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Welcome to Round 4 of the Playoff Picks Game. Picks are due Wednesday before the start of the game. I'll have the Round 3 scores updated first thing tomorrow morning. If anyone is still interested, the rules to the game are located at the bottom of this post. The final match-up is as follows: Stanley Cup Finals: (6) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Los Angeles NOTE: Please copy and paste the following template when making your picks. This truly cuts down on the time it requires to tally up scores and I greatly appreciate it. Bold the team you're picking to win, and then write the series score directly after in this manner: -- VAN/CHI 4-1 Round 4 Template: ________________________________ NJD/LAK: 4- ________________________________ The format this year is the same as last, so please make sure you fully understand the rules below before making your picks. For those of you that aren't familiar with the game, here's how it works: Each round you will pick a winner for each series. For every correct series winner you predict, you will receive 4 points for the first round matchups, 8 for the 2nd, 12 for the 3rd, and 16 for the Finals (0 if you pick the incorrect team, 3 points if you picked a 4-3 series and the other team won in 7 games). Also, to aid with tiebreakers you will pick how many games the losing team in each series will win. Given that the team you picked to win actually does win the series, you will then have the opportunity to receive up to 3 bonus points. For every game you are off for the losing teams actual win total, I will subtract 1 bonus point. After each round, every player will then re-pick again based on the teams that made it through to the next round. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season, wins Playoff bragging rights. As was mentioned earlier, if you pick a series to go to the 7th game and the series does but the team you picked ends up losing, you will receive 3 points rather than 0. Lastly, pick who you feel will represent each conference in the Stanley Cup Finals as well as the Champion. This will be worth 3 points per pick if you're correct. Feel free to post any questions, and remember that your Picks must be in *before* the first puck drops of the first scheduled game each round.

Yeah, that's pretty brutal. I lucked out with my first game ever at Lambeau Field. It was the game Don Majikowski got hurt and a young, scrappy kid by the name of Brett Favre came in to replace him. The rest is history.

No doubt the ending to last season was painful. I was beyond pissed, but that loss isn't enough to consider being a Packers fan painful. It's like being a Red Wings fan...not much to complain about.

It wasn't the first and it won't be the last. In fact, my next Tough Mudder is in September! How is being a Packers fan enter me into the Hall of Pain? They're the most storied franchise in the NFL and have the most championships. On top of that, they're set up to compete for the Super Bowl every year for the next half decade atleast. Not really really Hall of Pain worthy.

Speaking of torturing, about a mile after this picture was taken, I severely bruised or even slightly cracked my right rib. It was on an obstacle 3 miles in, meaning I had to do the final 9 miles with the injury! I can't decide whether I'm tough or just an idiot.

Welcome to Round 3 of the Playoff Picks Game. Picks are due tomorrow before the start of the first game. I'll have the Round 2 scores updated sometime on Monday. If anyone is still interested, the rules to the game are located at the bottom of this post. Here are the Matchups based on their respective ranks: WEST: (3) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (8) Los Angeles EAST: (1) New York Rangers vs. (6) New Jersey Devils NOTE: Please copy and paste the following template when making your picks. This truly cuts down on the time it requires to tally up scores and I greatly appreciate it. Bold the team you're picking to win, and then write the series score directly after in this manner: -- VAN/CHI 4-1 Round 3 Template: ________________________________ PHX/LAK: 4- NYR/NJD: 4- ________________________________ The format this year is the same as last, so please make sure you fully understand the rules below before making your picks. For those of you that aren't familiar with the game, here's how it works: Each round you will pick a winner for each series. For every correct series winner you predict, you will receive 4 points for the first round matchups, 8 for the 2nd, 12 for the 3rd, and 16 for the Finals (0 if you pick the incorrect team, 3 points if you picked a 4-3 series and the other team won in 7 games). Also, to aid with tiebreakers you will pick how many games the losing team in each series will win. Given that the team you picked to win actually does win the series, you will then have the opportunity to receive up to 3 bonus points. For every game you are off for the losing teams actual win total, I will subtract 1 bonus point. After each round, every player will then re-pick again based on the teams that made it through to the next round. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season, wins Playoff bragging rights. As was mentioned earlier, if you pick a series to go to the 7th game and the series does but the team you picked ends up losing, you will receive 3 points rather than 0. Lastly, pick who you feel will represent each conference in the Stanley Cup Finals as well as the Champion. This will be worth 3 points per pick if you're correct. Feel free to post any questions, and remember that your Picks must be in *before* the first puck drops of the first scheduled game each round.

