# NHL Playoffs **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 12, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862 "2009-04-12T17:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/721 "2009-06-15T00:34:38Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > And Pittsburgh takes a second series from Detroit in one weekend - Pirates win 6-3 (on a day that they were celebrating having beaten Detroit in the 1909 World Series) and take 2 out of 3 from the Tigers. > > Do the Steelers play the Lions this year? It’s not Detroit’s year, is it? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/722 "2009-06-15T01:53:50Z")
Was A good Final.Not as good as last year(and I say that not as a Detroit fan,but a hockey fan,last years finals were 6 great games!) Congrats to the Pingwins and their fans. What say we play the rubber match next year,eh? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/723 "2009-06-15T02:32:20Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Was A good Final.Not as good as last year(and I say that not as a Detroit fan,but a hockey fan,last years finals were 6 great games!) > Congrats to the Pingwins and their fans. > What say we play the rubber match next year,eh? If we’re recycling previous series, I’d like to see a redo of 2002. ---
**Author:** ![UTejas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UTejas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UTejas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/724 "2009-06-15T03:37:06Z")
> [@5-HT](#): > > and they’ve only had to tank multiple seasons to get the top draft picks 3 times!! wooo!! pittsburgh!!! Incorrect. They traded up to take Fleury at one. They LOST the Ovechkin lottery and “settled” for taking Malkin second. They won the league-wide lottery wherein everyone had an equal shot at Crosby. Then they took Jordan Staal second overall. Then Malkin finally escaped Russia and Staal lept from Juniors to the NHL. Plus, what is the point? They built from within using the draft and smart moves at the trade deadlines. They didn’t have to “tank” any seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/725 "2009-06-15T18:30:24Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Ah, thank you. It also amuses me, that Detroit is the hometown of Jerome Bettis…and that was where he won the Super Bowl…with the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Facing the Seattle Seahawks, though) > > So, where do you think Hossa will journey to next? Bruins or Capitals…those are the two teams that will be in the 2010 Winter Classic. Hossa and Conklin are probably trying to extend their streak to 3. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/726 "2009-06-15T18:40:52Z")
> [@UTejas](#): > > They won the league-wide lottery wherein everyone had an equal shot at Crosby. Not true. Teams had between 1-3 balls in the lottery, depending on how much success they’d had in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/727 "2009-06-16T00:46:49Z")
**Rysto** , you won by the way. You had 51 points finishing first. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/728 "2009-06-16T01:08:36Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > **Rysto** , you won by the way. You had 51 points finishing first. I did? How the hell did I manage that? I didn’t even call the right number of games in the final… ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/729 "2009-06-16T02:52:15Z")
Calling the winner was worth 16, calling the winner in the right amount of games an extra 8(nobody did). Point total another 8(nobobdy did). You had 35, you were one of 3 to pick the pens, everyone else called the wings. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/730 "2009-06-16T03:18:59Z")
So do we get a final list, **Bruce**? Scores and standings? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/731 "2009-06-17T00:22:38Z")
Sure. **Rysto** : 51 **Harborwolf** : 43 **Me** and **Hap Shaughnessy** : 42 **drm** : 39 **Hockey Monkey** : 35 **Uncle Brother Walker** : 28 **Leaffan** : 20 **Yeticus Rex** : 16 **mhendo** :12 **dogbutler** : 8 Looking back I should have gave points for just getting the games right, if you called the series winner or not. I just thought that would be too cheap, like playing slop at pool. If you called one team in a sweep and the team you called lost in a sweep, I didn’t feel someone should deserve points for that. I was looking at the hockey challenge they had on nhl dot com. They gave points for calling the correct number of games regardless who one. I’ll do it that way next year. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862/732 "2009-06-17T02:32:53Z")
Next year I’ll find the thread earlier.🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-playoffs/492862.md?page=36)