Bracketology

[GM Office Q]

Would anyone be down with some EHEC and possibly NHL bracketology? Stolen from HFBoards, we could conduct a round by round bracket competition for both the EHEC playoffs and NHL playoffs, especially since EHEC is real time (another reason to love it).

The way I see it, we could have the same scoring system for the EHEC bracket and NHL bracket, with the overall winner getting some sort of EHM reward... CON boost to a shitty prospect? That can also be discussed.

Thoughts?

Yes - I would volunteer to keep score.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Sounds like a good idea. Nothing wrong with stealing from HF. It's the premier hockey message board out there.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

I've never done their brackets, so I don't know how they set it up, award points, etc, but I'm in.

[Penguin]

I'm always down. I can help organizing it Quinny.

[Tuo-SabresGM]

Absolutely I'm in. It's become a yearly ritual for me to make my full predictions come playoff time. Some years I've done stellar, other I've tanked. It's always fun though

[CapsGM]

I'm down.

[Oilers_GM]

i'm in!

[Penguin]

Bracketology 2010!

JOIN UP!!!...by doing the following:

1) Create a new post in this thread before the start of the first game of the Playoffs.
2) In that post, tell me who you believe will be the WINNER and the SERIES LENGTH.
3) I prefer you follow this format in all rounds:
a. Post Eastern Conference first, and start with the highest-seeded matchups (WSH vs. MTL, SJ vs. COL).
b. Tell me how many games (4,5,6, or 7), not the final win margin.
c. Keep it simple, like "WSH in 5" or "NSH in 7."
4) Only pick the first round. If you make selections for later rounds I will IGNORE them.
5) If you revise your original picks, make a NEW post that clearly says "REVISION" on it.

...and that's it! Return after every round to make new picks, since sometimes your picks don't go the way you planned...

SCORING
- Winner: In the first round, you get 1.00 points for choosing the winner.
- Series Length: In the first round, you get the following number of points for how close your series length was to the actual result:

- Riding a Team: If you correctly select a team in Round 1 AND Round 2, your Round 1 results with that team are augemened 61.8%. This also goes for later rounds, and compounds if you pick correctly three or four rounds in a row.

STRATEGY
- Picking series length correctly always nets you the most points, but getting a sweep correct gets you more points, and getting a 6-game correct gets you less.
- Riding a team through multiple rounds is a big boost for earlier results

1ST ROUND

NHL:

8-MTL @ 1-WSH
7-PHI @ 2-NJ
6-BOS @ 3-BUF
5-OTT @ 4-PIT

8-COL @ 1-SJ
7-NSH @ 2-CHI
6-LA @ 3-VAN
5-DET @ 4-PHX

EHEC:

8-MTL @ 1-WSH
7-OTT @ 2-BOS
6-PHI @ 3-NYR
5-CAR @ 4-TB

8-MIN @ 1-LA
7-NSH @ 2-CBS
6-EDM @ 3-VAN
5-CHI @ 4-PHX


THIS THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT 7PM EASTERN TIME TOMORROW NIGHT!

[Penguin]

1ST ROUND

NHL:

MTL in 7
NJ in 7
BUF in 6
OTT in 7

SJ in 6
CHI in 6
VAN in 6
DET in 6

EHEC:

WSH in 6
BOS in 5
NYR in 6
TB in 6

LA in 6
CBS in 5
VAN in 7
CHI in 6

[Bruins]

NHL:
East:
1WAS over 8MTL in 4.
2NJ over 7PHI in 7.
3BUF over 6BOS in 4.
4PIT over 5OTT in 4.

West:
1SJ over 8COL in 4.
2CHI over 7NSH in 4.
3VAN over 6LA in 5.
5DET over 4PHX in 4.

*I'm sure series will last longer than this, I'm gambling on the point system a bit.

[GM Office Q]

Haha, nice work Bern. I suppose if we were going to steal the idea from HF, might as well steal the entire thread.

