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Post by khawk20 on Apr 9, 2018 14:32:01 GMT
Wtf, playoffs don't start till Wednesday? It's normal...two or three day break after the regular season ends.
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Post by soccer24 on Apr 9, 2018 14:35:46 GMT
Was really expecting it to be tomorrow as yesterday was an off-day for the entire league (minus two teams)
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Post by khawk20 on Apr 9, 2018 14:36:04 GMT
If this is the playoff predictor thread...
Preds over Avs in 5 Wild over Jets in 7 Kings over Vegas in 5 Sharks over Ducks in 6
Devils over Tampa in 6 Bruins over Leafs in 7 Pens over Flyers in 6 Jackets over Caps in 6
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Post by khawk20 on Apr 9, 2018 14:39:22 GMT
Was really expecting it to be tomorrow as yesterday was an off-day for the entire league (minus two teams) They usually have sunday-monday-tuesday off with the playoffs starting on the Wednesday to my memory. It feels like Boston's year to me. I have watched an unusual amount of Bruins hockey this year (They were the default non-Canadian teams game on Sportsnet all the time, just like the Hawks used to be when they were good). They have a knack of coming back from holes deeper than they should be able to come back from, which is the earmark of a team that can have a good playoff run. If they can get past Toronto without any more injuries and Marchand doesn't get himself suspended for ten games somehow, I think they can run the East.
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Post by soccer24 on Apr 9, 2018 14:58:03 GMT
I haven't updated for this week, but I imagine Boston is going to remain at the top of my rankings.
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Post by garyu on Apr 9, 2018 15:29:21 GMT
If this is the playoff predictor thread... Preds over Avs in 5 Wild over Jets in 7 Kings over Vegas in 5 Sharks over Ducks in 6 Devils over Tampa in 6 Bruins over Leafs in 7 Pens over Flyers in 6 Jackets over Caps in 6 I like Preds over Avs in 4 Jets over Wild in 6 Kings over Vegas in 6 Ducks over Sharks in 7 TB over Deviks in 6 Bruins over Loafs in 6 Pens over Flyers in 6 Caps over CBJ in 6
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Post by jimc on Apr 9, 2018 18:29:11 GMT
Been that way for 20 years or so
Noob
How could anyone who claims to be a serious fan honestly say they thought games started on monday or tuesday?
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Post by lari on Apr 9, 2018 18:46:51 GMT
My "eye-test" predictions:
Nashville - Colorado Winnipeg - Minnesota Vegas - Los Angeles Anaheim - San Jose
Tampa Bay - New Jersey Boston - Toronto Washington - Columbus Pittsburgh - Philadelphia
And here, I just rolled a die:
Colorado beats Nashville Minnesota beats Winnipeg Los Angeles beats Vegas Anaheim beats San Jose
Tampa Bay beats New Jersey Boston beats Toronto Columbus beats Washington Philadelphia beats Pittsburgh
Let's see how my eye-test and just picking random winners fares against soccer's super system.
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Post by Pez68 on Apr 9, 2018 18:59:05 GMT
My "eye-test" predictions: Nashville - Colorado Winnipeg - Minnesota Vegas - Los AngelesAnaheim - San JoseTampa Bay - New Jersey Boston - Toronto Washington - ColumbusPittsburgh - Philadelphia And here, I just rolled a die: Colorado beats Nashville Minnesota beats Winnipeg Los Angeles beats Vegas Anaheim beats San Jose Tampa Bay beats New Jersey Boston beats Toronto Columbus beats Washington Philadelphia beats Pittsburgh Let's see how my eye-test and just picking random winners fares against soccer's super system. Nashville - Colorado Winnipeg - Minnesota Vegas - Los Angeles Anaheim - San Jose Tampa Bay - New Jersey Boston - Toronto Washington - Columbus Pittsburgh - Philadelphia My thoughts.
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Post by soccer24 on Apr 9, 2018 19:05:13 GMT
My "eye-test" predictions: Nashville - Colorado Winnipeg - Minnesota Vegas - Los AngelesAnaheim - San JoseTampa Bay - New Jersey Boston - Toronto Washington - ColumbusPittsburgh - Philadelphia And here, I just rolled a die: Colorado beats Nashville Minnesota beats Winnipeg Los Angeles beats Vegas Anaheim beats San Jose Tampa Bay beats New Jersey Boston beats Toronto Columbus beats Washington Philadelphia beats Pittsburgh Let's see how my eye-test and just picking random winners fares against soccer's super system. You don't have any coins? But we also get to see how your die-roll works against your eye-test as well, don't forget.
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Post by lari on Apr 9, 2018 19:10:22 GMT
My "eye-test" predictions: Nashville - Colorado Winnipeg - Minnesota Vegas - Los AngelesAnaheim - San JoseTampa Bay - New Jersey Boston - Toronto Washington - ColumbusPittsburgh - Philadelphia And here, I just rolled a die: Colorado beats Nashville Minnesota beats Winnipeg Los Angeles beats Vegas Anaheim beats San Jose Tampa Bay beats New Jersey Boston beats Toronto Columbus beats Washington Philadelphia beats Pittsburgh Let's see how my eye-test and just picking random winners fares against soccer's super system. You don't have any coins? But we also get to see how your die-roll works against your eye-test as well, don't forget. No coins, no dice. I used google:
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Post by gadi on Apr 9, 2018 19:32:08 GMT
I haven't been posting weekly updates, but I too have been working on a model that is almost 100% accurate in predicting who will win the Cup. Here it is:
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Post by jimc on Apr 9, 2018 19:33:59 GMT
I vote for Gadi's model.
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Post by soccer24 on Apr 9, 2018 20:13:50 GMT
Ok, here's how it all breaks down from this system:
Tampa over New Jersey Boston over Toronto Columbus over Washington Pittsburgh over Philadelphia Nashville over Colorado Winnipeg over Minnesota Vegas over LA -- This is looking like the closest matchup of the first round. Every other round has a sizeable gap between the two teams. San Jose over Anaheim
Now, I do this round by round, but here's how the rest of it maps out assuming 100% accuracy: Boston over Tampa Pittsburgh over Columbus Winnipeg over Nashville San Jose over Vegas
Boston over Pittsburgh Winnipeg over San Jose
Boston over Winnipeg
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Post by soccer24 on Apr 9, 2018 20:21:15 GMT
Also of note: For a while Boston was on track to finish the best over he past 11 seasons with this method. They slipped down the end, coming in at third, ranking behind the 2008 Red Wings and the 2010 Blackhawks.
The next best team in the standings comes in at 45th (Winnipeg, which is when a lot more teams from 2018 start to show up. So a bit of a strange year in this regard, I suppose.
The bottom 7 now looks like this:
Rank Year Team 325 2018 Rangers 326 2018 Islanders 327 2009 Islanders 328 2017 Coyotes 329 2008 Thrashers 330 2015 Sabres 331 2010 Oilers
For the Hawks, this year was the third worst they've been since the 2007-08 season. They were able to score better than the 2017 (just barely) & 2008 versions.
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