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  • Speculating on Whether Regehr Should be Traded by the Flames reggie

    Based on a few comments on the Illegal Curve radio show, I put up a post on Matchsticks & Gasoline yesterday about the Flames potential to trade Regehr and why it’s time to do so.

    The article is posted here.

    Below is an excerpt from the article.

    “Now before everyone gets their guard up and says Regehr is [...]

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  • Posted on HP: NHL Team Architecture nashville draft

    Here is a study that I did for Hockey Prospectus on NHL Team Architecture.  Obviously since I posted it on HP, I believe they have a great site, so definitely take a look at some of the material from their other great writers too.

    Front Office Focus – NHL Team Architecture 

    What is the best way to [...]

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  • Jay Bouwmeester: Disappointment or Not Used Properly? J-Bo

    This is a story I posted on Matchsticks & Gasoline as part of our player preview series.  Come take a look at some of the other articles if you’re interested.

    Sometimes things just don’t work out like we thought.  Items bought on eBay looked better in the picture than when they arrive in the mail, your [...]

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  • Fireman Ed Should Pour a Stiff Drink fireman ed

    Rex Ryan may be the king of the F-bombs, but he better use as many as he can during the regular season.  The Jets won’t be making the playoffs.

    The Jets used up all their luck last year.  There are no playoff-bound cakewalk games at the end of this season’s schedule.  Opposing kickers are all out [...]

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  • What is Darrelle Revis Worth to the Jets? revis

    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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Hockey's Golden Finish Makes Canadians Proud

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Yesterday’s epic gold medal clash between Canada and the USA in men’s hockey had a bigger impact on Canada than most casual fans realize.

This won’t shock you, but Canadians LOVE hockey.  We love it so much that we didn’t exactly celebrate the win yesterday, we let go of our pent up nerves and worries much [...]

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In Canada, IOC stands for I’m Old & Crusty

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Friday was a big day for Hockey Canada in more ways than one.  The men held off a late-game push by the Slovaks and the women were criticized for an “inappropriate” celebration after their 2-0 win over the USA to secure the gold medal.

Oh yeah, and the IOC once again confirmed that they’re slightly sexist, [...]

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Canada’s Keys to Victory over Russia

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Having seen both teams play live on Sunday, I was telling everyone who would listen what my scouting report was.  The Russian defense looks terrible.  This statement came partly from what I saw in the game against the Czech Republic, and partly just because I wanted to believe it was true.

Obviously my insight proved to [...]

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Olympic Hockey – Crowds, Crushing Hits & Coaching Decisions

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With two great games on back-to-back this past Sunday, it felt like a blessing to have tickets.  Given that watching Canada play in the Olympics was on my list of sports fan must see’s, I was already pumped beyond belief.

The talent present on the Czech, Russian, American and Canadian national teams was startling.

Most people don’t [...]

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Dreams of a Sports Fan

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Given that this is Sports-Opinionated’s 100th post, I thought I’d share a more personalized view of being a sports fan.

When I was growing up, road hockey was the arena for acting out your sports fantasies.  After we picked teams, there was always a point where we had to decide which NHL team we were and [...]

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Olympic Thoughts From the Last Few Days

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Does Tiger have a Glock?

The Olympics were apparently made to satisfy my Sports-ADD.  Given that the TV coverage flips from event to event while I’m checking out other results on the internet, I feel it’s only logical to give you an equally scattered version of my thoughts over the last few days. 

NBC Coverage 

It’s surprising [...]

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WJHC: Team Canada goes for 6th Straight Gold!

From Guest Writer Dustin Borotsik:
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That’s right, we’ve won 5 straight. Impressive, EH?

Actually it’s the second time in the last two decades we’ve

won 5 straight as Canada also took 1st place each year from 1993 to 1997. In fact – if truth-be-known, we’ve won 12 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes [...]

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Team Canada – Sports-Opinionated Style

Once every 4 years, hockey fans around the globe are treated to a display of hockey like none other: the Winter Olympics….And for a year leading up to said Winter Olympics, every journalist in Canada makes their picks as to who should wear the Maple Leaf and represent Canada in the two week [...]

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Colin Cowherd is a Twit

I am a satellite radio subscriber. I like it for all the music, but mostly I like the sports talk radio channels so I can feed my obsessive need for sports while I’m driving to and from work. Between the ESPN and FoxSports channels, I can usually catch some interesting information about the NFL, NHL [...]

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