Tidbits: Vegas vs. Washington - 2018 Round-by-Round Playoff Prediction Game!

[Wild11MN]

Welcome to the 2018 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.
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Example picks for Round 1 (not mine):
SCF prediction: MIN over PIT in 7
NAS in 4 (obviously)
WIN in 5
ANA in 7
LA in 5

TB in 4
BOS in 6
WAS in 7
PIT in 5

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

Playoff matches for round 1 are as follows:
Nashville vs. Colorado
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota
Anaheim vs. San Jose
Vegas vs. Los Angeles

Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey
Boston vs. Toronto
Washington vs. Columbus
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia

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[Wild11MN]

Well... I'll play. There's usually like 20 people who do this in the first round...

Nashville vs. Colorado - Nashville in 6
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota - Winnipeg in 5
Anaheim vs. San Jose - San Jose in 7
Vegas vs. Los Angeles - Vegas in 6

Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey - Tampa in 5
Boston vs. Toronto - Boston in 6
Washington vs. Columbus - Washington in 7
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia - Pitt in 6

SCF prediction: Boston over San Jose in 6

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Tampa Bay in 5
Boston in 7
Washington in 6
Philly in 7

LA in 7
San Jose in 5
Nashville in 4
Minnesota in 7

Finals: Boston vs San Jose, Boston in 5

the only certainty is uncertainty

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Nashville vs. Colorado - Nashville in 5
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota - Winnipeg in 6
Anaheim vs. San Jose - San Jose in 7
Vegas vs. Los Angeles - LA in 6

Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey - Tampa in 5
Boston vs. Toronto - Boston in 7
Washington vs. Columbus - Columbus in 7
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia - Pitt in 5

SCF prediction: Tampa Bay over Nashville in 7.

 

[kfan22]

Nashville over Colorado in 5
Minnesota over Winnipeg in 6
LA over Las Vegas in 6
Anaheim over San Jose in 7

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

Stanley Cup. Nashville over Tampa in 7

 

[TaLoN]

Nashville in 4
Minnesota in 6
Sharks in 6
Kings in 5

Tampa in 5
Boston in 5
Caps in 6
Pens in 7

SCF: Tampa in 6 over Minnesota

 

[TaLoN]

maybe I have my homer glasses on, but I looked at the field after predicting the Wild somehow overcoming the Jets, and the rest of the field just looked so much more beatable in the West.

I'm not entirely convinced we beat the Jets, they are a tough matchup, but making that pick, I couldn't find the next series loss until the finals. I like our chances against most of the West if we get past the Jets.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

If they can get by the Jets I feel like all other matchups are better. I wouldn't really fear any team from the Pacific too much. I think Wild would have home ice vs. all of them except Vegas, who I don't expect to get that far anyways.

Obviously 2nd round vs. Nashville would be another significant test, but yeah. Something seems wrong with a playoff system that would match the 8th place team in the NHL against teams #2 and 1 in the first two rounds.

 

[TaLoN]

If they can get by the Jets I feel like all other matchups are better. I wouldn't really fear any team from the Pacific too much. I think Wild would have home ice vs. all of them except Vegas, who I don't expect to get that far anyways.

Obviously 2nd round vs. Nashville would be another significant test, but yeah. Something seems wrong with a playoff system that would match the 8th place team in the NHL against teams #2 and 1 in the first two rounds.

I love the format, I wasn't criticising that at all. I was just surprised that after I said Wild over the Jets, I looked at the rest and was like... finals?

 

[W75]

Nashville over Colorado in 6
Minnesota over Winnipeg in 5
Vegas over LA in 7
SJ over ANA in 6

Tampa over New Jersey in 6
Boston over Toronto in 5
WSH over Jackets in 6
Pittsburgh over Philadelphia in 6

Stanley Cup: Nashville over Boston in 6

 

[SMTHook]

Nashville vs. Colorado - Nashville in 5
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota - Minny in 6
Anaheim vs. San Jose - Ducks in 7
Vegas vs. Los Angeles - Kings in 5

Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey - Tampa in 5
Boston vs. Toronto - Toronto in 6
Washington vs. Columbus - Columbus in 7
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia - Pitt in 6

SCF prediction: Nashville over Tampa in 6

 

[Wabit]

maybe I have my homer glasses on, but I looked at the field after predicting the Wild somehow overcoming the Jets, and the rest of the field just looked so much more beatable in the West.

I'm not entirely convinced we beat the Jets, they are a tough matchup, but making that pick, I couldn't find the next series loss until the finals. I like our chances against most of the West if we get past the Jets.

Unless the Avs somehow beat the Preds I agree. NJD and Caps would be the East teams that scares me the most in the Finals.

 

[gphr513]

Nashville vs. Colorado - Nashville in 5
Winnipeg vs. Minnesota - Winnipeg in 6
Anaheim vs. San Jose - San Jose in 7
Vegas vs. Los Angeles - Vegas in 7

Tampa Bay vs. New Jersey - Tampa in 6
Boston vs. Toronto - Toronto in 7
Washington vs. Columbus - Washington in 6
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia - Pittsburgh in 7

SCF prediction: Nashville over Washington in 6

 

[57special]

NSH 5
WPG 6
SJS 7
VGK 7
TB 6
BOS 7
WAS 7
PIT 6

 

[NHL1674]

Preds in 6
Jets in 5
Sharks in 7
Kings in 7

Lightning in 5
Bruins in 6
Caps in 6
Penguins in 5

Finals: Preds over Bruins in 6

 

[2Pair]

Nashville in 5
Minnesota in 6
Anaheim in 7
LA in 6
Tampa Bay in 5
Boston in 7
Columbus in 6
Pittsburgh in 7

SCF Tampa beats Nashville in 6

 

[FVM]

Nashville in 5
Winnipeg in 6
Anaheim in 7
Los Angeles in 6

Tampa in 6
Boston in 6
Washington in 7
Pittsburgh in 5

SCF prediction: Nashville over Boston in 7

 

[Wild11MN]

Who would have guessed the prediction champ would go 8/8 and take the early lead! Boom!

Standings:
Wild11MN - 32
NHL1674 - 29
W75 - 28
57special - 28
gphr513 - 24
Dee Oh Cee - 22
TaLoN - 22
Peter Prohaska - 21
FVM - 18
2Pair - 17
kfan22 - 15
SMTHook - 13

Pick before tomorrow for round 2!

My picks:
Winnipeg over Nashville in 6
San Jose over Vegas in 7
Boston over Tampa Bay in 6
Pittsburgh over Washington in 6

 

[TaLoN]

Nashville in 6
Sharks in 6
Tampa in 5
Pens in 7

 

[57special]

WPG in 7
VGK in 6
Tampa in 7
Pens in 5

 

[2Pair]

Preds in 6
Sharks in 7
Bolts in 6
Pens in 6

 

[W75]

Nashville in 7
Vegas in 6
Tampa in 6
Washington in 7

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Preds in 7
Sharks in 6
Tampa in 7
Caps in 6

 

[Saga of the Elk]

Winnipeg in four.
Las Vegas in four.
Pittsburgh in seven.
Boston in six.

 

[gphr513]

Nashville over Winnipeg in 7
Vegas over San Jose in 7
Boston over Tampa Bay in 6
Pittsburgh over Washington in 5