Stanley Cup Finals - 2017 Round-by-Round Playoff Prediction Game

[Wild11MN]

Welcome to the 2017 Playoff Prediction Game thread! This thread will be a round-by-round format where you pick both the series winner and the series length, one round at a time.

Rules:

1. Each round, pick the winning team of each series and the length of the series. Points awarded:

• 3 points for correctly guessing the team to win the series
• 2 points for correctly guessing the length of the series (if you also got team correct)
• 1 point for correctly guessing the length of the series (and guessed the wrong team)

2. Also, before the first round, you can guess the following: the teams to meet in the Stanley Cup Finals, the winner of the Stanley Cup Finals, and the length of the series. Point awarded are as follows:

• 4 points for correctly guessing a team in the Stanley Cup Finals (so 8 points for both)
• 5 points for correctly guessing the Stanley Cup champion
• 2 points for correctly guessing series length (regardless of who wins)

3. Tiebreakers are points from your original SCF guess before the playoffs began. The next tiebreaker is points earned in the SCF round, then the Conference finals, etc.

Round 3 Standings:
Generic User - 44
TaLoN - 37
LeafSadist - 36
Lapa - 35
Monaakko - 34
gphr513 - 33
NHL1674 - 32
MN_Gopher - 29
Peter Prohaska - 27
Wild11MN - 25
W75 - 24
Digitalbooya - 22
BigT2002 - 21
MoeTheHobo - 17
hirawl - 16
WILDTATE10 - 15
Avder - 14
MNRube - 12
Sharppi - 11
THE JAM - 11
AKL - 9

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Example picks for Round 1 (not mine):
SCF prediction: MIN over PIT in 7
MIN in 4
CHI in 7
ANA in 5
EDM in 5

WAS in 7
PIT in 4
MTL in 4
OTT in 7


Get your picks in by 6pm Wednesday night for Round 1!

Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Chicago vs. Nashville
Minnesota vs. St. Louis
Anaheim vs. Calgary
Edmonton vs. San Jose

Washington vs. Toronto
Pittsburgh vs. Columbus
Montreal vs. NY Rangers
Ottawa vs. Boston

Click to read more...

 

[Sharppi]

SCF: WAS over ANA in 6

MIN in 6
CHI in 6
ANA in 7
SJS in 7

WAS in 5
CBJ in 7
NYR in 6
BOS in 4

 

[Wild11MN]

MIN in 6
CHI in 6
ANA in 7
SJS in 7

WAS in 5
CBJ in 7
NYR in 6
BOS in 4

Don't forget to pick the Stanley Cup Finals round as well!

 

[Sharppi]

Don't forget to pick the Stanley Cup Finals round as well!

Thanks for the reminder.

 

[MNRube]

Minnesota over St. Louis (6)
Chicago over Nashville (6)
San Jose over Edmonton (6)
Anaheim over Calgary (7)

Montreal over New York (7)
Washington over Toronto (5)
Columbus over Pittsburgh (7)
Ottawa over Boston (6)

SCF: Minnesota over Washington (7)

 

[Lapa]

Minnesota over St Louis in 6
Chicago over Nashville in 5
Edmonton over San Jose in 7
Anaheim over Calgary in 5

New York over Montreal in 7
Washington over Toronto in 4
Pittsburgh over Columbus in 5
Boston over Ottawa in 6

SCF: Pittsburgh over Minnesota in 6

 

[W75]

Minnesota over St Louis in 7
Nashville over Chicago in 6
San Jose over Edmonton in 6
Calgary over Anaheim in 7

Montreal over New York in 5
Washington over Toronto in 5
Pittsburgh over Columbus in 6
Ottawa over Boston in 7

SCF: Minnesota over Washington in 7

 

[Monaakko]

Wild over Blues in 5
Predators over Blackhawks in 7
Oilers over Sharks in 6
Flames over Ducks in 7

Canadiens over Rangers in 6
Capitals over Maple Leafs in 5
Penguins over Blue Jackets in 4
Bruins over Senators in 7

SCF: Wild over Capitals in 6

 

[Digitalbooya]

Wild over Blues in 6
Blackhawks over Predators in 6
Oilers over Sharks in 6
Flames over Ducks in 7

Rangers over Canadiens in 7
Maple Leafs over Capitals in 7
Penguins over Blue Jackets in 6
Bruins over Senators in 6

Cup: Wild over Penguins in 7. Game 7 score: 5-4 in OT.

