Lord Stanley's Pool 2023 - Round 2 Analysis

There are years like these when the favourites bow out and the pool is bare by mid-May. With Edmonton (748 picks) and Toronto (286) knocked out, 88.6% of all pool picks have been eliminated - the second-highest ever and just 0.4% behind the record of 89% set in 2006.

A whopping 54% of all entries have no players left, by far the highest after round 2 in the pool's history, besting (worsting?) 2019 when 44% were wiped out at this stage.

While it seems like there's not much that can change from here, we do have some standouts that could make big climb.

Marie's got it locked... almost
Extremely deft picking put Marie Loop into the lead midway through round one, and now with three Dallas players remaining - and a locked three point lead over second-place Anthony Bruno, Marie may cruise to the finish line in a walk. But one challenger and two longshots remain. Vince Galante, who rose from 77th to 4th in round 2, has five players left including the same three Dallas players, plus Jack Eichel of Vegas and Martin Necas of Carolina. Vince will need Eichel and Necas to collect a total of 13 points to catch Marie for first, or 10 to catch Anthony for second. Angela West - with three Florida players and none from Dallas - needs to gain 17 points on Marie, while Ronald Fawnstein and Stacy Martin - with three Hurricanes and no Stars - need to gain 19.

David Schamma the only one unscathed
Although he was in 235th after round 1 and currently sits in 171st, David Schamma is the only contestant who hasn't lost a player, picking three each from Florida, Vegas and Carolina. He stands to rise dramatically this round - projected to jump to 6th by round's end. Others with more than three players and their current rankings are: Joel Borgida, 6 (50th); Rob Godfrey, 4 (96th), S Ripsman, 6 (220th); Nicholas Koss, 5 (234th); Phil Victor, 6 (259th); Hugh MacPhie, 6 (287th); Colin McSweeney, 5 (325th).

On the outs
Major players on their way out: McDavid, Edm, 304 picks; Draisaitl, Edm, 264; Marner, Tor, 100; Matthews, Tor, 91; Nugent-Hopkins, Edm, 81.

Who's Hot and Who's Not:
Dave Spedding, Jessica Thompson, Ryan Thompson, and Anthony Bruno were the hottest poolies in round two, with Dave, Jessica and Ryan rising 205 spots and Anthony collecting 45 points and maintaining second place. Here are the Hot and Not lists for round two:

Hot	Pos. Gain (R1, R2)	Hot	Rd2 Pts.
Dave Spedding	205 (273,68)	Anthony Bruno	45
Jessica Thomson, Ryan Thomson	205 (312,107)	Vince Galante	44
Eric Marquez	171 (235,64)	Marie Loop	43
Erica Jeffrey	168 (297,129)	Ryan Dempsey	42
Daisy Marquez	153 (290,137)	Dave Spedding, Jessica Thompson, Ryan Thompson	41
Not	Pos. Loss (R1, R2)	Not	Rd2 Pts.
Trevor Harding	173 (77,250)	Desmond Desrosier	0
Jonah Wood	141 (51,192)	Edward J.W. Kennedy	0
Roman Tatarsky	140 (126,266)	Paula Kozlowich	1
Aaron Pretto	139 (182,321)	Christopher Mossey	2
Mark Sarner	136 (143,279)	Aaron Pretto, Lauren Messer, Laurena Clark	6

Team and Player Stats:

Top Players

Forwards Team Pts Picks

Connor McDavid EDM 20 304

Roope Hintz DAL 19 6

Leon Draisaitl EDM 18 264

Matthew Tkachuk FLA 16 8

Jack Eichel VGK 14 23

Mitchell Marner TOR 14 100

Yanni Gourde SEA 13 0

Carter Verhaeghe FLA 12 1

Mark Stone VGK 12 4

Jason Robertson DAL 12 63

Defense Team Pts Picks

Evan Bouchard EDM 17 26

Morgan Reilly TOR 12 23

Justin Schultz SEA 10 1

Brandon Montour FLA 9 6

Devon Toews COL 9 10

Miro Heiskanen DAL 9 54

Goalies Team Pts Picks

Akira Schmid NJD 14 0

Jake Oettinger DAL 13 23

Sergei Bobrovski FLA 8 0

Teams

IN Picks Cups

Dallas 173 11

Carolina 92 9

Vegas 64 2

Florida 21 1

OUT Picks Cups

Edmonton 748 63

Toronto 286 53

New Jersey 97 3

Seattle 6 0

Projected Round 3 Standings

Here are the projected scores and rankings for after round 3. The projection assumes (wrongly, of course) that the players you have alive will produce in round 3 at the same average rate as in rounds 1 and 2.

