Dan Bylsma

yeah Aussie,I was scratching my head when I saw you pick N.Y. that was my x2 games with the other team. Your x2 addition to the contest turned out to make it considerly more interesting. I had originally thought that everyone would basically pick the same game and cancel each other out but I've been surprised how that pick is distributed around each week.

Friday, December 10 Montreal at Detroit New Jersey at Ottawa Colorado at Atlanta Carolina at Dallas Tampa Bay at Edmonton Calgary at Anaheim Saturday, December 11 Philadelphia at Boston Pittsburgh at Buffalo Detroit at New Jersey Atlanta at NY Islanders x2 Montreal at Toronto Colorado at Washington NY Rangers at Columbus Carolina at St. Louis Dallas at Phoenix Florida at Nashville Tampa Bay at Vancouver Minnesota at Los Angeles Chicago at San Jose Sunday, December 12 Washington at NY Rangers Vancouver at Edmonton Minnesota at Anaheim

Friday, December 3 Colorado at Carolina NY Islanders at NY Rangers Columbus at Buffalo Calgary at Minnesota Vancouver at Chicago Detroit at Anaheim Saturday, December 4 New Jersey at Philadelphia San Jose at Montreal Buffalo at Ottawa Boston at Toronto Atlanta at Washington Pittsburgh at Columbus Colorado at Tampa Bay Minnesota at Dallas x2 Florida at Phoenix Carolina at Nashville St. Louis at Edmonton Detroit at Los Angeles Sunday, December 5 Philadelphia at NY Islanders Ottawa at NY Rangers Calgary at Chicago Phoenix at Anaheim St. Louis at Vancouver

Friday, November 26 Carolina at Boston New Jersey at NY Islanders Calgary at Philadelphia x2 Ottawa at Pittsburgh Nashville at Minnesota Chicago at Anaheim Tampa Bay at Washington Detroit at Columbus Toronto at Buffalo NY Rangers at Florida Montreal at Atlanta St. Louis at Dallas San Jose at Vancouver Saturday, November 27 Philadelphia at New Jersey Calgary at Pittsburgh Buffalo at Montreal Toronto at Ottawa Florida at Tampa Bay Dallas at St. Louis Anaheim at Phoenix NY Rangers at Nashville Minnesota at Colorado San Jose at Edmonton Chicago at Los Angeles Sunday, November 28 Columbus at Detroit Carolina at Washington Boston at Atlanta

Friday, November 19 Carolina at Pittsburgh Los Angeles at Buffalo Minnesota at Detroit Washington at Atlanta Ottawa at St. Louis Chicago at Calgary Phoenix at Edmonton NY Rangers at Colorado Columbus at Anaheim Saturday, November 20 Los Angeles at Boston Tampa Bay at Buffalo Nashville at Carolina Toronto at Montreal Florida at NY Islanders Philadelphia at Washington Colorado at Dallas New Jersey at St. Louis NY Rangers at Minnesota Chicago at Vancouver Columbus at San Jose Sunday, November 21 Calgary at Detroit NY Islanders at Atlanta Edmonton at Anaheim x2 Phoenix at Vancouver

19 out of 22 awesome,way to go ! I broke the top 5 for the first time ! thanks kook_10 for all your work !

Friday, November 12 Edmonton at New Jersey Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh Colorado at Columbus Minnesota at Florida Calgary at Phoenix Dallas at Anaheim Saturday, November 13 Ottawa at Boston Washington at Buffalo Colorado at Detroit Carolina at Montreal Florida at Philadelphia Vancouver at Toronto Pittsburgh at Atlanta St. Louis at Phoenix Chicago at Nashville Calgary at San Jose NY Islanders at Los Angeles x2 Sunday, November 14 Edmonton at NY Rangers Minnesota at Tampa Bay Atlanta at Washington Anaheim at Chicago

