Posts Tagged ‘Playoffs!’

Doogie2K
May 14th, 2012
1:29PM UTC

SNN Predicts: 2012 Conference Finals

Yes, it's a day late. Yes, we made these picks in advance. No, you can't see the timestamps on the admin forum to prove it. Shut up.

Doogie Hoop Matt Gerard Result
4-3 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-0
4-2 4-0 4-1 4-3 4-1
4-3 4-2 4-3 4-1 4-3
4-2 4-1 4-1 4-0 4-1
2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3 W-L
13 17 14 17 GO
0 0 0 0 PS
8-4 7-5 8-4 5-7 W-L
30 36 28 42 GO
1 0 2 0 PS

Wow. Dig the carnage there. Did anyone other than Travis Hair at Five For Howling have Phoenix in five? Holy shit.

Also, with Washington’s loss last night, I think Gerard has all but mathematically been eliminated from contention: the best he can finish is 8-7 now, whereas the worst Matt and I can finish is 8-7. So basically, unless he nails all three remaining series and we biff all three remaining series, he’s done. So now it’s down to the two of us and the returning champion, who needs to get us his picks, incidentally.

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Doogie2K
Apr 27th, 2012
1:18PM UTC

SNN Predicts: 2012 Conference Semi-Finals

No longer placeholder! Double woo!

Doogie Hoop Matt Gerard Result
4-3 4-3 4-2 4-2 4-1
4-0 4-2 4-0 4-0 4-1
4-3 4-2 4-1 4-3 4-2
4-3 4-3 4-2 4-2 4-1
4-1 4-2 4-2 4-1 4-3
4-1 4-1 4-1 4-1 4-3
4-1 4-1 4-2 4-0 4-3
4-3 4-3 4-2 4-2 4-2
6-2 5-3 6-2 4-4 W-L
17 19 14 25 GO
0 0 1 0 PS

At last, the proper post, complete with all the carnage from round one. The Rangers and Devils really saved our bacon there last night, didn’t they?

A historic note I neglected to make last post was that not only did St. Louis and Phoenix win their first playoff series in over a decade (in Phoenix’s case, 25 years), but so, too, did the LA Kings: their last playoff series win was a 2001 upset of the Detroit Red Wings. In fact, this was just their second playoff series win since their 1993 run to the Stanley Cup Finals. So hooray for a bunch of history being made this year. Too bad that campaign was cancelled in favour of “Because It’s The Cup.”

[Ed: No, Matt still hasn't posted his picks yet. Hurry up, jackass. UPDATE: And he finally did, the day after.]

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Doogie2K
Apr 11th, 2012
4:27PM UTC

SNN Predicts: 2012 Conference Quarter-Finals

Here we go again on our own, goin' down the only road we've ever known

Welcome to the fifth (!) annual SNN Predicts series of articles (sixth 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. This is also at least my third year in a row copying and pasting the same intro, because I’m cool like that. Some surprise changes in the seeding in the last few days of the season, at least if you decide three days in advance to use SportsClubStats’ projections to pregame for this post. What the fuck, Ottawa? Really? Whatever. In other news, congrats to Phoenix for their best-ever playoff seed despite losing their #1 goalie for nothing over the summer (Don Maloney should win the Sam Pollock Memorial Award for GM of the Year That Isn’t Technically Named for Trader Sam but Really Should Be, because holy shit that dude can build a hockey team on the budget of your average indie flick), and congrats to Florida for breaking their playoff drought despite being pretty Goddamned terrible. Hooray for the Southleast Division and stuff.

Also note that I’ll probably be relying on fancystats way more this year, just because I’ve had less than zero time to watch teams play, for the most part. I’m grumpy about it, but I’m hoping I can make up for it in the later rounds. [Ed: And I think after citing the fancystats I've ignored them in at least half of the predictions. Oh well.]

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Doogie2K
Mar 27th, 2012
5:07PM UTC

Hitmen Game Day: Must-Win Blah Blah Blah

First appearance of the doom-and-gloom tags already. Shit, this is a record.

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6 0 4 2

Had I known that Cody Sylvester and Victor Rask were injured (along with Rob Trzynkowski and Calder Brooks, but they’re less important), I might have been less enthusiastic about the Hitmen’s chances in the first round. Sure, you hate to use injuries as an excuse, but at the same time, nearly any team in any league would be hard pressed to maintain their customary level with two top-six and four top-nine forwards out of action. The return of Sylvester tonight is cause for hope, to be sure, as it gives at least one or two guys a chance to step back into more comfortable roles. But the bottom line here is, the Hitmen need to get an early lead. They did it in Game 2, forced Brandon to get aggressive, and the longer the game went on, the more unhinged the Wheaties became. While I don’t expect a parade to the box necessarily, forcing Brandon to take more chances is naturally going to create more chances for Calgary: that’s Playing With The Lead 101. We’ve already seen what Brandon’s capable of with an early lead: they’ll let you back into the contest, and after you burn yourself out doing so, they’ll step on your throat in the back half of the game. Yes, they’ve gotten help from the officials in both victories, but even with that factor aside, Calgary’s just looked outmatched and outworked in the latter 30 minutes of both games they’ve lost, and it’s showed in the flurry of late goals (6 GA in the second halves of the two losses).

Break out your cliche-a-tron, because this is the biggest game of the season. A loss tonight, and I’ll be stunned if both teams return from Winnipeg this weekend.

Bold Prediction: A team will open the scoring in the first five minutes, then go on to win by at least three. Go Hitmen.

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Doogie2K
Mar 25th, 2012
12:24PM UTC

Hitmen Pre/Post-Game Thing: Apparently There’s A Game Today?

First time in six years those email notifications have come in handy.

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0 0 0 0

I’m not gonna lie, I totally thought this thing was tomorrow. Not that I’m entirely sure I’d have something written by then, since I kind of have a 20-page proposal due a week from Tuesday, and a five-page stats assignment and five-minute presentation for this Tuesday to do before then. So, the summary of last game: better start, terrible late first/early second, got our shit together as the second went on, Brandon melted down, 4-0 final, and I’m a dick for not bringing a hat for Trevor Cheek.

It goes without saying that the Hitmen need two of three in Winnipeg. Let’s hope the Wheaties keep trying to goon it up and take penalties, because whatever failings the Hitmen have on the PP, the Wheaties similarly have on the PK, and so far, that matchup’s worked out in our favour so far. Game’s at 4, go watch it on WHL.ca PPV, and go Hitmen.

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