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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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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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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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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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Bilodeau Takes Gold...and the Pressure Off

Last night, a whole country got the chance to hold their breath, cross their fingers and knock on wood.  It may be only a minor source of embarrassment for us Canadians, but nonetheless we needed to see the monkey off our back.  With four skiers in the finals of the Men’s Moguls, this was one [...]

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Random Thoughts from the Olympics - Feb 15

Just a few random non-men’s-mogul thoughts from the last few days at the Olympics

Jennifer Heil looked extremely disappointed with her silver medal on Saturday night.  While I can understand that top-level athletes like herself are focused on the gold and nothing but, she has a lot to be proud of.  She had a great run, [...]

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The Olympics Changed the Words to "O Canada"

Well, the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver officially kicked off last night.  As a good Canadian, I sat down to watch the opening ceremonies and hoped I would be proud of the show we put on the for the world.  And I was proud…sort of…I think.

For starters, I was embarassed by the fact that the main [...]

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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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