HF Wings Bracket challenge

[Redder Winger]

Standings After Round 1
TheOtherOne 25
Eastopia 30
Martnez 22
HisNoodliness 32
GoWings 27
NickH8 31
OddBobb 33
Cyborg Yzerman 32
MintberryCrunch 39
Red Stanley 27
BinCookin 22
Redder Winger 35



There are two elements.
1) Fill out your bracket now - the winner of each series plus the # of games it will take - right up to the cup champion. Pick a conn smythe winner.
5 points for a correct choice.
1 bonus point for the #of games (if you pick the right winner)
5 bonus points for picking the cup winner.
5 points for the Conn Smythe winner.

2) Pick as you go. Behind after round 1? You can fight your way back. Ahead and confident? Double down.
In round two, select winners and the # of games.
In round 3, select winners and # of games.
In the finals, select the winner and # of games. Select a conn smythe winner.
5 points for a winner.
1 point for # of games (only if you pick the right winner).
5 points for the Conn Smythe winner.

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[Redder Winger]

Tampa over NJ 5 games
Boston over Toronto 7 games
Washington over Columbus 6 games
Pittsburgh over Philly 6 games
Nashville over Colorado 6 games
Winnipeg over Minnesota 5 games
LA over Vegas, 6 games
Anaheim over SJ 6 games

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Round 2
Nashville over Winnipeg, 6 games
LA over Anaheim 7 games
Boston over Tampa 7 games
Washington over Pittsburgh 7 games
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Conference finalss
Nashville over LA 6 games
Boston over Washington 6 games
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Finals
Boston over Nashville, 7 games.
Marchand Conn Smythe

 

[Red Stanley]

TBL 4 - 1 NJD
BOS 4 - 2 TOR
WSH 3 - 4 CBJ
PIT 3 - 4 PHI

NSH 4 - 1 COL
WPG 4 - 0 MIN
VGK 2 - 4 LAK
ANA 3 - 4 SJS

 

[Redder Winger]

TBL 4 - 1 NJD
BOS 4 - 2 TOR
WSH 3 - 4 CBJ
PIT 3 - 4 PHI

NSH 4 - 1 COL
WPG 4 - 0 MIN
VGK 2 - 4 LAK
ANA 3 - 4 SJS

Take it all the way to the finals!

 

[BinCookin]

NJ over TB 7 games
Boston over Toronto 6 games
Washington over Columbus 6 games
PHI over PIT 6 games
Nashville over Colorado 6 games
Winnipeg over Minnesota 5 games
LA over Vegas, 6 games
Anaheim over SJ 7 games

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Round 2
Nashville over Winnipeg, 6 games
ANA over LA 6 games
Boston over NJ 6 games
WSH over Phi 6 games
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Conference finalss
Nashville over ANA 6 games
WSH over BOS 6 games
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Finals
NSH over WSH, 5 games.
Rinne Conn Smythe

 

[Red Stanley]

Take it all the way to the finals!

Uhh sure ...

Round 2
TBL 2 - 4 BOS Boston's special teams counter Tampa's biggest strength which is the PP.
CBJ 4 - 3 PHI It'll take a strong defensive team to beat the Jackets this year.

NSH 4 - 2 WPG It'll be a really close series, I think, but the experience from last year will help NSH.
SJS 3 - 4 LAK Close and unpredictable. I still think the Sharks are a bunch of chokers, though.

Conf. Finals
BOS 4 - 2 CBJ The Bruins are just better all around.
NSH 4 - 3 LAK LA runs out of gas after two hard series.

Cup Final
NSH 3 - 4 BOS The two best regular season teams duking it out. I picked Boston because I like them more. Plus Rinne may have another meltdown.

