NHL Hockey Playoff Pool Cheat Sheet 2011: Picks, Predictions

The NHL Regular Season Is Over Which Means Office Playoff Pools Will Be In Full Effect. Here are some 2011 NHL Hockey Playoff Pool Cheat Sheets, Picks, Predictions, Sleepers and Tips

It's hockey playoff time and that means one thing: hockey playoff pools. Offices around North America (well, mostly Canada) are starting up office playoff pools, which are inevitably won by the person who knows nothing about hockey.

• NHL Playoff Schedule 2011

If your office pool is coming up, you may be looking for an NHL hockey playoff pool cheat sheet to give you a few tips as you head off into your draft.

Here is a round-up of what some top sports writers have to say about 2011 hockey playoff pool picks.

Hockey Pool picks 2011

TSN has a comprehensive list of players to look at for your NHL playoff pool. The TSN hockey playoff pool cheat sheet 2011 features breakdowns of the top players on each playoff team.

Sportsnet offers playoff pool stats for the Western Conference and Eastern Conference

CBC offers a few strategy tips heading into your playoff pool

Postmedia has a story on possible 2011 NHL playoff hockey pool sleepers and players who may excel in the playoffs.

Hockey Playoff Pool Predictions

Of course, in a playoff pool you don't just have to pick the right players, you have to pick the right teams. So what are some 2011 NHL playoff predictions?

ESPN's hockey experts offer comprehensive NHL playoff first-round picks.

If you want to know what the sharks in Vegas think, here are some 2011 NHL playoffs Vegas odds. They see the Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks going deep into the playoffs. You may want to keep that in mind when you're selecting players.

Hockey Playoff Pool Strategy

Here's a piece on hockey pool strategy that discusses the work of a Simon Fraser University grad student who analyzed hockey playoff pool strategies. She came up with a simple formula: pick the best players on the best teams. In addition, pick players from several different teams rather than picking a bunch of players from one team.

In other words, keep it simple.

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