It's....BACK.
Who will be this year's third liner with a hot stick? Which superstar will get injured by a dirty hit in game 1? Which team will play all seven-game series but still only manage to average 2 goals a game? Who will join the Jets in getting swept?
The Swamp Playoff Pool is here to determine who knows their hockey the most, a sport that is notoriously logical and not at all random.
To play:
Players are separated into groups that change how much their playoff points are worth - so group 6 players get 2.2 points per goal/assist, while group 1 players get just 1pt per goal/assist. There is no requirement in how many or few players you take from any group.
choose 14 players from the list of the top 100 scorers from this season (plus Nikita Kucherov). You can only have a maximum of 3 players from any single NHL team. Any player not listed can be chosen as a group 10 player.
choose 2 teams from the team group. Teams get 3 points for a win and -1 point for a loss. Teams do not count towards your 3-players-per-team rule.
Goals and assists are all worth the same. Overtime goals count double.
New This Year:
All entries can make two trades at the start of round 3. This would be to swap out eliminated/injured players for active ones (still keeping within the 3 per team rule). You would only accumulate points going forward from the player you acquire, not what they scored before you picked them up). This will hopefully keep more interest in scoring later in the contest, as well as create more incentive to take different risks in your initial player picking.
Here is the Google doc with standings, rosters, player lists, etc.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
Here is the entry form:
https://forms.gle/PD2tWGAWp6ruXw6F8 (you can also PM me your lineup if that's easier)
Here are the groups for this year:
