NeverForgetMac25

Packers signed Cedric Benson yesterday and all of a sudden we have a solid running attack to compliment the already top offense in the league. I know this is a Lion-friendly site, but with this addition and if the defense can even somewhat recapture its form from 2010, they should win the Super Bowl again.

I'm quite curious to see how the Lions follow up their solid season. They've made some incredible strides since giving Millen the boot and now it'll be interesting to see if they can keep the ship heading in the right direction.

The Bears really surprised me last year with the season they had going before Cutler got hurt. They've added a few key additions and if their defense doesn't show their age, then they'll be a tough team as well.

The Vikings, well....they're the laughing stock of the NFC North. Not much else to say about them. Even with them, the NFC North has got to be the best division in the NFL.

Thoughts? Predictions?

Congrats to HockeyCrazy3033 for winning the 2012 LGW Playoff Picks Game. The bonus points for each series prediction gave HC the 2 points she needed to edge hooon out by 1 point in the final round.

Thanks to all of you that played, and please feel free to post any/all suggestions for next years' version within this thread.


ROUND 4
Rank, Player, Total Points
1 HockeyCrazy3033 85
2 hooon 84
3 Dirty Dangle 82
4 Vladifan 79
5 Nevermind 70
6 germanwing 67
7 Stick 64
8 Hockey13Playa 63
9 edicius 61
10 GoWings1905 60
11 The Edge 59
12 Zohan Franzen 58
13 Norwegian Red Wing 57
14 NightFall 55
15 NeverForgetMac25 53
15 SaCkaveli20 53
17 55fan 52
17 Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 52
19 zetterisbetter 50
20 atodaso 48
21 Dano33 47
22 BlazeYoungBlood 45
23 Jeff6851 44
24 Wurzel 42
25 sibiriak 40
26 8 Legged RedWing 37
27 evilzyme 35
27 shaeb30 35
27 Namingway 35
30 Wingsequallife13 34
31 Din758 33
31 T-Ruff 33
33 wingslogo19 31
34 Donohue75 30
34 syntax 30
36 CrimsonFlame 29
37 Detroit # 1 Fan 27
37 servo 27
39 Cevari 26
40 Skiminok 24
40 vladdy16 24
40 Motown4013 24
43 Wings_Dynasty 23
43 FinWing 23
43 Ray1905 23
43 Tim.D 23
43 Dabura 23
43 Ram 23
49 P. Marlowe 22
49 bakerbert 22
49 HateTheDrake! 22
49 russianswede919293 22
49 marcaractac 22
49 IceSurfer 22
55 bkeck 21
55 Frozen-Man 21
57 WorkingOvertime 20
58 Gordie Howe hat trick 19
58 Z and D for the C 19
60 dat's sick 18
61 Grim 17
62 Firehawk 16
62 dirtydangles 16
62 DatsyukDangles 16
62 UKWING 16
62 Jersey Wing 16
67 SpiritFan 15
67 Zetterling 15
67 BMONEY 15
70 MulesWillFly93 14
71 Echolalia 12
72 Chris Avram 11

Here are your Round 3 Final Scores.

Rank, Player, Total Points
1 hooon 67
2 HockeyCrazy3033 66
3 Dirty Dangle 63
4 edicius 61
4 Vladifan 61
6 Zohan Franzen 58
7 Norwegian Red Wing 57
8 SaCkaveli20 53
9 Greatness=PavelDatsyuk 52
9 Nevermind 52
11 zetterisbetter 50
12 germanwing 49
13 atodaso 48
14 Dano33 47
15 Stick 45
15 BlazeYoungBlood 45
17 Jeff6851 44
17 Hockey13Playa 44
19 Wurzel 42
20 GoWings1905 41
21 sibiriak 40
21 The Edge 40
23 8 Legged RedWing 37
24 NightFall 36
25 evilzyme 35
25 shaeb30 35
25 Namingway 35
28 NeverForgetMac25 34
28 Wingsequallife13 34
30 55fan 33
30 Din758 33
30 T-Ruff 33
33 Donohue75 30
33 syntax 30
35 CrimsonFlame 29
36 Detroit # 1 Fan 27
36 servo 27
38 Cevari 26
39 Skiminok 24
39 vladdy16 24
39 Motown4013 24
42 Wings_Dynasty 23
42 FinWing 23
42 Ray1905 23
42 Tim.D 23
42 Dabura 23
42 Ram 23
48 P. Marlowe 22
48 bakerbert 22
48 HateTheDrake! 22
48 russianswede919293 22
48 marcaractac 22
48 IceSurfer 22
54 bkeck 21
54 Frozen-Man 21
56 WorkingOvertime 20
57 Gordie Howe hat trick 19
57 Z and D for the C 19
59 dat's sick 18
60 Grim 17
61 Firehawk 16
61 dirtydangles 16
61 DatsyukDangles 16
61 UKWING 16
61 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

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:
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NJD/LAK: 4-
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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.

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