2023 NHL Playoff Pool (1 Viewer)

[IC FBGCav]

Danault for awmars

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Yeah, not sure what I was looking at, considering I finished 3rd and didn't go BPA last year.

I blame Northern Voice's beer.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Rud> payment sent to your PayPal

@Aaron Rudnicki When you pay out for the regular season leeg, just take my $40 out of that. Thanks!

 

[kupcho1]

Seed	Conf	Team	Count	G	F	D
1	East	BOS	15	1	11	3
1	East	CAR	6	1	3	2
2	East	NJD	10	1	8	1
2	East	TOR	7	1	5	1
3	East	NYR	11	1	9	1
3	East	TBL	8	1	5	2
WC1	East	NYI	1	0	1	0
WC2	East	FLA	5	0	4	1
1	West	COL	9	1	5	3
1	West	VGK	12	1	9	2
2	West	DAL	10	1	8	1
2	West	EDM	10	1	6	3
3	West	LAK	5	0	5	0
3	West	MIN	3	0	3	0
WC1	West	SEA	4	0	3	1
WC2	West	WPG	4	0	3	1
	= Team G selected		120	10	88	22

Brock Nelson is a lonely fellow.

 

[kupcho1]

Rud> payment sent to your PayPal

@Aaron Rudnicki When you pay out for the regular season leeg, just take my $40 out of that. Thanks!

Yeah, unless it complicates the accounting use 3rd place/free Cav money for my playoff fees.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Team Players taken
BOS 15
VGK 12
NYR 11
DAL 10
EDM 10
NJD 10
COL 9
TBL 8
TOR 7
CAR 6
FLA 5
LAK 5
WPG 4
SEA 4
MIN 3
NYI 1


EAST 63
WEST 57

surprising to see Vegas with the 2nd most players taken.


amwars - 3 from BOS, 7 other teams represented
Brasky - 4 from TOR, 6 other teams represented
Cav - 3 from TBL, 5 other teams represented
ChemX - 6 from DAL, 2 other teams represented (BOS, VGK)
Dickie Dunn - 5 from COL and NJD, other 2 from SEA
Foos - 6 from VGK, 5 from TBL, 1 from BOS (Pastrnak)
kupcho - 6 from NYR, 5 from EDM, 1 from VGK (goalies)
Rudnicki - 3 from NYR, 6 other teams represented
Thorn - 8 from BOS, 2 from COL and VGK
Zegras - 3 from EDM, LAK, NJD and 2 other teams represented

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

based on this list from NHL.com, these were top-100 players not taken (I think):


Eriksson Ek, MIN
Horvat, NYI
Ehlers, WPG
Doughty, LAK
Dobson, NYI
K.Miller, NYR
L.Hughes, NJD
Barzal, NYI
Ekblad, FLA
Teravainen, CAR
Girard, COL
Bunting, TOR

I also thought Evan Rodrigues may be a sneaky pick if he sticks on the top line in Colorado.

goalies that went undrafted:
FLA, LAK, WPG, SEA, MIN, NYI

players taken by series:
NYR/NJD: 21
BOS/FLA: 20
VGK/WPG: 16
EDM/LAK: 15
TOR/TBL: 15
COL/SEA: 13
DAL/MIN: 13
CAR/NYI: 7

 

[Chemical X]

i decided to take only bruins in the east and then committed to dallas after the avalanche goaler was taken before me. to hedge, i found that vgk had some decent options available late. got sniped on stone round 11, he could be sneaky good if his back doesn’t break. i mean, they won 51 games somehow.

 

[Bill Brasky]

based on this list from NHL.com, these were top-100 players not taken (I think):


Eriksson Ek, MIN
Horvat, NYI
Ehlers, WPG
Doughty, LAK
Dobson, NYI
K.Miller, NYR
L.Hughes, NJD
Barzal, NYI
Ekblad, FLA
Teravainen, CAR
Girard, COL
Bunting, TOR

where is Toffoli?

 

[IC FBGCav]

based on this list from NHL.com, these were top-100 players not taken (I think):


Eriksson Ek, MIN
Horvat, NYI
Ehlers, WPG
Doughty, LAK
Dobson, NYI
K.Miller, NYR
L.Hughes, NJD
Barzal, NYI
Ekblad, FLA
Teravainen, CAR
Girard, COL
Bunting, TOR

where is Toffoli?

