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David Johnson

Game Predictions 11/16/2005

Here are tonights NHL game predicitons. The game of the night has to be Detroit at Calgary. Although Detroit is the predicted winner, don’t count out Calgary who is on a 7 game winning streak. But Detroit has won 3 in a row as well so it could go either way. I am also interested [...]

Carolina-Ottawa game comments

So I went to the Carolina-Ottawa game last night. I could give you a complete redux of the game but Chris McMurtry has done a great job of that over at Hockey Country. I’ll just add a few additional comments. In general, Ottawa didn’t have the same scoring touch as they have in most other [...]

Game Predictions 11/15/2005

Here are the predictions for tonights NHL games. Despite the prediction of Buffalo over New Jersey, I think this game could go the Devils way. Brodeur is back and healthy and it seems that the Devils might be getting back to playing solid defensively. Carolina should also bounce back after a 9-0 thrashing from Atlanta [...]

Entertainment Index Version 2.0

A little over a week ago I posted a ranking of the most entertaing games and teams in the NHL. That post generated a fair amount of interest so I decided to create a new and improved ranking system – Entertainment Index Version 2.0. I believe that fans want to see 3 things in a [...]

Game Predictions 11/14/2005

Here are the game predictions for tonights games. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence Pittsburgh NY Islanders NY Islanders Some Tampa Bay Philadelphia Philadelphia Good Colorado Edmonton Colorado Good Calgary Minnesota Calgary Good

There’s no pleasing some…

The Toronto hockey media is quite amusing. Prior to the season starting the Leafs were old, injury prone, had horrible defense, wouldn’t score enough goals to win, Ed Belfour was a huge question mark and the Leafs would be fighting for their lives for a playoff spot. Eighteen games into the season the Leafs have [...]

Game Predictions 11/13/2005

Here are todays NHL game predictions. The game of the day has to be Detroit at Vancouver. Although Vancouver has been struggling recently these are two of the top teams in the west and Vancouver should be able to get up for this game. My number crunching software says this is too close to call [...]

Watch out for Atlanta…

Before the season began I picked Atlanta as a team who could surprise people and possibly even unseat Tampa at the top of the Southeast division. Early in the season this looked like a terrible prediction but the Thrashers are on a roll and look to be reaching the quality of play I thought they [...]

Just Avery?

Apparently Los Angeles King forward Sean Avery has been fined for diving in a game vs the Phoneix Coyote’s on November 3rd. I say, why just Avery? I’ve seen people diving left, right and center from Jason Spezza to Sydney Crosby. I’ve commented on this before. I wonder if the NHL will have the guts [...]

Game Predictions 11/12/2005

Here are todays NHL game predictions. Several interesting games being played today but the most interesting is probably the historic rivalry between the Leafs and Canadiens. In the two pick-em games I’d pick the two homes teams, the Flames and Sharks. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence New Jersey Washington New Jersey Some Montreal [...]