The Meaningful Collateral

Pittsburgh 5 - New York Rangers 3 (series 3-0 NYR)
The Penguins are beating the hell out of a very good Rangers team.  MVP Runner-Up Evgeni Malkin killed a second period New York rally, and the Rangers lost despite out-shooting their opponents 39 to 17.  The Rangers aren’t even playing badly, they are an excellent hockey [...]

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Montreal 2 - Philadelphia 3 (series 2-1 PHI)
The Flyers sent a physical message.  Unfortunately, that message was “we’re idiots, don’t worry about falling behind, we’ll keep you in the game”.  Martin Biron put on a show, Carey Price continued to struggle, but the Flyers used multiple ill-conceived penalties to give the Montreal attack a much [...]

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By now, I’m sure everyone has heard of Josh Howard’s weed smoking ways. In addition to Howard making it public, the topic was further brought to the public during Michael Irvin’s radio show. Irvin did a great job insistently prodding Howard about the topic until it was almost painful to hear. I understand that it [...]

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Colorado 1 - Detroit 5 (series 2-0 DET)
The bubble may be starting to burst for Colorado.  Peter Forsberg is hurt, Jose Theodore’s amnesia has passed and the better team is starting to separate from its inferior opponent.  I’d talk about how this changes the dynamic of the series, but that implies it was ever not [...]

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New York Rangers 4 - Pittsburgh 5 (series 1-0 PIT)
This game was a statement of intent, but the real story will be game 2, when both teams say ‘fuck it’ and play 5 forwards at a time.  Both sides were clearly rusty, but based on the first round of games this is the marquee series [...]

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I hope that the NFL will learn something from Freddie Prinze Jr’s career.  Remember when you couldn’t go five minutes without seeing a teen flick staring the actor of Puerto Rican, German, Jewish and Italian descent.  He was everywhere; he had roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer, AND I Know What You Did [...]

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Philadelphia 3 - Montreal 4 OT (series 1-0 Mon)
Philly dropped the ball, big time, and let a reeling Montreal team off the hook.  For two and a half periods Philly got to the net and Montreal didn’t.  The Flyer forwards crashed and banged and bothered Carey Price while back-checkers and an aggressive defense made Montreal [...]

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MY TOP 10 PLAYERS
Granted and admittedly, this is opinion.  My top ten is not based on the all the crap other analysts look at.  I guarantee I have studied all these players as much as possible with the information that is available to non-media types. 

1.  Glen Dorsey- This guy has all the tools to make it [...]

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I’ll admit: I became a big fan of Memphis and John Calipari. The team won 38 games, beat every big name opponent out of conference (save Tennessee and, eventually, Kansas ) yet was doubted every game in the tournament after the first weekend.
Sad reality? History says the Tigers are going to have a damn tough [...]

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So first off, a hearty ‘fuck you’ to the Washington Capitals for blowing what would have been an otherwise perfect first round for yours truly. That’s what I get, I guess, for placing my faith in a blueline prominently featuring Mr. Tom “Why do I play defense again?” Poti. Thanks as well to the Ottawa [...]

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