Playoff predictions, round two: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Round one was buckwild. Every division champion got eliminated, we got some very unlikely sweeps, and we got some dramatic games seven. There’s no way round two can match it, but let’s make predictions...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, round three: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
With another dramatic couple of weeks, the NHL playoffs now roll into the third round. We had one sweep and one double-OT game-seven elimination, so as long as you could stay up late at night, you had...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, final round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
The third round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was brutal. The San Jose Sharks, devastated by injury, failed to get the baffling calls necessary to defeat the St. Louis Blues, who now enter the final...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
The fake playoffs are over. They were stupid, except for when Toronto was sad. Here now come the real playoffs. Let’s embed that one tweet. why watch overtime playoff hockey when you can simply snort...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, second round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Aside from the unbearable pain of the Capitals playing terribly, the first round was every bit as exciting as I hoped it would be. Now the stakes get higher, even if we are no longer buried in games....
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, third round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
The second round of the playoffs was a lot of fun, and not only because Ian went 0 for 4 in his predictions. Now the stakes get even higher, as we’ve got just two series to predict. So here’s Keith....
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, final round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
It all comes down to this. The Dallar Stars have a chance to win their first Cup since Pantera was releasing new music. The Tampa Bay Lightning have a chance to win their first Cup since back when CO2...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
The best couple weeks of professional mens hockey begin tonight as the whatever-we’re-calling-the-first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs kicks off. But before the loffs can truly begin, we must first...
View ArticlePeter vs Ian: What to do with all these expiring free agents?
The Washington Capitals have one defender under contract for next season, and he recently had head trauma. The team has 14 significant contracts expiring this summer, which means the their short-term...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Friends, it is time again for the best two weeks in hockey: the quarterfinal round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. There will be two intense games a night for the foreseeable future, and they will all be...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, round 2: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Well, that first round was a little hectic, wasn’t it? I’ll be honest: my bracket did not fare well. But now we’re in the semi-finals, and everyone gets a fresh chance, even Keith, a coin. First:...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, round 3: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Hello, fellow grumpypantses. I’m contractually obligated to tell you that I went 1-for-3 in predictions last round, narrowly edging out a goddamn coin. Let’s do predictions for the third round, which,...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, round 4: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
And then there were two. Fourteen teams have been eliminated, and only the Perds and Pens are still standing. Here, at the end of all things, Peter and Ian and Keith, a Coin, offer their final...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Now begins the very best part of hockey. For the next couple weeks, sixteen teams will go bonkers on each other for our amusement. And right now come our predictions on who will win each series. This...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, third round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
And so ends the Good Round. With Caps-Pens and Preds-Jets over, the funnest and rightest round of the playoffs is no more, and now we’re left with two inferior series to watch. Still, there’s two...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, final round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
It’s here. The Stanley Cup Finals are here, and just like we all expected, it’s an expansion team vs the Washington Capitals. Obviously. So let’s make some guesses. Here’s history’s greatest idiot,...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Welcome, everyone, to the very best couple weeks in hockey. Eight series of sixteen teams going bananas buckwilderness on one another while we watch in delight. It is time of predictions. It is the...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, first round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
I know I say this every year, but here come the best couple weeks in hockey. Manufacture whatever excuses you can to get out of your commitments and come watch hours upon hours of entertaining hockey....
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, second round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Hoo boy, that was a fun quarterfinal round. There was a sweep and a game seven and everything in between. But no time to catch our breath: we need to get ready for the second round, which has already...
View ArticlePlayoff predictions, third round: Peter vs Ian vs Keith, a coin
Let’s go! I think we’ve got two really exciting series for these conference finals. In the east, two teams that should have bad blood. In the west, some of the highest skill in the league. It will now...
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