We don’t take ourselves too seriously here at Pro Hockey Talk. Ultimately, we want to bing you a nice mixture of puck-based news and entertainment. One of the more torturous practices involves making fearful predictions for a sport that is about as predictable as a David Lynch film. To the chagrin of us three, we must now assess the wreckage of our predictions. (Check out our conference finals predictions here.)
To do so, I looked at our results on two levels: the standard series predictions and also a “plus/minus” system. The plus/minus system is pretty simple: I took our series scores and deducted a point for every missed win. So, for instance, I predicted the San Jose Sharks to sweep the Colorado Avalanche. This means that I’m “equal” for the Sharks and -2 for the Avs. (Naturally, there’s no way to get any pluses but plus/minus seems like the simplest title.)
Joe Yerdon
Round 1 series score: 6-2
Round 2 series score: 0-4
Round 3 series score: 0-2
Overall: 6-8
Round 1 “plus/minus": -15
Round 2 “plus/minus": -14
Round 3 “plus/minus": -9
Overall: -38
James O’Brien
Round 1 series score: 5-3
Round 2 series score: 1-3
Round 3 series score: 1-1
Overall: 7-7
Round 1 “plus/minus": -16
Round 2 “plus/minus": -10
Round 3 “plus/minus": -7
Overall: -33
Brandon Worley
Round 1 series score: 2-6
Round 2 series score: 0-4
Round 3 series score: 1-1
Overall: 3-11
Round 1 “plus/minus": -19
Round 2 “plus/minus": -14
Round 3 “plus/minus": -7
Overall: -40