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  • What is Darrelle Revis Worth to the Jets?

    Revis Island can be a lonely place for receivers.  At the moment it’s also a lonely place for a Darrelle Revis.  The man who was hands-down the best defensive player in the league last year is not practicing or spending time with his teammates, and it HAS to be a frustrating way to follow up [...]

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  • Ponikarovsky Signing Gives LA a Line of Corsi Kings

    For those of us that believe outshooting the opponent is the most surefire way to victory in the NHL, the LA Kings signing of Alexei Ponikarovsky should set off fireworks. 

    In his book, Moneyball, Michael Lewis referred to Kevin Youkilis’ as “The Greek God of Walks”.  For NHL GMs, Ponikarovsky could be Ukrainian for “Net-peppering Ninja”. 

    I [...]

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  • Sports Opinionated is 1 Year Old!!!

    Exactly one year ago, I decided to start the Sports Opinionated blog over on Blogger.com.  The goal was to give myself a creative outlet to express my many views on sports, whether misguided or fact-based. 

    My goal when I started was to write 2-3 posts per week on anything that I was passionate about and to [...]

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  • The NHL’s Most Intriguing Free Agents

    Let’s put it this way.  I don’t give a flying puck where LeBron is going on July 1st.  I care about celebrating Canada Day and seeing where NHL free agents end up.  As a fan, there are always players that are more fun to track than others, since they could have a big impact on [...]

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  • Published on Puck Prospectus: The Tomas Plekanec Contract

    Here is the latest analysis I wrote for the great team at Puck Prospectus.  Feel free to read it over there with this link or continue reading below. 

    The reason I wanted to explore the contract value was the initial reaction so many people had to the dollar figure.  I personally felt it was WAY too much [...]

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Sports Opinionated is 1 Year Old!!!

Exactly one year ago, I decided to start the Sports Opinionated blog over on Blogger.com.  The goal was to give myself a creative outlet to express my many views on sports, whether misguided or fact-based. 

My goal when I started was to write 2-3 posts per week on anything that I was passionate about and to [...]

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Marouane Chamakh – Arsenal’s New Striker

Just thought I’d throw up a quick comparison of Arsenal’s new 6′1″, 154 lb (yes, you read that correctly) striker from Bordeaux.  I was curious to see how he compared to Arsenal’s other offensive players. 

Is he the saviour?  You tell me.

It looks like his primary use could be as depth behind RVP and [...]

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Champions League Preview: Arsenal vs Barcelona

The first leg of the Champions League clash at the Emirates Stadium was phenomenal.  Barca were at the mercy Manuel Almunia’s stellar string of saves early on and eventually went up 2-0 early in the second half.  After going a man down, however, Barca lost their well-earned lead and ended up with a 2-2 draw.

With [...]

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Random Thoughts on Inter vs Chelsea

Unfortunately for us Canadians, it’s just not possible to watch Champions League games live unless we skip out on work.  So for those of us interested in the beautiful game, the PVR is our best friend, as long as we can avoid the internet, Twitter, radio and others on our way home to watch.

Given that [...]

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The Premier League Is Getting Sucked Dry

With all the news surfacing about Manchester United’s debt re-shuffling, I think it’s time we admitted the truth. Several EPL teams are being run in the equivalent manner of Nortel and Enron. The league may still have a record television contract and rapidly increasing revenue streams, but it could all come crumbling down in a [...]

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Liverpool Losing in the Champions League was a Good Thing

Losing in the Champions League is not something that Liverpool fans are used to in recent years. I’m here to tell you that it’s the best thing that could happen to the club this year.

As a fan of AC Milan, but a close follower of the Premier League, I see eerie similarities between Liverpool’s squad [...]

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The 3 Man Back Line – Was Rafa on to Something?

After watching Rafa Benitez use the 3-man back line against Sunderland last weekend, I got to thinking about whether his tactical choice was the problem or if his players just weren’t used to playing that specific formation. His three defenders looked a little unsure how to support each other and the front 3 looked like [...]

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Liverpool @ Sunderland – Tactics & Controversy

I got a chance to catch some English Premier League action this morning and it turned into a pretty good match.

With Sunderland sitting at a lofty 8th place and Liverpool at a disappointing 6th, this match had the chance to show two teams with very different outlooks.

Liverpool is clearly attempting to counter Sunderland’s two [...]

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Being a Soccer Fan in North America

The other day I was reading an article in the National Post on the first weekend of the Serie A season in Italy, and it struck me. It’s extremely difficult to become a fan of soccer here in North America, and it’s really too bad.

This particular article definitely made me lose my cool. I [...]

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Rants & Raves – Soccer in Summer 2009

Since we’re in the thick of soccer’s transfer season, it’s time for me to kick off a section I’ll be calling Rants & Raves.

RantsWhy does Javier Pastore have to be “the Argentine Kaka”? Can’t we just say he’s a really good playmaking midfielder who carried Huracan to a title run despite being only 20 years [...]

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