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Day 8 of 2018 Stanley Quips: Ducking the Obvious
Just like that, we have the entire Pacific Division set for the second round of the playoffs. In some ways, San Jose’s 2-1 win over Anaheim showed that this series was much closer than the 4-0 sweep indicated. But then again, it was a sweep, so the gap had to have been that huge, right? […]
Day 7 of 2018 Stanley Quips: A Chance of Fluerys
So I could have talked about my Capitals again, except after an overtime [make that, double overtime!!!] win and avoiding further embarrassment to this city’s history. But that’s a story for another time because we actually have someone pull off the sweep. And it was from the expansion team that everyone wants to talk about […]
Day 6 of 2018 Stanley Quips: The Joy of Pepsi
So I ended up watching the Avalanche-Predators game last night and, man, I was not expecting this series to be as competitive as it has been! As I was stating in my power rankings, Colorado looked like a team that was about to breath its last breath coming into the their playoff clinching game against […]
Day 5 of 2018 Stanley Quips: Capital Won’t Arena
So I decided to go to only my second ever Stanley Cup playoff game in my entire life last night. My first one was back in 1998. It was Game 2 of Washington’s first round series against a Boston team that was still home to Ray Bourque and some 18-year old rookie named Joe Thornton. […]
Day 2 of 2018 Stanley Quips: Blue Barrys
Just because you expect pain to hit you in the soul doesn’t mean it won’t hurt. That’s basically how I felt after Game 1 last night as Washington once again blew a 2-0 and 3-2 lead over a younger and fresher Columbus team with a changed head coach and different ideas. I mean, Thomas Vanek […]
Day 1 of 2018 Stanley Quips: Yeah, let’s talk about that 7-0 beatdown…
And just like that, Philadelphia’s season is over. At least, that’s how the city and their fans will tell you how the series is going. Or at the VERY least, that’s how Pittsburgh and their fans will tell you how it’s going. That’s just how that state works. The collective mood swings of those two […]
2018 Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals Preview
Due to circumstances out of my control, today’s DC Sports Dork was published four hours after the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs. As a result, these opinions were as of before today’s (April 11th) sets of games took place. New Jersey vs. Tampa Bay The first series up definitely is the most likely to […]
Week 26 of the Nerdy 30+1: Carlyle’s Curiosity and Sulking with Sullivan
We’re almost there everyone! Once Sunday comes to an end, 16 teams remain and we will finally be watching games that will truly decide who will win the Stanley Cup. But in some ways, we’ll be seeing playoff games as early as tonight. First, St. Louis is traveling to Colorado to decide the final seed […]
Week 25 of the Nerdy 30+1: Hall Passes and Better-Angelo
Another week in and we’re just getting closer to the postseason. All I can say is I am glad that not every team has played the next milestone of games to eliminate a team from postseason contention because the races for the final spots in each conference is really close. Especially in the Western Conference, […]
Week 23 & 24 of the Nerdy 30+1: Saddle D’oh and Star Crossed
So here we go! For the past couple of weeks, anticipation has been growing for the Stanley Cup playoffs to start and you can certainly feel it with these power rankings. I may not have posted anything last week, but I am glad I have given myself the opportunity to eliminate two teams from playoff […]
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