Welcome back to the annual playoff pick’em contest! We are lucky enough to have the return of Brian LeBlanc to keep track of the points and determine a winner.
I have not selected an appropriate prize yet, but it will either be a special puck(s) or some other notable memorabilia. I think last year the winner selected from three choices.
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Another big thank you to “bambamcanefan” for tabulating the results last year.
Here are the rules and the way to enter your selections:
The rules:
Make a selection for each first round series in the comments: who wins, and in how many games.
In the first round, you’ll get one point for each winning team you correctly pick. The points double for each successive round, so two for the second, four for the conference final, and eight for the Cup final.
If you pick both the correct team and the correct series length, you’ll also get five bonus points. The five bonus points will stay constant throughout the contest; the points for picking the winners will increase in each round.
You get zero points if you don’t pick the correct team to win, even if you get the series length correct.
The maximum score, if you get every single winner correct and nail the length of each of those series, is 107 points. You will not get 107 points. If you get even half of that, you have a good chance of winning the contest.
The comments will close at the start of Hurricanes/Senators Game 1 on Saturday at 3:00 Eastern
Entries must be posted in this comment thread; we will not include any entries in the comments on any other article.
Please post your picks in the following order (it makes it way easier to enter into the spreadsheet if they’re all in the same order):
Metro
(1) Carolina Hurricanes vs. (WC2) Ottawa Senators
(2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (3) Philadelphia Flyers
Atlantic
(1) Buffalo Sabres vs. (WC1) Boston Bruins
(2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (3) Montreal Canadiens
Central
(1) Colorado Avalanche vs. (WC2) Los Angeles Kings
(2) Dallas Stars vs. (3) Minnesota Wild
Pacific
(1) Vegas Golden Knights vs. (WC1) Utah Mammoth
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(2) Edmonton Oilers vs. (3) Anaheim Ducks
Any questions, feel free to ask in the comments. As stated in the rules, all picks must be submitted before 3 P.M. on Saturday.
Good luck to all!!