With Cheechoo.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Too bad Brasky drafted the NYI Aho by mistake, huh?

 

[Chemical X]

where’s that awful and confusing stat site we use link?

 

[Zegras11]

where’s that awful and confusing stat site we use link?

we're playing on cbs?

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

this website seems worse than ever. I'm struggling with it so may not be ready until tomorrow.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

think I got everything entered. should be ready soon.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

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[kupcho1]

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[Aaron Rudnicki]

I got an email that you were added.

kupcho1 has now been added as a team owner for team kupcho1 in pool ffa2023.

 

[Zegras11]

GO KINGS GO

 

[kupcho1]

I think I broke McDavid.

 

[Thorn]

Four players last night. Zero points.

 

[Foosball God]

Going to be a short pool for me. I should have remembered that Vegas always makes me lose money.

 

[Zegras11]

@Aaron Rudnicki sent you a venmo

 

[Chemical X]

fyi, i have no idea what the abbreviations mean. what is a red exclamation point? prw? this is so confusing.

 

[kupcho1]

fyi, i have no idea what the abbreviations mean. what is a red exclamation point? prw? this is so confusing.

PRW means players remaining on teams that are ahead (and maybe tied) in their series

I think the exclamation point means the player is the highest scorer in the round he was taken

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

My guys are having a night. Nice goal by Kaner.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I might have missed it in the rules … how many points do you get when one of your players get suspended for knocking one of your other players out of the series?

 

[IC FBGCav]

Can the losers from the regular season pay the people I lost too please for my bet? Can the winners reply to this please?

 

[IC FBGCav]

Once this is done, the rest of the losers can send to Rude please.

 

[Chemical X]

we’re all losers

 

[Dickie Dunn]

I might have missed it in the rules … how many points do you get when one of your players get suspended for knocking one of your other players out of the series?

I also forgot to mention that another one of my players got escorted from his team hotel on the day of a game and no one knows where the hell he is. I should get Chet or Cav money just for the creativity.

 

[Chemical X]

wish i got mark stone in round 10, but dadonov is doing ok.

i didnt see myself having 9 players advance and not the bruins, as of yet.

 

[IC FBGCav]

wish i got mark stone in round 10, but dadonov is doing ok.

i didnt see myself having 9 players advance and not the bruins, as of yet.

Chode

 

[Chemical X]

like i said, knowing the scores 6 hours in advance is a big help.

 

[kupcho1]

1st round report card

Draft Pos	Owner	Total	PRW
8	Chem X	182	9
5	Cav	175	8
6	Brasky	164	8
1	kupcho1	155	6
3	Rudnicki	150	6
4	Thorn	137	2
7	Dickie Dunn	124	7
9	Zegras11	122	7
2	Foosball God	110	6
10	Awmars1269	99	5

Best pick (so far): 4.03 Chem X / Roope Hintz / F / DAL
Hintz with 29 in the 1st round edges out Draisaitl who was taken in the 1st.

Worst pick: 3.04 Thorn / Hampus Lindholm / D / BOS with a 0.00
Timo Meier also with the goose egg, but still has time to rectify.

Really tight at the top, but weird. Chem X has 9 players left, but all from the West. Brasky with 8, all from the East.

I've have to imagine there were a lot of happy people last night when the Devils knocked the Rangers out. Otherwise, I'd have advanced 12.

Here's what has to happen to maximize each of our chances to have players in the final (and how many players that would be):
Chem X = 6 (Stars)
Cav = 4 (any combination of 2 each from Oilers/Stars and Panthers/Hurricanes)
Brasky = 4 (Leafs)
kupcho1 = 5 (Oilers)
Rudnicki = 3 (2 from Leafs/Panthers and 1 from either Stars or Kraken)
Thorn = 2 (Golden Knights)
Dickie Dunn = 7 (Devils v Kraken)
Zegras11 = 6 (Oilers v Devils)
Awmars1269 = 3 (Hurricanes v Kraken)

I think my chances are slim as they rely on a Kraken 4 shutout sweep.

 

[Thorn]

I had 12 advancing until two Game 7 OT losses. :deadbanana:

 

[kupcho1]

2nd round ...