(R1)
(R2)
Proj. Rank
Name
Score
Alive
Cup
Rd3 Projection

1 1 1 Marie Loop 123 3 TOR 140
4 2 2 Anthony Bruno 120 3 TOR 137
77 4 2 Vincent Galante 110 5 TOR 137
44 3 4 Ryan Dempsey 111 2 EDM 126
182 50 4 Joel Borgida 96 6 TOR 126
235 171 4 David Schamma 84 9 CAR 126
33 10 7 Matt Steeves 104 3 EDM 124
51 5 8 Laura Speciale 107 3 BOS 123
4 6 8 Angela West 106 3 TOR 123
44 14 8 Colby Foster 103 3 BOS 123
106 14 8 Emma Loop 103 3 BOS 123
26 14 12 Geraldine Comeau 103 3 DAL 120
66 14 12 Jamie Martin 103 3 BOS 120
66 14 12 Jeff Wood 103 3 BOS 120
106 38 15 Brett Bowman 98 3 BOS 118
66 27 16 Allan Fabrykant 100 3 TOR 117
66 10 17 Stacy Martin 104 3 EDM 116
66 10 17 Ronald Fawnstein 104 3 TOR 116
44 33 17 Shannon Brewster 99 3 TOR 116
143 33 17 Nolan Ash 99 3 EDM 116
91 38 21 Daryl McGee 98 3 NYR 115
143 38 21 Amelia Thompson 98 3 DAL 115
77 44 23 Nolan Sarner 97 3 DAL 114
154 44 23 Mike Siegler 97 3 DAL 114
154 44 23 Avery Spedding 97 3 DAL 114
51 14 26 Simon Rabinovitch 103 2 TOR 113
297 220 26 S Ripsman 81 6 BOS 113
106 27 28 Judah Gould 100 3 CAR 111
106 68 28 Brenden Kennedy 94 3 DAL 111
154 96 28 Rob Godfrey 90 4 DAL 111
66 27 31 Jenji C 100 2 TOR 110
235 64 31 Eric Marquez 95 3 TOR 110
154 64 31 Bruce Bird 95 3 BOS 110
273 68 34 Dave Spedding 94 3 BOS 109
220 79 34 Travis MacDonald 92 3 NYR 109
303 259 34 Phil Victor 78 6 TOR 109
220 68 37 Shawn Morrison 94 3 EDM 107
182 79 37 Dryden Craig 92 3 EDM 107
2 6 39 Tony Bruno 106 0 TOR 106
2 6 39 Jeff Wener 106 0 TOR 106
126 44 39 Fraser Macdonald 97 3 TOR 106
203 90 39 Ajumi Marquez 91 3 TOR 106
14 9 43 Harris Beder 105 0 COL 105
106 73 43 Dan Meister 93 2 NYR 105
26 10 45 Steve Feltz 104 0 TOR 104
26 38 45 Stacey Hartley 98 1 TOR 104
44 38 45 Douglas Wilkinson 98 1 BOS 104
154 79 45 Erin McShane 92 3 CAR 104
312 107 45 Ryan Thompson 89 3 BOS 104
312 107 45 Jessica Thompson 89 3 EDM 104
16 33 51 Paul Martin 99 1 EDM 103
182 79 51 Ace Mandel 92 2 BOS 103
214 79 51 Azra Champsi 92 2 EDM 103
214 153 51 Zayn Champsi 85 3 VGK 103
7 20 55 Alan Eng 102 0 TOR 102
7 20 55 Zackary Winkler 102 0 EDM 102
7 20 55 Martin Lefebvre 102 0 COL 102
7 20 55 Dustin Hall 102 0 TOR 102
7 20 55 Frank Pileggi 102 0 TOR 102
143 79 55 Blair Miller 92 3 CAR 102
154 96 55 Chiara DeMarco 90 3 TOR 102
26 25 62 Rachelle Gaudet 101 0 TOR 101
51 25 62 Sean Sargent 101 0 EDM 101
91 44 62 George Smith 97 1 TOR 101
154 107 62 Matthew Pledger 89 3 EDM 101
297 129 62 Erica Jeffery 87 3 DAL 101
312 287 62 Hugh MacPhie 74 6 BOS 101
14 27 68 Andrew Ford 100 0 EDM 100
33 27 68 Peter Tanner 100 0 EDM 100
66 27 68 Sean Smith 100 0 TOR 100
77 90 68 Dindo Dacanay 91 2 BOS 100
66 96 68 Jack Budd 90 2 TOR 100
91 96 68 Matthew Cooke 90 2 BOS 100
235 96 68 Nick Goodchild 90 2 BOS 100
143 116 68 Adam Kazmi 88 2 DAL 100
182 96 68 Katarina Ornstein 90 3 BOS 100
281 137 68 Jean Glassford 86 3 DAL 100
154 192 68 Lizzy Freed 83 3 BOS 100
77 211 68 Shawn Glassford 82 3 FLA 100
4 33 80 Lino D'Agostino 99 0 BOS 99
33 33 80 Julian Vardy 99 0 TOR 99
126 64 80 Dylan Montague 95 1 EDM 99
106 107 80 Sean Desjardins 89 2 BOS 99
235 107 80 Siyeon Lee 89 3 BOS 99
312 234 80 Nicholas Koss 80 5 TBL 99
51 38 86 Ava McAdam-Beder 98 0 EDM 98
126 116 86 Anna Kwan 88 2 BOS 98
126 116 86 Rishi Mistry 88 2 EDM 98
281 192 86 Ron Wener 83 3 BOS 98
16 44 90 Trish Robichaud 97 0 TOR 97
51 73 90 Michael McShane 93 1 TOR 97
91 73 90 Nolan Coole 93 1 EDM 97
26 50 93 Tim Smith 96 0 COL 96
7 50 93 Cale Phibbs 96 0 COL 96
16 50 93 Caesar Wener 96 0 BOS 96
26 50 93 Austin Coppola 96 0 TOR 96
16 50 93 Christina Laronga 96 0 BOS 96
16 50 93 Graham Haines 96 0 EDM 96
26 50 93 Ryan Slack 96 0 TOR 96
16 50 93 Gavin Pledger 96 0 BOS 96
16 50 93 Samara McAdam 96 0 BOS 96
16 50 93 Ray Amarsi 96 0 BOS 96
16 50 93 Tim Day 96 0 BOS 96
16 50 93 Charlie Beder 96 0 EDM 96
106 50 93 Sanjay Talwar 96 0 TOR 96
51 73 93 Duncan Campbell 93 1 TOR 96
220 192 93 Mohan Krishnamoorthy 83 2 BOS 96
51 64 108 Dave Michael 95 0 TOR 95
91 90 108 Sandra Hennigar 91 1 TOR 95
126 137 108 Bryce Jarman 86 2 COL 95
154 153 108 Jeff Bangs 85 2 BOS 95
290 171 108 Kevin Pinto 84 2 EDM 95
235 211 108 Mark Matheson 82 2 NYR 95
220 192 108 Larry Coole 83 3 CAR 95
7 68 115 Scott Sellers 94 0 BOS 94
77 68 115 Rob Phillips 94 0 EDM 94
303 211 115 Aaron Allard 82 3 BOS 94
303 211 115 Harper Christie-Allard 82 3 EDM 94
303 211 115 Pierre Allard 82 3 CAR 94
51 73 120 Adam Pileggi 93 0 EDM 93
33 73 120 David Lester 93 0 TOR 93
182 96 120 Alex Kurgatnikov 90 1 EDM 93
203 129 120 Chris Daszczynski 87 1 EDM 93
220 220 120 Sean Bones 81 2 BOS 93
51 79 125 Mike Cuddemi 92 0 BOS 92
44 79 125 Alistair Viegas 92 0 BOS 92
33 79 125 Pasqi Porco 92 0 EDM 92
51 79 125 Leo Gaudet 92 0 BOS 92
91 79 125 Fred Slade 92 0 EDM 92
33 107 125 Andrew Rudy 89 1 BOS 92
203 116 125 Marc Dupuis 88 1 COL 92
51 116 125 Jerry Gluss 88 1 BOS 92
154 116 125 Carl Pledger 88 1 BOS 92
106 137 125 Dave Poitras 86 1 BOS 92
260 266 125 Jay Dart 77 3 NYR 92
44 90 136 Thomas Jarman 91 0 TOR 91
66 90 136 Ian George 91 0 BOS 91
126 90 136 Chris Bulpit 91 0 TOR 91
66 129 136 Al Champsi 87 1 BOS 91
303 153 136 Michael Varriano 85 1 BOS 91
