Pool: Yard's 2nd Annual WJC Pool - SF Updated!

[TheYardMachine]

Here is the standings after the Day 4 updated!

Standings
GrandLarseny	22
Nairolfi	19
VanillaCoke	18
CBatesy	18
TheYardMachine	18
Goldenhands	17
Christien	15
JiCi	14
MaKarter	12
FinPanda	12

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

@GrandLarseny is staying on top!

 

[Oberyn Martell]

I am coming for ya

 

[TheYardMachine]

Here is the standings after Day 5!

Standings
VanillaCoke	27
GrandLarseny	27
JiCi	26
Christien	25
Nairolfi	24
MaKarter	24
CBatesy	22
TheYardMachine	22
Goldenhands	21
FinPanda	17

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[FinPanda]

Wow this looks like a close pool. I am missing out from the fun..

 

[Goldenhands]

I knew I shouldnt have picked Ville Granola... This kid is going to bust...

 

[FinPanda]

I knew I shouldnt have picked Ville Granola... This kid is going to bust...

What do you mean? He has been excellent.

 

[TheYardMachine]

What do you mean? He has been excellent.

He probably means that 1 assist against 2 bad teams and a weakened Germany is pretty bad stats wise

 

[TheYardMachine]

Here is the standings after Day 6!

Standings
GrandLarseny	32
Christien	32
Nairolfi	31
CBatesy	31
VanillaCoke	28
TheYardMachine	28
MaKarter	27
Goldenhands	27
JiCi	26
FinPanda	18

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[GrandLarseny]

Man oh man this is one competitive pool, fun but bad for my heart. I've had more flops than I was hoping for in my picks so I'm kind of surprised where I've been the past few days but fingers crossed my guys stay productive.

 

[TheYardMachine]

Man oh man this is one competitive pool, fun but bad for my heart. I've had more flops than I was hoping for in my picks so I'm kind of surprised where I've been the past few days but fingers crossed my guys stay productive.

Yup haha its very close so far

 

[Goldenhands]

My finns are killing me, Lundell doing ok, but that whole FIN team was just not very good this year, my reasoning was that the Finns were in a weaker group and hopefully would score much more than they did, should have picked Zegras instead and shouldnt have picked Heinola at all, which one Im not a fan of as a prospect, but when you are pencilled to quarterback the top PP unit, one would expect more than 1 tiny point after 4 games... Jarventie, I didnt like him much as a prospect from the little I saw,, but he produced nicely in Liga and was pencilled to play on the top line with Lundell, so once again, I should have trusted my feeling about a kid Im not a fan of...

Anyway, Im not in the race anymore, so good luck for the rest of the tournament guys...

 

[TheYardMachine]

Here is the standings after Day 7!

Standings
Christien	37
Nairolfi	37
GrandLarseny	36
CBatesy	33
JiCi	32
MaKarter	31
TheYardMachine	31
VanillaCoke	30
Goldenhands	28
FinPanda	19

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[GrandLarseny]

Down by 1 point but I'm still sitting here trying to figure out how the IIHF doesn't give an assist to Cam York on Zegras' goal that gave the US a 2-0 lead. The play went Zegras, to York, back to him, then over to Faber who shoots it and misses the net before Zegras puts it in.

No big deal guys... but if they don't fix it I got forensic experts waiting to pounce

 

[TheYardMachine]

Down by 1 point but I'm still sitting here trying to figure out how the IIHF doesn't give an assist to Cam York on Zegras' goal that gave the US a 2-0 lead. The play went Zegras, to York, back to him, then over to Faber who shoots it and misses the net before Zegras puts it in.

No big deal guys... but if they don't fix it I got forensic experts waiting to pounce

Haha idk why iihf often have trouble giving assists to the good guys

 

[TheYardMachine]

Here is the standings after the QF!

It's gonna be a tight battle at the top until the end!

Standings
Christien	44
GrandLarseny	42
Nairolfi	42
MaKarter	37
CBatesy	37
JiCi	34
TheYardMachine	34
VanillaCoke	32
Goldenhands	30
FinPanda	22

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[TheYardMachine]

The teams total and the standings have been updated after the semis!

We are all set for a great final day with a tight place for podiums spot!
Here we are before the final games:

Standings

GrandLarseny	48
Nairolfi	47
Christien	45
CBatesy	43
MaKarter	42
VanillaCoke	40
JiCi	38
TheYardMachine	36
Goldenhands	35
FinPanda	23

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

The breakdown for remaining players for everyone goes like this:

GrandLarseny	3F, 2D, 1G (Piiroinen)
Nairolfi	2F, 1G (Levi)
Christien	4F, 2D, 1G (Askarov)
CBatesy	5F, 3D, 0G
MaKarter	4F, 3D, 1G (Knight)
VanillaCoke	5F, 3D, 0G
JiCi	3F, 3D, 0G
TheYardMachine	3F, 1D, 1G (Gauthier)
Goldenhands	5F, 3D, 1G (Wolf)
FinPanda	6F, 2D, 0G

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Let's hope we get some great games to close this tournament and good luck to everyone for the last day!

Pavel Novak has been added as an replacement player on JiCi's team since Pytlik was rules out of the tournament and only played 1 game.

 

[TheYardMachine]

Updated standings with 1 game left!

Standings
GrandLarseny	50
Nairolfi	48
Christien	45
CBatesy	44
MaKarter	42
VanillaCoke	40
JiCi	38
TheYardMachine	37
Goldenhands	37
FinPanda	24

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

GrandLarseny keep his lead and he has a great lineup for the final with Cozens, Turcotte, Sanderson and York!

 

[GrandLarseny]

Devon Levi is the one who scares me haha, but I'm cheering for my boys nevertheless. Hopefully my players don't disappoint!

 

[TheYardMachine]

The results are in and...
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Congratulations to @GrandLarseny for his win in this 2021 WJC pool!

I will post the final standings tomorrow and recount everything to make sure its ok!

 

[GrandLarseny]

I've been at these WJC pools for a while now and the highest I've ever finished was 2nd so it feels awesome to finally take the title this year! Shout out to the two runner ups for an incredibly tight and competitive battle this year. Lets do it again next year haha. And of course, thanks a lot for hosting and running things @TheYardMachine!

 

[TheYardMachine]

Rosters are updated and here is the final standings!

	Standings
1	GrandLarseny	51
2	Nairolfi	48
T3	Christien	45
T3	MaKarter	45
5	CBatesy	44
T6	VanillaCoke	41
T6	JiCi	41
T8	TheYardMachine	37
T8	Goldenhands	37
T10	FinPanda	24

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Thanks everyone for your participation and congratulations again to @GrandLarseny for his glorious triumph!

Hope to see you join again next year!

 

[Oberyn Martell]

Thanks for hosting this whole thing and congrats for the win. Last year I was 3rd now 2nd so you all know what is coming next year

 

[FinPanda]

What a horrible result for me. Thanks for hosting and I hope next year I'll do better. Happy about team Finland going home with a medal though.

 

[Christien]

Thanks for hosting this @TheYardMachine, looking forward to another great tournament next time around!

 

[Goldenhands]

Congrat @GrandLarseny, you made great picks and a deserved win! Thx @TheYardMachine for hosting, you made it very enjoyable once again... Hopefully we are all back next year.