Mukul’s Playoff Pool”

Rules and Regulations

 

GENERAL RULES

Entry fee to be determined at the outset of each season

Location: Live Chat online

Poolies can pick as many number of forwards, defensemen or individual goalies

 

POINTS SYSTEM

Goalies:

1.5 points for a win

+2 points for a shutout (includes shared shutout)

 

Forwards & Defensemen:

1 point for a goal

1 point for an assist

+2 points for a hat trick

+1 for a game-winning goal

+1 for a short-handed goal

Defensemen Only

+0.5 for a power-play point

 

Additional Points:

2 points for having the player(s) who wins the Conn Smythe Trophy

1 point for having a player on the Stanley Cup winning team (active on roster at any point during playoffs)

0.5 points for having a player on the Stanley Cup runner-up team (active on roster at any point during playoffs)

 

If a tie occurs at the end of the pool, the tiebreakers are as follows:

1.       most goals

2.       most shutouts

3.       most players (on active playoff roster) picked on the Stanley Cup winning team

4.       most players (on active playoff roster) picked on the Stanley Cup Final teams

5.       highest +/- of all players combined excluding goalies

6.       Coin toss

 

POOL RULES

Number of rounds varies based on number of poolies involved (typically an even number between 10-14 in total)

Draft lottery to be run in advance of Draft Day to determine selection order of poolies

Ladder-like picks after first round (eg. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3… etc.)

1:00 time limit per pick for rounds 1-8, 1:30 time limit per pick for subsequent rounds

Each poolie has two 1:00 timeouts

PRIZES

Prize amounts to be determined on Draft Day once number of poolies are confirmed