Author Archives: dcsportsdork
How bad is the Heisman Trophy Curse?
The Heisman Trophy is stupid because almost all of the winners for the best player in college football are terrible when they hit the NFL. That is all. If I was a more amateur blogger, I would just write those two sentences and be done with it. Instead, I will be diving deeper into the […]
Week 9 of the Nerdy 30: Mustaches will be shaved
Considering how dark of a week it has in the hockey world, it was fitting that a hilarious man with the most awesome mustache had to be fired in Paul MacLean. Yes, it was called months in advance, but it’s not like Ottawa was going to make a playoff push anytime soon in a deep […]
I knew him before he was cool: Damon Severson
Hey everyone! Along with the Nerdy 30 posts that you have seen this season, another feature that you will see repeatedly this hockey season is a monthly Hipster Pickings post. The first of these came the night of the 2014 NHL entry draft and the purpose of these posts is to find the hidden gems […]
Week 8 of the Nerdy 30: Swatted Jackets and Thunderstruck
Everyone is stuffed, literally and figuratively, from the Thanksgiving holidays and we still haven’t seen a head coach get fired. As a result, you have to be reminded about the sweepstakes that are coming in this year’s entry draft with Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifan, especially considering that the draft lottery odds have […]
Week 7 of the Nerdy 30: Low on Oil (again) and a Lonely Island No More
Last week, I mentioned that it was amazing that no one seemed to be on the head coaching hot seat as we got closer to Thanksgiving. This week, we are at a different point in the NHL sack race, as Dallas Eakins and Randy Carlyle now seem to be going neck and neck. It got […]
Week 6 of the Nerdy 30: Falling Stars and Thunder Cats
As we inch closer into Thanksgiving, this is usually the time when you hear about head coaches being on the hot seat and possibly get fired. As a Caps fan, it has become tradition to see the head coach get fired and envisioning him getting the phone call as he is cooking the turkey feast, […]
My thoughts on the Pittsburgh Hockey Analytics Workshop
Last Saturday, I along with 200 others showed up at Carnegie Mellon University to watch six hours of insightful presentations at the Pittsburgh Hockey Analytics Workshop. It was a historic moment amongst the hockey analytics community as it was the first of it’s kind in the United States. The event was hosted by Andrew Thomas […]
Week 5 of the Nerdy 30: The Carolina Tropical Depressions and Hartley Magic
With five weeks of NHL hockey under wraps, every team has played 12 games or more this season. That means we have hit the second fourteenth mark of the season and we need to eliminate another team from our existence. The Carolina Hurricanes will be that team and they are probably the last of the […]
Week 4 of the Nerdy 30: Always fear Elliote Friedman!!!
We have finally entered the month of November and plenty of interesting narratives have been developing this hockey season. Minnesota has been dominating October and once again hit the top of this week’s rankings. San Jose, Boston and Chicago have hit various states of panic mode (don’t worry folks, they’re ok), along with Los Angeles […]
Week 3 of the Nerdy 30: Buffalo is the first weakest link
For this week’s version of the Nerdy 30, I am introducing a new gimmick that you will see throughout the season. Once every NHL team hits every one-fourteenth point of the season (so in other words, every 5 and a fraction’s worth of games), one team will be completely removed and (hopefully) ignored in the […]
DCSportsDork 