DobberHockey’s Expert Panel – Fourth Round
Dobber Sports
2009-05-28
The Panel went 2-0 in the third round and 11-3 overall, with Russ Miller and yours truly as the only "experts" to call both series to be over in five games or less. Here's what we have to say about the final!
| Expert | Record After Three Rounds | |
| Dobber | 9-5 | |
| Jeff Angus | 10-4 | |
| Jason Arbuthnot | 4-2 | |
| Chris Boyle | 11-3 | |
| Matt Bugg | 7-3 | |
| Ian Fergusson | 9-5 | |
| Justin Goldman | 10-4 | |
| Chris Holloway | 7-7 | |
| Marty Kwianton | 6-8 | |
| Ryan Ma | 9-5 | |
| Eric Maltais | 9-5 | |
| Stuart McDonald | 7-7 | |
| Russ Miller | 8-6 | |
| Tom Reeve | 11-3 | |
| J Status | 9-5 | |
| Andrew Walker | 6-8 | |
| Consensus | 11-3 | |
*To be updated as they are submitted…
| Expert | DET vs. PIT |
Conn Smythe |
Initial Smythe Pick |
| Dobber | PIT in 5 |
Crosby | Thornton |
| Jeff Angus | PIT in 7 | Crosby | Savard |
| Jason Arbuthnot | |||
| Chris Boyle | PIT in 6 | Crosby | Luongo |
| Matt Bugg | DET in 7 | Crosby |
Richards |
| Ian Fergusson | DET in 6 | Osgood | Luongo |
| Justin Goldman | DET in 6 |
Osgood | Ovechkin |
| Chris Holloway | PIT in 6 | Crosby | Ovechkin |
| Marty Kwianton | PIT in 6 | Malkin | Marleau |
| Ryan Ma | PIT in 6 | Fleury | D. Sedin |
| Eric Maltais | PIT in 7 |
Crosby | Thornton |
| Stuart McDonald | PIT in 6 |
Crosby | Thornton |
| Russ Miller | DET in 6 |
Crosby |
Datsyuk |
| Tom Reeve | PIT in 6 | Crosby | Luongo |
| J Status | PIT in 7 | Malkin | Thornton |
| Andrew Walker | PIT in 7 | Crosby | Boyle |
| Consensus | PIT in 6 | Eaton (kidding) |
Luongo/Thornton |
About the DobberHockey Crew:
Darryl "Dobber" Dobbs – Pens the Daily Ramblings, Monthly Rankings, and the weekly column "The Dobotomy". He also appears thrice weekly on thehockeynews.com.
Jeff Angus – Author of "Angus Unleashed" and Senior Writer for DobberHockey. Angus' thoughts sometimes appear in the Daily Ramblings as well.
Jason Arbuthnot – DobberHockey's Stats Editor and the creator of the NEW Frozen Pool section of Fantasy Tools.
Chris Boyle – Author of the monthly "Roto Rankings", which can be seen here on the 15th of every month.
Matthew Bugg – Senior Writer for DobberHockey and author of Saturday's "Bugg Bytes" and co-author of the DobberHockey Fantasy Prospects Report.
Ian Fergusson – Author of the monthly column "An Expert's Audit", which can be seen here on the 12th of every month.
Justin Goldman – Author of the weekly column "School of Block", which can be found here every Monday.
Chris "Hallsey" Holloway – Subs in for Dobber in the Ramblings during those well-deserved vacations!
Marty "Mapletree" Kwiaton – Has penned the weekly NHL picks while the Digital Monkey is on leave. The Weekly Picks can be found here every Friday.
Ryan Ma – Author of "The Wild West" and known for his Maaasquito Buzzings, which can be found here every Tuesday.
Eric Maltais – Author of "Croaks, from the Fantasy Frog" and winner of this year's DobberHockey Expert League.
Stuart McDonald – Author of "Stu's Slant", which can be seen here every Saturday.
Russ "Comish" Miller – Pens "Eastern Edge", which can be found here every Thursday.
Tom Reeve – Creator and author of the weekly "Looking Ahead" feature, seen here every Friday.
J Status – Editor-in-chief of DobberBaseball.com, he also provides us with the "Status Report" every second Wednesday.
Andrew Walker – Hosts the monthly fantasy hockey show "Dobber Nation". Past guests have included John Buccigross, Kris Versteeg, Randy Moller, Ray Ferraro, Evander Kane and Greg Wyshynski. Found here on the 25th of each month.
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