Here's how you play:

For each matchup, you must pick a team and the number of games.

If you get the right team, you get 2 points.
If you get the right number of games, you get 2 points.
If you are off the number of games by +/- 1, you get 1 point.

(for those that don't know...each series is a best of 7 series...so you MUST win 4 games to advance)

For example, if I say "Dallas over Anaheim in 6" and Dallas wins in 7, I get 2 points for the right team and 1 point for being off by 1 game. If I say Minnesota over Colorado in 6 and the Aves win the series in 6, I get 2 points for picking the right number of games - but 0 for picking the wrong team.

You MUST make your Round 1 picks before round 1 starts. Round 2 will allow you to make all new picks.

There is a 5 point bonus question...that you must pick PRIOR to the first game of round 1....who do you pick as the Stanley Cup Winner right now? You CANNOT change this pick. But, if you're right, you get 5 points added to your final score.


Questions?

Round 1 Matchups are: (I've put the team's seed in parentheses. Detroit is the #1 seed, Nashville is #8)



Western Conference:
(1) Detroit vs (8) Nashville
(2) San Jose vs (7) Calgary
(3) Minnesota vs (6) Colorado
(4) Anaheim vs (5) Dallas

Eastern Conference:
(1) Montreal vs (8) Boston
(2) Pittsburgh vs (7) Ottawa
(3) Washington vs (6) Philadelphia
(4) New Jersey vs (5) New York Rangers


First game is Wednesday night...all picks for round 1 AND the SC Bonus MUST be in before 6PM Eastern Time.

Deadwings over Nashville in 4 games
Sharks over Calgary in 6
Mild over 'lanche in 6
Stars!! over the Sucks in 6

Habs over Bahston in 5
Penguins over Les Senateurs d'Ottawa in 7
Caps over Broad Street Bullies in 7
Rangers upset the Antichrist in 6

The Red Army looks too tough.

[whimper]Detroit Rock City for the Cup.

***shoot me now***

For the entire season, I will do the exact opposite of tomphoolery's picks

Ok, now that someone else has posted...here's mine:

Detroit over Nashville in 5
San Jose over Calgary in 6
Minnesota over Colorado in 6
Dallas over Anaheim in 7

Montreal over Boston in 4
Ottawa over Pitt in 6
Washington over Philly in 6
Ranger over NJ in 7


And, unfortunately, I too have to pick the Wings to win it all this year.

We can do that....

But...

How many games and who's your pick to win The Cup?

Whyyyy.. I oughta pound you one.

Ugh ok well, same number of games as tomphoolery, and I know this is contradictory, but Pittsburgh to win it all.

West
1) Detroit over Nashville in 6
2) San Hose over Calgary in 5
3) Minnesota over Colorado in 6
4) Dallas over Anaheim in 7

East
1) Montreal over Boston in 6
2) Pittsburgh over Ottawa in 5
3) Washington over Philly in 6
4) Rangers over NJ in 6

Pens to win it all

Here are my picks:

Wings over Predators in 5
Sharks over Flames in 6
Avalanche over Wild in 7
Stars over Ducks in 7

Canadiens over Bruins in 5
Penguins over Senators in 5
Flyers over Capitals in 7
Rangers over Devils in 6

I would like to say that the Flyers are going to win the cup because I am a fan and I am in la-la land.

Montreal over Boston in 5
Pitt over Ottawa in 5
Philly over Washington in 7
Rangers over NJ in 6

Detroit over Nashville in 4
Calgary over San Jose in 7
Minnesota over Colorado in 6
Dallas over Anaheim in 6

Stanley Cup Winner : Montreal Canadiens (of course !)

I know nothing aboot hockey but I'll channel gretsky for a moment and say:

(1) Detroit over Nashville in 5
(2) Calgary over San Jose in 6
(3) Minnesota over Colorado in 6
(4) Anaheim over Dallas in 7

Eastern Conference:
(1) Montreal over Boston in 6
(2) Ottawa over Pittsburgh in 7
(3) Washington over Philadelphia in 6
(4) New York Rangers over New Jersey in 7

My pick to win the cup is Calgary.

*sniff* the Oil are out *sniff*

Western Conference:
(1) Detroit vs (8) Nashville
Deadwings in 4
(2) San Jose vs (7) Calgary
Lames in 6
(3) Minnesota vs (6) Colorado
Nordiques in 7
(4) Anaheim vs (5) Dallas
Can't they both lose? Dallas in 5

Eastern Conference:
(1) Montreal vs (8) Boston
Habs in 4
(2) Pittsburgh vs (7) Ottawa
Snottawa in 7
(3) Washington vs (6) Philadelphia
Penguins in 6
(4) New Jersey vs (5) New York Rangers
Rangers in 5

Since the Oil are out *whimper,* I think the Habs will finally bring Stanley back to Canada. Ooohh, I don't know, I also want to pick the Lames. I'll submit my final answer before the playoffs start tomorrow.

edit: As much as it pains me to say this, I'm going to say the Lames will win.

Hurtin' Albertans, FTW!

You have about 10 hours to join in on the fun! You don't need to know much about hockey....just take a wild-ass-guess!

East:
Montreal in 5
Ottawa in 6
Washington in 6
New Jersey in 5

West:
Detroit in 5
Calgary in 7
Minnesota in 4
Anaheim in 7


And the Stanley goes to: Les Canadiens de Montréal!!

Can I just say Minnesota to win it all?

You can say it...but it doesn't mean you're participating in this contest....

Well, with the Sens out I'm out two points!

With 1 series complete (Pittsburgh sweeps Ottawa in 4 games), here's the current round 1 standings:

clscott645: 3
theclansman: 3
wildminou: 3
TomPhoolry: 2
chinook: 0
dollyllama: 0
Icepigs: 0
Moe: 0
TundraMonkey: 0

Woo-Hoo!!

I'm gonna getcha TCM and Wild!! I'm gonna get you!!

hehe :P

There are still 3 series left unfinished:

In the West:
San Jose and Calgary are tied at 3 games each.

In the East:
Philadelphia is up 3 games to 2 over Washington
Boston and Montreal are tied at 3 games each

And there are 5 series that are done:

In the West:
Colorado beats Minnesota in 6 games
Detroit beats Nashville in 6 games
Dallas beats Anaheim in 6 games

In the East:
Pittsburgh beats Ottawa in 4 games.
NY Rangers beats New Jersey in 5 games.


With that - here are the standings (with only the 5 completed series accounted for)

clscott645: 15
theclansman: 15
wildminou: 14
TomPhoolry: 13
chinook: 12
Icepigs: 10
dollyllama: 8
Moe: 7
TundraMonkey: 6


Here are the standings with the San Jose/Calgary and Boston/Montreal games at 7 since we know there will be a winner in 7 games. These do NOT include the winners (obviously) of those two games NOR any points at all from Philly/Washington.

clscott645: 16
theclansman: 16
wildminou: 16
TomPhoolry: 14
chinook: 13
Icepigs: 11
dollyllama: 10
Moe: 8
TundraMonkey: 8