The Sports Talk Playoff Pool: NHL 2014 Rosters

By Hockey Guru
For those that have not participated before, and for those that have but have lost brain cells since the
last STP playoff pool -

Each team will pick a roster of 12 Forwards (4 RW, 4 C, 4LW), 6 Defensemen, 2 Goaltenders and 4 Bench spots.

Everybody must select one player from each playoff team (positions based on Yahoo eligibility).

Players on your bench can be activated after each round.

It will be a total points pool for the duration of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. To make it more complicated - but to increase your viewing experience - we're trying no point modifiers and categories...

Goals = 4 points
Assists = 2 points
OT Goals = 2 Bonus Points
Game Wining Goals = 1 Bonus Point
Power Play Points = 1 bonus point
Short Handed Points = 3 bonus points
Shots on Goal = 0.25 per shot on goal
Penalty Minutes = -0.5 per PIM (penalties will be a negative in this pool)
Plus/Minus = 1 bonus point per plus/negative 1 for a minus

Goalie Wins = 6 pts
Goalie Saves = 0.25 pts
Goalie GA = -2.25 pts

There is no restriction as to who can be on the bench in Round 1 (i.e. if you think Team X will be swept - your selection from that team can be on the bench; if you are bullish on a Team Y - you could have up to 9 players in your lineup from that team in Round 1...)

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Team Rosters:


Westfield Cherries


D - Ryan McDonagh, New York
D - Drew Doughty, Los Angeles
D - Jason Muzzin, Los Angeles (Waiver Claim for SCF)

G - Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
LW - Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
LW - Joe Pavelski, San Jose
RW - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
D - James Wisniewski, Columbus
D - Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis
D - Brent Burns, San Jose
Bench - Jamie Benn, LW/C Dallas
Bench - Nathan MacKinnon, RW/C,  Colorado
Bench - Antii Niemi, San Jose, G


Eliminated After Round 2:

C - Patrice Bergeron, Boston (Activated in Round 2)
C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
C - Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim
RW - Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh
RW - Corey Perry, Anaheim
LW - James Neal, Pittsburgh
D - Ryan Suter, Minnesota
G - Tuuka Rask, Boston

Eliminated in Conference Finals:

C/LW - Patrick Sharp, Chicago
C - Brandon Saad, Chicago (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals)

LW - Thomas Vanek, Montreal


RW - Patrick Kane, Chicago
RW - Marian Hossa, Chicago (Waiver Claim for Round 2)

Stittsville Two-Putt


LW - Chris Kreider, New York (Waiver for SCF)
 
D - Ryan McDonagh, New York 


G - Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles



Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
C - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia

LW -Alexander Steen, St. Louis
LW - Jamie Benn, Dallas
RW -Tyler Seguin, Dallas
RW - Joe Pavelski, San Jose
D - Nicholas Kronwall, Detroit
D - Brent Burns, San Jose
D - Jack Johnson, Columbus
D - James Wisniewski, Columbus
Bench - Logan Couture, C/LW, San Jose

Eliminated After Round 2:

C - Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh (Activated in Round 2)
C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh LW - Patrick Sharp, Chicago
C - Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim
LW - James Neal, Pittsburgh
LW - Chris Kunitz, Pittsburgh (Activated in Round 2)
LW - Zach Parise, Minnesota (Activate in Round 2) 
RW - Corey Perry, Anaheim
G - Tuuka Rask, Boston

Eliminated in Conference Finals:
 
C - Lars Eller, Montreal (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals)

RW - Patrick Kane, Chicago
D - PK Subban, Montreal
D - Brent Seabrook, Chicago (Waiver Claim - Activated in Round 2)


Barrymore Baby-makers

C- Derek Brassard, New York (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals) 
C - Dominic Moore, New York (Waiver for SCF)


LW - Mats Zuccarello, New York  (Activated in Round 2)

RW - Justin Williams, Los Angeles
RW - Martin St. Louis, New  York
RW -  Rick Nash, New York (Activated in Round 2)
 
G - Henrik Lundqvist, New York

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
C - Nathan MacKinnon, C,  Colorado
LW - Joe Pavelski, San Jose
LW - Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado
RW - Tyler Seguin, Dallas
RW - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
D - Nicholas Kronwall, Detroit
D - Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis
D - Jack Johnson, Columbus

Eliminated After Round 2:


C - David Krejci, Boston
C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh (Activated in Round 2)
C - Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim
LW - James Neal, Pittsburgh
D - Ryan Suter, Minnesota
D - Paul Martin, Pittsburgh (Waiver Claim for Round 2) 

Eliminated in Conference Finals:

C - Jonathan Toews, Chicago (Activated in Round 2)
LW - Patrick Sharp, Chicago
D - Duncan Keith, Chicago
D - PK Subban, Montreal

