Who Selected Who - Round 2

In case you were curious who those ahead (and behind) you selected, here is a listing of all the 2nd round picks. Can me and the G-man go PERFECT again!? Time will tell.

COLIN
Sabres
Sens
Sharks
Ducks

GUS
Sabres
Sens
Sharks
Ducks

EMMA
Sabres
Devils
Sharks
Ducks

JOHN
Rangers
Sens
Wings
Canucks

MITCH
Sabres
Devils
Sharks
Canucks

ROB
Sabres
Sens
Sharks
Ducks

SEAN
Sabres
Sens
Wings
Ducks

GRANT
Sabres
Sens
Wings
Ducks

LAURIE
Sabres
Devils
Sharks
Ducks

MARK
Sabres
Sens
Sharks
Ducks

MIKE
Sabres
Sens
Wings
Canucks

MEL
Rangers
Sens
Wings
Canucks

ALEX
Sabres
Sens
Sharks
Ducks

Good luck boys and girls!

Helmut Ripper

I love Hockey Season

Bloggin 101

A course maybe I should take...:)
I had thought I had enable everyone to POST, but I had only enabled everyone to COMMENT. My bad. Apologies.
Everyone has now been invited.
Let the chirping begin!
Helmut

Standings at the end of the 1st Round

Two people were perfect 10's...guess who was one of them! :)

Colin Lumsden - 10
Gus Douvis - 10
Emma Jackson - 9
John Zalud - 9
Mitch Carter - 9
Rob Blais - 9
Sean Morphy - 9
Grant Goodwin - 7
Laurie Rider - 7
Mark Nicholson - 7
Mike Lambert - 7
Mel Blais - 6
Alex Carter - 5

We now have the East and West match-ups and the start day (Wednesday) for the 2nd Round.

EAST
Buffalo (1) vs. NY Rangers (6)
New Jersey (2) vs. Ottawa (4)

WEST
Detroit (1) vs. San Jose (5)
Anaheim (2) vs. Vancouver (6)

Please submit your picks to me by Wednesday afternoon. I'll post all the picks for all to see as soon as I have them.

Thanks,
Helmut Ripper

Standings as of April 22nd

Only one game left in the 1st round - Canucks/Stars GAME 7 this evening ...everyone (except Alex) has the Canucks, but I'll post a revised standings update tomorrow AM.

Colin Lumsden - 9
Gus Douvis - 9
Emma Jackson - 8
John Zalud - 8
Mitch Carter - 8
Sean Morphy - 8
Rob Blais - 8
Grant Goodwin - 6
Laurie Rider - 6
Mark Nicholson - 6
Mike Lambert - 6
Alex Carter - 5
Mel Blais - 5

A reminder, we'll need your 2nd Round picks ASAP. Right now the East Match Ups are:
Buffalo (1) vs. NY Rangers (6)
New Jersey (2) vs. Ottawa (4)

West will not be decided until tonight, but you can log on to TSN or anywhere else to find out who it is...I have not found exactly WHEN the 2nd Round starts, but it will be quite soon, so don't forget to get your picks in on time!

Also, only a few of us submitted the tie-breaker. When you have a second (if you are one who has not sent me this information), please let me know the 'number of goals scored in total by both teams in the Stanley Cup Final series'.

Lambertuzzi, nice to see you crawled out of last place! :)

Merci,
Helmut

Standings as of April 20th

Not much change - everyone had Buffalo and only one person didn't have San Jose.

Colin Lumsden-7
Gus Douvis-7
John Zalud-7
Rob Blais-7
Emma Jackson-6
Mitch Carter-6
Sean Morphy-6
Mark Nicholson-5
Mel Blais-5
Alex Carter-4
Grant Goodwin-4
Laurie Rider-4
Mike Lambert-4

Ripper

Standings as of April 19th

Revised 3:30PM EDT. Slight Excel error. Admin apologies.

Things are looking strong for a few of us (myself included):

Colin Lumsden - 4
Gus Douvis - 4
John Zalud - 4
Rob Blais - 4
Alex Carter - 3
Emma Jackson - 3
Mitch Carter - 3
Sean Morphy - 3
Mark Nicholson - 2
Mel Blais - 2
Grant Goodwin - 1
Laurie Rider - 1
Mike Lambert - 1

Lambertuzzi, languishing in last. You like that alliteration!?

I thought you'd put up more of a fight. Get used to seeing my name above yours! You'll be getting owned early and often.

