Well, it took long enough, but I finally got an Eastern series right. Figures that it’d be the last one, since the only other one I got was the first.
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| 4-3 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-1 |
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| 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 |
| 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | W-L |
| 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | GO |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | PS |
| 8-6 | 11-3 | 8-6 | 10-4 | W-L |
| 29 | 23 | 34 | 33 | GO |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | PS |
I can’t win now, but my record of six perfect predictions is safe, at least. On to the main event.
You will notice a couple of distinct patterns here after two rounds:
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| 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 4-2 |
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| 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 4-3 |
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| 4-2 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-0 |
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| 4-2 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-0 |
| 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-1 | W-L |
| 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | GO |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | PS |
| 6-6 | 9-3 | 7-5 | 9-3 | W-L |
| 27 | 23 | 28 | 27 | GO |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | PS |
One, either I get a series perfectly or not at all: five of my six correct predictions were bang on the money. Two, I’ve pretty much nailed the West (a brain-fart in DET-PHX away from being perfect) and have no clue about the East (1-5, the only winner being the WSH-NYR gimme). So given that, take what I say about the West as gospel, and what I say about the East as utter nonsense.
You will also notice that Matt’s picks are once again late. Never trust a Campbell. [Edit: They're there now.]
I love Game 7s. Except when the team I pick to win a series loses three out of four.
| Doogie | Hoop | Matt | Gerard | Result |
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| 4-3 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 |
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| 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 4-2 |
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| 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 4-0 |
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| 4-2 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-2 |
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| 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 | 4-1 |
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| 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 |
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| 4-2 | 4-1 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 |
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| 4-2 | 4-3 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 4-3 |
| 4-4 | 7-1 | 5-3 | 6-2 | W-L |
| 15 | 11 | 18 | 16 | GO |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | PS |
Somehow, I picked three series perfectly and only got four right altogether. One of those was a total brain cramp (Really? Phoenix?), but the rest were such total crapshoots. Two were one-goal games, one in OT. Ah, well, enough of the excuses. Time to make up ground in round two. Somehow.
Welcome to the fourth annual SNN Predicts series of articles (fifth overall, if you count the 2004 version done on the forums, lost to the mists of time but notable for the fact that I went 0-4 in series involving the Flames), in which we act like we know what we’re talking about and make our (mostly) blindingly obvious predictions, with a shocking amount of success, considering some mainstream reporters usually wind up under .500 by the time the Stanley Cup is finally awarded somewhere around Canada Day. The East was actually remarkably stable this year, with all the positions pretty much staying the same through the final couple of weeks, despite a hard charge from Carolina down the stretch. Meanwhile, out West, seeds 4-9 were decided by putting all the teams into a blender, hitting “purée,” and seeing what came out: thus how Anaheim mysteriously wound up with home-ice advantage. Countdown to the first article pronouncing Vancouver “Canada’s team,” and urging Canadians to root them to “our” first Stanley Cup since 1993? Let’s say T minus ten days. (You will note that I jacked most of that intro from last year’s post. I figure why mess with a good thing?)
Editor’s Note: Matt’s picks are going up late, because he’s screwing the pooch really busy at work. So I present the other three, and will edit his in whenever he gets around to giving them to me. [Ed: And now they're up.]
Editor’s Note #2: Picks may be late, considering Round #2 starts tomorrow and I have a presentation to prepare for on Friday morning. I may write postmortems for all the series on the weekend or something, or I may get distracted by a shiney.
It’s back! The ex-Oilers and ex-Habs trackers are here again for 2010, covering all the free-agency moves and minor-league goaltending you can handle. Note that I’m only adding people who made their respective NHL rosters, though I’m keeping the rest in hand in case they get called up later in the year (exception: Sheldon Souray, who stays on the list out of spite). Here we have the listing (complete so far as I can determine) of all the ex-Habs in the NHL as of the end of October 2010, where they are now, and what the details of their stay(s) with the franchise entailed. Leading news is the retirement of the NHL’s elder statesman, Chris Chelios, at the age of 48. To put things in perspective, no one on this list was even drafted, never mind playing in the NHL, when he was traded by the Habs in 1990. Also retired: super-pest Darcy Tucker, most recently of the Colorado Avalanche but most memorably of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Suffice to say, I won’t miss the little shitbag one bit.
The companion ex-Oilers post can be found here.
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