NHL

WAS in 5
NJ in 6
BUF in 6
PIT in 5

SJ in 6
CHI in 4
VAN in 5
DET in 5

EHEC

WAS in 5
BOS in 5
NYR in 7
TB in 5

LA in 5
CBS in 5
VAN in 5
CHI in 6

[Virtual Jarmo]

NHL:

8-MTL @ 1-WSH in 5
7-PHI @ 2-NJ in 5
6-BOS @ 3-BUF in 6
5-OTT @ 4-PIT in 7

8-COL @ 1-SJ in 6
7-NSH @ 2-CHI in 4
6-LA @ 3-VAN in 5
5-DET @ 4-PHX in 7

EHEC:

8-OTT @ 1-WSH in 4
7-MTL @ 2-BOS in 5
6-PHI @ 3-NYR in 7
5-CAR @ 4-TB in 7

8-MIN @ 1-LA in 5
7-NSH @ 2-CBS in 6
6-EDM @ 3-VAN in 6
5-CHI @ 4-PHX in a 7 game thriller

[Virtual Jarmo]

I just went back and double checked. Montreal holds the tiebreaker over Ottawa. I will have to adjust the playoff schedule because Montreal is the #7 and Ottawa is the #8. The brackets will have to be changed in this thread.

[CapsGM]

NHL:

1-WSH in 5
2-NJ in 6
3-BUF in 6
4-PIT in 6

1-SJ in 5
2-CHI in 7
3-VAN in 6 (but I hope for an LA upset)
5-DET in 6

EHEC:

1-WSH in 5
2-BOS in 4
3-NYR in 6
4-TB in 7

1-LA in 5
2-CBS in 6
6-EDM in 6 (Luuuu's injury is HUGE)
4-PHX in 7

[Oilers_GM]

NHL:

SJ in 7
CHI in 6
LA in 6 ( i think if it goes to 7- the 'nucks will win it)
DET in 6

WSH in 6
PHL in 7
BUF in 6
PIT in 5


EHEC:

LA in 5
CBS in 6
EDM in 6 - gotta pull for myself here and no LOU!
PHO in 7

WSH in 5
BOS in 4
PHL in 6
TBL in 7

[NashvilleGM]

8-MTL @ 1-WSH - Wash 5
7-PHI @ 2-NJ - NJ 5
6-BOS @ 3-BUF - BUF 7
5-OTT @ 4-PIT - PIT 6

8-COL @ 1-SJ - SJ 4
7-NSH @ 2-CHI - CHI 6
6-LA @ 3-VAN - VAN 7
5-DET @ 4-PHX - DET 6

EHEC:

8-OTT @ 1-WSH - WAS 4
7-MTL @ 2-BOS - BOS 4
6-PHI @ 3-NYR - NYR 5
5-CAR @ 4-TB - CAR 6

8-MIN @ 1-LA - MIN 7
7-NSH @ 2-CBS - NSH 7
6-EDM @ 3-VAN - EDM 6
5-CHI @ 4-PHX - CHI 7

[Penguin]

Adam, we should have a little prize for the winner!

Mike Leib, you forgot your EHEC bracket.

[Bruins]

EHEC:

East:
1WSH over 8OTT in 5.
2BOS over 7MTL in 5.
3NYR over 6PHI in 7.
4TB over 5CAR in 6.

West:
1LA over 8MIN in 5.
2CBS over 7NSH in 6.
6EDM over 3VAN in 7.
5CHI over 4PHX in 7.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Adam, we should have a little prize for the winner!

Sure. The losers get to pitch in and pay the hosting bill when it's due again in September.

[SypherSens]

8-MTL @ 1-WSH --- Wash in 5
7-PHI @ 2-NJ --- NJ in 6
6-BOS @ 3-BUF --- BUF in 7
5-OTT @ 4-PIT --- PIT in 5

8-COL @ 1-SJ --- SJ in 5
7-NSH @ 2-CHI --- CHI in 4
6-LA @ 3-VAN --- VAN in 5
5-DET @ 4-PHX --- DET in 6

EHEC:

8-OTT @ 1-WSH - OTT in 7
7-MTL @ 2-BOS - BOS in 4
6-PHI @ 3-NYR - NYR in 5
5-CAR @ 4-TB - TB in 7

8-MIN @ 1-LA - LA in 4
7-NSH @ 2-CBS - CBS in 6
6-EDM @ 3-VAN - EDM in 7
5-CHI @ 4-PHX - CHI in 7

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Adam, we should have a little prize for the winner!

