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Lord Stanley’s Ramblings: Learning to Love Randy Whitman
After last year’s ridiculous postseason run by the Wizards, this was supposed to be the year the Washington Wizards grew up and took it to another level. After all, this was a franchise that drafted three top five picks in four years. That was not meant to be. Despite finishing 46-36 during the regular season, […]
2015 Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals Preview
Minnesota vs. St. Louis It may have taken until the new year, but the Minnesota Wild found a warm body in net and his name was Devan Dubnyk. It was a definite shock to see a goaltender who was considered one of the worst in hockey last year turn his career around and become one […]
Week 26 of the Nerdy 30: Brace Yourselves
So remember when many people were writing off the regular season and saying it was going to be the worst playoff races in league history? Welp, look where we are now. The Eastern Conference isn’t even close to being set in stone with two games or less left and even if the Western Conference looks […]
Week 25 of the Nerdy 30: April’s Showers
Boston vs Ottawa and Los Angeles vs Calgary. That’s all that it has come down to for the rest of the 2015 NHL regular season. If you want to add some March Madness comparisons as it is coming to an end, you can argue that these are the equivalent of play-in games to the Stanley […]
Week 24 of the Nerdy 30: Shark Bitten and Cat Scratched
Somehow, a goaltender that is making people throw hamburgers is in my nightmares right now. Sports shouldn’t be this miserable, but it is sometimes. Now, I hope that my Capitals don’t fall pray to this dude that is seriously way too lucky to keep this up and to a Boston team that is being snake-bitten […]
An Ode to the Quarry House Tavern
Instead of writing about sports and statistics today, I have decided to take some time to reflect on a place that is near and dear to my heart. Before 1 am last Thursday, an electrical fire was set off at the back of the closed Bombay Gaylord Indian Restaurant in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, causing […]
Week 23 of the Nerdy 30: Detroit is old news again and Ranger Danger
We are officially within a month from the playoffs and teams are beginning to mold their recent trade acquisitions. Time is running out for team’s to improve or worsen and for teams from the outside to make it into the playoffs. Let’s not dilly dally in our latest edition of the Nerdy 30. 30. Buffalo […]
Week 22 of the Nerdy 30: Melted Avalanche and Parliamentary Power
Now that all the general managers have done their work at the trade deadline and the internet rumors have quieted down for, at least, another two months, we can all focus on the hockey being played on the ice. Things are really heating up for the final playoff seeds in both conferences as Boston won […]
Week 21 of the Nerdy 30: Goodbye Tylie Benguin and Hello Again Much Ado About Nothing
So another trade deadline has passed, but unlike last year, this one doesn’t warrant a trillion-word three act play. The Keith Yandle and Evander Kane trades were, by far, the biggest moves of the deadline and evidence should show that the biggest moves in the NHL are finding a way to be further from deadline […]
Week 20 of the Nerdy 30: The Week Before Sportsnet Analysts Say Dumb Things
We are here everyone! The week before the trade deadline has arrived and teams are either going to make the move that gets them to the playoffs or a Stanley Cup Championship, or the move that will cripple the franchise long term. Either way, all the on-the-second panic and incorrect analysis is going to be […]
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