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Game Predictions 10/27/2005

Ok, back to a bit of reality after that 8 for 8 night. Last night I was 1 for 4. Still, that’s a pretty good 2 night average. Here are tonights game predictions. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence Boston Toronto Toronto Good NY Rangers NY Islanders Pick N/A Philadelphia Florida Philadelphia Some Ottawa [...]

It’s rant time…

So the NHL has finally decided to shut the coaches up about complaining about the new rules so I guess it is up to us hockey bloggers to pick up the slack. The talk of the day today was about Sidney Crosby and the fact that he drew six penalties last night on his own. [...]

Power Rankings 10/26/2005

I didn’t pick the Penguins to make the playoffs this year so to see them struggle is no real surprise for me but I am starting to really feel bad for them because this is much worse than anyone could have imagined and the fact they 5 of their 9 losses have come in overtime [...]

Predictions 10/26/2005

My picks were a perfect 8 for 8 yesterday. Let’s hope the hot streak continues with todays games. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence Buffalo Washington Buffalo Strong Carolina Boston Carolina Good Columbus Nashville Nashville Good New Jersey Tampa Bay Pick N/A Dallas San Jose Dallas Strong Anaheim Calgary Pick N/A

Game Predictions 10/25/2005

Here are my game predictions for tonights games. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence NY Islanders Atlanta NY Islanders Good Montreal Philadelphia Montreal Good Pittsburgh Florida Florida Strong Nashville Chicago Nashville Strong Minnesota Vancouver Vancouver Some Colorado Edmonton Colorado Good Phoenix St. Louis Phoenix Some Los Angeles Anaheim Los Angeles Strong

Game Predictions 10/24/2005

My predictions were 0 for 3 yesterday which is a little dissapointing but overall I am fairly satisfied with my prediction results so far. Since I began making predictions here is my success rates for each confidence rating: Strong Confidence: 19 of 24 – 79% success rate Good Confidence: 10 of 15 – 66% success [...]

Game Predictions 10/23/2005

Yesterdays game predictions were 7 for 9 missing out on Philadelphia’s win over Toronto and Atlanta’s win over New Jersey. Here are today’s game predictions. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence Anaheim Phoenix Phoenix Some Chicago Minnesota Minnesota Some Los Angeles Calgary Los Angeles Strong

Berger Backtracks

I don’t want to make too many sports media bashing posts here (and I could make a lot) but I figured I’d post one now and again to try and show why the mainstream hockey media is something to be read for amusement only, and not for any real informative information. Howard Berger is the [...]

Game Predictions 10/22/2005

Here are today’s game predictions. There are 11 games being played (Ottawa-Florida has been postponed until December) of which 9 games can be predicted and 2 others are two close to call. Six correct predictions would be good, but lets go for seven. Home Team Road Team Predicted Winner Confidence Boston Pittsburgh Boston Strong Toronto [...]

Weekly Top Ten – Offensive Defensemen

Sergei Gonchar – Say what you will about his defensive abilities (or lack there of) but he has to be considered among the best offensive defenseman in the NHL. In his last 5 NHL seasons he has posted 54, 57, 59, 67, and 58 points and among the lead leaders for defensemen, if not leading [...]