Sure. The losers get to pitch in and pay the hosting bill when it's due again in September.

Wow. My CON and attitude just took a nosedive.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

NHL:
8-MTL @ 1-WSH - Washington in 5
7-PHI @ 2-NJ - New Jersey in 6
6-BOS @ 3-BUF - Buffalo in 6
5-OTT @ 4-PIT - Pittsburgh in 5

8-COL @ 1-SJ - San Jose in 5
7-NSH @ 2-CHI - Chicago in 5
6-LA @ 3-VAN - Vancouver in 6
5-DET @ 4-PHX - Phoenix in 6


EHEC:
8-OTT @ 1-WSH - Washington in 4
7-MTL @ 2-BOS - Boston in 5
6-PHI @ 3-NYR - NYR in 6
5-CAR @ 4-TB - Tampa Bay 6

8-MIN @ 1-LA - Los Angeles in 5
7-NSH @ 2-CBS - Columbus in 6
6-EDM @ 3-VAN - Vancouver in 7
5-CHI @ 4-PHX - Phoenix in 6

[Penguin]

I told you I'd pitch in for that already. A real prize! Like concistency pointssssssss to make it entertaining

[Virtual Jarmo]

I told you I'd pitch in for that already. A real prize! Like concistency pointssssssss to make it entertaining

And I appreciate that.


Sure, we'll give 10 CON points to the winner, no more than 5 to one prospect. You can spread them however you wish. 10 players go up 1, 2 players go up 5.

The player cannot have a CON above 72 before the points are added.

[Jets GM]

NHL:

8-MTL @ 1-WSH in 4
7-PHI @ 2-NJ in 4
6-BOS @ 3-BUF in 5
5-OTT @ 4-PIT in 6

8-COL @ 1-SJ in 7
7-NSH @ 2-CHI in 6
6-LA @ 3-VAN in 6
5-DET @ 4-PHX, DET in 6

EHEC:

8-OTT @ 1-WSH in 6
7-MTL @ 2-BOS in 5
6-PHI @ 3-NYR in 6
5-CAR @ 4-TB in 6

8-MIN @ 1-LA in 5
7-NSH @ 2-CBS in 6
6-EDM @ 3-VAN in 7
5-CHI @ 4-PHX in 6

[NashvilleGM]

haterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzsss

[Tuo-SabresGM]

Fuck, didn't have time to get to this between the jobs/other responsibilities. Here's my picks regardless (since I do them every year), bracket competition be damned.

NHL
WSH over MTL in 4
NJ over PHI in 7
BUF over BOS 6
OTT over PIT in 6

SJ over COL in 4
CHI over NSH in 5
VAN over LA 5
DET over PHX 5


EHEC
WSH over OTT in 5
BOS over MTL in 4
NYR over PHI in 7
TB over CAR in 5

LA over MIN in 4
CBS over NSH in 5
EDM over VAN in 6
PHX over CHI in 6

[Montreal Canadiens]

I'm not geting much of a chance hey.

[CapsGM]

I'm not geting much of a chance hey.

Dang, I really didn't want to face the Bruins. 4 and out for the Habs.

[Montreal Canadiens]

It's reverse psychology

[Penguin]

RYAN, NICK OR ADAM.. CLOSE THIS THREAD!

[Virtual Jarmo]

RYAN, NICK OR ADAM.. CLOSE THIS THREAD!

I locked the posts from being edited. We'll keep it open for discussion purposes.

[Penguin]

I'm able to edit so not sure if you did it right..

[Virtual Jarmo]

I'm able to edit so not sure if you did it right..

I tried locking them again. We'll see if it works. If not, I'll lock the thread.

[NashvilleGM]

I'm able to edit so not sure if you did it right..

I tried locking them again. We'll see if it works. If not, I'll lock the thread.

doesnt work, lock the thread