Category Hockey
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 […]
Week 18 & 19 of the Nerdy 30: Trades are coming and the Blues are finally sung
Monotony is officially over in the NHL. Two major trades happened in the last week and they all have short term and long term implications for the teams involved. I am, of course, talking about the Evander Kane and Cody Franson trades that happened almost a full month before the March 2nd trade deadline. I […]
Week 17 of the Nerdy 30: Dancing Sharks with Leaf Blowers
With the NHL’s implementation of four divisions last year, we as fans were able to remember what it was like to watch hockey back in the 1980s, except with 30 teams instead of 21. That being said, these divisions are starting to stake claim as to which is the toughest in the NHL, and that […]
Week 15 & 16 of the Nerdy 30: Pennsylvania Problems
Before we hockey fans had the opportunity to enjoy (or ignore) All-Star festivities in Columbus, Zac Rinaldo decided to prove how valuable he was to the Flyers and anyone that ever thinks of signing him. According to him, he is great at injuring an opponent’s best defenceman so much that he gets him and his […]
Week 14 of the Nerdy 30: Weak storms but Powerful ‘Hawks
As we continue to dive deeply into the NHL season every week, we start to think whether certain teams can get into the Stanley Cup playoffs or not. However, with Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin waiting to get their names called in the 2015 NHL Draft, teams rightfully don’t have the motivation to […]
Week 12 & 13 of the Nerdy 30: Devilish Details and the Big Smoke is … up in smoke … again
Happy New Year everyone!!! Thank you so much everyone to all those that have read my posts over the last year and I am looking forward to putting out more exciting posts for you all to read in 2015. We get to it with a look at how the league has been doing in 2015 […]
The Washington Capitals have won the Winter Classic. Now What?
To be honest, this hockey season has been a weird one to watch as a Caps fan. At first, the boys in Red looked solid at 4-1-2, including having the best score-adjusted puck possession in the Eastern Conference at 56.3%. Then November came, and the Caps fell to 10-9-4 and that possession shriveled to a […]
I knew him before he was cool: 2015 First Round Picks at the World Junior Championships
Now that Boxing Day is upon us, the 2015 World Junior Hockey Championships will begin to commence today in Toronto and Montreal. You will hear multiple story lines throughout the tournament. Among them is how a once in a generation 18-year old in Connor McDavid can help put an end to Canada’s five year gold […]
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