Every year, I create this NHL Playoff Pool "cheat sheet" to help me pick players for my pools. And I make it available to all of you.
It sorts players by expected points, based on how YOU think the playoffs will go! Complete your playoff bracket and then it will show you who to pick, based on their regular season stats.
Think the Winnipeg Jets, the Best of the West, will go all the way against Washington, the Beasts of the East? Then guess what - Kyle Connor is the best choice! But who to pick next - Ovechkin, Scheifele or Strome? When do you pick Kucherov, MacKinnon, McDavid? Think Dallas will go far? Then don't forget Seguin! Based on how YOU think the playoffs will go, this will show you!
Instructions are on the main tab. It also shows notes for known Injuries, and caveats for players with < 40 games played. The zip file 'NHLPlayoffs_PlayerPool.2025.zip' contains the excel spreadsheet. It's pre-filled simply with all the top seeds winning each round. In no way am I suggesting anything by the selections shown in it.
NOTE this is just a simple spreadsheet to help. I make no promises that it's rocket science, or that it's like a genie in a bottle, or anything like that. I have absolutely NO affiliation with any sports or fantasy or gambling site. I'm just a hockey geek like many of you!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Have fun with it. Hope it helps!
Tom
It sorts players by expected points, based on how YOU think the playoffs will go! Complete your playoff bracket and then it will show you who to pick, based on their regular season stats.
Think the Winnipeg Jets, the Best of the West, will go all the way against Washington, the Beasts of the East? Then guess what - Kyle Connor is the best choice! But who to pick next - Ovechkin, Scheifele or Strome? When do you pick Kucherov, MacKinnon, McDavid? Think Dallas will go far? Then don't forget Seguin! Based on how YOU think the playoffs will go, this will show you!
Instructions are on the main tab. It also shows notes for known Injuries, and caveats for players with < 40 games played. The zip file 'NHLPlayoffs_PlayerPool.2025.zip' contains the excel spreadsheet. It's pre-filled simply with all the top seeds winning each round. In no way am I suggesting anything by the selections shown in it.
NOTE this is just a simple spreadsheet to help. I make no promises that it's rocket science, or that it's like a genie in a bottle, or anything like that. I have absolutely NO affiliation with any sports or fantasy or gambling site. I'm just a hockey geek like many of you!
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Have fun with it. Hope it helps!
Tom