182 171 136 Francesco Varriano 84 2 TOR 91
33 96 142 Beau Berges 90 0 EDM 90
66 96 142 Evan Brooker 90 0 TOR 90
77 96 142 Todd Beaman 90 0 NYR 90
33 96 142 Diego DeMarco 90 0 BOS 90
126 129 142 Danny Thompson 87 1 BOS 90
126 137 142 Philip Power 86 1 NYR 90
203 137 142 Mouli Ramani 86 1 EDM 90
126 137 142 Erin Wall 86 1 BOS 90
126 171 142 Manny Amaral 84 1 BOS 90
91 211 142 Lori Garrah 82 1 BOS 90
331 279 142 Samuel Wexler 75 3 BOS 90
91 107 153 Tina Speciale 89 0 COL 89
91 107 153 Corby Fine 89 0 BOS 89
91 107 153 Barbara Kennedy 89 0 BOS 89
290 266 153 Michael Parak 77 3 EDM 89
77 116 157 Jordan Ungerman 88 0 NYR 88
220 116 157 Jamie Sarner 88 0 BOS 88
51 116 157 Joshua Workman 88 0 BOS 88
77 116 157 James Smith 88 0 NYR 88
106 116 157 Hugh McShane 88 0 EDM 88
106 116 157 Joe Laronga 88 0 BOS 88
44 116 157 Sam Kozlowich 88 0 EDM 88
126 192 157 Tyler Dominato 83 1 BOS 88
273 211 157 Will McGee 82 1 BOS 88
126 250 157 Edward Levens 79 2 CAR 88
143 279 157 Mark Sarner 75 2 BOS 88
33 129 168 Mason De Petrillo 87 0 BOS 87
51 129 168 Matt Hartley 87 0 BOS 87
33 129 168 Connor Brewster 87 0 BOS 87
91 129 168 Zack O'Gorman 87 0 NYR 87
126 137 168 Ray Bennett 86 1 BOS 87
154 220 168 Dave Musgrave 81 1 BOS 87
203 220 168 Mark Jarman 81 1 BOS 87
281 259 168 Scott Lee 78 3 EDM 87
318 266 168 Stephen Lennie 77 3 EDM 87
321 297 168 Cyril Beaman 72 3 BOS 87
326 297 168 Paul Groba 72 3 BOS 87
143 137 179 Aaron Beder 86 0 EDM 86
106 137 179 Mike De Petrillo 86 0 TOR 86
235 137 179 Stephanie Paquette 86 0 BOS 86
126 137 179 Hank Shannon 86 0 BOS 86
106 137 179 Ryan Wood 86 0 TOR 86
290 137 179 Daisy Marquez 86 0 BOS 86
143 137 179 Cody Cabral 86 0 NYR 86
273 137 179 Marc Ennis 86 0 BOS 86
143 137 179 Silvio Memme 86 0 BOS 86
214 266 179 Keith Weidner 77 2 COL 86
51 153 189 Amy van Steendelaar 85 0 NYR 85
154 153 189 Andrew Ryan 85 0 BOS 85
77 153 189 Adam Marrus 85 0 COL 85
281 153 189 Brett Kirkpatrick 85 0 BOS 85
154 153 189 Gary Smith 85 0 EDM 85
91 153 189 Thomas Cheyne Matheson 85 0 BOS 85
154 153 189 Jeff Williams 85 0 COL 85
154 153 189 Tim Sowden 85 0 COL 85
154 153 189 Dennis Winkler 85 0 BOS 85
154 153 189 Dennis Clayton 85 0 BOS 85
126 153 189 Thomas Smith 85 0 NYR 85
33 153 189 Frank Iusi 85 0 BOS 85
77 153 189 Austin Neilson 85 0 EDM 85
154 153 189 Josh Martin 85 0 BOS 85
154 153 189 Hanna-Marea Kennedy 85 0 BOS 85
260 220 189 Chris McAdam 81 1 EDM 85
126 266 189 Roman Tatarsky 77 1 BOS 85
182 171 206 Mark Norman 84 0 NYR 84
203 171 206 Andrew Tompkins 84 0 BOS 84
182 171 206 Ruth Beder 84 0 COL 84
