The Nemesis
Semper Tyrannus
With the draft lottery less than a week away, I thought we could have some fun with the lottery. Here's the idea:
Everyone picks 5 teams they think will land a high 1st round draft position from the lottery. Once the lottery happens, we can see who did the best at pegging the big winners. That will be done as follows:
1) each participant gets X points for each team they chose, where X corresponds to that team's draft position. Therefore the person with the lowest score wins.
For example: if person A picks the 5 teams that pick 3rd, 9th, 15th, 16th, and 24th, he scores a total of 67. If person B gets the 5 teams that pick 2nd, 9th, 12th, 14th, and 29th, he scores 66. Thus, person B is the winner.
2) in the case of ties, a tiebreaker will be awarded to the lowest average from the 3 highest picks (ie persons a & b each score 70. a's top 3 teams are the 2nd, 9th, and 12th selecting teams, while b's top 3 are the 3rd, 10th, and 11th selecting teams. a's average is 7.67, while b's is 8.00, so a wins)
3) in the unlikely event that this still produces a tie, the person with the single highest pick wins. If this still leads to a tie, then we go to the higher of each person's second highest team, and so on.
4) to make things a little less predicable, you can only pick a maximum of 2 of the 4 3-ball teams (NY Rangers, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and Buffalo).
5) Since we have all the tiebreakers, you can pick teams that other people have picked, but you obviously don't want to have all 5 teams the same.
Got it?
I'll start by picking NY Rangers, San Jose, Minnesota, Washington, and Edmonton.
Of course I'm too cheap to put up any sort of cash prize for the winner, so I guess whoever wins just gets bragging rights, unless someone can suggest something agreeable, like the winner gets to write something to serve as the signature of all the losing participants until the NHL season begins, or the winner gets to choose an avatar for the last place person to use for a month, or something like that.
good luck to anyone who wades through all my babbling and enters.
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Entries
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1) The Nemesis: Rangers, Sharks, Wild, Capitals, Oilers
2) think/blue: Blue Jackets, Rangers, Sharks, Blackhawks, Flyers
3) Oil3ers: Oilers, Sabres, Avalanche, Islanders, Blackhawks
4) Legionnaire: Kings, Wild, Oilers, Sabres, Canadiens
5) Ott=Snott: Flames, Avalanche, Red Wings, Sharks, Blues
6) Malakian #13: Kings, Rangers, Sabres, Panthers, Flames
7) Boredmale: Rangers, Kings, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Thrashers
8) TomACE: Penguins, Blue Jackets, Predators, Kings, Maple Leafs
9) jumptheshark: Rangers, Kings, Lightning, Predators, Blue Jackets
10) Gwyddbwyll: Penguins, Flyers, Captials, Canadiens, Rangers
11) Helicecopter: Rangers, Blackhawks, Sabres, Kings, Coyotes
12) NJDevils#4: Rangers, Wild, Blackhawks, Bruins, Kings
13) JF: Rangers, Sabres, Devils, Blackhawks, Coyotes
14) Champben2002: Sens, Rangers, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Penguins
15) Fake Plastic Sabre: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Senators, Capitals
16) dkball7: Devils, Islanders, Penguins, Leafs, Oilers
17) Hockeyman28: Blue Jackets, Devils, Panthers, Sabres, Blackhawks
18) 19Bruins19: Rangers, Wild, Kings, Thrashers, Panthers
19) GoLeafsGo2003: Rangers, Blackhawks, Oilers, Coyotes, Maple Leafs
20) Fisher: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Islanders, Lightning
21) Tatoo: Rangers, Penguins, Blackhawks, Oilers, Flames
22) heatley wanted: Rangers, Canadiens, Oilers, Bruins, Thrashers
23) Dan McGillis 03: Kings, Sabres, Sharks, Blackhawks, Blues
24) Jag68Vlady27: Sabres, Oilers, Thrashers, Rangers, Penguins
25) Steadfast: Rangers, Sabres, Kings, Predators, Canadiens
26) Crosby87: Rangers, Blue Jackets, Kings, Panthers, Senators
27) Lecherous: Sabres, Blue Jackets, Wild, Flames, Canadiens
28) DARTH SATHER: Rangers, Oilers, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Kings
29) CanadienDude: Rangers, Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Kings
30) Al3x: Penguins, Sabres, Panthers, Blackhawks, Wild
31) GlueleG: Lightning, Bruins, Red Wings, Coyotes, Devils
32) dakdak: Red Wings, Hurricanes, Wild, Avalanche, Stars
33) smoothskater: Sabers, Rangers, Predators, Blackhawks, Blues
34) Shadow: Rangers, Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Bruins
35) Unholy Driver: Stars, Rangers, Penguins, Predators, Mighty Ducks
36) Bergeron47: Rangers Penguins, Oilers, Canadiens, Sharks
37) the_gman83: Blackhawks, Thrashers, Flames, Oilers, Panthers
38) Tricolore#20: Canadiens, Rangers, Flames, Canucks, Oilers
39) Cup2Sens: Rangers, Blackhawks, Panthers, Maple Leafs, Senators
40) MiamiScreamingEagles: Penguins, Sabres, Oilers, Ducks, Capitals
41) MrKnowNothing: Kings, Stars, Islanders, Devils, Oilers
42) Grapeshine: Sabres, Flames, Thrashers, Blackhawks, Bruins
43) Scintillating: Canadiens, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Flames, Penguins
44) Sveiglar: Devils, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Bruins, Kings
45) TGallant: Rangers, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Wild, Blackhawks
46) The Albino: Oilers, Sabres, Canadiens, Mighty Ducks, Rangers
47) Jozef Balej: Sabres, Rangers, Blackhawks, Panthers, Canadiens
48) CornKicker: Oilers, Sabres, Coyotes, Panthers, Penguins.
