{"id":1963,"date":"2012-04-27T18:49:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T18:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2012-04-27T18:51:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T18:51:46","slug":"playoff-pool-bracket-results-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2012\/04\/27\/playoff-pool-bracket-results-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Pool & Bracket Results, Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

So as I mentioned in the final update<\/a> for the regular season pool, we’re running two competitions for the NHL playoffs: a pool, in which you pick players and get points for their goals\/assists\/goalie wins & shutouts; and a bracket, in which you pick the winner of each series and guess how many games each match-up will run to.<\/p>\n

The pool contains everyone from the regular season pool except Mr E Man, who got his ass kicked by a bunch of girls and non-Canadians and has gone home in a huff<\/del> decided it was all too much like hard work.<\/p>\n

\"POR1pool\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Nice work by Gerty there! It’s a fairly even field so far, with the possible exception of Mod and Lava. I’m frankly astonished I came third, given that I’d picked the ill-fated Fleury and Howard as my two goalies – but when Mod shared some of her picks via Twitter, I a) guffawed and b) realised my choices weren’t quite that<\/em> bad.<\/p>\n

The bracket challenge league contains a subset of the above players plus assorted friends and family of Mod and Lava:<\/p>\n

\"POR1bracket\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And Gerty wins again! VERY nicely done, Gerty!<\/p>\n

As for the rest of us, our performaces suggested the following hypothesis:<\/p>\n

“The ability to pick high-scoring individual hockey players is inversely correlated to the ability to predict the outcome of individual playoff match-ups”<\/em><\/p>\n

Preliminary data: the comparative scores of six female players of assorted nationality<\/p>\n

\"PROtrendall\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Trend line added by Excel. So sue me.<\/em><\/p>\n

Being a good scientist, I obviously excluded Gerty, who is a freak<\/del> clear outlier:<\/p>\n

\"PROtrendminusgz\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I shall be writing a grant forthwith to study this phenomenon further. The budget request will include playoff tickets for myself and a select group of trainees, plus copious amounts of beer to allow me to observe participants in their natural environment and state. Can’t go wrong, really.<\/p>\n

Round 2 picks due today, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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