203 171 206 Russell Reed 84 0 EDM 84
182 171 206 Norrin Ripsman 84 0 EDM 84
182 171 206 Micheal Nguyen 84 0 EDM 84
182 171 206 Rob Fennimore 84 0 EDM 84
182 171 206 Ingrid Randoja 84 0 BOS 84
182 171 206 Iver Dart 84 0 EDM 84
220 171 206 Andrew Cionga 84 0 BOS 84
182 171 206 Paul Ornstein 84 0 BOS 84
214 171 206 Sajjad Champsi 84 0 TOR 84
106 171 206 Scott Poitras 84 0 BOS 84
182 171 206 Joel Kronis 84 0 BOS 84
182 171 206 Nathan Slack 84 0 TOR 84
214 171 206 Vince Pileggi 84 0 BOS 84
154 171 206 Pete Cibula 84 0 NYR 84
321 287 206 Gwen Clark-Smith 74 2 TOR 84
77 192 224 Shain Griffin 83 0 BOS 83
126 192 224 Domenic DeMarco 83 0 BOS 83
235 192 224 Brock Whalley 83 0 BOS 83
77 192 224 Jonathan Berges 83 0 BOS 83
312 192 224 Andrew Daszczynski 83 0 EDM 83
203 192 224 Mark MacDonald 83 0 BOS 83
91 192 224 Corey Messer 83 0 BOS 83
51 192 224 Jonah Wood 83 0 TOR 83
182 192 224 Shailyn Griffin 83 0 BOS 83
77 192 224 Stacy Robichaud 83 0 COL 83
91 192 224 Campbell Clark-Smith 83 0 BOS 83
91 192 224 Mitch Wexler 83 0 BOS 83
260 192 224 Karen Savoie 83 0 TOR 83
203 192 224 Greg Jones 83 0 BOS 83
260 234 224 Gareth Neilson 80 1 EDM 83
235 297 224 M Ripsman 72 3 CAR 83
281 211 240 Craig Stairs 82 0 NJD 82
214 211 240 Mark Brewster 82 0 EDM 82
143 234 240 David Gibbons 80 1 BOS 82
182 301 240 Chris Smith 71 3 TOR 82
303 307 240 Tracy Smith 69 3 CAR 82
106 220 245 Miles Shiffman 81 0 BOS 81
260 220 245 Peter Seemann 81 0 EDM 81
106 220 245 Jonah Rabinovitch 81 0 BOS 81
106 220 245 Andrew Robichaud 81 0 BOS 81
106 220 245 Andrew Hurst 81 0 EDM 81
106 220 245 Colin Kennedy 81 0 TOR 81
106 220 245 Mark Lenarcic 81 0 NYR 81
312 220 245 Donna Thompson 81 0 NJD 81
220 220 245 Blair Phillips 81 0 BOS 81
273 279 245 Jo-Anne Enzel 75 1 BOS 81
303 301 245 Trey Schaft 71 2 BOS 81
235 234 256 Sam Fielding 80 0 EDM 80
154 234 256 Ethan Craig 80 0 EDM 80
235 234 256 Erin Jones 80 0 BOS 80
235 234 256 Peta Allard 80 0 EDM 80
106 234 256 Matthew Warner 80 0 BOS 80
154 234 256 Eli Hammerman 80 0 EDM 80
318 234 256 Owen Thompson 80 0 BOS 80
318 234 256 John Thompson 80 0 EDM 80
235 234 256 Allan Crisford 80 0 COL 80
220 234 256 Garen Roukhkian 80 0 COL 80
235 234 256 Steven Hawley 80 0 BOS 80
235 234 256 Stefano Picone 80 0 BOS 80
235 234 256 Jeff West 80 0 EDM 80
253 306 256 Steven Mlotek 70 2 BOS 80
235 309 256 Richard Gretzinger 68 2 BOS 80
331 325 256 Colin McSweeney 63 5 BOS 80
77 250 272 Trevor Harding 79 0 BOS 79
154 250 272 Adam Bloedow 79 0 BOS 79
253 250 272 Ryan Chirnomas 79 0 EDM 79
253 250 272 Denise Allard 79 0 COL 79