49) Budscweizer16: Rangers, Penguins, Canadiens, Bruins, Oilers
50) acadienboy: Canadiens, Rangers, Flames, Lightning, ?????
51) Barnaby: Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Oilers, Sabres
52) Blew Smoke: Rangers, Red Wings, Avalanche, Canadiens, Kings
53) Minnesota Norse Star: Flames, Penguins, Oilers, Wild, Lightning
54) toad quraishi: Coyotes, Panthers, Maple Leafs, Kings, Blackhawks
55) hossua34: Blackhawks, Wild, Rangers, Sabres, Flames
56) Peca Fan: Senators, Kings, Rangers, Maple Leafs, Devils
57) Douggy: Rangers, Sabres, Oilers, Kings, Capitals
58) Gamblor: Penguins, Sabres, Mighty Ducks, Flames, Coyotes
59) Mr. HoCKeY: Blue Jackets, Canadiens, Kings, Sabres, Flames
60) bit82: Sabres, Penguins, Blue Jackets, Rangers, Flames
61) Almothegreat: Oilers, Devils, Sabres, Blackhawks, Red Wings
62) The Great One: Rangers, Sabres, Hurricanes, Wild, Blackhawks
63) Weaponomega: Bruins, Blues, Blackhawks, Panthers, Wild
64) Oilers112: Sabres, Penguins, Oilers, Blue Jackets, Kings
65) Montrealer: Canadiens, Penguins, Sabres, Panthers, Canucks
66) Freezerburn: Coyotes, Rangers, Sabres, Sharks, Oilers
Entries in Italics are invalid (they have more than 2 of the 4 teams with 3 lottery balls in them). Teams in bold are the ineligible ones. Invalid teams may be replaced up until Friday at 12am (according to Sportsnet, the lottery and BoG ratification meeting are on Friday)
Everyone picks 5 teams they think will land a high 1st round draft position from the lottery. Once the lottery happens, we can see who did the best at pegging the big winners. That will be done as follows:
1) each participant gets X points for each team they chose, where X corresponds to that team's draft position. Therefore the person with the lowest score wins.
For example: if person A picks the 5 teams that pick 3rd, 9th, 15th, 16th, and 24th, he scores a total of 67. If person B gets the 5 teams that pick 2nd, 9th, 12th, 14th, and 29th, he scores 66. Thus, person B is the winner.
2) in the case of ties, a tiebreaker will be awarded to the lowest average from the 3 highest picks (ie persons a & b each score 70. a's top 3 teams are the 2nd, 9th, and 12th selecting teams, while b's top 3 are the 3rd, 10th, and 11th selecting teams. a's average is 7.67, while b's is 8.00, so a wins)
3) in the unlikely event that this still produces a tie, the person with the single highest pick wins. If this still leads to a tie, then we go to the higher of each person's second highest team, and so on.
4) to make things a little less predicable, you can only pick a maximum of 2 of the 4 3-ball teams (NY Rangers, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and Buffalo).
5) Since we have all the tiebreakers, you can pick teams that other people have picked, but you obviously don't want to have all 5 teams the same.
Got it?
I'll start by picking NY Rangers, San Jose, Minnesota, Washington, and Edmonton.
Of course I'm too cheap to put up any sort of cash prize for the winner, so I guess whoever wins just gets bragging rights, unless someone can suggest something agreeable, like the winner gets to write something to serve as the signature of all the losing participants until the NHL season begins, or the winner gets to choose an avatar for the last place person to use for a month, or something like that.
good luck to anyone who wades through all my babbling and enters.
