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Playoff Picks: Round 2

By Jonathan Willis

Apr 28, 2012, 13:11 EDTUpdated: Apr 28, 2012, 12:05 EDT

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Remember Maggie the Macaque? I guarantee the TSN panel in 2006 does.

In 2006, Maggie picked 9 of 15 playoff series winners, beating out an expert panel consisting of Bill Berg (who is Bill Berg, anyway? I wouldn’t know who Bill Berg was if I ran him over with my truck), Pierre McGuire (future Habs G.M.?), and Bob McKenzie (yes, that Bob McKenzie).

I remember feeling sorry for the expert panel at the time.

On a completely unrelated note, here are the scores from the first round predictions (I haven’t used tie-breakers here since we have an overall leader):

Writer	Wesbite	VAN/L.A.	S.J./STL	PHX/CHI	NSH/DET	NYR/OTT	BOS/WSH	FLA/NJD	PIT/PHI	Total Score
Oilers4ever	Commenter	L.A.	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	7
Cam Charron	Canucks Army	L.A.	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	6
John Cullen	Canucks Army	L.A.	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	6
greenlightning86	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	6
master of my domain	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	6
Vintage Flame	Commenter	L.A.	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	6
Johe	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PHI	6
david	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PIT	6
Oilerpride15	Commenter	L.A.	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	5
BigE91	Commenter	L.A.	STL	PHX	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Woodguy	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Orange-n-Blue	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	PHX	NSH	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PIT	5
Koolaid drinker #33	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Horcsky	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Alberto’s dad	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Quicksilver ballet	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Mason Storm	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	5
maimster	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PIT	5
schevvy	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
Woodguy	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	5
EvanAllTogether	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	5
~S~K~	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	FLA	PHI	5
Danny Gray	Leafs Nation	VAN	S.J.	CHI	NSH	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PHI	5
Matt Stephen	Leafs Nation	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PHI	5
Jeff Angus	Canucks Army	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	4
Thomas Drance	Canucks Army	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Marda Miller	Canucks Army	VAN	S.J.	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Nate Sans Hate	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
ItsTheBGB	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
oilderrick	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Mantastic	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Ern Beckett	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Trentonl	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Dunnonuttin	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	4
Brett Mitchell	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Beavis	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	DET	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PHI	4
James	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Abby W.	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	OTT	BOS	N.J.	PHI	4
First Name Unidentified	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
ncomas	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	WSH	N.J.	PIT	4
icedawg_42	Commenter	L.A.	S.J.	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Wax Man Riley	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Tim in Kelowna	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
D	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
shanetrain	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Wes Mantooth	Commenter	VAN	STL	PHX	NSH	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	4
geoilersgist	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Justin Azevedo	Flames Nation	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Jason Gregor	Oilers Nation	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Lowetide	Oilers Nation	VAN	STL	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	4
Tinfoil Tuque	Canucks Army	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Bucknuck	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	3
Gitagrip	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
DieHard	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Time Travelling Sean	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
yawto	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	PHX	NSH	OTT	WSH	FLA	PIT	3
TLHansum	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	NSH	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
gord962	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
dan	Commenter	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	OTT	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
madjam	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PHI	3
ashley	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Kent Wilson	Flames Nation	L.A.	S.J.	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
John Lofranco	Leafs Nation	L.A.	STL	CHI	DET	OTT	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Jonathan Willis	Oilers Nation	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Cam Davie	Canucks Army	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Rob Vollman	Flames Nation	VAN	STL	PHX	DET	OTT	BOS	N.J.	PIT	3
Patrick Johnston	Canucks Army	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	2
mark	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	2
everton fc	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	FLA	PIT	2
Fight Club	Commenter	VAN	S.J.	CHI	DET	NYR	BOS	N.J.	PIT	2
mayorpoop	Commenter	L.A.	S.J.	CHI	NSH	OTT	BOS	FLA	PIT	2
Ryan Fancey	Leafs Nation	VAN	S.J.	CHI	NSH	OTT	BOS	N.J.	PIT	2
SLAM	Commenter	VAN	STL	CHI	DET	OTT	BOS	FLA	PIT	1

The average number of correct answers, for all entrants, was four, as an unpredictable first round made a hash out of most predictions. Commenter Oilers4Ever somehow nailed seven of the eight series winners, while a pair of Los Angeles-picking Canucks Army writers tied for second.

The Second Round

Writer	Wesbite	STL/LA	Games	PHX/NSH	Games	NYR/WSH	Games	PHI/N.J.	Games
Cam Davie	CanucksArmy	STL	6	NSH	7	NYR	6	PHI	7
Jason Gregor	OilersNation	LA	7	NSH	6	NYR	5	PHI	5
John Cullen	CanucksArmy	STL	7	NSH	7	WSH	6	PHI	5
Jonathan Willis	OilersNation	STL	7	PHX	7	NYR	5	PHI	5
Justin Azevedo	FlamesNation	STL	6	NSH	5	WSH	6	PHI	5
Kent Wilson	FlamesNation	STL	7	NSH	7	NYR	6	PHI	5
Lowetide	OilersNation	STL	7	NSH	5	NYR	5	PHI	5
Vintage Flame	FlamesNation	STL	6	NSH	7	NYR	6	PHI	5

These are the picks I have in so far; and I’d like to have all other picks in by the end of the second period between L.A./St. Louis. Thanks!

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