Conn Smythe Rask

 

[MintBerryCrunch]

TB over NJ 5 games
BOS over TOR 7 games
WAS over CBJ 5 games
PIT over PHI 6 games
NSH over COL 5 games
WPG over MIN 6 games
VGK over LA, 6 games
ANA over SJ 7 games

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Round 2
NSH over WIN, 7 games
ANA over VGK 6 games
TB over BOS 7 games
WAS over PIT 6 games
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Conference finalss
NSH over ANA 5 games
TB over WAS 6 games
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Finals
NSH over TB, 6 games.
Subban Conn Smythe

 

[Redder Winger]

Nashville in the finals for all 3 so far.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

Tampa over New Jersey in 5
Boston over Toronto in 6
Columbus over Washington in 7
Pittsburgh over Philly in 6

Nashville over Colorado in 4
Winnipeg over Minnesota in 6
Kings over Knights in 6
Sharks over Ducks in 7

Boston over Tampa in 7
Pittsburgh over Columbus in 6

Nashville over Winnipeg in 7
Kings over Sharks in 6

Boston over Pittsburgh in 6

Nashville over Kings in 7

Nashville over Boston in 6.

I think Vasilevsky being tired and Stamkos' injury will prevent them from winning the cup, even though I think they are the best team in the league when 100% healthy. The real eastern conference finals will be Boston vs Tampa in round 2 and the real western conference finals will be Nashville vs Winnipeg in round 2 as well.

 

[Redder Winger]

Another Nashville vote.

 

[Oddbob]

Opening Round:

Tampa over NJ 5 games
Boston over Toronto 6 games
Washington over Columbus 7 games
Pittsburgh over Philly 6 games
Nashville over Colorado 6 games
Winnipeg over Minnesota 5 games
LA over Vegas, 6 games
Anaheim over SJ 6 games

2nd Round:

Tampa over Boston 6 games
Pittsburgh over Washington 6 games
Nashville over Winnipeg 7 games
Anaheim over LA 6 games

Conference Finals:

Tampa over Pittsburgh 6 games
Nashville over Anaheim 7 games

Finals:

Tampa over Nashville 6 games

Conn Smythe: Tyler Johnson

 

[NickH8]

First Round:

East:
TB over NJ 4 games
BOS over TOR 6 games
CBJ over WSH 7 games
PHI over PIT 7 games

West:
NSH over COL 5 games
WPG over MIN 6 games
VGK over LAK 7 games
SJ over ANA 6 games

Second Round:

East:
BOS over TB 7 games
CBJ over PHI 5 games

West:
NSH over WPG 5 games
VGK over SJ 7 games

Conference Finals:

East:
BOS over CBJ 5 games

West:
NSH over VGK 5 games

Stanley Cup Finals:

BOS over NSH 7 games

Conn Smythe: Patrice Bergeron

 

[Redder Winger]

Jesus Christ. Everyone has Nashville in the finals so far.
What are the Vegas odds?

 

[Go Wings]

Tampa in 5
Boston in 4
Columbus in 6
Pittsburgh in 6

Nashville in 5
Winnipeg in 4
LA in 7
Anaheim in 7

Tampa in 6
Pittsburgh in 6

Nashville in 7
LA in 6

Tampa in 7
Nashville in 5

Nashville in 6

 

[NickH8]

Jesus Christ. Everyone has Nashville in the finals so far.
What are the Vegas odds?

They're an easy favorite. They have strong depth at every position. It is possible that the Jets or Golden Knights beat them.

 

[HisNoodliness]

TBL over NJD, 5 games
BOS over TML, 6 games
WSH over CBJ, 7 games
PHI over PIT, 6 games

NSH over COL, 4 games
WPG over MIN, 5 games
LAK over VGK, 6 games
ANA over SJS, 7 games
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TBL over BOS, 7 games
WSH over PHI, 5 games

WPG over NSH, 7 games
ANA over LAK, 7 games
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TBL over WSH, 5 games
WPG over ANA, 6 games
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TBL over WPG, 6 games
Hedman Conn Smythe

 

[HisNoodliness]

Jesus Christ. Everyone has Nashville in the finals so far.
What are the Vegas odds?

