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NHL 2012: Playoffs! Part II: Boogalooing all the way to the Cup

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Tipping!!! That should be a penalty. Although it was ovechkin and he should still be suspended so I bet that is why it wasn't called.
 
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How did that not count as a goal? Boyle has every right to be ****ed.
 
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So a Caps fan friend of mine is whining about that weak *** slash.

I reminded him of the weak *** slash by Pouloit that handed Washington Game 5 last series...he shut up real quick.
 
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Pretty clear we're destined for NY vs. LA.

You've got a 1 seed that beat a 8 and a 7 facing a 6 and a 8 seed that beat a 1 and a 2 facing a 3.
 
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Was it me or did that kind of seem like an uninspired Game 7?
 
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Conference Semifinals recap post!

Using Bradley-Terry rankings (i.e., KRACH) found here, it was possible to break down the probabilities of each possible outcome of the four series. Here's how those initial projections stacked up:

West
STL-LAK
Initial projection: St. Louis in 5, 22.0%
Overall projection: St. Louis wins, 73.8%
Actual outcome: Los Angeles in 4
Initial possibility: 2.21% (8th most likely of 8)

PHX-NSH
Initial projection: Nashville in 6, 18.7%
Overall projection: Nashville wins, 61.5%
Actual outcome: Phoenix in 5
Initial possibility: 8.83% (7th most likely of 8)

East
NYR-WAS
Initial projection: New York in 5, 21.2%
Overall projection: New York wins, 72.1%
Actual outcome: New York in 7
Initial possibility: 16.5% (3rd most likely of 8)

PHI-NJD
Initial projection: Philadelphia in 6, 19.2%
Overall projection: Philadelphia wins, 63.7%
Actual outcome: New Jersey in 5
Initial possibility: 8.18% (7th most likely of 8)

How I (the numbers) did: 1 winner (wrong length) and 3 wrong winners. In other words, awfully.
 
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MountieBoyOz said:
The reverse jinx is 2-0. :)
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Excuse me but do you have a ticket to jump back on the Bandwagon? You turned in your Ranger's fan card a while back. It will now cost you to get back on and cheer for them.
 
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Based on Bradley-Terry rankings (i.e., KRACH) found here, the updated (after 5/12) most likely outcomes are:

PHX in 6 (16.4%)
NYR in 6 (19.2%)

Overall winning probabilities:
PHX 52.8% - LAK 47.2%
NYR 63.4% - NJD 36.6%

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.

Remarks: Here we are in the Conference Finals... Phoenix-LA looks to be pretty evenly matched, but the numbers have been underestimating the god**** Kings since the beginning. On the other coast, the Rangers look to have their hardest battle yet, but that's not saying much.

Next Round possibilities:
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| S   |    ECF    |
|  C  |-----------|
|   F | NYR | NJD |
|-----------------|
|W|PHX|33.5%|19.3%|
|C|---|-----------|
|F|LAK|30.0%|17.3%|
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MattS said:
Excuse me but do you have a ticket to jump back on the Bandwagon? You turned in your Ranger's fan card a while back. It will now cost you to get back on and cheer for them.
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Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one.

I realize I'm a curse. It's been proven in many fantasy leagues that I'm in. I'm the kiss of death. If I can use that knowledge to get the Rangers a Cup so be it.

I recall the scene in "The Fan" where Wesley Snipes' character is struggling and can't get a hit. He then snaps his slump. He is playing catch with Robert DeNiro's character and he asks Snipes why he broke out of his slump. Snipes retorts, "I just stopped caring."
 
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That goal made Chris Osgood cringe.
 
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Hunter out, Ovechkin still in..

(SIGH)
 
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No player should have that much power. Any ideas on who the Caps take for Ovie's next victim?
 
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