Draft Pos	Owner	Total	PRW
8	Chem X	287	9
5	Cav	258	6
1	kupcho1	235	1
6	Brasky	228	3
3	Rudnicki	191	3
9	Zegras11	183	1
7	Dickie Dunn	177	0
2	Foosball God	174	6
10	Awmars1269	153	2
4	Thorn	151	2

Gotta believe this is @Chemical X 's world and we're just living in it.
Cav has a nice point total and 6 players remaining, but his best case scenario is 4 in the final with 2 of them being from DAL. Unfortunately for Cav, he'd be facing 6 Stars from Chem X. That, and being almost 30 points behind probably seals this for the mischievous monkey. (Alternatively, its FLA/CAR v VGK in which case Chem X has 3 VGK and likely a commanding lead.)

This could be the earliest win since @Parmcat taking 12 TBL a few years back.

Congrats!

 

[rockaction]

Whoever drafted Tkachuk, good work. Wasn't he like a last pick or something? Aaron said something about it being weird a hundred point scorer went so late.

Anyway, good luck to everybody.

 

[kupcho1]

Conference Finals

Draft Pos	Owner	Total	PRW
8	Chem X	346	3
5	Cav	289	2
1	kupcho1	257	1
6	Brasky	246	1
2	Foosball God	233	6
3	Rudnicki	216	2
9	Zegras11	193	0
7	Dickie Dunn	177	0
4	Thorn	162	2
10	Awmars1269	157	0

There might still be a battle for 2nd place (and we're only paying top two) between Cav and Foos. Foos' 6 put up 59 in this last round while Cav's 2 Panthers put up 24 (I'm ignoring Benn, Seguin and Skjei as they're done). Cav's got a 56 point lead but it isn't insurmountable.

Best pick (so far): 4.03 Chem X / Roope Hintz / F / DAL with 58 points, but he's out so let's say 6.06 Cav / Matthew Tkachuk / F / FLA who has 56 and is still alive; plus he was taken 2+ rounds later.

 

[Foosball God]

My biggest mistake was trying to diversify and take the Lightning goalies instead of just going all in on Vegas.

 

[kupcho1]

My biggest mistake was trying to diversify and take the Lightning goalies instead of just going all in on Vegas.

You could have waited forever and still got them as it turns out.
Pick of the draft: 12.10 kupcho1 / Golden Knights / G / VGK

But I came in 4th so I'd have to say the real pick of the draft was 6.06 Cav / Matthew Tkachuk / F / FLA which helped propel him into 2nd place.
(Cav should have taken all comers in this format and raked big time.)

Congrats again to @Chemical X - good call on loading up for the Western Conference final A new strategy emerges.

And thanks again to @Aaron Rudnicki for running this thing. Please let me know where the accounting stands (between payment owed for this, finishing 3rd in the regular season and Cav money, I have no idea where I'm at).

 

[kupcho1]

Also, just based on my pre-draft rankings, projections and expectations
Best outperform (on a ppg basis) was Evan Bouchard / D / EDM
Worst underperform* (again, on a ppg basis) was Kirill Kaprizov / F / MIN

* ignores injuries/games not played on the per game denominator

 

[Foosball God]

Congrats ChemX and Tripod!

 

[Chemical X]

My biggest mistake was trying to diversify and take the Lightning goalies instead of just going all in on Vegas.

You could have waited forever and still got them as it turns out.
Pick of the draft: 12.10 kupcho1 / Golden Knights / G / VGK

But I came in 4th so I'd have to say the real pick of the draft was 6.06 Cav / Matthew Tkachuk / F / FLA which helped propel him into 2nd place.
(Cav should have taken all comers in this format and raked big time.)

Congrats again to @Chemical X - good call on loading up for the Western Conference final A new strategy emerges.

And thanks again to @Aaron Rudnicki for running this thing. Please let me know where the accounting stands (between payment owed for this, finishing 3rd in the regular season and Cav money, I have no idea where I'm at).

still can’t believe my boston 3 didn’t win a round. also can’t believe a vgk 51 win team was largely ignored. i was all over mark stone late in this and got sniped big time. glad i didn’t need him.

edit to say i passed on stone round 10 for dadonov, took wyatt johnston 11 and i would’ve went stone there. he was questionable while we were drafting.