I just completed my 2nd Tough Mudder this past Saturday. 12 Miles, 29 Obstacles. Me, on the Right Working Through the Twinkle Toes Obstacle Crawling Through the Mud Under Barbed Wire

So the solution to that is to make things harder on the goalie rather than force the skaters to elevate their game? That wouldn't be my answer. Skaters have been given plenty of advantages themselves since the lockout (Eliminating the two-line pass, no-play trapezoid, etc.).

While I understand your sentiment, its not as though the rest of the skaters aren't better trained now than they ever were in the past either. Every player from top to bottom is. ....And this is coming from a guy that's always played Center.

Once again, sincere apologies for how long this took. I'll have the other rounds up much quicker given I'm done traveling for the next few weeks. Congrats to HockeyCrazy3033 who was not only the only person to correctly pick all 4 series winners, but who leaped ahead into first place. ROUND 2 Rank - Player - Total Points 1 HockeyCrazy3033 53 2 Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 52 2 hooon 52 4 Dirty Dangle 50 5 edicius 48 6 Dano33 47 6 Vladifan 47 8 Jeff6851 44 9 Norwegian Red Wing 43 10 Wurzel 42 11 Nevermind 39 12 8 Legged RedWing 37 13 zetterisbetter 36 14 germanwing 35 14 shaeb30 35 14 Namingway 35 17 Wingsequallife13 34 18 Din758 33 18 T-Ruff 33 20 Stick 31 21 Zohan Franzen 30 21 Donohue75 30 21 Hockey13Playa 30 21 syntax 30 25 CrimsonFlame 29 26 Detroit # 1 Fan 27 26 GoWings1905 27 26 servo 27 29 sibiriak 26 29 The Edge 26 29 Cevari 26 32 Skiminok 24 32 vladdy16 24 32 Motown4013 24 35 Wings_Dynasty 23 35 FinWing 23 35 Ray1905 23 35 Tim.D 23 35 Dabura 23 35 Ram 23 41 P. Marlowe 22 41 bakerbert 22 41 NightFall 22 41 HateTheDrake! 22 41 SaCkaveli20 22 41 russianswede919293 22 41 marcaractac 22 41 IceSurfer 22 49 bkeck 21 49 Frozen-Man 21 49 evilzyme 21 52 NeverForgetMac25 20 52 WorkingOvertime 20 54 55fan 19 54 Gordie Howe hat trick 19 54 Z and D for the C 19 57 dat's sick 18 57 atodaso 18 59 Grim 17 60 Firehawk 16 60 dirtydangles 16 60 BlazeYoungBlood 16 60 DatsyukDangles 16 60 UKWING 16 60 Jersey Wing 16 66 SpiritFan 15 66 Zetterling 15 66 BMONEY 15 69 MulesWillFly93 14 70 Echolalia 12 70 wingslogo19 12 72 Chris Avram 11

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So sorry for the delay in getting these results up. Words cannot describe how busy things have been lately. I'll get the round two scores up right away upon the completion of the round. Rank Player Total Points 1 Dirty Dangle 35 1 Vladifan 35 1 Zohan Franzen 35 4 Dano33 33 4 zetterisbetter 33 6 Detroit # 1 Fan 32 7 BMONEY 30 7 SaCkaveli20 30 9 Cevari 29 9 CrimsonFlame 29 11 atodaso 28 12 IceSurfer 27 12 Zetterling 27 14 HockeyCrazy3033 26 15 Jeff6851 25 16 DatsyukDangles 24 16 syntax 24 16 The Edge 24 16 Tim.D 24 16 wingslogo19 24 21 dat's sick 23 21 Din758 23 21 germanwing 23 21 P. Marlowe 23 21 Ram 23 21 sibiriak 23 21 T-Ruff 23 28 55fan 22 28 bkeck 22 28 dirtydangles 22 28 Frozen-Man 22 28 Grim 22 28 Skiminok 22 28 Stick 22 28 vladdy16 22 36 BlazeYoungBlood 21 36 evilzyme 21 36 Motown4013 21 36 Namingway 21 40 Chris Avram 20 40 MulesWillFly93 20 40 russianswede919293 20 43 Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 19 43 NightFall 19 43 servo 19 46 edicius 18 46 marcaractac 18 46 Wurzel 18 49 GoWings1905 17 49 Z and D for the C 17 51 FinWing 16 51 HateTheDrake! 16 51 Hockey13Playa 16 51 Jersey Wing 16 51 Nevermind 16 51 shaeb30 16 51 UKWING 16 51 Wings_Dynasty 16 51 Wingsequallife13 16 51 WorkingOvertime 16 61 Echolalia 15 61 Gordie Howe hat trick 15 61 Ray1905 15 64 SpiritFan 14 65 8 Legged RedWing 13 66 Dabura 12 66 Donohue75 12 66 Norwegian Red Wing 12 69 NeverForgetMac25 11 69 bakerbert 11 69 hooon 11 72 Firehawk 10