Friday, November 5 NY Rangers at New Jersey Boston at Washington Montreal at Buffalo Carolina at Florida Calgary at Minnesota Phoenix at Dallas Detroit at Edmonton Pittsburgh at Anaheim Saturday, November 6 St. Louis at Boston Florida at Carolina Ottawa at Montreal Philadelphia at NY Islanders Buffalo at Toronto Chicago at Atlanta Minnesota at Columbus Dallas at Colorado Pittsburgh at Phoenix Nashville at Los Angeles Detroit at Vancouver Tampa Bay at San Jose Sunday, November 7 Philadelphia at Washington Edmonton at Chicago x2 St. Louis at NY Rangers Nashville at Anaheim

I agree aussie,I don't know if I've ever selected them as my x2 game,you never know if the team that really wants to win is going to show up or not. Well another contest night and almost all the away teams win again and I keep tanking :-(

Friday, October 29 Montreal at NY Islanders Carolina at NY Rangers Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Buffalo at Atlanta Edmonton at Chicago New Jersey at Anaheim Saturday, October 30 Nashville at Detroit Pittsburgh at Carolina Florida at Montreal Boston at Ottawa NY Islanders at Philadelphia NY Rangers at Toronto Buffalo at Dallas Atlanta at St. Louis Chicago at Minnesota Columbus at Colorado Tampa Bay at Phoenix Washington at Calgary New Jersey at Los Angeles x2 Anaheim at San Jose

#1 dirtydangles 15 #1 aflac9262 15 congratulations guys,fine scores there. thanks to you also Kook,very well done ! I'm playing myself right out of competition for the overall and it's only week 3 What worked for me last year isn't working now. I don't understand it,I had a system for making my picks,playing the odds and it worked so consistently last year. I'm sticking with it though,I figure in the long run it will get better.?!

Friday, October 22 Calgary at Columbus Ottawa at Buffalo Tampa Bay at Atlanta Chicago at St. Louis Minnesota at Vancouver Saturday, October 23 NY Rangers at Boston Anaheim at Detroit Buffalo at New Jersey Montreal at Ottawa Toronto at Philadelphia Atlanta at Washington x2 NY Islanders at Florida Nashville at Dallas Pittsburgh at St. Louis Columbus at Chicago Los Angeles at Colorado Carolina at Phoenix San Jose at Edmonton Sunday, October 24 Nashville at Tampa Bay New Jersey at NY Rangers San Jose at Calgary

#1 acidroach420 15 #1 dirtydangles 15 congratulations guys ! hey Drake_Marcus,you've already caught up to me at least after missing all those games ! thanks a lot kook_10 for adding up all these numbers

me also,at this point what can go wrong will go wrong.I'm in a self defeatist mood right now,I checked the scores this morning fully expecting my x2 team San Jose to lose and they did.Last week my x2 was Washington and they had their only loss of the season then....

I thought this was one of the toughest weeks to make my picks since I started in the contest about a year ago.... Friday, October 15 Colorado at New Jersey Toronto at NY Rangers NY Islanders at Pittsburgh Chicago at Columbus Montreal at Buffalo Atlanta at Anaheim Vancouver at Los Angeles Saturday, October 16 Ottawa at Montreal Boston at New Jersey Colorado at NY Islanders Pittsburgh at Philadelphia Tampa Bay at Florida St. Louis at Dallas Washington at Nashville Columbus at Minnesota Buffalo at Chicago Detroit at Phoenix Edmonton at Calgary Atlanta at San Jose x2 Sunday, October 17 Phoenix at Anaheim Carolina at Vancouver

#1 LEBDA22 14 #1 TX Wing 14 #1 Cloune 14 #1 akustyk 14 congratulatins to all the winners,a humbling weekend for a lot of us.Way to keep on top of things Kook,you didn't break my record of posting the results within 30 seconds after the last game ending but you had a heck of a lot more entries to deal with !

