PPP Playoff Prognostication Pool Pick 'Em - Round #2
by SkinnyFish on Apr 27, 2011 11:59 PM EDT
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So the Conference Quarter Finals are behind us and the Conference Semis before us. But before we get to those, let's see how the PPP faithful did in Round #1.
Atop the leader with a whopping 21 out of a possible 24 points is Grabovski's better than you think who correctly guessed the outcome of every series and undershot the Boston, Tampa Bay, and San Jose series by only one game. And his Cup and Conn Smythe picks in San Jose and Joe Thornton seem pretty good thus far.
Here's the top 10 after Round #1:
| Username | Points |
| Grabovski's better than you think | 21 |
| mrcsx | 20 |
| Say *plan the parade one more time*... | 20 |
| daoust | 20 |
| Zurvan | 19 |
| Vinn | 19 |
| Schennsational | 19 |
| badomen | 18 |
| allanbester | 18 |
| Peter de Chatham |
18 |
And way down at the bottom of the chart? Why that would be super friend of the blog Cornelius Hardenbergh with a lowly 4 points; only correctly guessing the outcome of the Boston-Montreal and San Jose-Los Angeles series. And tied with Corny? Why that'd be Chemmy joke account ARMANDO SLAPNUTS who chose every lower seed to win. Keep it up Corny and you'll find yourself the future owner of a Leafs Suck book!
The final Round #1 Scoring can be found here.
Follow me after the jump for Round #2
Your matchups for Round #2 are as follows:
In the East;
#1 Washington vs #5 Tampa Bay
#2 Philadelphia vs #3 Boston
In the West;
#1 Vancouver vs #5 Nashville
#2 San Jose vs #3 Detroit
The Rules and Scoring are as follows:
2 points for the correct series winner.
1 point bonus for the correct number of games in that series if you also correctly guessed the winner.
4 points if you correctly guess the Stanley Cup Winner now and do not change your answer in the later rounds.
4 points if you correctly guess the Conn Smythe Winner now and do not change your answer in the later rounds.
Only one entry allowed per person.
Round #2 pool closes at puckdrop of the first playoff game.
For your Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Winner picks, if you wish to keep your choice from Round #1 (worth 6 points each for a correct answer versus 4 in this round) then either select or write in 'No Change' for your answer. Otherwise, please select a new team or player.
Because half of the people didn't get this right the first time, I'm stating it again; if you are entering a new player for your Conn Smythe Winner, please enter the name in the following format: Last Name, First Name
the PPP Playoff Prognostication Pool Pick 'Em Round #2 Phorm.
Good luck and may the best person not named birky win!
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2 points for the correct series winner.
1 point bonus for the correct number of games in that series if you also correctly guessed the winner
WOOO You listened to my griping!
The Leafs are my Rushmore
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 12:04 AM EDT reply actions
Also would I have been DQ’d if I selected Last Name, First Name as my Conn Smythe pick?
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, he has been on fire for Stanley Cup Winner.
The twitters.
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You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!
Why oh why did I not skip work to participate in this
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 28, 2011 12:05 AM EDT reply actions
I missed it somehow. Is it too late to put my name in for future rounds just for kicks?
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 28, 2011 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Nope. Go crazy. Hell, you’ve still got a great chance at beating Corny.
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An admirable goal
I’m on it
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 28, 2011 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions
holy christ i’m sweating now, I am not that far away from slapnuts and corny.
#feelingthepressure
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on Apr 28, 2011 12:13 AM EDT reply actions
New Rule
Whoever finishes last, we’re changing their username to ARMANDO SLAPNUTS.
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by SkinnyFish on Apr 28, 2011 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
0_o
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on Apr 28, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Ryan Kesler
Pavelski
I’m going to personally pistol whip both you and Nigel Cadbury.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
oh crap yeah the last name, first name thing.. woops!
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on Apr 28, 2011 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions
...
Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.
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by Chris Stoikoff on Apr 28, 2011 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow i must be blind haha
Conn Smythe Winner * Either choose a player or write ‘No Change’ to keep your Round #1 choice. Please, for the love of all that is holy, make your player chooses in the following format: Last Name, First Name
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Hopefully, with a lot of nurturing our baby unicorns can sprout wings..then they would be winged unicorns..Wingicorns.
by Future_considerations on Apr 28, 2011 12:28 AM EDT reply actions
Funny thing is I did it properly the first time and was like “lol @ ppl who cant reed instrucshins” and I just realized I did it wrong this time; exams turn my mind to mush.
Should the proper entry for no change be “Change, No”?
by Bobby Paradise on Apr 28, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay top 40.
Be a Positive Pete not a Negative Nancy!
by theninjagreg on Apr 28, 2011 12:31 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
I guess being tied for 14th out of 273 entries is ok…..
Thank you for putting the work in to do this!!
Follow the SIMPLE instructions PPPPeople!!! Honestly, it couldn’t be more straightforward.
Let the Wookie win.
Twitter is a thing!
Woo "88th"
Sounds bad but that’s really tied for 50th, 6 points back.
