NPPG: 2021 Playoff Thread

[Jonesey]

You've got me picking the Caps twice... I think that one should be my pick of the habs

shhh... haha

 

[Jonesey]

 

[PredsV82]

Well nice to see I'm doing better than the two people who didnt play.....

 

[AnalogKid]

Well nice to see I'm doing better than the two people who didnt play.....

I like how the two guys stinking up the joint are playing each other!

 

[Adz]

One of my picks is out with Covid. That's soooooo 2020, David.

 

[Jonesey]

One of my picks is out with Covid. That's soooooo 2020, David.

And you’re still crushing me.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Well nice to see I'm doing better than the two people who didnt play.....

It can't be that....OMG! Even I'm beating you! ME!

 

[Jonesey]

 

[herzausstein]

got some really close matches right now.

 

[BigFatCat999]

Hey Jumbo, I'm catching up!

 

[Jonesey]

 

[Jonesey]

So many close battles.

The first round of the NHL playoffs will not be over before the second round starts. Therefore, if you have a chance to advance, please post a roster and series predictions before the first game of Round 2 tomorrow.

 

[Armourboy]

How do we pick series when we don't even know who is in some of them? Just wait til we know?

 

[Jonesey]

How do we pick series when we don't even know who is in some of them? Just wait til we know?

So far we know it's NYI vs BOS and TBL vs CAR

Tonight is game 7 of MIN vs VGK so the winner of tonight's game gets COL

What's tricky is the MTL vs TOR series that has game 6 on Saturday, with game 1 of NYI vs BOS also on Saturday.

The winner of MTL vs TOR plays WPG so you can wait and pick that series once decided.

 

[Predsanddead24]

If we want to pick a player from MTL/TOR can we choose an alternate in the case their team gets eliminated?

 

[Armourboy]

Pastrnak-McKinnon-Stamkos

Hedman-Mcavoy

Grubauer

Isles in 6
Tampa in 5
Colorado in 6
added Jets in 6

 

[herzausstein]

Pastrnak - McKinnon - Stamkos
Maker - McAvoy
Rask

Boston in 6
Tampa in 6
Colorado in 5
WPG in 7

Now because I've done this, Toronto will beat Montreal in game 7 and I'll lose round 1.

 

[Jonesey]

If we want to pick a player from MTL/TOR can we choose an alternate in the case their team gets eliminated?

Absolutely.

 

[Predsanddead24]

Aho-Rantanen-Matthews
Hedman-Hamilton
Hellebuyck

Wheeler backup if no Matthews

Avs in 6
Lightning in 7
Islanders in 6
Jets in 7

 

[Jonesey]

These should be correct:

NPPG Scenarios
1 v 16 - Predsanddead24 advances.
8 v 9 - Neither has a player remaining so it comes down to the series results. If Minnesota wins game 7, Sparkle Twin advances. If Vegas wins game 7, Armourboy advances.
4 v 13 - Jonesey advances as Adz has 0 players left and cannot catch up on series points.
5 v 12 - Both players have the same player left. If Toronto wins the series, AnalogKid advances. If Montreal wins the series, PredsV82 advances.
3 v 14 - bdub 24 advances.
6 v 11 - Scoresberg has 2 players remaining, both playing tonight. If Minnesota wins, Scoresberg advances regardless of player performance.
2 v 15 - BigFatCat999 trails by 25 points with Marner and Price left to play. Series predictions are the same.
7 v 10 - herzausstein has one player remaining (Mark Stone). Legionnaire can only win if Toronto wins the series in 7 games and Stone has 0 or 1 point tonight.

 

[PredsV82]

Damn you McDavid.

Looks like the only way I win is if the Habs come back and beat the Leafs

Lol Jonesey must have posted just as I did

 

[Armourboy]

Hard to believe in the end Sparkle and I come down to a pick between Minnesota and Vegas. Bleh.

 

[Adz]

Congratulations, Jonesey. That was what I'd figured out, as well.

FWIW, I had no points from Shea Theodore the year I picked him, too. He just goes silent in the playoffs, I guess.

 

[Legionnaire11]

I didn't want McDavid in the first round, but when Herzausstein picked him I felt like I couldn't risk him going off and me getting blown out... Should have trusted my gut.

 

[herzausstein]

I didn't want McDavid in the first round, but when Herzausstein picked him I felt like I couldn't risk him going off and me getting blown out... Should have trusted my gut.

I went with mcdavid out of fear that the oilers would find a way to eff things up. I figured if they were to get eliminated in the first round I’d Atleast get some mcpoints. Little did I know just how much the oilers would eff it up