NHL 2012: The Chase for the Cup

[Priceless]

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[burgie12]

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Mav, try this spreadsheet

All of the formulas / formatting runs through row 1000, so feel free to put people's selections at the bottom of any table.

Despite the fact that this is an .xls, it won't work in Excel 03 because I'm using IFERROR (although I may not need to use it).

Be careful about inserting rows into any sheet, especially in the first 16 rows of the two picks sheets, because there is some hidden data on the side.

Have fun.

[MavHockey14]

The Bruins will win regardless of who they're playing. I'd rather have the satisfaction of beating a New York team to get there. #Massachusettsistherealstateofhockey

Real State of Hockey?

[MavHockey14]

Mav, try this spreadsheet

All of the formulas / formatting runs through row 1000, so feel free to put people's selections at the bottom of any table.

Despite the fact that this is an .xls, it won't work in Excel 03 because I'm using IFERROR (although I may not need to use it).

Be careful about inserting rows into any sheet, especially in the first 16 rows of the two picks sheets, because there is some hidden data on the side.

Have fun.

Sounds good, will do. I appreciate the help. I'll work on putting this all in today.

[jmh]

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The Bruins will win regardless of who they're playing.

Let's hope not; the universe might explode from the sheer magnitude of all the ******baggery.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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Real State of Hockey?

Ignore him. Remember he did this last year as well. He's just trolling and is obviously not very good at it.

[bronconick]

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la kings @lakings
we apologize in advance for anyone this tweet offends: #lakings lead series 2-0

:d

[Scarlet]

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I just started following them. Whoever is manning that Twitter feed deserves a raise. S/he is pretty funny.

[TimP]

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Real State of Hockey?

Stanley Cup Champion: Boston
NCAA Champion: Boston College

[The Rube]

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Stanley Cup Champion: Boston
NCAA Champion: Boston College

When you can draw 19K+ for a non-championship high school hockey game, lemme know.

Good day, sir.

[bronconick]

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Ignore him. Remember he did this last year as well. He's just trolling and is obviously not very good at it.

Yeah, and quoting him is ruining my ignore.

[lugnut92]

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Based on Bradley-Terry rankings (i.e., KRACH) found here, the updated (after 4/13) most likely outcomes are:

West: LAK in 5 (21.0%), STL in 6 (22.2%), PHX in 6 (18.7%), NSH in 6 (21.2%)
East: NYR in 5 (28.8%), BOS in 5 (22.8%), NJD in 5 (23.2%), PHI in 4 (28.0%)

Overall winning probabilities:
West
VAN 29.0% - LAK 71.0%
STL 57.9% - SJS 42.1%
PHX 65.2% - CHI 34.8%
NSH 56.2% - DET 43.8%

East
NYR 88.2% - OTT 11.8%
BOS 75.2% - WAS 24.8%
FLA 23.8% - NJD 76.2%
PIT 15.2% - PHI 84.7%

As always, KRACH is not a perfect predictive system. In fact, it's not predictive at all; it's retrodictive. Home-ice advantage, momentum, and the like can not be accounted for reliably, so they are ignored.

Note: Philly is now favored to sweep Pittsburgh, but I'm sure the Penguins will have something to say about that. Also, I found it interesting that despite the Flyers having a two-game lead and the Rangers only having one game on the Senators that the Rangers are more likely to win their series than the Flyers are.

[MavHockey14]

When you can draw 19K+ for a non-championship high school hockey game, lemme know.

Good day, sir.

Another period of regulation in Boston, another scoreless period.

[lugnut92]

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Another period of regulation in Boston, another scoreless period.

Almost got another.

[Scarlet]

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This is going to be one of those stories. Goalie comes in at the end of season, rookie, and goes on a roll. I bet the Caps make it to the Conference Finals with him.