Most analysts, including myself, called for a long, hard fought series against the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings. Well, a hard fought first round against the Wild seems to be taking its toll on the Avalanche, causing a major meltdown. What happened? Peter Forsberg, Wojtek Wolski, and Scott Hannan are [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
One Step Closer: Semifinal Predictions
The semifinals has given us some interesting matchups to chew on for the next couple of weeks. Colorado and Detroit have a chance to renew a sorely missed rivalry that has produced some of the baddest blood in sports. Pittsburgh is up against a seasoned New York team, leaving us to wonder if [...]
Penguins Complete the Sweep
It’s been 19 years since the Penguins have swept a team in the playoffs. Now the Ottawa Senators can be added to the likes of the Oakland Seals, St. Louis Blues, and New York Rangers after losing 3-1 against Pittsburgh on Wednesday night. It’s the only sweep of the first round this year, [...]
It’s Just Avery Being Avery…
I spoke about this with the other puckheads on TWeekD last night, but I want to elaborate on my position. What Avery did was unheard of, but also innovative. Don’t forget the fact that Avery scored shortly afterwards on a different play, showing the effectiveness of his unorthodox screening methods. However, Colin [...]
April 9th Recap: Captain Clutch Saves the Night
Wednesday night was a night of upsets with only one top seed winning their game. In case you missed it, here’s a wrap up of last night’s games.
Penguins 4, Senators 0
Don’t blame Gerber for this loss; the Senators just didn’t show up last night. Between the pipes was the only good part of [...]
Calm Before the Storm: My Picks for the First Round
Now that there is downtime before the postseason starts, the predictions start to fly. Here’s my breakdown for the eight series that start on Wednesday and Thursday.
Montreal (1) vs Boston (8)
Boston doesn’t have a prayer with this matchup. Montreal has them beat in almost every category. The Bruins can’t kill a penalty, [...]
Endgame: How the Season Wrapped Up
The 2007-2008 regular season has officially ended. There are just three days until the playoffs begin. The matchups have been set and the schedules are posted. Now, the only thing hockey fans can do is bide their time, speculate, and predict.
The standings and matchups are as follows (along with my previous predictions)
Final [...]
NHL Mandates Mullets for Players, Cites Fairness as Cause
In keeping with the recent tradition of rule tweaks and equipment mandates, the NHL and their competition committee has stated today that, starting with the 2008-2009 season, a mullet haircut will be required by all players with the ability to grow hair.
“The mullet has always been a part of hockey. It’s also become quite [...]
