2017-2018 March Towards Lord Stanley's Cup

[El Camexican]

Jake Fawking Allen can kiss my arse.

Pretty Swed night for you eh.

Colorado SUCKS IT, GO BLUES!!!!!

[bkm]

Pretty Swed night for you eh.

Colorado SUCKS IT, GO BLUES!!!!!

Imagine that, Hutton starts and the Blues win. All we have to do is win in regulation or get it to overtime and they're in. It's still not a certainty though so I'm not counting my chickens.

[El Camexican]

Imagine that, Hutton starts and the Blues win. All we have to do is win in regulation or get it to overtime and they're in. It's still not a certainty though so I'm not counting my chickens.

It will be the best game to watch tomorrow... unless Chicago brings their accountant to Winnipeg.

[bkm]

Go Jets!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to put the kiss of death on your team Nico!

[El Camexican]

Thanks, not worried about a curse this year.

Allen and the Ruskie both got hurt, yikes, what a way to go down sucking for air at a mile high. Tough break, but even if they’d won tonight it would have been a hard way to start the playoffs without those guys.

Assuming they both make it to the second round Winnipeg VS Nashville should be worth watching. I hope the altitude in Denver sucks the life out of the Preds and forces 7 games in that series.

[bkm]

I'm honestly glad it's over. This was the most uninspiring team I can remember in the last 20 years.

[El Camexican]

It’s that time again. Same rules as last year. Ladders are below. You have till puck drop prior to any series start to make any changes to your picks.

HOW TO PLAY:
As always anyone can play. Gather points by picking winners using the method of your choice. Don’t worry if you haven’t kept up with hockey this season, or even if you don’t know anything about hockey, just make your picks and say your prayers.

POINTS SYSTEM:
As with previous years I will post a list of pairings for each round. Participants will copy paste and post the list as well as type in a winner and how many of the scheduled 7 games they feel it will take for their pick to get to 4 wins, but again this year to lessen the chance of a tie there are additional points for those who wish to pick Conference winners and a Cup winner at the onset of the playoffs for 5 extra points of each correct Conference pick and 10 for the Cup winner to be added to your totals at the end of the playoffs. If you have any doubt as to how critical these advance picks can be, just ask Mr. Keister.

- Pick your Conference winners (5 points each) and Cup winner (10 points) for up to 20 points
- The first round awards 1 point for picking a winner and 1 point for picking how many games it took the selected team to win the series. Max points for the first round is 16
- The second round awards 2 points for picking a winner and 2 points for picking how many games it took the selected team to win the series. Max points for the second round is 16
- The third round awards 4 points for picking a winner and 4 points for picking how many games it took the selected team to win the series. Max points for the third round is 16
- The final awards 8 points for picking the winner and 8 points for picking how many games it took the selected team to win the series. Max points for the second round is 16


Here are the pairings for the 2018 Challenge.


WEST
Central
Predators VS Avalanche
Jets VS Wild
Pacific
Knights VS Kings
Ducks VS Sharks

EAST
Metropolitan
Capitals VS Blue Jackets
Penguins VS Flyers
Atlantic
Lightning VS Devils
Bruins VS Leafs

Good luck to all!

[bkm]

WEST

Central

Predators VS Avalanche: Preds in 5

Jets VS Wild: Jets in 6

Pacific

Knights VS Kings: Kings in 7

Ducks VS Sharks: Ducks in 7

EAST

Metropolitan

Capitals VS Blue Jackets: Caps in 6

Penguins VS Flyers: Pens in 6

Atlantic

Lightning VS Devils: Ning in 5

Bruins VS Leafs: Bears in 7

Western Conference: Preds
Eastern Conference: Ning

Cup Winner: Preds

[Aulbaugh]

WEST
Central
Predators VS Avalanche - Preds in 4
Jets VS Wild - Jets in 6

Pacific
Knights VS Kings - Knights in 7
Ducks VS Sharks - Mighty Ducks in 7

EAST
Metropolitan
Capitals VS Blue Jackets - Blue Jackets in 6
Penguins VS Flyers - Penguins in 7

Atlantic
Lightning VS Devils- Lightning in 5
Bruins VS Leafs- Bruins in 7


Western conference winner: Preds
Eastern conference winner: Penguins
Lord Stanley Cup winner: Preds

[hublake]

What bracket are the Red Wings in?

[El Camexican]

What bracket are the Red Wings in?

I don’t know about a bracket, but I heard Helm has a tee time of 10:00 at Larders on the Red.

[El Camexican]

WEST
Central
Predators VS Avalanche - Preds in 6
Jets VS Wild - Jets in 5
Pacific
Knights VS Kings - Knights in 6
Ducks VS Sharks - Sharks in7

EAST
Metropolitan
Capitals VS Blue Jackets - Caps in 5
Penguins VS Flyers - Pens in 6
Atlantic
Lightning VS Devils - Bolts in 6
Bruins VS Leafs - Bruins in 6

West - Jets
East - Bruins
Stanley Cup - Jets

[Aulbaugh]

I'm taking a chance on the Predators bringing out the broom first round! Maybe they can run it back like last years first round.

[keister]

WEST
Central
Predators in 6
Jets in 7
Pacific
Knights in 5
Sharks in 7

EAST
Metropolitan
Capitals in 6
Penguins in 5
Atlantic
Lightning in 5
Leafs in 7

[keister]

If I may editorialize a bit.

I like the two interstate rivalries. The all California series should be very competitive and compelling.
As for the all Pennsylvania series. We LOVE remind our friends to the east that few of us were alive last time the Flyers won the cup.

I think the Boston / Toronto will be the best series of the first round. Should be some very fun hockey in that one!

Fleury now has a chocolate statue erected in his honor. How will he perform in these playoffs.
And as always, I hope that caveman lookalike in Washington trips over his own skates and s his pants.