Didn't even realize everyone did this as I made mine without looking through everyone else's. Sorry for breaking the streak. I think the Jets can take them as last year's long season catches up with the Preds.

 

[Red Stanley]

Didn't even realize everyone did this as I made mine without looking through everyone else's. Sorry for breaking the streak. I think the Jets can take them as last year's long season catches up with the Preds.

Now that the streak is over, the bracket challenge rebuild can truly begin.

 

[Martinez]

1st Round
New Jersey over Tampa Bay, 7 games
Boston over Toronto, 6 games
Columbus over Washington, 7 games
Pittsburgh over Philadelphia, 6 games

Nashville over Colorado, 5 games
Winnipeg over Minnesota, 5 games
Los Angeles over Vegas, 6 games
Anaheim over San Jose, 7 games

2nd round
Boston over New Jersey, 5 games
Pittsburgh over Columbus, 6 games

Nashville over Winnipeg, 6 games
Los Angeles over Anaheim, 7 games

3rd Round
Boston over Pittsburgh, 7 games
Nashville over Los Angeles, 7 games

Stanley Cup Final
Nashville over Boston, 7 games
Conn Smythe Pekka Rinne

 

[Eastopia]

Round 1

Nashville over Colorado in 4
Winnipeg over Minnesota in 6
Los Angeles over Vegas in 6
Anaheim over San Jose in 5

Tampa Bay over New Jersey in 7
Boston over Toronto in 6
Washington over Columbus in 5
Pittsburgh over Philadelphia in 5

Round 2

Nashville over Winnipeg in 5
Los Angeles over Anaheim in 7

Boston over Tampa Bay in 6
Pittsburgh over Washington in 7

Round 3

Nashville over Los Angeles in 7

Boston over Pittsburgh in 6

Final

Boston over Nashville in 6

[ Conn Smythe winner: Patrice Bergeron ]

 

[Redder Winger]

Time's running out

 

[TheOtherOne]

So I'm just gonna pick my preferences and see how it goes. You don't have to give me a trophy since I'm starting late.

Tampa over NJ - haven't really developed any hate for Tampa somehow, so might as well cheer for Stevie
Boston over Toronto - i always kinda liked Boston as a second favorite. Also, f*** Toronto.
Columbus over Washington - they're my local team now, might as well embrace it
Philly over Pittsburgh - because obviously f*** Pittsburgh
Nashville over Colorado - i like Nashville and have family there
Winnipeg over Minnesota - don't care
Vegas over LA - best story of the season
Anaheim over SJ - eh, screw both those teams

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Round 2
Nashville over Winnipeg
Vegas over Anaheim
Boston over Tampa
Columbus over Philly
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Conference finalss
Vegas over Nashville
Columbus over Boston
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Finals
Vegas over Columbus
Karlsson Conn Smythe


Some of that's probably out of order or something. Maybe I'll fix it later.

 

[Redder Winger]

Get your picks in for Round 2
TheOtherOne 25
Eastopia 30
Martnez 22
HisNoodliness 32
GoWings 27
NickH8 31
OddBobb 33
Cyborg Yzerman 32
MintberryCrunch 39
Red Stanley 27
BinCookin 22
Redder Winger 35

 

[Redder Winger]

Capitals over Pittsburgh in 7 (This series kills me every year)
Predators over Jets in 7
Boston over Tampa in 7
Sharks over Vegans in 6 (Vegas kills me all the time)

What a f***ing great 2nd round.
3 awesome series.
Don't really care about Vegas-Sharks.

Funny that hardly anyone got Vegas or Sharks right in round 1.

 

[HisNoodliness]

Capitals over Penguins in 7
Lightning over Bruins in 7
Jets over Preds in 7
Knights over Sharks in 6

This round is going to be amazing hockey.