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The “Jeez We’ve Been Doing This Too Long” Season Prediction Contest

2008 NHL Draft Drawing
Bill Daly will not be selecting the winners.
Photo by Graig Abel/Getty Images for the NHL

Back again, your chance to show how bad your guesses can be at what’s going to happen over the next 9 months. How the category is scored will be with each category. Each category is worth 10 points max (correct guess).

Enter by posting a reply at least 15 minutes before puck drop on Isles opening night. You can change your guesses by replying to your own reply. The last one will be the one that counts. Copy the answer template at the end and paste it into a new reply.

Categories

1) Standing Points: -1 point for each point you’re off

2) Goals For: -12 point for each goal you’re off. Result will be from the official NHL standings.

3) Goals Against: -12 point for each goal you’re off. Result will be from the official NHL standings.

4) Final PP%: -0.1 point for each 0.1% you’re off.

5) Final PK%: -0.1 point for each 0.1% you’re off.

6) Mat Barzal Points: -1 point for each point you’re off

7) Jordan Eberle Points: -1 point for each point you’re off

8) Ryan Pulock Points: -1 point for each point you’re off

9) Anders Lee Goals: -1 point for each point you’re off

10) Robin Lehner Save%: -12 point for each 0.1% you’re off. If he’s 91.0%, and you guess 90.9%, you lose 12 point

Tiebreakers

SH Goals For - How many SH goals do we score this year?

Times Isles are shutout - How many games will the Isles not score any goals?

Times Isles shutout opponent - How many games will the Isles not allow any goals?

Martin + Clutterbuck Hits - will add up the two numbers from the NHL stats

Template

Copy and paste into a new reply to enter.

Standings Points __________
Goals For__________
Goals Against__________
Final PP%__________
Final PK%__________
Barzal Pts__________
Eberle Pts__________
Pulock Pts__________
Lee Goals__________
Lehner Save%__________

Tiebreakers

SH Goals For__________
Times Isles are shutout__________
Times Isles shutout opponent__________
Martin + Clutterbuck Hits__________