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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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Blood, Sweat & Beers – a story about amateur hockey

For those who don’t know about the Allan Cup, it’s been around since 1908.  It was created to replace the Stanley Cup as the reward for the best amateur hockey team in Canada, when Lord Stanley’s mug had become a trophy for professional teams.

There is a documentary coming out about the Bentley Generals, who have [...]

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Hockey's Golden Finish Makes Canadians Proud

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

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

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

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

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

Does Tiger have a Glock?

 

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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