Alright Florida Panthers fans, the time has come to make your selections for round two of the Litter Box Cats annual playoff predictions contest.
Like the first round, the format for the division finals is a confidence picks set-up. This time the points will range from 8 to 5.
I am going to keep the bonus point in place for picking the series-winner in the correct amount of games to add a little more variance to the scoring.
Remember, the contest is done round-by-round and there is an overall winner at the end of the playoffs, so make sure to stay in the game if you want to have a chance at ending up top Cat come June.
Atlantic Division
Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Philadelphia Flyers
Central Division
Colorado Avalance vs. Minnesota Wild
Pacific Division
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Anaheim Ducks
Please enter your picks in the comment section mirroring the example below. The total goals tiebreaker will be for the Carolina-Philadelphia series. Deadline is 8 p.m. Tonight.
*** Enter both possibilities for the Atlantic Division: Buffalo vs. Montreal / Buffalo vs. Tampa Bay. If the matchup changes your point layout, enter all series twice. If not, list once.
*** Please reenter your pick for the Carolina-Philadelphia series. I stupidly forgot about how the contest works yesterday (was really busy at work and not thinking straight) and that it needed a point value assigned to it.
Good luck!
Example Picks (these are not my picks)
If Tampa Bay wins
8-point: Carolina (7) total goals: 33 goals
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Sebastian Aho
7-point Colorado (7)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Scott Parker
6-point: Buffalo (6)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Alex Tuch
5-point: Vegas (4)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Jack Eichel
If Montreal wins
8-point: Carolina (7) total goals: 33 goals
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Sebastian Aho
7-point Colorado (7)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Scott Parker
6-point: Vegas (6)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Jack Eichel
5-point: Buffalo (4)
Series-clinching goal (3 points): Rasmus Dahlin