Stats Prediction League

Post by **Tasku** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:48 pm

This idea came from our very own Dave (the one who likes Rangers), where we would predict statistics for teams and players.

The rules are simple: We ask questions, and you give your predictions, of who will win that particular category, or how many points will this particular player score points within the month.

On our first round, we will start predicting stats for October, and no new 'bets' will be taken after October 4th, day before the puck hits the ice, except for the next month, September.

So... these predictions are for October, and you can leave your predictions until October 4th, after which no more predictions will be taken for October, but new betts will be taken for September.

Get it?

No?

Ask then FFS.

Here are the predictions for October (and the type of answer required):

1. Who will score the most points in October? (Answer: name only)
2. How many points will Crosby have by the end of October? (Answer example: 3+9=12)
3. How many points will Jagr have by the end of October? (Answer example: 6+3 = 9)
4. Who will win the MVP of the Month award for October? (Answer: name only)
5. Which team will be leading the Western Conference by the end of October? (Answer: team name)
6. Which team will be leading the Eastern Conference by the end of October? (Answer: team name)
7. How many points will Pittsburgh obtain during October?
8. Who will be the first goalie to post a shutout? (Answer: name only)
9. Who will be the first player to score a hat trick? (Answer: name only)
10. Who will be the first player to score five goals? (Answer: name only)
11. Which team will take the first shootout win? (Answer: team name)

One point per correct answer. Most points by the end of the season will receive glory and recongnizion as the Hockey Wizard of TBL.

Questions will remain the same every month, except for no. 3 and 7, where we will pick the most interesting player / team to follow for that month.

If you have suggestions for questions, you can post them here, as this is sort of a "beta" version. We're testing this game as we play.

Edit: To help making predictions...

Pittsburgh will play 11 games in October (Crosby).
NY Rangers will play 13 games (Jagr).

Post by **Tasku** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:15 pm

My predictions.

1. Martin St. Louis (Tampa)
2. 3+4 = 7
3. 2+5 = 7
4. Martin St. Louis
5. New Jersey Devils
6. Colorado Avalanche
7. 9 points
8. Marty Turco (Dallas)
9. Ilya Kovalchuk
10. Martin St. Louis
11. Pittsburgh Penguins

This will be interesting.

davey_nyrangerboy02 · Post by **davey_nyrangerboy02** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:54 pm

$\:D/$ glad to see my idea done

here are my answers for the prediction game

1. Ilya Kovalchuk
2. 4 + 2 = 6
3. 6 + 3 = 9
4. Nikolai Khabibulin
5. San Jose Sharks
6. Tampa Bay Lightning
7. 10pts
8. Mikka Kipprusoff
9. Rick Nash
10. Vincent Lecavalier
11. Ottawa Senators

davey_nyrangerboy02 · Post by **davey_nyrangerboy02** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:57 pm

Plus a word tasku we shld be able to change kovalchuk if it is clear prior to opening night that hes stayin in Russia, which is very possible

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:25 pm

1. Vinny Lecavalier
2. 3+5=8
3. 4+5=9
4.
5. Nashville Predators
6. Tampa Bay Lightning
7. 10 points
8. Martin Brodeur
9. Ilya Kovalchuk
10. Ziggy Palffy
11. Los Angeles Kings

Short question on number 4...does the NHL decide who should win the MVP of the Month Award?

Post by **Tasku** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:35 pm

I was under the impression NHL picks a player of the month every month. Ofcourse I could be totally wrong / confusing some other MVP related thing to NHL. This lock-out makes it hard to remember.

Anyone?

Minty?

Post by **Tasku** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:36 pm

davey_nyrangerboy02 wrote:Plus a word tasku we shld be able to change kovalchuk if it is clear prior to opening night that hes stayin in Russia, which is very possible

You can change your predictions until 4th October, or the last day of the month we are predicting at the moment.

Just edit your post, if you change your mind.

Post by **Minstrel** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:49 pm

Tasku wrote:I was under the impression NHL picks a player of the month every month. Ofcourse I could be totally wrong / confusing some other MVP related thing to NHL. This lock-out makes it hard to remember.

Anyone?

Minty?

Yeah the year and a half off does not do any favors to your game knowledge/memory, so much so that I'll have to recharge my memory before posting my guesses.

The NHL does in fact announce Player of the Month as well as Player of the Week honors during the season. I was fairly sure they did but my buddy Google confirmed it for me

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:07 am

Thread moved to our new competitions forum

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:21 pm

Minstrel wrote:The NHL does in fact announce Player of the Month as well as Player of the Week honors during the season. I was fairly sure they did but my buddy Google confirmed it for me

I thought there was one Offensive Player of the Month Award and one Defensive Player of the Month Award...

AlexCobra · Post by **AlexCobra** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:07 pm

Hi!

On our first round, we will start predicting stats for October, and no new 'bets' will be taken after October 4th, day before the puck hits the ice, except for the next month, September.

So... these predictions are for October, and you can leave your predictions until October 4th, after which no more predictions will be taken for October, but new betts will be taken for September.

Sorry for stupid questions, but I thought that it's November after October, not September... or did I missed something?

Alex.

Post by **Tasku** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:07 pm

Systemfel wrote:
Minstrel wrote:The NHL does in fact announce Player of the Month as well as Player of the Week honors during the season. I was fairly sure they did but my buddy Google confirmed it for me
I thought there was one Offensive Player of the Month Award and one Defensive Player of the Month Award...

Life is so complicated...

Octavian · Post by **Octavian** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:31 pm

AlexCobra wrote:Hi!

On our first round, we will start predicting stats for October, and no new 'bets' will be taken after October 4th, day before the puck hits the ice, except for the next month, September.