Helmut Ripper

Standings as of April 18th

Now that we have the 1st series winner - we actually have standings!

Alex Carter - 1
Colin Lumsden - 1
Emma Jackson - 1
Gus Douvis - 1
John Zalud - 1
Rob Blais - 1
Grant Goodwin - 0
Laurie Rider - 0
Mark Nicholson - 0
Mel Blais - 0
Mike Lambert - 0
Mitch Carter - 0
Sean Morphy - 0

SMORPHY, don't feel to bad being listed last. It is nothing personal, you are just blessed having a first initial deep in the alphabet.

Why do I use first initial? Well, having a C means there is very limited chance that anyone I tied with will be ranked ahead of me - that is until Alex came along! Shallow of me...perhaps. But I am drunk on power as the Administrator and there is nothing anyone can do about it! :)

It really is too early to start yapping, I guess...once I have a few more wins on Lambertuzzi, then I'll really start chirping!

Helmut Ripper

Who Selected Who??!!

Ladies, Gents & Lambertuzzi :)

In case you were curious who your competitors (or in my case, arch rival - Lambertuzzi) selected, here is a listing of all 1st round picks.

Colin (Helmut Ripper)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Sens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Laurie (Yankee Skier)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Thrashers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

John (Pinky)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Sens
WEST
Flames
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Mike (Lambertuzzi)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Thrashers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Rob (T-Bone)
EAST
Sabres
Lightning
Rangers
Sens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Sean (Smorphy)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Sens
WEST
Wings
Wild
Canucks
Sharks

Alex
EAST
Sabres
Lightning
Rangers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Stars
Preds

Mitch
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Mel (BLAIS!)
EAST
Sabres
Lightning
Thrashers
Sens
WEST
Flames
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Mark (Eagle)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Thrashers
Sens
WEST
Flames
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Grant (Owen Gole)
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Thrashers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Miss Emma
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Pens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Gus
EAST
Sabres
Devils
Rangers
Sens
WEST
Wings
Ducks
Canucks
Sharks

Let the trash talk begin.

Also, can I just say the most pimped out 70's mustache award must go to George Parros of the Ducks. Check him out:


Awesome!

Ripper.

Making Your Picks

In case you are desperate for who to select in the 1st Round - may I suggest help from a Monkey?!
And not just any monkey - Maggie the Monkey from TSN.

Please check the following link for her selections:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=203646&hubname=

She has a good track record - that is one smart/lucky monkey!

Helmut

Welcome to BrainMass' 2007 NHL Playoff Pool!

Hello,

It has been a long time since BrainMass has organized a major Pool, but Grant and I are well rested after our Olympic and World Cup Pool administration and ready to run a new one. NHL 2007 Playoffs! WOO HOO!

Grant and I talked about different ways to run this (drafting players, doing a lottery for a team, etc.), but as we are all busy, we thought that the format below was the most interesting and easy option.

Pool Format: Round by Round Selection of Winning Team.

Each round you'll pick the winner from each series. That is it! Nice and easy and not time consuming (unless you are Emma who studies all the historic playoff/team/players stats to make her picks...just kidding Emma)

So by Wednesday (April 11th) evening (5PM), you need to pick winners from the following 1st Round series:

EAST

Buffalo Sabres (1) vs. NY Isanders (8)

New Jersey Devils (2) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (7)

Atlanta Thrashers (3) vs. NY Rangers (6)
Ottawa Senators (4) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (5)
WEST

Detroit Red Wings (1) vs. Calgary Flames (8)

Anaheim Ducks (2) vs. Minnesota Wild (7)
Vancouver Canucks (3) vs. Dallas Stars (6)
Nashville Predators (4) vs. San Jose Sharks (5)

Once the 2nd round match ups are set, I'll send an e-mail so you can make your picks.

Tie-breaker for the pool will be the number of goals scored in total by both teams in the Stanley Cup Final series. This is to be selected prior to pool start and should be submitted with your 1st Round picks.

Pool Scoring: Round 1 (1 point for win, 2 for upset win), Round 2 (2 points for win, 3 for upset win) Round 3 (3 points for win, 4 for upset win) and for the Finals (4 points for win, 5 for upset win).

Pool Entry Fee: $10

We are hoping for a total of at least 11 so it is a cool $100 profit to the winner. :)

Let's do this! Any questions, fire me off an e-mail. Invite your friends and colleagues - the more the merrier.

COLIN aka Helmut Ripper