Over the long haul, we all did pretty well with our predictions for the 2011 playoffs. There wasn’t a Cinderella team anywhere near the shocking level of the 2009 Montreal Canadiens or 2006 Edmonton Oilers to make everyone look silly. Instead, this year’s playoffs were like a class everyone did pretty well in all along ... until final exams handed us C’s and F’s (except for one handsome/beautiful group of students). Hopefully that final test doesn’t wreck our overall grades, though.
Let’s take a look at how everyone did in the 2011 Stanley Cup finals and the 2011 playoffs overall.
Boston Bruins (third seed in the East) vs. Vancouver Canucks (first seed in West)
Actual result: Bruins beat the Canucks 4-3
PHT readers pick: Bruins beat the Canucks 4-3 (22.83 percent)
Joe’s pick: Canucks beat the Bruins 4-2
Matt’s pick: Canucks beat the Bruins 4-2
James’ pick: Canucks beat the Bruins 4-1
First round records:
PHT readers: 5-3 (with two exactly correct)
Joe: 6-2 (with three exactly correct)
James: 8-0 (with two exactly correct)
Second round records
PHT readers: 1-3 (with one exactly correct)
Joe: 1-3 (with one exactly correct)
James: 2-2 (with none exactly correct)
Third round records
PHT readers: 1-1 (zero exactly correct)
Joe: 2-0 (with one exactly correct)
James: 2-0 (with none exactly correct)
Final round records
PHT readers: 1-0 (one exactly correct)
Joe: 0-1
Matt: 0-1
James: 0-1
Overall record
PHT readers: 8-7 (with four exactly correct)
Joe: 9-6 (with five exactly correct)
James: 12-3 (with two exactly correct)
Matt: 6-3 (with three exactly correct)