Attention All GM's: 2011 HFNHL Playoff Pool

Hey Gents,

The playoff pool returns again this year, making it the 4th annual.

Get your pools in pronto because you will not have much time to do it. In order to start the playoffs promptly, you will have about 3 days to get it in!

Here are the Rules:

1. All General Managers are to submit their bracket to me at [email protected] by Friday, April 29 at 11:59 p.m EST. All submissions should contain the message title "HFNHL Playoff Pool Bracket - General Manager Name"
2. Their will be no fee to participate in order to encourage maximum participation. However there will be a prize. The prize will be $1,000,000 inserted into your team's finances.
3. Remember that when you are doing your team selections, in the next round the lowest seed will always play the highest seed
4. Scoring for Team predictions is as follows…
1 Point for first round
2 Points for second round
3 Points for third round
5 Points for Stanley Cup Winner
5. As a tie breaker please include the number of games in total the Stanley Cup winning team will play (somewhere between 16-28)

I've attached the bracket as a JPEG and as a Word document.

 

Also, thought I'd add that Matt Kowalchuk has won this thing two years in a row. Let's not let him win again folks.

 

Picks sent. A somewhat surprising bracket in the West for me.

 

Done.

 

Sent

 

Sent.

If Kowalchuk wins again, when he's the second seeded Eastern Conference team, that's some weird karma thing going on. It's easy to do these when you don't have to select your own team to win or lose.

 

Sent doubt ill win but guess ill find out

 

Sent. Let's go Canucks

 

Done.

How many of you bet against your own team like I did?

 

sent

 

<raises hand>

 

sent

 

OK, so far I have pools from...

WSH
MIN
SJ
EDM
VAN
NSH
ANA
BUF
DAL
STL
NYR
BOS
OTT
CGY
LAK
NYI
COL
FLA
CBJ
DET
NJD
PHI
MTL
PIT
CHI
CAR

If you've sent it to me and you're not on this list, send it again!

 

Did you send the bracket in just to play the reverse karma card? ;-)

 

Sent. For giggles I called the number of games for each series.

 

Sent

 

Basically. But I have attempted numerous karma gambit's over the last 5 years and none have worked, so whadyagonnado.

 

Nick, this your year to go all the way and I have picked your team to win in 7 games against the Islanders in 7 games.

 

That won't work - he's losing to Columbus in 7, didn't you get the memo?

 

Actually I think he's losing to Vancouver in 6 or 7 in the 2nd round.

 

Reminder that these are due tonight.

The above list is now updated with who I've received from.

Still nothing from the defending playoff pool champ (two times running).

 

PIT sent

 

sent

 

Updated to reflect everything I've received. Great participation this year.

 

Even better than the All-Star Game voting! ;-)