The most points at the end of four rounds of the playoffs wins. It’s as simple as that. Here’s the trick though… by the Finals, you will only have a maximum of six players playing on your team.
For 2010, I am making a slight change to the format, which won’t affect people who have paid into the pool before; it’s for those who didn’t pay. This year, I am making two Divisions in the Playoff Pool, the Paid Division and the Free Division. The Paid Division will be for those who want in and take advantage of the prizes at the end of the playoffs, while the Free Division will be for those who don’t want to pay the $10 or the people who don’t submit their money on time. That’s it… otherwise; it’s the exact same thing.
On the selection sheet, from 24 boxes, you will choose 24 players. There will be 12 from each conference (seven forwards, four defensemen and a goaltender). The catch of the playoff pool is you can only have a maximum of three players from any one team.
There will be no trades in the Playoff Pool, what you pick is what you get. Period.
The Selection Sheet will include all teams in the league, so it will be your responsibility to know which teams are in and which teams are out. The best place to check is NHL.com, where they have their standings updated every night.
The playoffs will have a similar point structure as the regular season, it will have a little twist:
|
All Players |
Goalies |
|
Goal – 1 point |
Win – 2 points |
|
Assist – 1 point |
Shutout – 2 points |
|
Game Winning Goal – 1 point |
|
Game Winning Goals are actual statistics given to the deciding goal scorer of the game. If the New York Rangers were to beat the New Jersey Devils 2-0 with Chris Drury scoring the first and Scott Gomez the second, Drury’s goal would count as the winner, as it is the deciding goal of the game.
Goalies will have their goals and assists count towards their point totals and in the highly unlikely event that a player has to dress as a goalie and wins, those points will count towards his point totals.
The tie-breaking system will be done as follows:
In the
highly-unlikely event of another tie, another tie-breaking question will be on
the Selection Sheet, as it will pertain to guessing the total number of games
played in the 2009 Playoffs.
The buy-in for the pool will be $10. Not too bad, eh? Please be sure you have your $10 in before or when you have your sheet submitted. If the money for the Paid Division isn’t paid by April 22, then all teams that are unpaid will immediately be sent down to the Free Division without the chance of going to the Paid Division.
The prizes in the
Paid Division will be broken out by the number of people who are participating
in the pool. In the regular season,
there were 41 people in the pool and more are expected for the playoffs. In the 2009 Playoff Pool, there were 61
entrants and it had a 1st Prize of $400. A prize breakdown will be published when the
final numbers of teams are announced.
If you are paying from somewhere other than Calgary or can’t get out to see the Opiated Sherpa, you can send your pool fees to him via PayPal. Just choose the PayPal option on the Online Selection Sheet, which you can access below and I will respond back to your e-mail with account options.
If you go to www.opiatedsherpa.com, you will find a link to the Playoff Pool webpage. You will also find the link to the regular season pool… if you felt the need to see how it all went down and what you’re up against. If you want to keep up with the news, go to the Opiated Sherpa’s Hockey Pool Domain at www.osherpanews.blogspot.com.
The Playoff Pool will go live on March 23 and the deadline for submissions will be April 15. The regular season will end on April 11 and the playoffs will start on April 14. If a team has been submitted early with players on teams that are considered to be “on the bubble” and do not make it into the playoffs, they have until the submission deadline to change any of these players. If any team does not rectify their choices of a player or players not in the playoffs, they will be made examples of in the newsletter. I’m just sayin’!
Clayton Corley
Phone: 403-560-9102
e-mail: clayton@opiatedsherpa.com
Website: www.opiatedsherpa.com
The online
selection sheet is now available! Click
here to select your team, but I recommend you click
here to plan out your team a little easier.
If you plan out your team, you can make sure to pick only three players
per team this year.
If there is a
Selection Sheet sent to me that doesn’t fit the
guidelines, I will reply back to you to let you know that you need to pick your
team again to be within the guidelines.
Have fun and remember to tell your friends!