So... these predictions are for October, and you can leave your predictions until October 4th, after which no more predictions will be taken for October, but new betts will be taken for September.
Sorry for stupid questions, but I thought that it's November after October, not September... or did I missed something?

Alex.

Maybe it's like that in Finland

Octavian · Post by **Octavian** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 1:52 pm

1. Ingila
2. 1+4
3. 7+5
4. Loungo
5. Tampa Bay
6. Canadiens

7. 14 Points
8. Nurminen
9. Kovalchuck
10. Ingila
11. Thrashers

Post by **Tasku** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:16 pm

AlexCobra wrote:Hi!

On our first round, we will start predicting stats for October, and no new 'bets' will be taken after October 4th, day before the puck hits the ice, except for the next month, September.

So... these predictions are for October, and you can leave your predictions until October 4th, after which no more predictions will be taken for October, but new betts will be taken for September.
Sorry for stupid questions, but I thought that it's November after October, not September... or did I missed something?

Alex.

Wise ass...

Just make your predictions dammit!

David Zetterman · Post by **David Zetterman** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:53 pm

1. Martin St. Louis
2. 3+3=6
3. 1+4=5
4. Patrick Marleau
5. San Jose Sharks
6. Ottawa Senators
7. 12 points
8. Nikolai Khabibulin
9. Jerome Iginla
10. Martin St. Louis
11. Calgary Flames

Rubbinio · Post by **Rubbinio** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:06 am

1. Jason Spezza
2. 2+5=7
3. 6+3
4. Alexi Kovalev
5. Calagry Flames
6. The Sens
7. 10
8. Jose Theodor
9. Kovalev
10. Kovalev
11. Devils

Post by **Tasku** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:15 pm

Rule change: Starting next month, predictions will be taken until the seventh day of the month. You can watch Novembers games for one week before posting your predictions for November. After the 7th of November, no more predictions will be taken. Same goes for December and January and so on. The first week is always prediction time (1st - 7th day of the month), where you can ponder and evaluate the teams and players progress.

October however will be locked on the 4th.

Good?

Rubbinio · Post by **Rubbinio** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:17 pm

Fair enough

Post by **Tasku** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:34 am

Last chance to make your predictions for the first month. Season starts tomorrow.

Post by **Minstrel** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:06 am

Well now...

1. Most points? Marcus Naslund
2. How many points will Crosby have? 4+6=10
3. How many points will Jagr have? 3+7=10
4. Who will win the MVP? Jerome Iginla
5. Leading the West: Vancouver
6. Leading the East: Ottawa
7. How many points will Pittsburgh obtain? 12
8. First goalie to post a shutout? Hasek
9. First player to score a hat trick? Jason Spezza
10. First player to score five goals? Dany Heatley
11. Team with first shootout win? Calgary Flames opening night vs Minn*

*I think

I say that just because it would be super cool to guess right $\:D/$ Also, I'll know if I'm right without having to wait until the end of the month to see

canucks · Post by **canucks** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:42 pm

wow, nobody guessed luongo for shutout or chouinard for hat trick. so far, the only right answer was davey_nyrangerboy02 for guessing ottawa will win shootout

Post by **Tasku** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:52 pm

First week of hockey is behind us, and here's where we stand.

1. Who will score the most points in October?
Current leader: Marc Savard (Atlanta), 2+6 = 8 points.

2. How many points will Crosby have by the end of October?
Currently: 1+4 = 5

3. How many points will Jagr have by the end of October?
Currently: 2+2 = 4

5. Which team will be leading the Western Conference by the end of October?
Currently: Detroit

6. Which team will be leading the Eastern Conference by the end of October?
Currently: Montreal

7. How many points will Pittsburgh obtain during October?
Currently: 2 points.

8. Who will be the first goalie to post a shutout?
Correct Answer: Roberto Luongo (Florida)

9. Who will be the first player to score a hat trick?
Correct Answer: Marc Chouinard (Minnesota)

10. Who will be the first player to score five goals?
Markus NÃ¤slund (Van), Pavel Vorobiev (Chi) and Eric Staal (Car) have scored four goals so far.

11. Which team will take the first shootout win?
Correct answer: Ottawa Senators

Davey - 1 point.

For the exact correct amount of points predicted for the players or teams we're watching (Jagr, Crosby, Pittsburgh), we shall give two points, but if nobody gets it exactly right, we'll give one point to who ever gets the closest.

Post by **Tasku** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:13 am

Here's where we stand after week two:

1. Who will score the most points in October?
Current leaders: Simon Gagne (PHI) 7+3 = 10, Steve Sullivan (NSH) 4+6 = 10, Peter Forsberg (PHI) 0+10 = 10

2. How many points will Crosby have by the end of October?
Currently: 2+7 = 9

3. How many points will Jagr have by the end of October?
Currently: 4+4 = 8

5. Which team will be leading the Western Conference by the end of October?
Currently: Nashville

6. Which team will be leading the Eastern Conference by the end of October?
Currently: Ottawa

7. How many points will Pittsburgh obtain during October?
Currently: 4 points

8. Who will be the first goalie to post a shutout?
Correct Answer: Roberto Luongo (Florida)

9. Who will be the first player to score a hat trick?
Correct Answer: Marc Chouinard (Minnesota)

10. Who will be the first player to score five goals?
Correct answer: Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa)

11. Which team will take the first shootout win?
Correct answer: Ottawa Senators

Current Points:
Davey - 1 point.

davey_nyrangerboy02 · Post by **davey_nyrangerboy02** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:21 pm

LOL, 1 POINT! AND THE ONLY ONE!