 

[Avder]

Chicago over Nashville in 5
Minnesota over St. Louis in 6
Anaheim over Calgary in 5
San Jose over Edmonton in 7

Washington over Toronto in 4
Pittsburgh over Columbus in 7
Montreal over NYR in 5
Ottawa over Boston in 6

SCF: Wild over Capitals in 6.

 

[LeafSadist]

CHI in 6
MIN in 6
ANA in 7
EDM in 7

WAS in 5
MTL in 7
OTT in 7
PIT in 6

SCF: CHI over PIT in 7

 

[BigT2002]

SCF: WAS over CHI in 6

MIN in 5
CHI in 5
ANA in 7
EDM in 5

WAS in 4
PIT in 6
NYR in 6
OTT in 5

 

[gphr513]

Oh yeah, I forgot about this game!

Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Chicago in 6
Minnesota in 7
Anaheim in 5
Edmonton in 7

Washington in 5
Pittsburgh in 6
Montreal in 7
Ottawa in 7

SCF: Chicago over Pittsburgh in 7

 

[TaLoN]

Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Chicago in 4
Minnesota in 6
Anaheim in 5
Edmonton in 7

Washington in 4
Pittsburgh in 5
NY Rangers in 6
Boston in 7

SCF: Chicago over Washington in 6

 

[THE JAM]

Chi in 6
Min in 6
Ana in 6
SJ in 6

Was in 5
Pit in 7
Mon in 6
Bos in 4

SCF: MIN beats BOS 4-1

 

[Generic User]

Minnesota over St. Louis (6)
Chicago over Nashville (7)
Edmonton over San Jose (7)
Anaheim over Calgary (6)

Montreal over New York (6)
Washington over Toronto (6)
Pittsburgh over Columbus (7)
Ottawa over Boston (6)

SCF: Chicago over Montreal (6)

 

[WILDTATE10]

Chicago over Nashville in 6
Minnesota over St. Louis in 7
Anaheim over Calgary in 7
San Jose over Edmonton in 6

Washington over Toronto in 5
Pittsburgh over Columbus in 7
NY Rangers over Montreal in 6
Boston over Ottawa in 7

SCF: Washington over Chicago in 6

 

[MN_Gopher]

MN 5
CHI 6
ANH 5
EDM 6

NY 6
WAS 4
PITT 5
OTT 7

SCF WAS over EDM in 5

 

[hirawl]

MIN 6
NSH 5
ANA 6
EDM 6

MON 5
WSH 6
CBJ 7
BOS 7

SCF: MIN over MON 7

 

[Wild11MN]

I have zero sense of most of these series this year. Absolutely no idea what's going to happen.

Chicago over Nashville in 7
Minnesota over St. Louis in 6
Anaheim over Calgary in 5
Edmonton over San Jose in 6

Washington over Toronto in 6
Columbus over Pittsburgh in 7
Montreal over NYR in 5
Boston over Ottawa in 7

SCF: Chicago over Montreal in 5.

 

[NHL1674]

Hawks in 6
Blues in 6 (sadly)
Ducks in 6
Sharks in 7

Caps in 5
Pens in 7
Rangers in 5
Bruins in 6

SCF: Hawks over Pens in 6

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Chicago in 7
Wild in 7
Sharks in 7
Anaheim in 6

Washington in 5
Pittsburgh in 6
Rangers in 7
Bruins in 6

Capitals over Ducks in 5

 

[TaLoN]

Tie breaker suggestion... if you get points on the pre- playoffs guess for the SCF, considering that is the most difficult prediction in the game, shouldn't that be the first overall tie breaker?

 

[MoeTheHobo]

Minnesota over St. Louis (6)
Chicago over Nashville (5)
San Jose over Edmonton (7)
Anaheim over Calgary (6)

New York over Montreal (7)
Washington over Toronto (5)
Pittsburgh over Columbus (6)
Ottawa over Boston (6)

SCF: Minnesota over Pittsburgh (7)

 

[Wild11MN]

Tie breaker suggestion... if you get points on the pre- playoffs guess for the SCF, considering that is the most difficult prediction in the game, shouldn't that be the first overall tie breaker?

Yeah, I like that. I'll change it in the OP when I have time, but head's up to everyone else.