The Stanley Cup Playoffs are upon us. Wednesday night opens the quest for the Cup as 16 teams go head-to-head in what can be some of the most exciting action in all of sport.
At Flyerdelphia, we're not just your source for Flyers coverage, but we're all huge hockey fans, so we decided to have a friendly competition with our own bracket challenge.
Earlier this week we selected four followers to take part in the first ever Flyerdelphia Playoff Challenge. The object is simple: pick the winner of each series all the way through the Final. In addition, the followers will compete against not just each other but the staff at Flyerdelphia as well.
Here are the picks:
Kevin Durso
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 6
Predators over Blackhawks in 6
Ducks over Jets in 5
Flames over Canucks in 6
Senators over Canadiens in 6
Lightning over Red Wings in 6
Rangers over Penguins in 4
Islanders over Capitals in 6
Round 2
Predators over Blues
Ducks over Flames
Senators over Lightning
Rangers over Islanders
Conference Finals
Predators over Ducks
Rangers over Senators
Stanley Cup Final
Predators over Rangers
Bill Minchin
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 5
Predators over Blackhawks in 6
Ducks over Jets in 6
Flames over Canucks in 7
Canadiens over Senators in 6
Lightning over Red Wings in 6
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 7
Round 2
Predators over Blues
Ducks over Flames
Lightning over Canadiens
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Ducks over Predators
Rangers over Lightning
Stanley Cup Final
Ducks over Rangers
Rob Riches
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 5
Blackhawks over Predators in 6
Ducks over Jets in 5
Canucks over Flames in 6
Canadiens over Senators in 7
Lightning over Red Wings in 6
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 6
Round 2
Blues over Blackhawks
Ducks over Canucks
Canadiens over Lightning
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Blues over Ducks
Canadiens over Rangers
Stanley Cup Final
Blues over Canadiens
Mike Watson
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 5
Predators over Blackhawks in 7
Ducks over Jets in 6
Canucks over Flames in 7
Canadiens over Senators in 6
Lightning over Red Wings in 5
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 5
Round 2
Predators over Blues
Ducks over Canucks
Lightning over Canadiens
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Predators over Ducks
Rangers over Lightning
Stanley Cup Final
Rangers over Predators
Dain Stiles
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 7
Blackhawks over Predators in 5
Ducks over Jets in 5
Canucks over Flames in 6
Canadiens over Senators in 6
Lightning over Red Wings in 6
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 6
Round 2
Blackhawks over Blues
Ducks over Canucks
Lightning over Canadiens
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Blackhawks over Ducks
Lightning over Rangers
Stanley Cup Final
Blackhawks over Lightning
Kate Frese
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 6
Blackhawks over Predators in 4
Ducks over Jets in 5
Flames over Canucks in 7
Senators over Canadiens in 7
Lightning over Red Wings in 4
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 4
Round 2
Blackhawks over Blues
Ducks over Flames
Lightning over Senators
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Blackhawks over Ducks
Rangers over Lightning
Stanley Cup Final
Rangers over Blackhawks
Jack Gambro
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 6
Predators over Blackhawks in 5
Jets over Ducks in 7
Flames over Canucks in 5
Senators over Canadiens in 7
Lightning over Red Wings in 4
Rangers over Penguins in 4
Islanders over Capitals in 6
Round 2
Blues over Predators
Jets over Flames
Lightning over Senators
Islanders over Rangers
Conference Finals
Blues over Jets
Lightning over Islanders
Stanley Cup Final
Lightning over Blues
The four followers that were selected were:
@MattGrumbrecht, @sweetpea_18, @btherr18 and Bobby Bish. The scoring will be simple, you get one point for each series you guess correctly. For the first round there will be a bonus point for the correct number of games.
Here are the followers picks:
@btherr18
Round 1
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 6
Blackhawks over Predators in 5
Ducks over Jets in 5
Canucks over Flames in 6
Senators over Canadiens in 7
Lightning over Red Wings in 6
Rangers over Penguins in 4
Islanders over Capitals in 6
Round 2
Blues over Blackhawks
Ducks over Canucks
Senators over Lightning
Rangers over Islanders
Conference Finals
Ducks over Blues
Rangers over Senators
Stanley Cup Final
Rangers over Ducks
Bobby Bish
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 5
Predators over Blackhawks in 6
Ducks over Jets in 4
Flames over Canucks in 6
Candadiens over Senators in 5
Lightning over Red Wings in 5
Rangers over Penguins in 7
Islanders over Capitals in 7
Round 2
Predators over Blues
Ducks over Flames
Canadiens over Lightning
Islanders over Rangers
Conference Finals
Predators over Ducks
Canadiens over Islanders
Stanley Cup Final
Predators over Canadiens
@sweetpea_18
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 6
Blackhawks over Predators in 5
Ducks over Jets in 6
Canucks over Flames in 7
Canadiens over Senators in 6
Red Wings over Lightning in 7
Rangers over Penguins in 5
Capitals over Islanders in 7
Round 2
Blackhawks over Blues
Ducks over Canucks
Canadiens over Red Wings
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Blackhawks over Ducks
Canadiens over Rangers
Stanley Cup Final
Blackhawks over Canadiens
@MattGrumbrecht
Round 1
Blues over Wild in 7
Blackhawks over Predators in 6
Ducks over Jets in 7
Flames over Canucks in 6
Senators over Canadiens in 7
Red Wings over Lightning in 7
Rangers over Penguins in 4
Capitals over Islanders in 6
Round 2
Blackhawks over Blues
Ducks over Flames
Senators over Lightning
Rangers over Capitals
Conference Finals
Blackhawks over Ducks
Senators over Rangers
Stanley Cup Final
Blackhawks over Senators
The leaderboard will be updated here after every round. The winner of the followers will be crowned Flyerdelphia Follower Champion. The winner of the staff and followers will be crowned The Flyerdelphia Bracket Challenge Champion. Good Luck to everyone.
Managing editor Kevin Durso and contributing writer Bill Minchin both contributed to this story.
