Board 8 > NHL Playoffs Confidence Challenge (now without purge)

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OK folks, you all know the drill by now. You select who is going to win each series, weighted by your confidence in them, most confident at the top, least confident at the bottom (# of games doesn't matter, include it if you want, but it doesn't affect the contest). We all do this for a couple rounds, then it purges and I don't save the results and we all spend the offseason speculating as to what might have been (much like Alexander Ovechkin).

Series:

Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils
Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals vs Columbus Bluejackets
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Nashville Predators vs Colorado Avalanche
Winnipeg Jets vs Minnesota Wild
Vegas Golden Knights vs Los Angeles Kings
Anaheim Ducks vs San Jose Sharks

Sample voting form:

+8
+7
+6
+5
+4
+3
+2
+1

No editing or cheating or being a dick (unless you're Brad Marchand in which case being a dick is mandatory). If you want to change a pick, delete your original post and re-post all your picks. Games lock at puck drop of the first game played in the round. No exceptions.

All disputes will be judged solely by me with all the fairness, competence, and neutrality of Tim Peel.
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Pittsburgh Penguins
+6 Tampa Bay Lightning
+5 Washington Capitals
+4 Winnipeg Jets
+3 Boston Bruins
+2 Vegas Golden Knights
+1 Anaheim Ducks
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lets go caps
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and right out of the gate, someone picks all home teams!
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Tampa Bay Lightning
+6 Pittsburgh Penguins
+5 Winnipeg Jets
+4 San Jose Sharks
+3 Columbus Bluejackets
+2 Vegas Golden Knights
+1 Toronto Maple Leafs
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SmartMuffin posted...

and right out of the gate, someone picks all home teams!

Peridiam posted...

lets go caps

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+8 Pittsburgh Penguins
+7 Nashville Predators
+6 Vegas Golden Knights
+5 New Jersey Devils
+4 Anaheim Ducks
+3 Washington Capitals
+2 Winnipeg Jets
+1 Toronto Maple Leafs
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Winnipeg Jets
+6 Pittsburgh Penguins
+5 San Jose Sharks
+4 Columbus Bluejackets
+3 Tampa Bay Lightning
+2 Boston Bruins
+1 Vegas Golden Knights
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Winnipeg Jets
+6 Washington Capitals
+5 Boston Bruins
+4 Tampa Bay Lightning
+3 San Jose Sharks
+2 Vegas Golden Knights
+1 Philadelphia Flyers

+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Washington Capitals
+6 Winnipeg Jets
+5 Tampa Bay Lightning
+4 San Jose Sharks
+3 Vegas Golden Knights
+2 Philadelphia Flyers
+1 Toronto Maple Leafs
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Tampa Bay Lightning
+6 Winnipeg Jets
+5 Washington Capitals
+4 Pittsburgh Penguins
+3 San Jose Sharks
+2 Toronto Maple Leafs
+1 Los Angeles Kings
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Tampa Bay Lightning
+6 Pittsburgh Penguins
+5 Toronto Maple Leafs
+4 Winnipeg Jets
+3 San Jose Sharks
+2 Los Angeles Kings
+1 Columbus Blue Jackets

I have limited hockey knowledge, so I expect to finish comfortably in last
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The Leafs are a great pick.
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Pittsburgh Penguins
+6 Tampa Bay Lightning
+5 Washington Capitals
+4 Winnipeg Jets
+3 Vegas Golden Knights
+2 Toronto Maple Leafs
+1 Anaheim Ducks
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SmartMuffin posted...

and right out of the gate, someone picks all home teams!

You can tell who is new to hockey when
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+8 Pittsburgh
+7 Nashville
+6 Washington
+5 Analslime
+4 Los Angeles
+3 Boston
+2 Winnipeg
+1 New Jersey
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Also, Boston wins the cup
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Winnipeg Jets
+6 Tampa Bay Lightning
+5 Anaheim Ducks
+4 Washington Capitals
+3 Pittsburgh Penguins
+2 Toronto Maple Leafs
+1 Los Angeles Kings

Boston would have been much more comfortable against another team but they flopped against Florida. Hope the Devils stay hot but Tampa is probably going to lose the cup against Preds.
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+8 Winnipeg Jets
+7 Nashville Predators
+6 Tampa Bay Lightning
+5 Pittsburgh Penguins
+4 Washington Capitals
+3 Los Angeles Kings
+2 Boston Bruins
+1 San Jose Sharks
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tag
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+8 Nashville
+7 Tampa Bay
+6 Winnipeg
+5 Pittsburgh
+4 Washington
+3 Boston
+2 Los Angeles
+1 San Jose
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Anyone got pre playoffs champion predictions? Boston.
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Not Boston.
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Tag
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Nashville
or whoever comes out of the central
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https://imgur.com/a/MljbD
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I posted my unbiased predictions in the discussion topic.
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rammtay posted...

SmartMuffin posted...

and right out of the gate, someone picks all home teams!

You can tell who is new to hockey when

I don't actually think all my picks will happen!

Been a caps fan for over half my life.
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rammtay posted...

https://imgur.com/a/MljbD

caps in the conference finals

i mean
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Winnipeg Jets
+6 Boston Bruins
+5 Tampa Bay Lightning
+4 Pittsburgh Penguins
+3 Washington Capitals
+2 San Jose Sharks
+1 Los Angeles Kings
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+8 Nashville Predators
+7 Winnipeg Jets
+6 Pittsburgh Penguins
+5 Tampa Bay Lightning
+4 Anaheim Ducks
+3 Washington Capitals
+2 Toronto Maple Leafs
+1 Vegas Golden Knights

Peridiam posted...

rammtay posted...

https://imgur.com/a/MljbD

caps in the conference finals

i mean

don't they always choke in the conference finals?
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rammtay posted...

Peridiam posted...

rammtay posted...

https://imgur.com/a/MljbD

caps in the conference finals

i mean

don't they always choke in the conference finals?

The last time they were in the conference finals was 1998.
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And the last time they choked in the conference finals was 1990
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davidponte posted...

rammtay posted...

Peridiam posted...

rammtay posted...

https://imgur.com/a/MljbD

caps in the conference finals

i mean

don't they always choke in the conference finals?

The last time they were in the conference finals was 1998.

welp. That was embarrassing after saying someone was new if they pick all home teams
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That's an interesting bracket. Devils over Tampa and Ducks going all the way.
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so, shit's locked in case you couldn't tell
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ah, shit, i forgot to do it
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Up

I hope to save all of this to an excel tomorrow but I probably wont
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Up to save from purge
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Got it in excel so we should be safe, for the first round at least.

Nobody picked against Nashville or Winnipeg. Only a couple people picked against Pittsburgh, Washington, Tampa. San Jose/Anaheim, LA/Vegas, and Boston/Toronto roughly split.
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Shoulda had more confidence in the Sharks!
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Maybe putting them at +3 will help offset putting the Maple Leafs at +5
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I still think LA can make a comeback, but yeah, the Leafs are done.
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my bracket is embarrassing.
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if you picked the Capitals to not choke, you're gonna have a bad time...
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Lookin good
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I always believed in Vegas... just wish I believed in them more than a +1

Lol, good thing I only gave the Kings a +1
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fucking anaheim
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