belts by then. Andy if you come to your sense before then, you can change your entry before Saturday night :P

 

Don't be afraid to use Status Updates to talk about it 0:)

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Ok, I'll play even though the Sabres didn't make it.  I'll add my entries probably tomorrow if we have until Sat. :)

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Ok. This is my first time doing anything like this, so I hope I did it right!

 

Round 1:

Montreal Canadiens

Detroit Redwings

 

Pittsburgh Penguins

NY Islanders

 

St. Louis Blues

Chicago Blackhawks

 

Anaheim Ducks

Calgary Flames

 

Round 2:

Montreal Canadiens

Pittsburgh Penguins

St. Louis Blues

Calgary Flames

 

Conference Finals:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Calgary Flames

 

Stanley Cup Winner:

Pittsburgh Penguins

 

I know nothing about hockey.  I picked them purely based on the name! LOL 

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All right, I'm in.  :)


 


Round 1


 


Montreal Canadians 


Tampa Bay Lightning 


 


New York Rangers 


New York Islanders 


 


Minnesota Wild 


Chicago Blackhawks 


 


Anaheim Ducks 


Calgary Flames 


 


Round 2


 


Tampa Bay Lightning 


New York Islanders 


 


Chicago Blackhawks 


Anaheim Ducks


 


Conference Finals:


 


New York Islanders 


Anaheim Ducks


 


Stanley Cup Winner:


 


Anaheim Ducks


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I hope I'm not too late :( I have fever and I might be delirious so if my teams suck I will disavow any knowledge of my actions  :lol::funny:

 

 

Round One Winners

 

St Louis Blues

Anaheim Ducks

Chicago Blackhawks

Vancouver Canucks

Montreal Canadians

Detroit Red Wings

New York Rangers

New York Islanders

 

Round Two Winners

 

Montreal Canadians

New York Rangers

 

St Louis Blues

Vancouver Canucks

 

 

Conference Finals Winners

 

 

New York Rangers

Vancouver Canucks

 

Stanley Cup winner

 

New York Rangers :Steve2: 

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I'll try to do this correctly.. :P Getting it in just under the time too, I think. What a way to start out.. :P

 

First Round Winners:

 

Montreal

Detroit

Rangers

Islanders

 

St. Louis

Chicago

Anaheim

Vancouver

 

Round 2

 

Montreal

Rangers

 

Chicago

Anaheim

 

Round 3

 

New York Rangers Vs. Anaheim Ducks

 

Winner:

 

Anaheim Ducks

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Sorry about my tardiness....

 

There's some part of personal favourite in it but here you go : 

 

Round 1 : 

Montreal

Detroit

NYR

NYI

 

St-Louis

Chicago

Winnipeg

Vancouver

 

 

Round 2 : 

Montreal

NYR

Chicago

Vancouver

 

Round 3 : 

Montreal

Chicago

 

Stanley Cup Winner : 

 

Montreal Canadiens... Helped with Ginette Reno's Anthem singing luck, and for #4 

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Sorry all, moving weekend :)

 

I will accept any last minute entries up till 2 PM Eastern Time. (Matt, where are you???)

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I'm in!  (with some input from my husband  :P )

 

Round 1

 

Montreal Canadians 

Detroit Red Wings 

 

New York Rangers 

Washington Capitals

 

St Louis Blues 

Nashville Predators

 

Anaheim Ducks

Calgary Flames 

 

Round 2

 

Montreal Canadians 

Washington Capitals

 

St Louis Blues 

Calgary Flames 

 

Conference Finals

 

Washington Capitals 

Calgary Flames 

 

Stanley Cup Winner


Calgary Flames    :Steve2:

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Why not :D I will probably lose but lets see what happens :P

 

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1st Round Winners

Montreal Canadians

Detroit Red Wings

 

New York Rangers

Washington Captial

 

St Louis Blues

Chicago Blackhawks

 

Anaheim Ducks

Vancouver Canucks

 

2nd Round Winners

 

Montreal Canadians

Washington Captials

St Louis Blues

Anaheim Ducks

 

Conference Finals

 

Montreal Canadians

St Louis Blues

 

Stanley Cup Finals

Montreal Candians

 

I hope i did this right :P

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To be clear, I went for names as well except the Minnesota Wild which has a dumb name but it's the home team. 

 

1st Round

Mn Wild

Chicago Blackhawks

Winnipeg

Calgary

Ny Islanders

Pittsburg

Detroit

Montreal

 

2nd Round

MN Wild

Winnipeg

Detroit

Pittsburgh

 

3rd Round

MN Wild

Pittsburgh

 

Stanley Cup

MN Wild

 

Which isn't going to happen but it's fun rooting for your home team! 

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I just got an IM from a mystery player :unsure: who wanted his picks put in.

 

 

Round One winners

Montreal Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
New York Islanders
St Louis Blues
Chicago Blackhawks
Anaheim Ducks
Calgary Flames

Round Two winners

Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
St Louis Blues
Calgary Flames

Conference Finals Winners

New York Rangers
Calgary Flames

Stanley Cup winner

New York Rangers

 

Isn't the anonymity exciting :P

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I just got an IM from a mystery player :unsure: who wanted his picks put in.

 

 

Round One winners

 

Montreal Canadiens

Detroit Red Wings

New York Rangers

New York Islanders

St Louis Blues

Chicago Blackhawks

Anaheim Ducks

Calgary Flames

 

Round Two winners

 

Detroit Red Wings

New York Rangers

St Louis Blues

Calgary Flames

 

Conference Finals Winners

 

New York Rangers

Calgary Flames

 

Stanley Cup winner

 

New York Rangers

 

Isn't the anonymity exciting :P

 

I'm the mystery player.  I requested my account be reactivated, but wasn't sure it would happen before the 2PM Eastern deadline.  Thanks Steve for posting my entry. :hug:

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Okay, all votes are final. I have done a screen capture just in case I made a mistake on my spread sheet 0:) .

 

Interesting, 2 people have the Canadiens winning it all, 2 have the Rangers winning it all, and 2 have the Ducks with the Cup at the end. Out of 10 people, 5 in the East and 5 in the West think their Conference will win it all.

 

Now if anyone wants to play along, you are more than welcome to post your picks, just you won't be eligible for the prize. Speaking of which, I have already given Renee a number (either 1 or 2) that will be the decider if there is a tie. That will be used based on your entry:

 

1. Andy

2. Valkyrie

3. EagleIsaac

4. Slytherin

5. Krista

6. French Canadian

7. Lit Lover

8. Johnathan Colurfield

9. Cole Matthews

10. AJ

 

Okay, time to have some fun, let's keep it clean but amusing.....

 

Hey, what do you Europeans know about Ice Hockey?  :P

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