12 sounds like a very good score this week,I just did a quick check of the top guys from last year and they are almost all around 9 I imploded this week with just 7 so far

I see,that's keeping on top of things doing it that way,I thought maybe the scores wouldn't be dropped so soon. If you need any help in counting up the scores this weekend let me know and I'll help you out.Looks like there's going to be good participation in this first week.

I have a question about dropping the 2 lowest scores,I was thinking about something like that last week.I think it's a good idea,it's a long season and some people are bound to miss a week here and there and they would get frustrated falling behind in the contest and quit. But when does the drop 2 rule kick in ? It seems to me until it does any weekly overall standings would be misleading because we wouldn't know how it would change things when the 2 lowest scores were erased.

Wow it's cool to be in on the contest from the 1st week.Last year I didn't realize the contest existed until week 3 when I started and I was always looking up from then on Friday, October 8 Minnesota at Carolina San Jose at Columbus Dallas at New Jersey Anaheim at Detroit Buffalo at Ottawa Washington at Atlanta x2 Saturday, October 9 Phoenix at Boston Columbus at San Jose NY Rangers at Buffalo Dallas at NY Islanders Montreal at Pittsburgh Ottawa at Toronto New Jersey at Washington Atlanta at Tampa Bay Philadelphia at St. Louis Anaheim at Nashville Detroit at Chicago Los Angeles at Vancouver Sunday, October 10 Boston at Phoenix Los Angeles at Calgary Florida at Edmonton edited Thursday morning,forgot to make a pick in the Dallas at Islanders game

hey blood,I forgot what day is the next weeks selections always posted,Wednesday or Thursday ? We should get it started soon,there's an early start to Friday's schedule,i think it's at noon

Hello everyone,it's been a quite a while.......I certainly hope so,just this morning I was lining up the different websites I usually consult to make my picks.As is my habit I make the preliminary picks about monday or so then go over them again at least once more on Thursday or Friday.

Here's an update on the totals and standing,after a little difficulty for various reasons Aussie and i finally got a handle on things.As was the case with the weekly contest i added up the totals and Aussie with his experience with spreadsheets he'll be posting the round 2 results and the overall standing within 24 hours.We were just hashing things out and it was 3am there in Australia.He going to get some sleep before organizing the standings.

[quote na me=NeverForgetMac25' date='12 April 2010 - 04:01 PM' timestamp='1271102487' post='1938715] Once again, thanks Aussie (and Dan Bylsma) for running this game! Most appreciated. congratulations Kook,your a wizard ! hey thanks NFM,you must know how much time it takes to compile those totals,many many hours every weekend,one might be able to crank it out 45 minutes but you would make mistakes I bet. As I told Aussie I don't think I'm going to participate in the playoff contest.I'm a little contest "burnt out" for the time being :-)

Well the final week of the contest goes out with a bang,possibly the highest score(s) of the season ! Congratulations helm on the big score ! I'll hand off the baton now to Aussie for the final standings which I'm interested in seeing. See you all next season,it's been fun ! Week 24 Results 1. helm 20/24 2. wingsgirl001 19 2. CrossCheck24 19 4. FinWing 18 4. Carman 18 4. hoon 18 7. Aussie_Wing 17 7. P. Marlowe 17 7. Dominator 2005 17 7. juice71285 17 7. brett 17 12. Dan Bylsma 16 12. TheDetroitRedWings 16 12. FinRedWing 16 12. wingsfanatic4alltime 16 12. NeverForgetMac25 16 12. interminded 16 12. dat's sick 16 12. russianswede919293 16 12. hak 16 21. kook_10 15 21. Drake_Marcus 15 21. Dano33 15 21. ToMaToToWnWinGsFaN_24 15 21. hockeychik22 15 26. johnnyoski 14 26. GoWings1905 14 26. naranja 14 26. edicius 14 30. Batigol2k 13 30. rwfan007 13 32. Swayze 12 32. Systemfel 12 34. LEBDA22 9 35. *Bry-O 6 *= participated late