Sorry everyone...work has been nuts lately. I'll have the round 1 scores updated no later than Monday. Thanks for your patience!

*Teams TBD in the East. Just wanted to get this out asap given the second round starts tomorrow. Welcome to Round 2 of the Playoff Picks Game. Picks are due tomorrow before the start of the first game. I've been away from my computer since yesterday but will have the Round 1 Final scores updated tomorrow. If anyone is still interested, the rules to the game are located at the bottom of this post. Here are the Matchups based on their respective ranks: WEST: (2) St. Louis Blues vs. (8) Los Angeles (3) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (4) Nashville Predators EAST: (1) New York Rangers vs. (7) Washington Capitals (5) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (6) New Jersey Devils NOTE: Please copy and paste the following template when making your picks. This truly cuts down on the time it requires to tally up scores and I greatly appreciate it. Bold the team you're picking to win, and then write the series score directly after in this manner: -- VAN/CHI 4-1 Round 2 Template: ________________________________ STL/LAK: 4- PHX/NSH: 4- NYR/WSH: 4- PHI/NJD: 4- ________________________________ The format this year is the same as last, so please make sure you fully understand the rules below before making your picks. For those of you that aren't familiar with the game, here's how it works: Each round you will pick a winner for each series. For every correct series winner you predict, you will receive 4 points for the first round matchups, 8 for the 2nd, 12 for the 3rd, and 16 for the Finals (0 if you pick the incorrect team, 3 points if you picked a 4-3 series and the other team won in 7 games). Also, to aid with tiebreakers you will pick how many games the losing team in each series will win. Given that the team you picked to win actually does win the series, you will then have the opportunity to receive up to 3 bonus points. For every game you are off for the losing teams actual win total, I will subtract 1 bonus point. After each round, every player will then re-pick again based on the teams that made it through to the next round. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season, wins Playoff bragging rights. As was mentioned earlier, if you pick a series to go to the 7th game and the series does but the team you picked ends up losing, you will receive 3 points rather than 0. Lastly, pick who you feel will represent each conference in the Stanley Cup Finals as well as the Champion. This will be worth 3 points per pick if you're correct. Feel free to post any questions, and remember that your Picks must be in *before* the first puck drops of the first scheduled game each round.

