NHL Playoff Pool

[Typhoid]

So here's the deal.

The playoffs start tomorrow, so I definitely won't accept any player lists after Friday at the latest.


This is not a draft-style pool, so you are allowed to have the same players as other people.
All points a player has counts as 1 point to your score.
All goalie wins count as 2 points to your score.
Shutouts count as 5 points to your score.
This is all I will be counting, as I'm doing it manually, and don't want to make this one complicated on myself.

You pick one list of players. If a player's team gets knocked out, he ceases to earn you points. Pick wisely.

Each person will be required to pick the following:

3 goalies
4 defencemen
8 forwards
They can be from any team you wish.
Please PM lists, as not to influence others' picks.
I'll post who-picked-who on/after Friday.

These are direct links to the season stats of each team in the playoffs, and the players on each team.

Washington Capitals:
http://capitals.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Montreal Canadians:
http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/stats....eason=20092010

New Jersey Devils:
http://devils.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Philadelphia Flyers:
http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Buffalo Sabers:
http://sabres.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Boston Bruins:
http://bruins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Pittsburgh Penguins:
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Ottawa Senators:
http://senators.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

San Jose Sharks:
http://sharks.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Colorado Avalanche:
http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Chicago Blackhawks:
http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Nashville Predators:
http://predators.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Vancouver Canucks:
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Los Angeles Kings:
http://kings.nhl.com/club/teamstatsl...rsSingleSeason

Phoenix Coyotes:
http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

Detroit Red Wings:
http://redwings.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

[ZebraRampage]

Sweet, the Flyers won game 1 vs. the Devils. Also, the Penguins lost to Ottawa. Life is pretty awesome today.

[Typhoid]

Dear Members: I would quite enjoy it if you could find a few minutes of your day to pick a handful of players for this. You don't have to like or follow hockey to play, much like the NFL pool - but it just adds friendly competition.

[BreakABone]

Even though don't like the sport, I got to make up ground after losing the NCAA brackets!

[ZebraRampage]

I hope more of you join, especially you Canucks fans. All you have to do is pick 15 players, and not do anymore work, and then we can have more competition. I know there are more hockey fans here.

[Swan]

Doing this just so I can beat Earl

[Dylflon]

Will have my picks in ASAP!!!

(I promise to base my decisions solely from season stats)

[Dylflon]

Results thus far?

[The Germanator]

Wow, the Caps go down. Only Pittsburgh prevented every single lower seed winning in the East. It means the Flyers get to play a seed in the second round that was 4 below their first round team. Pretty wild.

[Typhoid]

Man, that was a good game.
It was statistically (apparently) the 5th biggest upset in NHL history (based on points), and the first time an 8th seed has come back from being down 3-1 in the series to win it.

[Dylflon]

Well that was unexpected. There goes three of my mans.

Who of us won the first round?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

Who of us won the first round?

Probably you - but it's not round by round, so it doesn't matter too much.

I'll do it tomorrow before the first game starts.

[Typhoid]

After Round 1:


Dylflon:
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 8
F- Daniel Sedin (VAN) - 10
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 14
F- Evgeny Malkin (PIT) - 8
F- Patrick Kane (CHI) - 7
F- Jonathon Toews (CHI) - 8
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Niklas Backstrom (WSH) - 9 (Out)
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 2
D- Sergei Gonchar (PIT) - 6
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 5
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
G- Antti Niemi (CHI) - 4 wins/ 2 SO / 18 points
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
Total Points: 118

Typhoid:
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 14
F- Henrik Zetterberg (DET) - 11
F- Evgeny Malkin (PIT) - 8
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 8
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 8
F- Jason Spezza (OTT) - 7 (Out)
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 6
D- Zdeno Chara (BOS) - 3
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
D- Drew Doughty (LA) - 7 (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 105

ZebraRampage:
F- Mike Richards (PHI) - 8
F- Joe Thornton (SJ) - 3
F- Dany Heatley (SJ) - 4
F- Jonathon Toews (CHI) - 8
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 8
F- Henrik Sedin (VAN) - 8
F- Alexander Ovechkin (WSH) - 10 (Out)
F- Niklas Backstrom (WSH) - 9 (Out)
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 5
D- Zdeno Chara (BOS) - 3
D- Dan Boyle (SJ) - 6
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 2
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Jimmy Howard (DET) - 4 wins/ 1 SO / 13 points
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 99

Swan
F- Tomas Holmstrom (DET) - 4
F- Alexandre Burrows (VAN) - 1
F- Jonathan Toews (CHI) - 8
F- Patrick Marleau (SJ) - 3
F- Daniel Sedin (VAN) - 10
F- Henrik Zetterberg (DET) - 11
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 14
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 6
D- Duncan Keith (CHI) - 2
D- Chris Pronger (PHI) - 5
D- Mike Green (WSH) - 3 (Out)
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Jimmy Howard (DET) - 4 wins/ 1 SO / 13 points
G- Ryan Miller (BUF) - 2 wins/ 4 points (Out)
Total Points: 98

BAB
F- Claude Giroux (PHI) - 6
F- Scott Gomez (MTL) - 4
F- Pavel Datsyuk (DET) - 8
F- Ryan Kesler (VAN) - 6
F- Sidney Crosby (PIT) - 14
F- Tomas Vanek (BUF) - 3 (Out)
F- Derek Roy (BUF) - 2 (Out)
F- Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ) - 6 (Out)
D- Alex Goligoski (PIT) - 3
D- Christian Ehrhoff (VAN) - 3
D- Niklas Lidstrom (DET) - 6
D- Mike Mottau (NJ) - 1 (Out)
G- Marc-Andre Fleury (PIT) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Roberto Luongo (VAN) - 4 wins/ 8 points
G- Martin Brodeur (NJ) - 1 win / 2 points (Out)
Total Points: 80

[Bond]

That was a tough game to watch...