143 250 272 Estella Mae Charlotte Kennedy 79 0 BOS 79
154 250 272 Kerry McShane 79 0 BOS 79
253 250 272 David Loop 79 0 BOS 79
143 250 272 Lucas Chua 79 0 COL 79
260 279 272 Isaac Nielsen 75 1 NYR 79
260 309 272 Amina Champsi 68 2 NYR 79
154 259 282 Joel Greenstein 78 0 NYR 78
154 259 282 Rebecca Gaudreau 78 0 BOS 78
260 259 282 Arely Marquez 78 0 BOS 78
154 259 282 Steve Vinette 78 0 COL 78
154 259 282 Quinn Jarman 78 0 BOS 78
273 291 282 Jack Walker 73 1 EDM 78
220 266 288 Levi Berges 77 0 COL 77
203 266 288 Tom Nicholl 77 0 BOS 77
273 266 288 Gary Brewster 77 0 EDM 77
220 266 288 Wesley Frew 77 0 BOS 77
182 266 288 Hung Dang 77 0 COL 77
182 266 288 Alon Blumberger 77 0 BOS 77
273 266 288 Aidan Fennimore 77 0 EDM 77
220 278 295 Elaine Weidner 76 0 BOS 76
260 291 295 Dave Bagnell 73 1 BOS 76
290 323 295 David Wong 65 2 TOR 76
290 279 298 Neil Poitras 75 0 BOS 75
290 279 298 Ted Kennedy 75 0 NYR 75
290 279 298 Manuela Marinello 75 0 EDM 75
260 279 298 Doug Frazier 75 0 BOS 75
260 287 302 Brandon Poitras 74 0 BOS 74
235 287 302 Chad Evans 74 0 EDM 74
220 291 302 Adam Jamieson 73 1 BOS 74
297 309 302 Ron Weidner 68 1 BOS 74
330 327 302 Hugh Freedman 60 3 NYR 74
220 291 307 Frank Peragine 73 0 NYR 73
338 291 307 Lori Winkler 73 0 BOS 73
235 291 307 Eli Day 73 0 BOS 73
336 330 307 Tyler Beaman 58 3 VGK 73
253 297 311 Shane Kozlowich 72 0 EDM 72
331 316 311 Mike van Steendelaar 67 1 WPG 72
281 301 313 Karen Stern 71 0 BOS 71
281 301 313 Todd Foster 71 0 BOS 71
260 301 313 Jeff Lucas 71 0 BOS 71
331 333 316 Stephanie Robichaud 53 3 DAL 70
203 307 317 Andre Dube 69 0 BOS 69
281 330 317 Lauren Messer 58 3 BOS 69
297 309 319 Claudia Scarciolla-Winkler 68 0 NYR 68
326 309 319 Doug Adlam 68 0 BOS 68
253 309 319 Dan McGee 68 0 BOS 68
303 309 319 Tom Sheahan 68 0 BOS 68
338 328 319 Cheryl Rich 59 2 TBL 68
260 316 324 Bianca DeSantis-Peragine 67 0 TOR 67
220 316 324 Cooper Levens 67 0 COL 67
281 316 324 Ethan Suski 67 0 BOS 67
273 316 324 KC Swink 67 0 TOR 67
253 321 328 Brandon Kubis 66 0 TBL 66
182 321 328 Aaron Pretto 66 0 BOS 66
297 323 330 Shane Davey 65 0 EDM 65
321 330 331 Joy Smith 58 2 COL 64
321 325 332 Andrew Mckenzie 63 0 BOS 63
331 328 333 Fraser Gallop 59 0 BOS 59
329 338 334 Laurena Clark 49 3 LAK 57
297 336 335 Christopher Mossey 52 1 BOS 54
326 333 336 Shawn Robichaud 53 0 BOS 53
336 333 336 Claudine Lukawesky 53 1 TOR 53
338 337 338 Stephen Craig 50 0 NJD 50
303 338 339 Eddie J W Kennedy 49 0 COL 49
325 340 340 Desmond Desrosier 45 0 BOS 45
341 341 341 Paula Kozlowich 35 0 WPG 35