Still anybody’s game folks.
Except Cornelius.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 28, 2011 4:19 AM EDT up reply actions
You might want to add me to that list
Woo 259th!
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Boourns.
I was in the top ten through the whole first round until tonight when I dropped to 26th.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Dangit
I was 6/6 until the last two game sevens.
I've been looking at the sky
by Back In Black on Apr 28, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Another thought:
It’s shitty that Philadelphia and Boston are playing each other, because that means that one of our draft picks is definitely going to be 26th – 30th. Oh well. I guess it also means that one of our picks is definitely not going to be in the top 4.
We should also be cheering like mad for Tampa Bay and Nashville. For each team in the final four that is a non-divisional winner, it bumps down the loser of the Philly Boston series’ pick another notch.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
Yeah, and it doesn’t matter who wins the Det/SJ series because whether Boston or Philly advances, the draft pick of the losing team will remain unchanged, relative to either the Sharks or Wings.
So a Boston loss, combined with a Nashville win and a Tampa win is probably the best scenario for Leafs fans – a 23rd overall pick from Boston and a 28th or worse from Philly.
A Philly loss, combined with a Nashville win and a Tampa win is okay too, netting a 24th overall pick from Philly and a 27th or worse from Boston.
Of course we all know that Nashville, Tampa and Philly will lose, resulting in the worst possible scenario (after more bad news in the next round) – a 26th overall from Philly and a 30th from the Bruins, who never again have to put up with the taunts of “1972” from the Rangers fans on the ESPN boards.
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So it’s your choice – root for the Leafs to score a 23rd/28th or a 24th/27th, but be prepared to draft 26th/30th.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Apr 28, 2011 2:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m refuse to even consider drafting 30th.
Oh, you better believe that's a paddling.
by JP Nikota on Apr 28, 2011 4:04 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, be prepared to get the 26th and 30th picks. I think we all know Burke is too twitchy at the draft to just sit around and wait for his name to be called in the proper order.
Plus he’s already said he’s going to try to move up by packaging the 2 1sts or our early 2nd, but ya we’re not moving up much if he does go that route.
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 28, 2011 4:15 AM EDT up reply actions
If we draft 30th with the Bruins pick, it means we also get a 2012 2nd rounder.
by Leaf in Habland on Apr 28, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, what’s the deal there?
A 2nd rounder if the Bruins make the Finals or the Conference Finals or something?
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Apr 28, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
If Bruins make the Finals or if Kabby re-signs, we get an extra 2nd.
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Considering how Kaberle’s been playing, root for the Bruins
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
Wow what a drop
From contending for the #1 spot to 50th overall. Fuckin’ Pittsburgh.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
I'm giving Twitter another go
by PassivelyTruculent on Apr 28, 2011 1:46 AM EDT reply actions
I was only wrong on two series and I dropped way out. With so many entries you’ve got to be pretty much perfect.
by Draglikepull on Apr 28, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Fucking Game 7s boned me. 1-3. Really, Montreal/Buffalo/Pittsburgh? Fuck you all.
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MON too
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 28, 2011 4:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Whatever. They went up 2-0, lost in OT three times, and rolled the Bruins in EV score-tied possession. A couple of bounces and they win that series going away.
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Were there 272 or 273 entries?
I just noticed that 259th and 260th are both identical PK Sube entries, so either someone’s name and picks got pasted over, or the field just shrunk down to 272 players.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Apr 28, 2011 2:55 AM EDT reply actions
I submitted picks twice because of my shitty internet connection
I are special
"Ironic isn't it, that the very strings I played then are made from the very gut of the animal this song is about" - David McGahan
Some of the funnier votes – Nathan Horton, Tomas Kaberle, Carey Price, Rick Nash, Dwayne Roloson, Scott Hartnell, Corey Crawford, Sidney Crosby, Patrick Sharp.
That was a serious pick, and it wasn’t looking so stupid last night, was it?
Well I guess expecting they could ride him to the SCF maybe was, but I was looking for a home run.
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by McCabe the Martyr on Apr 28, 2011 3:52 AM EDT reply actions
I like Orriginal’s pick for Conn Smythe. Boudreau, Bruce
I am drinking the Kule-aid!
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2nd place bitches
too bad my hedging paid off in this pool, and not my own where there’s actually $$ on the line. god damn.
WE MISS YOU TOMAS
I can’t seem to pick number of games to save my life. I thought I would have been higher picking every winner except for Detroit.
also
Would it be bad form to do a thoroughly detailed fanpost dissecting the incorrect picks that Steve Burtch made to land him in 180th? :P
by A Lindros Jaw on Apr 28, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
He’d probably dig up my transcripts or something and have them posted within the hour, with a complete critical analysis of my academic career as compared to peers of my socioeconomic background.
by A Lindros Jaw on Apr 28, 2011 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions
15th in PPPPPPD1 beating out only Karina, PPP, Chemmy, jrwendelman, and…………….drum roll…………………………Corny in last place again!
