Monthly Archives: April 2009

NHL Playoff Predictions Part Four

As I expected, I got more than 50% of the round 1 NHL playoff games right. I got 5 of 8 which ain’t too bad. That’s the same as two of the so-called experts on TSN, and way better than Maggie the monkey.
Now I’m gonna calculate the odds of each of the remaining teams of winning

I’m Surprised They Spelled ‘Mourning’ Right

 

I highlighted the whole damn sequence. It’s just awful.

A Cabinet Baby

I have circled VOCM’s grammar mistakes. And what’s with the inconsistent usage of spaces between sentences and after commas? 
Original article: http://vocm.com/news-info.asp?id=35786

NHL Playoff Predictions Part Three

I did something stupid. I collected playoff data from almost 20 years of NHL playoffs and then aggregated said data without keeping the original. That severely hampered what I wanted to do with this article, but I still have something worthy of sharing.
As mentioned last time, I wanted to determine how good of a predictor

NHL Playoff Predictions Part Two

A couple of series are finished and my current record is 1-1. I got Vancouver win right and the Boston win wrong. I’m not at all surprised about that second one.
I based my predictions entirely on point totals during the regular season. In fact, I cubed them. Then I took the ratio of the greater

NHL Playoff Predictions

My computer figured these out, based on the regular season points for each team. The San Jose Sharks should win their first cup.
Round 1
Pittsburgh 99 Philadelphia 99 4-3 for Phi
New Jersey 106 Carolina 97 4-2 for Car
Washington 108 NYR 95 4-0 for Wash
Boston 116 Montreal 93 4-1 for Mtl
Chicago 104 Calgary 98 4-2 for Chi
Vancouver