In answering his phone, perhaps anticipating the call, the NHL scout from version 1.0 of our playoff Predictions Unplugged joked: “Are you calling me to congratulate me on my preliminary?”
Hockey people are absolutely nothing if not good-natured. And all things thought about– the fact that we surveyed this panel back in June before we were even sure there would be video games, plus the variety of upsets– the scouts 4-4 record throughout the play-in round wasnt so bad.
“It was okay,” he said.
If you missed out on the very first version, we asked an NHL scout, coach and executive to choose the winners in each of the play-in series to come up with a consensus on who would advance. Overall, the agreement had a record of 4-4, with the finest pick being the prediction that the Arizona Coyotes would disturb the Nashville Predators.
Predictions unplugged 2.0: Anonymous NHL scout, coach & exec pick series winners – The Athletic
