Standings at the end of the 2nd Round

Only one person was perfect this time and it wasn't me or Gus...it was Senor Sean aka SMORPHY. With his excellent picking he has usurped me and Gus to take sole possession of 1st place overall. DAMN IT!

Sean Morphy - 18
Colin Lumsden - 17
Gus Douvis - 17
Grant Goodwin - 16
Rob Blais - 16
John Zalud - 14
Mark Nicholson - 14
Mike Lambert - 14
Emma Jackson - 13
Alex Carter - 12
Laurie Rider - 11
Mel Blais - 11
Mitch Carter - 11

We now have the East and West match-ups and the start day (Thursday) for the 3rd Round.

EAST
Buffalo (1) vs. Ottawa (4) - starts Thursday

WEST
Detroit (1) vs. Anaheim (2) - starts Friday

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

Also, only a few people submitted for the tie-breaker, and given that there are still quite a few left who could win the pool, a tie is quite feasible.

I ask that you please re-submit the tie-breaker. Reminder, the tie-breaker was the total number of goals scored in the Stanley Cup Final (by both teams). If you don't like this one, please make an alternative suggestion for my consideration. One I have heard is that once the Finals are set, everyone in contention to win pick a player from each team who they expect to score the most poitns (goals/assists). We then add up the points by each. Most points overall by both players, gets the tie-breaker. Thoughts?

Helmut.