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
Trying to decide whether or not to list my cup pick as “No Change”.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
If i list my pick as no change, will it show up as “Buffalo” on the spreadsheet?
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
Ooo, more importantly, will you penalize me if i fix the fact that i put my MVP pick in the wrong format?
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
Yes. What I’m going to do is display picks for all four rounds on the final scoring sheet to keep track of when they picked the cup winner.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
cup pick hedging complete!
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
That’s correct. Keslar Ryan plays for Nashville.
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Question: If I accidentally put my Conn Smythe winner in “First Name Last Name” format last round, but I want to keep it the same for this round, should I enter it in “Last Name, First Name” format, or just enter No Change?
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No Change
If you were to look at the Scoring spreadsheet, I’ve gone through and corrected the Conn Smythe picks for those people incapable of reading and following simple instructions.
The First Certified Grabbo Lover
I can’t believe you went through so much effort to fix everyones mistake
I am drinking the Kule-aid!
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Maybe you should have put in an example, done “last name only”, put the instructions in bright red, etc.
If 50 people do it wrong…
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Hmm, someone seems to have changed my Conn Smythe pick from “Pavel Datsyuk” to “Datsyuk, Pavel”. Well, I’ll change it back for round 2.
President of the Emotional Hedging club.
24/02/2011: I was there when Brett Lebda scored.
How funny would it be if everyone kept changing it back each round.
Kulemin so hot right now, Kulemin.
I'm giving Twitter another go
by PassivelyTruculent on Apr 28, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, 14th.
Also, can’t believe the person in 24th picked Anaheim to win the Cup, but Toews for Smythe.
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Granted, poor Kaberle wasn`t very effective, but does he deserve to be eliminated from the Conn Smythe race already?
Obviously, Pronger does because he’s a douche.
by Spezzal Teams Playa on Apr 28, 2011 9:38 AM EDT reply actions
When you’re billed as a power play specialist and your team plays a seven game series without a PPG, your name isn’t coming up for Conn Smythe.
When your ice time has been cut in half, your name isn’t coming up for Conn Smythe.
When your team leans on Tim Thomas so hard that he’s pretty much the only justifiable Conn Smythe winner barring some 2 PPG tear by a forward, your name isn’t coming up for Conn Smythe.
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by Bower Power on Apr 28, 2011 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
We might have legitimately broken his heart by trading him.
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All he wants to do is help the Leafs get a good pick!
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by Bower Power on Apr 28, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
It’s looking like that.
The Leafs are my Rushmore
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for Colborne and the draft pick. I mean you could have been Jeff freaking Carter and a 1st as well, but no you couldn’t make up your mind. Get bent ya ass.
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Do you prefer Colborne and Boston’s pick this year
Or
Last years rumoured:
Fleischmann, Alzner and a 2nd
I am drinking the Kule-aid!
Certified Kule lover!
Too soon to know if Bust Colborne pans out
/yesitsajokedontfreakout
You can't give up hope just because it's hopeless. You have to hope even harder, cover your ears, and go 'blah blah blah blah blah!'
by nhlcheapshot on Apr 28, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Henceforth, I shall call him Colbust.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
how about bustborne?
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 28, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely not.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
That would make him cry.
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by Plea From A Cat Named Felix on Apr 28, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think I’m going to be spending much time watching Eastern Conference games this series, though I will keep my eye on Wash-Tampa. Overall they’re just so boooooring.
Also, got into a conversation with a Sens fan the other night. Got to hear him whine about how he misses Fisher, so GO PREDS GO.
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He misses Fisher? Like Mike Fisher? Like Carrie Underwood’s husband?
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hahahahaha yes. he got all nostalgic and sad.
Of course this was after whiskey but still no excuse.
I <3 Dueling Watermelons
go shea webeard!
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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 28, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Get ready for the comeback of a lifetime
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2011 10:25 AM EDT reply actions
Better.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2011 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m like 25+ points behind, that’s a bigger deficit.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2011 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
Fun with math time
You’re 17 back of first place. There are 12 points up for grabs this round, 6 in the next, and 3 in the final for a total of 21.
You and the leader both picked Washington in 6 and San Jose in 7 meaning those are 6 points you cannot make up on him.
21-6=15 possible make up point which is less than the 17 you need.
The only possible way for you to win is for your picks of Boston to win the cup and Chara the Conn Smythe to come true.
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 28, 2011 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Change, No
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Doesn’t Rising Urgetokill play for the Flyers?
I've been looking at the sky
by Back In Black on Apr 28, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
First place huh?
I’m going to print those standings and put them on my fridge. All downhill from here!
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by Grabovski's better than you think on Apr 28, 2011 12:03 PM EDT reply actions
In my infinite brilliance I failed to follow simple instructions, again.
Fitting. I jumped on the Flyers bandwagon last night.
I'm just as ridiculous on Twitter
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I did it right this time. Triple checked!
Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah buddy
Tied for 24th! (with, um, 24 other people)
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VAN/WSH/PHI in 6
SJS in 7
Fuck you sideways, Boston.
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