G - Corey Crawford, Chicago


Franconia Wombats

RW - Martin St. Louis, New York

RW - Marion Gaborik, Los Angeles

G - Henrik Lundqvist, New York

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Joe Pavelski, San Jose
C - Joe Thornton, San Jose
C - Logan Couture, San Jose
LW - Jamie Benn, Dallas
LW - Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado 
RW - Daniel Alfredsson, Detroit
D - Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay
D - Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis

Bench - James Wisniewski, D, Columbus
Bench - Claude Giroux, C/LW, Philadelphia

Eliminated After Round 2:

C - Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim (Activated in Round 2) 

C - Kyle Brodziak, Minnesota (Claimed in Round 2)
C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
LW - Zach Parise, Minnesota
RW - Corey Perry, Anaheim
D - Ryan Suter, Minnesota
D - Zdeno Chara, Boston
Bench - Tuuka Rask, G, Boston

Eliminated in Conference Finals:

LW - Max Pacioretty, Montreal
LW - Alex Galchenyuk, Montreal (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals)
D - Duncan Keith, Chicago
D - PK Subban, Montreal
G - Carey Price, Montreal


 
Bedlam Drillers

RW - Martin St. Louis, New York
RW - Tyler Toffoli, Los Angeles (Claimed for SCF)

G - Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
RW - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
C - Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit
LW - Jamie Benn, Dallas
LW - Logan Couture, San Jose
D - Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis
D - James Wisniewski, Columbus
Bench - Antii Niemi, G, San Jose
Bench - Gabriel Landeskog, LW, Colorado

Eliminated After Round 2:

C - David Krejci, Boston (Activated in Round 2)  
C - Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim
C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
LW - Chris Kunitz, Pittsburgh
RW - Jarome Iginla, Boston
D - Ryan Suter, Minnesota
D - Kris Letang, Pittsburgh
D - Zdeno Chara, Boston (Activated in Round 2)
D - Matt Niskanen, Pittsburgh (Waiver Claim for Round 2) 
G - Tuuka Rask, Boston

Eliminated in Conference Finals:

LW - Patrick Sharp, Chicago
RW - Patrick Kane, Chicago
RW - Bryan Bickell, Chicago (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals)
D - Duncan Keith, Chicago
D - PK Subban, Montreal
 

Westfield Junior Guru

C - Mike Richards, Los Angeles (Waiver Claim for Conference Finals)

LW - Jeff Carter, Los Angeles
LW - Brad Richards, New York (Activated in Round 2)



RW - Dustin Brown, Los Angeles (Waiver Claim for Round 2)

D - Alex Martinez, Los Angeles (Waiver Claim for SCF)
 
G - Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles (Activated in Round 2)

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
LW - Henrik Zetterberg, Detroit
LW - Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado
RW - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia
RW - Ryan Johansen, Columbus
D - Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis
D - Kimmo Timmonen, Philadelphia
D - Dan Boyle, San Jose
G - Semyon Varlamov, Colorado
Bench -Tyler Seguin, C/RW, Dallas
Bench - Paul Stastny, C, Colorado

Eliminated After Round 2:

C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
C - David Krejci, Boston
LW - Zach Parise, Minnesota
RW - Loui Eriksson, Boston
RW - Corey Perry, Anaheim
D - Torey Krug, Boston
G - Tuukka Rask, Boston

Eliminated in Conference Finals:

C - Jonathan Toews, Chicago
D - Duncan Keith, Chicago
D - P. K. Subban, Montreal


Hogtown Hurtlocker



C- Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles (Waiver Claim for Round 2)


RW - Martin St. Louis, New York* (Activated in Round 2)


D - Drew Doughty, Los Angeles

Eliminated After Round 1:

C - Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay
LW - Joe Pavelski, San Jose
LW - Patrick Marleau, San Jose
LW - Jamie Benn, Dallas
RW - Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado
RW - Claude Giroux, Philadelphia

RW - Ryan Johansen, Columbus
D - Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis
D - Nicholas Kronwall, Detroit
D - Brent Burns, San Jose
G - Antii Niemi, San Jose


Eliminated After Round 2:


C - Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh
C - Patrice Bergeron, Boston
C - David Krejci, Boston
LW - Milan Lucic, Boston (Activated in Round 2)
RW - Jarome Iginla, Boston (Activated in Round 2)
RW - Corey Perry, Anaheim
D - Ryan Suter, Minnesota
D - Tory Krug, Boston (Activated in Round 2)

G - Tuukka Rask, Boston
 
Eliminated in Conference Finals:

LW - Patrick Sharp, Chicago
D - P. K. Subban, Montreal



*  St. Louis subbed for Patrick Kane to make roster eligible