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Entries
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1) The Nemesis: Rangers, Sharks, Wild, Capitals, Oilers
2) think/blue: Blue Jackets, Rangers, Sharks, Blackhawks, Flyers
3) Oil3ers: Oilers, Sabres, Avalanche, Islanders, Blackhawks
4) Legionnaire: Kings, Wild, Oilers, Sabres, Canadiens
5) Ott=Snott: Flames, Avalanche, Red Wings, Sharks, Blues
6) Malakian #13: Kings, Rangers, Sabres, Panthers, Flames
7) Boredmale: Rangers, Kings, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Thrashers
8) TomACE: Penguins, Blue Jackets, Predators, Kings, Maple Leafs
9) jumptheshark: Rangers, Kings, Lightning, Predators, Blue Jackets
10) Gwyddbwyll: Penguins, Flyers, Captials, Canadiens, Rangers
11) Helicecopter: Rangers, Blackhawks, Sabres, Kings, Coyotes
12) NJDevils#4: Rangers, Wild, Blackhawks, Bruins, Kings
13) JF: Rangers, Sabres, Devils, Blackhawks, Coyotes
14) Champben2002: Sens, Rangers, Sabres, Blue Jackets, Penguins
15) Fake Plastic Sabre: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Senators, Capitals
16) dkball7: Devils, Islanders, Penguins, Leafs, Oilers
17) Hockeyman28: Blue Jackets, Devils, Panthers, Sabres, Blackhawks
18) 19Bruins19: Rangers, Wild, Kings, Thrashers, Panthers
19) GoLeafsGo2003: Rangers, Blackhawks, Oilers, Coyotes, Maple Leafs
20) Fisher: Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Islanders, Lightning
21) Tatoo: Rangers, Penguins, Blackhawks, Oilers, Flames
22) heatley wanted: Rangers, Canadiens, Oilers, Bruins, Thrashers
23) Dan McGillis 03: Kings, Sabres, Sharks, Blackhawks, Blues
24) Jag68Vlady27: Sabres, Oilers, Thrashers, Rangers, Penguins
25) Steadfast: Rangers, Sabres, Kings, Predators, Canadiens
26) Crosby87: Rangers, Blue Jackets, Kings, Panthers, Senators
27) Lecherous: Sabres, Blue Jackets, Wild, Flames, Canadiens
28) DARTH SATHER: Rangers, Oilers, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Kings
29) CanadienDude: Rangers, Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Kings
30) Al3x: Penguins, Sabres, Panthers, Blackhawks, Wild
31) GlueleG: Lightning, Bruins, Red Wings, Coyotes, Devils
32) dakdak: Red Wings, Hurricanes, Wild, Avalanche, Stars
33) smoothskater: Sabers, Rangers, Predators, Blackhawks, Blues
34) Shadow: Rangers, Sabres, Blackhawks, Oilers, Bruins
35) Unholy Driver: Stars, Rangers, Penguins, Predators, Mighty Ducks
36) Bergeron47: Rangers Penguins, Oilers, Canadiens, Sharks
37) the_gman83: Blackhawks, Thrashers, Flames, Oilers, Panthers
38) Tricolore#20: Canadiens, Rangers, Flames, Canucks, Oilers
39) Cup2Sens: Rangers, Blackhawks, Panthers, Maple Leafs, Senators
40) MiamiScreamingEagles: Penguins, Sabres, Oilers, Ducks, Capitals
41) MrKnowNothing: Kings, Stars, Islanders, Devils, Oilers
42) Grapeshine: Sabres, Flames, Thrashers, Blackhawks, Bruins
43) Scintillating: Canadiens, Blue Jackets, Blackhawks, Flames, Penguins
44) Sveiglar: Devils, Blackhawks, Blue Jackets, Bruins, Kings
45) TGallant: Rangers, Penguins, Maple Leafs, Wild, Blackhawks
46) The Albino: Oilers, Sabres, Canadiens, Mighty Ducks, Rangers
47) Jozef Balej: Sabres, Rangers, Blackhawks, Panthers, Canadiens
48) CornKicker: Oilers, Sabres, Coyotes, Panthers, Penguins.
49) Budscweizer16: Rangers, Penguins, Canadiens, Bruins, Oilers
50) acadienboy: Canadiens, Rangers, Flames, Lightning, ?????
51) Barnaby: Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, Rangers, Oilers, Sabres
52) Blew Smoke: Rangers, Red Wings, Avalanche, Canadiens, Kings
53) Minnesota Norse Star: Flames, Penguins, Oilers, Wild, Lightning
54) toad quraishi: Coyotes, Panthers, Maple Leafs, Kings, Blackhawks
55) hossua34: Blackhawks, Wild, Rangers, Sabres, Flames
56) Peca Fan: Senators, Kings, Rangers, Maple Leafs, Devils
57) Douggy: Rangers, Sabres, Oilers, Kings, Capitals
58) Gamblor: Penguins, Sabres, Mighty Ducks, Flames, Coyotes
59) Mr. HoCKeY: Blue Jackets, Canadiens, Kings, Sabres, Flames
60) bit82: Sabres, Penguins, Blue Jackets, Rangers, Flames
61) Almothegreat: Oilers, Devils, Sabres, Blackhawks, Red Wings
62) The Great One: Rangers, Sabres, Hurricanes, Wild, Blackhawks
63) Weaponomega: Bruins, Blues, Blackhawks, Panthers, Wild
64) Oilers112: Sabres, Penguins, Oilers, Blue Jackets, Kings
65) Montrealer: Canadiens, Penguins, Sabres, Panthers, Canucks
66) Freezerburn: Coyotes, Rangers, Sabres, Sharks, Oilers
Entries in Italics are invalid (they have more than 2 of the 4 teams with 3 lottery balls in them). Teams in bold are the ineligible ones. Invalid teams may be replaced up until Friday at 12am (according to Sportsnet, the lottery and BoG ratification meeting are on Friday)
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