Welcome to year 6 of the Playoff Picks Game. Past Champions List 2007: zetterisbetter 2008: winsgnut_19 2009: Chunkylover 2010: Batigol2k 2011: Edicius 2012: *Insert Your Name Here* The format this year is the same as last, so please to make sure you fully understand the rules below before making your picks. For those of you that aren't familiar with the game, here's how it works: Each round you will pick a winner for each series. For every correct series winner you predict, you will receive 4 points for the first round matchups, 8 for the 2nd, 12 for the 3rd, and 16 for the Finals (0 if you pick the incorrect team, 3 points if you picked a 4-3 series and the other team won in 7 games). Also, to aid with tiebreakers you will pick how many games the losing team in each series will win. Given that the team you picked to win actually does win the series, you will then have the opportunity to receive up to 3 bonus points. For every game you are off for the losing teams actual win total, I will subtract 1 bonus point. After each round, every player will then re-pick again based on the teams that made it through to the next round. Whoever has the most points at the end of the season, wins Playoff bragging rights. As was mentioned earlier, if you pick a series to go to the 7th game and the series does but the team you picked ends up losing, you will receive 3 points rather than 0. Lastly, pick who you feel will represent each conference in the Stanley Cup Finals as well as the Champion. This will be worth 3 points per pick if you're correct. Best of luck to everyone! If any of your are confused, here's a mock Picks example: (1) Vancouver 4-0 over (8) Los Angeles (2) St. Louis 4-3 over (7) San Jose (6) Chicago 4-2 over (3) Phoenix (5) Detroit 4-3 over (4) Nashville (1) New York Rangers 4-0 over (8) Ottawa (2) Boston 4-1 over (7) Washington (6) New Jersey 4-1 over (3) Florida (4) Pittsburgh 4-3 over (5) Philadelphia WC Champion: Detroit Red Wings EC Champion: Boston Bruins SC Champion: Detroit Red Wings Let's say this happened in the first round: (1) Vancouver 4-0 over (8) Los Angeles (7) San Jose 4-3 over (2) St. Louis (3) Phoenix 4-1 over (3) Chicago (5) Detroit 4-2 over (4) Nashville (1) New York Rangers 4-3 over (8) Ottawa (2) Boston 4-3 over (7) Washington (6) New Jersey 4-1 over (3) Florida (5) Philadelphia 4-3 over (4) Pittsburgh Here's how my point total would work out: VAN/LAK: 4 Points + 3 Bonus Points STL/SJS: 3 Points PHX/CHI: 0 Points NSH/DET: 4 Points + 2 Bonus Points NYR/OTT: 4 Points BOS/WSH: 4 Points + 1 Bonus Points FLA/NJD: 4 Points + 3 Bonus Points PIT/PHI: 3 Points Total first round score: 34 Feel free to post any questions, and remember that your Picks must be in *before* the first puck drops Wednesday at 7:30 ET. Here are the Matchups based on their respective ranks: WEST: (1) Vancouver Canucks vs. (8) Los Angeles Kings (2) St. Louis Blues vs. (7) San Jose Sharks (3) Phoenix Coyotes vs. (6) Chicago Blackhawks (4) Nashville Predators vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings EAST: (1) New York Rangers vs. (8) Ottawa Senators (2) Boston Bruins vs. (7) Washington Capitals (3) Florida Panthers vs. (6) New Jersey Devils (4) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (5) Philadelphia Flyers NOTE: Please copy and paste the following template when making your picks. This truly cuts down on the time it requires to tally up scores and I greatly appreciate it. Bold the team you're picking to win, and then write the series score directly after in this manner: -- VAN/CHI 4-1 Round 1 Template: ________________________________ VAN/LAK: 4- STL/SJS: 4- PHX/CHI: 4- NSH/DET: 4- NYR/OTT: 4- BOS/WSH: 4- FLA/NJD: 4- PIT/PHI: 4- WC Champion: EC Champion: SCF Champion:

Vomit almost came out of my mouth as I hit "post". I'm trying something new with my WC Pick this season. Hopefully a little reverse psychology mojo works.

VAN/LAK: 4-1 STL/SJS: 4-3 PHX/CHI: 4-2 NSH/DET: 4-2 NYR/OTT: 4-1 BOS/WSH: 4-1 FLA/NJD: 4-2 PIT/PHI: 4-2 WC Champion: Vancouver EC Champion: Pittsburgh SCF Champion: Pittsburgh I've never wanted to be so wrong.

The 4th line will look completely different next year than it does right now. Eaves should be back and Holmstrom shouldn't be. Parise/(Insert FA)-Dats-Nyqvist Filppula-Z-Hudler Bert-Helm-Franzen Eaves-Abdelkader-Mursak/Miller I'll take that fourth line any day!

Topic Sidenote: God, I miss Sir Drake!

These best post I've read in a long time!

So essentially, the exchange cost them their '13 and '14 first round pick plus a second rounder. It looks worse when you see those three first-rounders in a row, but they get one back in return. Still, STL clearly won here. Far too much for RG3.

Gold Jacket, Green Jacket.........

Kenny won't be able to get anything for his rights given his family situation is very public information. The CA teams know it and realistically won't give up anything if they know their competition is extremely limited.

There's no way in hell Babs is touching the Z-Fil-Hud line right now. They're firing on all cylinders and are literally a threat to score every single time they're on the ice. The chemistry that line is showing right now hasn't been seen in Detroit since the hay-days of the ZDH line. The way they hold on to the puck and force the opposition to chase them around their own zone is mesmerizing. Like you said, Dats can get anyone going...so let him work a line with Bert, Mule and Nyqvist rotating. ....and Yes, Nyqvist and Mursak are first two kids I've been this excited about in a very long time. I truly believe we've finally found some young kids that will be game changers in a few years.