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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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Marouane Chamakh – Arsenal’s New Striker

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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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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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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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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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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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