As you already know (if you read this), the hockey bloggers in the Sports Federation are involved in a little prognosticate-off with the "Experts" from Hardcore Hockey Talk as part of The Score's Playoff Hockey Challenge with the goal to see who has the larger brains.
Taking a look at the 2nd round picks a few things stand out:
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The leaders and Steve Kouleas are not willing to go out on a limb as they went with the consensus picks;
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Down Goes Brown and Mark Osborne are matching each other pick-for-pick, save the Detroit-Anaheim series... this one could go the distance and get real ugly; and
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I was pretty happy with the FHS picks until I realized that they are almost identical to Al Strachan's... yikes... excuse me while I go start the car... with me in it & the garage door shut... there's no point in going on.
Here's the table (with the outliers highlighted):
| Predictions | ||||||||||||
| Rank (Pts) | Prognosticator | Claim to Fame | Bos v Car | Wsh v Pit | Det v Ana | Van v Chi | ||||||
| #1 (90) | Scott Carefoot | His RaptorBlog is bigger than Oliver Miller | BOS in 6 | PIT in 7 | DET in 5 | VAN in 7 | ||||||
| #2 (90) | HockeyJackAss | aka Gary Bettman | BOS in 7 | PIT in 6 | DET in 5 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #3 (80) | Lions in Winter | Eats bacon & poutine for breakfast | CAR in 6 | PIT in 7 | DET in 5 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #4 (80) | SensChirp | Blog gets more hits (per day) than Sens have all-time | BOS in 7 | WSH in 7 | ANA in 6 | VAN in 7 | ||||||
| #5 (70) | Maple Leafs Hot Stove | More likeable than Howard Berger (e5) | BOS in 6 | WSH in 6 | ANA in 6 | CHI in 6 | ||||||
| #6 (70) | Five Hole Fanatics | Is up to 8 friends on Facebook | BOS in 6 | WSH in 7 | DET in 6 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #7 (70) | CanucksBlog | Wears Tony Tanti underoos | CAR in 6 | PIT in 7 | DET in 6 | VAN in 7 | ||||||
| #8 (70) | Fantasy Hockey Scouts | Helped Mike Milbury with all his trades | CAR in 7 | PIT in 7 | DET in 6 | VAN in 5 | ||||||
| #9 (70) | Steve Kouleas | Brilliant & Handsome, just ask him | BOS in 6 | PIT in 7 | DET in 5 | VAN in 7 | ||||||
| #10 (70) | Steve Ludzik | Career .351 winning % as NHL head coach | BOS in 6 | PIT in 7 | DET in 6 | CHI in 7 | ||||||
| #11 (60) | Down Goes Brown | Banned from contacting Wendel Clark per restraining order(s) | BOS in 6 | WSH in 7 | DET in 6 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #12 (60) | Mark Osborne | Leafs acquired him for Lucien DeBlois | BOS in 6 | WSH in 7 | ANA in 7 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #13 (60) | Al Strachan | FHS fans voted him hockey's greatest rumourmonger | CAR in 7 | PIT in 6 | DET in 6 | VAN in 5 | ||||||
| #14 (40) | Checking From Behind | Follows Ashton Kutcher on Twitter | BOS in 6 | PIT in 6 | ANA in 6 | VAN in 6 | ||||||
| #15 (40) | BlackDogHatesSkunks | Writes songs about Ken Hitchcock | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | ||||||