Hockey Playoff Pools– How I would run mine

So I thought of a new way to do playoff hockey pools. If anyone in the world is reading this, let me know what you think.

You ask every player to give their predictions for all of the rounds. Simple enough, right? Well, here’s where it gest tricky.

First round picks are worth 1 point.
Conference semis are worth 2 points.
Conference finals are worth 3 points.
Cup finals are worth 4 points.

However, at the end of each round, you must change your guess for any matchup that’s no longer possible, and remove one point from the potential winning for that round. So, you can continue playing, but someone woh accurately guessed it will score higher than someone who changed it after a round or two. Let’s look at an example:

Here’s the eastern conference for ‘08.

MTL vs BOS
PIT vs OTT
WSH vs PHI
NJD vs NYR

Let’s say I pick MTL, PIT, WSH, and NJD. Then I pick MTL to beat NJD, and PIT to beat WSH, and MTL to beat PIT and make it to the finals.

Now if it all goes acourding to plan exactly, I pick up 4 points in the first round, 4 points in the second, 3 points in the third. Total of 11 points.

However, let’s say the Rangers and Philly win instead now. Now, I HAVE to change my NJD and WSH brackets to reflect that MTL will play against PHI and NYR will play against PIT. So, I can only get one point if I predict these now. However, I don’t need to change the “MTL vs PIT” unless I want to. It will stay at three points. And let’s say MTL  and PIT win– I get 2 points for the first round, and 2 points for the second round.

I think this is the best way to benefit guessers who do well without screwing players who don’t. What do you think?